April 27-29
A weekend for yourself!! All
14 modules will be taught in
a retreat setting at Grand
View Village (near
Fall Creek Falls
State Park ). For
only $50, you will stay in a
gorgeous villa. Relax with
some friends and improve
your leadership and
communication
skills. All meals, lodging,
and course materials are
included in this low price.
Invite a friend. There’s no
better way to convince
someone that BPW is worth
joining. Non-members will be
charged $65. For an
application, go to
click here. Contact
Laurel Bowen for more
information, or for an
application at
laurel@tbcsolutions.com
or
865-457-1364. The
retreat will begin at 8 pm
Friday night and end at 4 pm
on Sunday. Arrangements can
be made if you can only
attend part of this
retreat. Contact Laurel for
more information. Please
publicize this event at your
next Local meeting.
May 15
This is the deadline to
apply for the ID Speak Off
competition at our state
Convention. This is the
year to stretch your wings
and step up to the
challenge. For more
information about the Speak
Off and an application,
click on the link below.
ID Speak Off Competition
For the 2007 State ID Speak Off Competition, the
contestants must have completed all 14 modules
of the new program. Click
Here for the 2007 Speak Off Guidelines and
entry form. The entry forms must be sent to
Laurel Bowen by May 15, 2007.
About the Individual Development Program
Want to add more value to your BPW membership?
Need to increase visibility in your community?
Are you looking for leaders for next year? Then
you need the BPW/USA Individual Development (ID)
program!
BPW/USA introduced a new updated Individual
Development program at National Convention in
2005. All of the modules have been changed and
updated.
BPW/USA is requiring that a trainer must be
trained initially by BPW/USA regional training
sessions, but then that trainer is qualified to
train others in their state. Each Trainer must
follow the BPW/USA program as presented at the
training sessions.
A CD is available for all for $14.95 from
BPW/USA, but again must be used by someone who
has been trained under the BPW/USA program
directly or someone who has already completed
the training at one of the regional sessions.
Overview of Individual Development Program
2006-2007
The Individual Development Program is BPW/USA’s
seminar series in personal and professional
leadership development. The program will assist
people to succeed in meeting their personal and
professional goals, as well as their goals for
community action and change. The Individual
Development CD includes the Facilitator’s Guide
and individual modules, Participant’s Guide and
individual modules, Power Point Presentations
for each module, and Program Guide. The CD is
available for sale through BPW/USA.
The modules are:
Module 1: Get On Board:
Historical perspective and current opportunities
of BPW defining membership opportunities,
objective, mission, vision, and legislative
platform. This module can be used as a
stand-alone for membership recruitment.
Module 2: I’m not confused, I understand you!
Understanding peers and employees behavioral and
communication styles – managing for improved
performance. Participants will learn to identify
stereotyping and its impact on behavior, as well
as receive an overview of the DISC Model of
Human Behavior to recognize communication
differences.
Module 3: If I were to ask you…
Reviewing behavioral styles and learning to
recruit the right person for the right
program/task. This module builds on the
information in module 2 through identifying
listening skills, provides a basis for
understanding perceptions and receptions of
others, discusses the importance of body
language, appearance and dress.
Module 4: Taming the tension tyrant.
Learn how to create presentations. Participants
will become familiar with presentation elements
and aspects, learn techniques to inspire
audiences, learn techniques to overcome
presentation anxiety, and learn how to create a
powerful presentation.
Module 5: Standing Up & Standing Out Learn to
give oral presentations.
Participants will learn public speaking and
presentation skills, how to review in a
constructive manner, and how to prepare for an
impromptu presentation.
Module 6: Define and Shine! Networking – A Skill
for Life.
This module instructs participants in the skill
of networking with individuals and groups by
reviewing the elements of effective networking,
the networking circle of influence.
Module 7: You’s for You to Use!
You don’t have to be a musician to blow your own
horn! Interviewing tips and techniques.
Participants will review DISC behaviors and
examine their own strengths, talents, and
abilities. They will prepare for, practice, and
review interview techniques.
Module 8: Meet Me in the Middle!
Negotiating skills for the workplace and
beyond. Participants will learn techniques for
successful negotiation, how to deal with
difficult people, and role-play negotiation
scenarios.
Module 9: Best in Class Are you the leader you
want to be?
Developing leadership qualities that will help
you rise to the top! Participants will discover
keys to effective leadership, learn what others
expect of them as leaders, and utilize prior
information on aspect of behavioral styles in
leadership.
Module 10: Get Into It and Out of It!
Running a meeting is parliamentary. Using
parliamentary process can streamline any meeting
and committee. Participants will learn to
effectively and efficiently chair a meeting,
make or amend a motion, and cover basic
parliamentary process and terminology.
Module 11: There are fewer rules than you think!
Business etiquette: standing out from the rest
by understanding how to be the best! This module
covers the basics of business etiquette, from
electronic technology to dining, tipping, and
responding to invitations,
Module 12: You have the right to write!
Understand your civic role in contacting
legislators, lobbying for effective legislation,
and organizing grass roots voters. Participants
will learn processes of legislation, how to
contact legislators, how to establish a
community or citizens’ group, as well as
reviewing the importance of voting.
Module 13: Reach for the Stars!
Learn about governing values – what is
important to you, how do you see the world, and
what do you believe in? Develop your goals.
Participants will participate in creating a
personal mission, establishing values and goals,
and receive a plan to develop short and
long-term goals.
Module 14: Memories are made of this!
Media relations for your business and
organization. Participants will learn about
media outlets, dress and attire for media
interviews and relationships, how to create
media packets, and press releases.
Each module is designed to build upon
information and knowledge learned in prior
modules. For example, participants will learn
how behavioral styles receive information before
learning how to create presentations.
Participants will learn to network, then
interview, and then negotiate, etc.
INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Chair
Laurel Bowen (in Region I) 152
Johnson Lane Clinton, TN 37716