The Summit 2010, Leadership Day

By Debbie Kerr

Leadership Day started at 7:30 am Sunday morning. Perhaps it was a test of leadership to be on time for this event and still follow the great presentations going on. Not all people are morning people.

The day started with Cindy Currie, STC President, providing a summary of the financial crisis and how the Society survived and even made a small profit after taking many actions to deal with a projected deficit.

In an effort to let chapters participate in how we move forward, the Society asked for volunteers to be on a task force -- Community Funding and Support. One of the members of that task force is from the West Coast Chapter in British Columbia. Four members of the task force gave a presentation, which was really well received. In fact, their observations and recommendations were one of the highlights of the morning as the leaders (both Chapters and Society) recognized the validity and value of the information.

In the afternoon, there were various progressions to attend. I participated in the following:

• Re-engineering Your Community
• How to Create Webinars
• Community Funding and Support
• Developing Educational Programs

Everyone had some great ideas. The day was full of a lot of questions and answers -- so many that one of the items on the agenda had to be dropped. Some of the suggestions require more research at the Society level. I look forward to seeing the end result.

Look for my next post about the keynote speaker and my first education seminars.