Leadership Perimeter Inc

Youth leadership sandy springs (ylss) was launched by leadership perimeter in 2011 and provides high school sophomores, juniors and seniors with experiential learning opportunities to help develop their leadership skills and learn more about their community. Students discover what it takes to build a thriving community by speaking with business, human services and civic leaders, as well as learn leadership skills to help them reach their full potential. In this 7-month program, students explore sandy springs through six interactive program days and develop leadership skills during three afternoon workshops. The interactive days include meeting with government leaders and public safety officials. Additionally, students go to human services organizations and large & small companies. Workshops help students develop leadership, communication and personal skills to better understand themselves as current or emerging leaders.

Class impact project in 2024, leadership perimeter began a new project with the focus of bettering the community. Community impact projects are small group, self- selected projects completed during the class year that make our community stronger. The 2024 projects included high school interviewing skills workshop, period products collection and packaging, entertainment for senior adults, book drive, outdoor stem classroom improvements at an elementary school, outdoor canopy construction at a fire station.

Other programs include live learn lead & sandy springs civic round table: live learn lead in 2015, a new program was initiated for community-wide interest on relevant topics entitled live learn lead. What started as a small reception-style speaker series, live learn lead has expanded to hold up to 200+ attendees and nationally known speakers and executives from major companies in the metro atlanta area. Recent speakers have included a u.s. Senator and c-suite executives from lockheed martin, georgia public broadcasting, cox enterprises, georgia state university, emory university, southern company, and the coca cola company. In 2019, leadership perimeter (formerly leadership sandy springs) was awarded the excellence in innovation award by the association of leadership programs for live learn lead's outstanding program content. Sandy springs civic round table (sscrt): sscrts mission is to provide an opportunity for non-profit leaders in sandy springs to come together to help build community and strengthen the non-profit sector to meet the needs of sandy springs citizens. Sscrt strives to: share/communicate objectives, activities and events of the individual member organizations and promote collaboration of all sandy springs non- profit organizations. Communicate and encourage development of new opportunities and strategies. Provide information and help develop leaders in the non-profit sector. Pursue major grant opportunities for relevant services and/or resources from outside oue community.