Family & Community Leadership

About FCL

The Family Community Leadership (FCL) program is a volunteer-based group. Working as partners with Oregon State Extension Service staff, FCL provides leadership skills to non-profit, civic and community organizations.

FCL volunteers receive requests from a variety of organizations in need of group process assistance. FCL designs and presents hands-on workshops tailored to community organizations' specific needs.

Program goals include educational improvement, increased participation in public affairs, and strengthened effectiveness for leaders in a variety of community groups

All FCL team members have completed a comprehensive training course offered through Oregon State Extension Service. Moreover, volunteers continue to gain new skills and insight through their on-going involvement with FCL.

FCL Services

Effective Meetings

Group process workshops focus on skills for successful meetings. Topics include tools and techniques for such issues as:

• Agenda Building
• Group Roles and Rules
• Meeting Environment
• Group Development
• Placing Issues on the Table
• Decision Making
• Facilitation & Recording Techniques
• Action Plans

Facilitation: Making Decisions Easier

Whether an organization needs assistance establishing a new program, guidance in planning a forum, or a neutral party to handle a difficult meeting, FCL can help directly through facilitation or training individuals in facilitation techniques.

Public Policy

FCL offers effective methods to make your views heard at hearings, board meetings, public forums, or in the legislature. Skills emphasized are written communication and preparation for in-person testimony.

Developing Volunteer Resources

FCL offers a training workshop, "Building Bridges," for schools and other organizations that utilize volunteers. Building Bridges focuses on volunteer program development and volunteer management tools and techniques.

Contact Us If...

• you are tired of boring meetings, with little group participation.
• your group spends so much time off track that decisions are never made.
• you are organizing a new group and would like assistance.
• you want to build your group into a dynamic team.
• you need a facilitator.
• you need some ideas for training and/or keeping volunteers.
• your group wants to "learn the ropes" for speaking in public forums.