How to Get Involved
Live Leadership Training
Each ELA partner society sponsors a limited number of attendees from among its young professional members. If you belong to one of the ELA partnering organizations (indicated below), Contact Them to learn about their selection process. Alternatively, a few seats each year are available for purchase to those in the engineering scientific fields. Discounts are available to organizations sending 5 or more participants.
On Demand Training
Recorded audio synced with Powerpoints of the 2010 sessions are available for purchase individually for $69 or $499 for an 11 session set. Click here for additional details.
Group licensing is also available for your organization:
Corporate Sponsorship
You can support the mission of the Emerging Leaders Alliance and position your company as a leader in the scientific and engineering community through a corporate sponsorship. Simply CLICK HERE to learn more about sponsoring a group of attendees or placing your name and logo on difference conference components.
Become an Alliance Partner
Affect future programming and share in program success by becoming a partner Society in the Emerging Leaders Alliance. For more information, contact Chris McKelvey.
For an overview of the ELA program and the benefits of becoming a partner click the ELA-Overview-Slide-Show 2011
Emerging Leaders Alliance Participant Criteria/Guidelines
The following criteria is offered to assist in identifying individuals that might benefit the most from the ELA Workshop. These are merely suggested characteristics of emerging leaders.
Industry and Government Agencies: Rising or current middle management (or equivalent) with demonstrated potential for upper level/executive management. Rising or current technical staff leaders (e.g., Associate Research Consultant, Research Specialist, etc.) with the demonstrated potential for corporate fellow (or equivalent) and/or Technical Society/National Academy Fellow.
Universities (i.e., professors): Six or more years of experience (including leading research groups or centers) with aspirations for university leadership positions (Department Chair, Dean or higher) and/or demonstrated potential for Technical Society/National Academy Fellow.
A Record of Achievement: This includes individual contributions (e.g., published papers, awards, etc.) and organizational success (e.g., promotions within an organization, documented success of the individual’s group, etc.).
A member in good standing of a partnering professional society.
Preference to those organizations (e.g., companies, academic institution, government agency, etc.) that do not have an internal leadership program (e.g., smaller companies or larger organizations with only management training).
Unique opportunity to expand the Emerging Leaders Alliance (e.g., international participant).
Typically ages 25-40.
