Speak Up! With Individual Development

Individual Development Happenings

 

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

H: 865-257-1364

W: 865-457-1364

F: 865-457-1361

Email: laurel@tbcsolutions.com

 

Team Members

Region III                                                                          Region II

Deborah Brasfield

8619 Pepper Bush Lane Germantown, TN 38139
H: 901-754-7517
W: 901-652-7517
F: 901-756-6578
EM: deborahb@midsouth.rr.com

 

Sandra Bennett
513 Green Leaf Dr. #N2
Nashville , TN 37211
H: 615-837-1622
EM: sab_tnbpw@hotmail.com

REGION I CERTIFIED TRAINERS

Laurel Bowen         lbowen@vic.com       (865) 457-1364
Phyllis Clingner      PhilsBox@aol.com    (423) 907-9631
Jeana Zeiler           zeiler@naxc.net        (423) 542-3732

 

REGION II CERTIFIED TRAINERS

Dr. Janet McCormick – Heart of Tennessee (615) 904-8208

Joyce Brokaw - Gallatin - (615) 874-6342

Wendy Hollett - Greater Nashville - (615) 298-0007

Jackie Morgan - Greater Nashville - (615) 395-0123

Paula Ponath - Greater Nashville - (615) 890-7599

Theda Rose - Lebanon - (615) 449-9528

Mary Scott - Greater Nashville - (615) 837-8443

Jewell Walker - McMinnville - (931) 668-2987

Patricia Walker - Gallatin - (615) 452-7251

 

REGION III CERTIFIED TRAINERS

Deborah Turner Brasfield - East Memphis - (901) 652-7517   deborahb@midsouth.rr.com 
Ann Meier - East Memphis  - (901) 685-3004    ameier@ortmemphis.com 
Melanie Love Noel - Jackson - (731) 265-1948   touchmassage@netzero.net
Lori Nunnery - Jackson - (731) 427-0371   loriln@unitedway.tn.org
Beth Bates - Jackson - (731) 426-1313    batesb@aol.com
Vicki Jean Clay - Jackson - (731) 423-2062
Linda Higgins - Jackson  - (901) 427-6681   ljhiggins@charter.net

 

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