{"id":680,"date":"2006-09-30T04:41:05","date_gmt":"2006-09-29T21:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/?p=680"},"modified":"2006-09-30T04:41:05","modified_gmt":"2006-09-29T21:41:05","slug":"learn-to-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/industry\/learn-to-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn To Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"

AQHA continues with leadership program, seeks candidates for program<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Amarillo, Texas, September 29, 2006<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The American Quarter Horse Association knows the importance of great leaders, which is the reason for Leadership AQHA. Approaching its third year of existence, Leadership AQHA was created to strengthen the American Quarter Horse industry through leadership development.<\/p>\n

AQHA is now accepting applications for the 2007 leadership class. These individuals will become a part of a program intended to identify and train future leaders for the industry. Participants will have the unique opportunity to gain more knowledge about the various aspects of the industry as well as maximize their leadership talents.<\/p>\n

Applications will be accepted until December 1, 2006, and selected participants will be notified by December 20. The 24-month leadership program begins April 2007, and no enrollment fee is required for consideration for Leadership AQHA.
\nAfter the application deadline, AQHA will choose 10 participants, one from each of the 10 regions. Those interested in applying must meet the following criteria:<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00b7 Must be AQHA members in good standing<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00b7 Should not be enrolled in an institution of higher learning due to travel requirements of the program<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00b7 Be able to attend one industry event (at AQHA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s expense) such as the AQHA Affiliate Management Workshop, Youth Excellence Seminar, American Quarter Horse Association Youth World Show, American Horse Council Convention, AQHA Racing Conference or the AQHA World Show<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00b7 Attend AQHA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Convention in Houston, Texas, in March at the participant\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s expense<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00b7 Be able to participate in on-line training and complete a variety of leadership projects<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00b7 Remain in contact with AQHA and be available for service to the Association following completion of the course<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00b7 Assist with training future Leadership AQHA participants<\/p>\n

These 10 regional participants will become classmates with 45 representatives from certain AQHA Affiliates. The first leadership opportunity is a training session for all 55 selected participants that will be held in April at AQHA headquarters in Amarillo, Texas. Hotel and travel expenses will be provided by the Association.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are seeking candidates who are serious about making a difference in AQHA and becoming leaders in our industry,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Leman Wall, AQHA Senior Manager of Membership Services. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This is an exciting opportunity, and we want candidates to be sure they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re ready to meet all of the criteria prior to applying.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

AQHA is pleased to incorporate an online training tool used by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) to further enhance the networking and educational experience of the program.<\/p>\n

After participating in the leadership training program, members will be more aware of involvement options within AQHA including affiliates, standing committees, task forces and national directorships.
\nFor more information and to download an application, visit aqha.com<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0 or call AQHA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s customer service department at (806) 376-4811.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AQHA continues with leadership program, seeks candidates for program Amarillo, Texas, September 29, 2006 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The American Quarter Horse Association knows the importance of great leaders, which is the reason for Leadership AQHA. Approaching its third year of existence, Leadership AQHA was created to strengthen the American Quarter Horse industry through leadership development. AQHA is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aqha","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}