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How to be a Chapter-based Initiative facilitator: 
To facilitate for this component of the Leadership
Initiative, please contact the Executive Office. If you
are in close proximity to a chapter that does not
currently have a chapter, we will work with you to
assign you that chapter.
If you are interested in facilitating and there are
no chapters in your area without facilitators, we will
add you to our list of future facilitators.
How to be an Emerging Leaders Institute facilitator:
There is an application process to become a facilitator
for the Emerging Leaders Institute. The primary
skills and competencies Alpha Phi is looking for in a
facilitator are:
Skilled at active listening, paraphrasing,
questioning and summarizing key points
Able to ask probing questions that
challenge their own and others’ assumptions in a
non-threatening way
Familiar with basic tools of systematic
problem solving, brainstorming, and force-field
analysis
Armed with techniques for getting active
participation and generating ideas
Able to manage time and maintain a good pace
Able to manage conflict between participants
and remain composed
Able to make quick and effective
interventions
Able to stop the action and check on how
things are going
Skilled at achieving consensus and gaining
closure
Skilled at using feedback processes. Able to
hear and accept personal feedback
Keep clear and accurate notes that reflect
what participants have said
Able to manage meetings in an orderly and
effective manner
From Facilitating with Ease! ©2000 Ingrid Bens and
Jossey-Bass, Inc.
Click here for the
Educational Leadership Institute facilitator application.
 How to support a chapter for the Leadership
Initiative:
The
Alpha Phi Foundation is proud to fund Alpha Phi’s
Leadership Initiative through an educational grant. Many
generous Foundation donors make gifts that go directly
towards funding this innovative leadership program. If
you’re interested in making an impact with a gift to the
Foundation’s Leadership Initiative fund, email
Foundation Executive Director Emily Lamb at
elamb@alphaphi.org.
Or call her at 847.316.8950.
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