The Meta-Leadership Summit for Preparedness is a dynamic curriculum designed by Harvard University faculty and tailored to the challenges business, government and nonprofit leaders face.

Past Summits: Columbus, GA

Meta-Leadership Summit for Preparedness

City of Columbus, Georgia

June 29, 2007

  

Target Area Served

• Metropolitan Columbus, including Phenix City, Alabama
• Population approximately 276,000 in the Columbus, MSA

Local Hosts

• Mayor Jim Wetherington, City of Columbus
• Bradley Turner Foundation
• Synovus

  

Summit Participation

• Total Local Participants: 137

Attendee Feedback

• 85 percent of respondents rated the overall quality of the Summit as “good” or “outstanding.”
• 87 percent of respondents reported that attendance at the Summit was a valuable use of time.
• 80 percent of respondents would recommend the Summit to colleagues.
• 86 percent of respondents reported that they intend to apply what they learned at the Summit to their work.

Surveys and interviews were conducted five months after the Columbus summit to collect information regarding the use of meta-leadership within the Columbus community, particularly in crisis preparedness and response activities. Survey results indicated that:

• 93 percent of respondents are confident that they can better call upon others in times of crisis.
• 90 percent of respondents have made new connections within the community as a result of the summit.

Meta-Leadership in Action

Accounts of specific concrete actions, Columbus summit participants have taken as a result of the summit.

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