The ADVANCE Executive Training Program combines the best resources and models in the industry to provide a unique series of trainings, symposiums and one-on-one coaching to help organizations enhance their capacity and advance their mission. 

Participants receive training on Board Development from Diana Kern of NEW.

ADVANCE Executive Training Program Update
On April 23, 2009, CDAD launched the 10‐month ADVANCE Executive-Level CDC Training Program designed to offer relevant, timely training, and one-on-one coaching to help community development organizations navigate a path for their organizations. To date, over 62 individuals and 37 organizations have benefitted from the training. Reviews from the program have been very positive.

Thus far, participants have learned how to engage in real‐time strategic planning and how to determine an organization’s competitive advantage. They’ve received intense training on board development and recruitment—including the essentials of effective board meetings, board ambassadorship and how to develop a common language among board and staff. In the “Strategic Partnerships” session, trainees learned about the strategic alliance continuum—including cooperation, coordination, collaboration, strategic alliance and corporate integration.

For sessions five and six, CDAD partnered with Community Legal Resources to present “Legal Issues in Time of Crisis” and “Adaptive Strategies for Changing Times.” The lawyers in these sessions—yielding from Dykema, Dickinson Wright PLLC, and Barris, Scot, Denn & Drinker, PLLC— offered critical information in the areas of corporate, real estate, and employment law.

CDAD would like to thank all of our trainers, CDAD board members, panelists, and trainees for a fantastic first five months! ADVANCE is funded by the City of Detroit Block Grant, Charter One Bank and Bank of America.

About the ADVANCE Executive Training Program

Poised to become CDAD’s signature training, the ADVANCE  Executive CDC Training Program provides executive-level training designed to help community development organizations adapt and succeed in their neighborhood revitalization efforts in the midst of these turbulent economic times.   

Offered at no cost to CDAD members, participants in the ADVANCE  Executive CDC Training Program obtain relevant, timely training, and one-on-one coaching to help them navigate a path for their organization.

Who Can Participate?
Board members and staff of community development organizations within the City of Detroit, as well as individuals from CDAD supporting member organizations who work in the community development sector. 

What’s in it for me?
Participants in the ADVANCE Executive Training Program will join a cadre of other directors, executives and staff who are engaged in finding solutions to the challenges we currently face in the community development sector.  Participants will glean from seasoned professionals and work individually, in small groups as well as with individual coaches, to explore practical solutions.

The ADVANCE Executive CDC Training Program is interactive, participatory and driven by the community development sector it seeks to serve.  

ADVANCE Executive CDC Training Program graduates will leave the training equipped with information, creative ideas, inspiration, and solutions tailored to meet their specific needs.

Funded by City of Detroit CDBG/NOF Funding and Bank of America Underwritten by the Charter One Foundation