Leadership Development: Using the IFAS Leadership Development Curriculum in your Community

Live Interactive Teleconference

Tuesday, April 9, 2003 - 1:00 p.m. EDT

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Are you interested in developing leaders in your community?

Do you want to learn more about a packaged program for working with existing and potential leaders?
Would you like to receive training at your desk from Extension experts throughout the country?

....then this interactive training session is for you!

CYFERnet is pleased to present an opportunity for you to learn more about University of Florida's IFAS Leadership Development Curriculum. This curriculum is an excellent learning tool on both the nuts and bolts of leadership as well as the development of leaders in the community.

Topics Include:

Everyone is a leader
The most important jobs: The group leader and the group member
Developing a good group
Problem solving in groups
Managing conflict creatively
Communication
Listening to hear
Giving and receiving feedback
Political action at the local level
Defining public issues
Getting involved in public affairs

This workshop will be a presentation and then question and answer time with the author of the curriculum, Dr. Elizabeth Bolton. Dr. Bolton is a professor and extension specialist of community development in the Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences at the University of Florida. Her areas of interest and experience include leadership development, entrepreneurship education, workforce preparation, volunteer development and nonprofit organizations. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in the department and is currently working with others to develop an interdisciplinary undergraduate minor in nonprofit organizations.

.All you need is a telephone plus a computer with web access. This training is one of a series of live interactive training sessions that use the web and telephone conference calls that are being sponsored by CYFERnet. These conference calls center around topics identified through the CYFERnet Needs Assessment survey.

EVENT SUMMARY

TOPIC: Leadership Development: Using the IFAS Leadership Development Curriculum in your Community
TARGET AUDIENCE: County/Community CSREES personnel, especially those working with CYFAR, State Strengthening, and/or New Community projects.
WHAT: Telephone Conference Call (27 lines)
DATE: Wednesday, April 9, 2003
TIME: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. EDT
NUMBER TO CALL TRAINING SESSION: (919) 515-7152

TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL PROGRAM

Susan Jakes
CYFERnet Editor - Community
North Carolina State University

Elizabeth Bolton
Professor and Extension Specialist
University of Florida

Part 1 - (10 minutes)
Introductions
Objectives for the training

Part 2 - (50 minutes)
Programming with the IFAS Leadership Development Curriculum

Part 3 - (30 minutes)
Question and Answer Period

Additional follow-up to this interactive program may include:

Web bulletin board or Listserv.
"Ask the Expert" CYFERnet web form to let users ask additional questions of Dr. Elizabeth Bolton.
This program may be made available through streaming audio at a later date on the CYFERnet web site.

TIME LINE TO ASSIST IN YOUR PLANNING

Before the call - Review the IFAS Leadership Development curriculum available through CYFERnet Community > Skills for working with community groups> Leadership development OR by clicking directly on the links below:

Tuesday, April 9th - 1:00 p.m. EDT - Participate in call. Please note that this is Eastern Daylight Time and that you will need to adjust your call-in time based on the area of the country in which you live. On the day of the call you will need to be at a computer that has access to the web sites, or have printed a copy of the curriculum (includes 11 sections).

After April 9 - Begin to program with some of the new information you learned about on the conference call.

Questions or discussion regarding this CYFERnet sponsored project should be directed to Susan Jakes at susan_jakes@ncsu.edu

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