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December 7-10, 2010
Ramada Plaza Hotel, South Charleston
Volunteer West Virginia, the state’s Commission for National and Community Service is offering the complete LeadershipPlenty training December 7-10, 2010 at the Ramada Plaza Hotel in South Charleston.
The LeadershipPlenty program is a skill-building program based on the premise that every person has assets to bring to the community table. The program teaches skills in partnership development, conflict management, and taking action.
This hands-on interactive training will begin promptly at 10:00am on Tuesday, December 7. It will end by 4:00pm on Friday, December 10. The registration fee of $165 covers lunches and breaks on all four days. Directions to the hotel will be emailed to each registrant.
Topics covered in LeadershipPlenty
- Finding Leaders Within; Identifying Community Assets; Managing Groups for Results; Making Meetings Work Better; Managing Conflict; Building Strategic Partnerships; Moving from Talk to Action; Valuing Evaluation; Communicating for Change
Strengthening leadership establishes new ways of thinking and new patterns of behavior in a community. The LeadershipPlenty program embraces the belief that people from different backgrounds can and must work together and it provides the tools to prepare them for the task. The program is guided by a set of core values and assumptions:
- People working together can solve problems in a creative way
- Communities need a diverse perspective to address issues
- Problem-solving should be inclusive
- Learning is a life-long activity
- Working together to solve community issues builds relationships that benefit the overall health of the community
Through a grant from the WV Development Office, a limited number of registration scholarships are available to those who live or work in designated distressed or at-risk counties:
Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Lincoln, Mason, McDowell, Mingo, Roane, Summers, Webster, Wirt, Wyoming
Social Work CEUs are available for this training.
To register, please contact Moya Doneghy at 304-558-0111 or moya.doneghy@wv.gov if you have any questions or need additional information.
Registration deadline is Thursday, December 2 by noon.
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