[D28_community] Club Officer Training Opportunities

[Karen Holland]

Fellow Toastmasters:

Q: What's an excellent way to gain knowledge regarding important 
leadership skills?
Q: What is one of the most important things an individual can do to help 
those whom they are leading?

Answer to both: Attend Club Officer Training!

ALL club officers should plan to attend one of these Club Officer 
Training sessions, scheduled for 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m.:

    * Saturday, January 20, 2007, at the University of
      Michigan-Dearborn, Social Science Bldg.
    * Saturday, January 27, 2007, at Owens Community College in
      Perrysburg, Ohio, AV Bldg.

Both sessions will include opportunities to discuss challenges within 
your club, seek advice, and network with other officers. This round of 
training will cover different topics than the summer training, so please 
plan to attend! We will discuss ways to help your club with membership 
building, club quality issues, and using the new Competent Leadership 
manual, and the spring speech contest season. For those of you who think 
you might be ready to take on new challenges, there will also be a 
presentation on District-level leadership opportunities.

There will also be a special training session for speech contest judges 
from 8:30-9:00 a.m. that will feature several "Judges" who will explain 
how and why they scored a Sample Speaker the way that they did. In an 
actual contest situation, judges must remain anonymous, and are not 
allowed to discuss their scores with anyone. This session will be 
valuable to club officers, experienced and future judges, AND CONTESTANTS!

Please don't let this chance to learn and to improve your leadership 
skills go to waste! Bring yourself and your CL manual (if you have 
one).  Bring your fellow officers.  Bring a list of three "best 
practices" of your club and three questions/concerns to discuss in the 
officer break-out sessions.

Registration and Breakfast for this FREE event will begin at 8:00 AM, 
the program begins at 8:30 AM, and we'll wrap up by 12:30 PM. Advance 
registration is NOT required.

Directions and maps to the training sites are available at:

    * UM-Dearborn: http://www.umd.umich.edu/maps_directions/.
    * Owens Community College (Toledo):
      https://www.owens.edu/about_owens/maps.html

Additional information is in the most recent issue of "The Cornerstone", 
the District 28 newsletter, which is posted to the District 28 web site, 
www.d28toastmasters.org Check it out! You're also welcome to contact 
your area governor, or write to me via LGET at d28toastmasters.org

Thanks!

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