The Nebraska FFA Foundation supports several leadership programs throughout the year, including the following:

Chapter Officer Leadership Training (COLT)

Each year, officers from FFA chapters across Nebraska meet at the Leadership Training Center in Aurora to learn how to become strong and effective leaders for their chapters and their communities.

Nebraska NPower Conference

2011 was the first year FFA held a conference in conjunction with 4-H, DECA, FBLA, FCCLA, HOSA, SkillsUSA and Nebraska Human Resoures Institute. Members from all organizations came together to experience leadership and personal growth. Members attending NPower work in age-specific groups and gain leadership and personal growth experiences appropriate for their interests and ages.

IMPACT workshops

Each fall, the Nebraska State FFA Officer team travels to six different sites throughout Nebraska for IMPACT workshops. FFA members experience high energy leadership sessions ranging from leadership, teamwork, FFA opportunities, importance of agriculture and how to balance time and activities. 

Chapter Visits

The Nebraska State FFA Officers get the opportunity to work with and visit Nebraska FFA chapters each year. Each State Officer has between 18-20 chapters they visit between January and March. This gives them the opportunity to conduct a day of leadership workshops for agricultural education classes and FFA members right in the classroom.

State FFA Officer Development 

Each year, State FFA Officers are presented with various opportunities for growth and development through workshops at the local level to the international level. Each of these opportunities presents new challenges for each team. Each team goes through training programs, such as IMAGES and National Leadership Conference for State Officers (NLCSO), where they learn to be leaders in their state and amongst fellow FFA members. Each year, several of Nebraska's State FFA Officers travel internationally with other State Officers. This International Leadership Seminar for State Officers (ILSSO) trip teaches them about leadership and agriculture in that country. While needs vary for each Officer Team, the need for sponsors exists at varying levels.

For information on sponsoring leadership programs, contact Stacey Agnew, Executive Director of the Nebraska FFA Foundation at 402-472-5846 or stacey@neffafoundation.org.