This year Leadership SD alumni, board members, & supporters raised a total of $41,080 as part of the Annual Giving Campaign & SD Day of Giving 🤩 These funds will go directly to future program participants to provide tuition scholarships & travel stipends. So awesome! #thankyou

Gratitude is a practice...the more you practice, the more you have to be thankful for 🙂 Here’s part of the Leadership crew + Campaign Co-Chairs, Rick & Val Melmer, taking a pause from their thank-you note writing. Details from the Annual Giving Campaign coming soon!

WAHOO! It’s here - South Dakota Day of Giving AND the LAST day of the Annual Giving Campaign. Today we join with folks across the state to share the impact nonprofits are making and hopefully inspire one another to give. ❤�� Let’s GO! #forsouthdakota #SDdayofgiving #LeadSD

Leadership requires cultivating a growth mindset - learning and improving every day. Learning requires grace - allowing space to be new at something. What could you be new at this week? 😊 #allthepossibilities #LeadSD #TGIM

Today we are especially grateful for our Leadership SD family → alumni, board members, sponsors, and community stakeholders who believe in our mission of building the next generation of leaders for South Dakota. ♥️ THANK YOU for all the ways you support Leadership SD!

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Alumni, you are blowing us away with your engagement & contributions to the Annual Giving Campaign 🤩 The campaign wraps up Nov. 28 on SD Day of Giving. If you are interested to learn more, visit ⬇️ We are so very grateful for your support ♥️

Thanks to our alumni & board members for joining us last night at the Networking Event in RC! We ♥️ reconnecting w/you & hearing about what you're up to. In fact, we love it so much that we only snapped a few pics 😬 so please share any photos in the comments. Thx!

Our Executive Director, John Meyer recently had the opportunity to sit down with Jeff Veltkamp (Class of 2018) on the South Dakota Community Foundation podcast to share a little bit more about Leadership South Dakota. Check out the full episode ⬇️

Alumni - it's not too late to register! ➡️What: Alumni Networking Night in Rapid City ➡️When: Nov. 16; 5:30pm Social Hour, 6:30pm Dinner+Speaker ➡️Where: The Box Event Center, RC ➡️Cost: Social Hour = always FREE / Dinner+Speaker = $30 ➡️Register:

Alumni, we will be in Rapid City in 2 weeks & would love to see you IRL! 🤩 Join us Nov. 16 for the Alumni Networking Night⬇️ 5:30 pm - Social Hour (always FREE!) 6:30 pm - Dinner + Speaker ($30) Register: (it’s not too late to register!!) #LeadSD

📢ALUMNI 📢 The Annual Giving Campaign starts TODAY! Our goal is to raise $31,500 for tuition scholarships, travel & lodging stipends for future program participants, as well as supporting alumni activities. Learn more ➡️ Thanks for your support! ♥️

You are needed. Sometimes the word “leadership” makes us think we need to do, or be, something big. We envision what we think leadership looks like instead of seeing how we can, and how we are, leading. ♥️ #LeadSD

ALUMNI - thank you for joining us last week at the Networking Night in Brookings! We loved seeing you & loved your connection with each other, as well as your engagement w/the Class of 2024. 😍 Our next Alumni Networking Night is Nov. 16 in Rapid. Info⬇️

Day 3 in Brookings is complete. We toured manufacturing, precision ag, seed & athletic facilities. We learned about the power of small habits & the power of understanding our strengths. We did IMPROV and survived! 😅 And we were reminded of the importance of making a difference.

And we’re back in Brookings with the Leadership SD 2024 Class! Already off to a great start thanks to a class committed to showing up, supporting each other ♥️ and digging into the topics and leadership lessons shared by others. It’s gonna be a great 3 days - let’s go! #LeadSD

📢LAST CALL Alumni for the Oct. 19 Networking Night in Brookings! If you are planning to attend the registration deadline is TODAY (10/12). ➡️October 19 in Brookings ➡️5:30pm - Social Hour ➡️6:30pm - Dinner + Speaker John Stiegelmeier Register:: #LeadOn

Alumni - don't miss the upcoming Networking Night! Details ⬇️ October 19–Alumni Networking Night in Brookings 5:30 pm - Social Hour (always FREE!) 6:30 pm - Dinner + Speaker John Stiegelmeier ($30) Register:: Registration deadline: October 12 #LeadSD

CONGRATULATIONS to the newest graduates 🎓️🎓️ Cheers to the 2023 State Government Leadership South Dakota Class on completing your program! We are grateful for their commitment to our great state 7 can’t wait to see what’s ahead 🤩 #LeadSDStateGov #greatfacesgreatplaces

Just like that, we are in Pierre for the graduation 🎓️ of the 2023 State Gov Leadership SD Class. Today & tomorrow, the class will wrap-up their Leadership SD experience, while simultaneously committing to action. The beginning of the next step in their leadership journey!