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The excitement of the New Year brings with it the opportunity to achieve new heights, as well as the potential for hidden challenges.  As you contemplate the things you want to achieve in 2012, we would like your input in helping us develop the strongest list of 12 goals for 2012 that will help build a person's ability to lead within the meta-leadership model. 

In order to strengthen someone's meta-leadership ability, we are working to identify goals for 2012 that will help to provide a framework to build upon what many of you have already accomplished, leading within the five dimensions of meta-leadership.  As we continue to introduce meta-leadership to a growing number of individuals across the country, many of whom did not have the opportunity to attend one of the Meta-Leadership Summits, we are working to identify how best to help them build a strong foundation for a meta-leadership role in today's environment.  We are building this list of 12 goals one might include in their New Year's list of things to accomplish in 2012 to strengthen leadership ability across sectors in preparation for times of crisis.  Consider adding one or two items to the list. 

As we receive your input, we will then work to identify the 12 most effective things one can do in order to build meta-leadership ability for 2012.   Our goal will be to have the list completed by mid-January.  We look forward to hearing from you in the days ahead.

                                                            ‘12 in 12' Challenge

• Build a Kit, Make a Plan and Stay Informed. Have enough supplies on hand to survive at least 7 days at home (consider making it 30 days), establish (or review and practice your company's/agency's emergency plan), and stay informed through social media channels and through a NOAA Alert Radio.
• Become CERT certified. If already certified, become CERT Instructor certified.
• Establish a Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) Account
• Become an InfraGard member
• Attend 12 hours of continuing education on preparedness issues with members outside your sector.
• Read 12 books related to leadership/preparedness. (What book recommendations do you have?)
• Establish an expanded social media presence, to include profiles on Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, and Youtube. If you already have these, consider setting a goal to follow/connect with an additional 100 within each platform.
• Establish a business page for your agency on Facebook and Google+. If you already have one, be sure you have Liked/Added to Circles for your company's profile page.
• Write at least one Blog entry and share it with the online Meta-Leadership Online Community. Consider establishing a Blog on Wordpress, Tumblr, Blogger or one of the other blogging platforms.
• Build connectivity with at least 12 new leaders within each sector of your community or across the state/country.
• Invite twelve new members to the meta-leadership community from within those that you work with during an emergency.
• Work with those in your community to develop at least one Post Meta-Leadership Summit training seminar.
• The following have been added based on feedback from members:

                       - Expand the sector definition to include "community and citizens."
                       - Join or start a Public-Private Partnership. 
                       - Engage in Citizen Corps activities
                       - Lead a Neighborhood Watch program
                       - Hold joint exercises with your National Guard, Police and Fire departments
                       - Consider getting Security, BCP and/or DR certifications 
                       - Have your organization certify to a resiliency program along the lines of PS-PREP
                       - Be sure to include Faith Based Communities in your cross-sector collaboration in that they always stand up and help in a disaster/crisis (though are many times left out of the planning.)