Yesterday, I started to explain about the Toastmasters convention I attended last Saturday, May 1, 2010.
Today, I would like to share with about the workshops I attended.
There were 18 workshops along three different tracks: personal development, career development, and business communication.
I attended three. Each was about 50 minutes long
"Connecting With Your Followers: Leadership and Communication" by Peter Okantey www.theokanteygroup.com
He talked about the interdependance of leaders and followers then split us into groups to do a couple of exercises. The first was to put a puzzle together, first without the picture, then with the picture. This highlighted how it is important to communicate the vision of the goal to the people doing the work. The second was to have us stand in a line facing the next person's back. He gave a word to the first person who had to write it on the back of the next person and so on. This showed us the importance of not only communicating repeatedly and confirming the message was received but also that different modes of communication are needed
"High Performance Leadership" by Le and Ann Snelling www.snellinggroup.com
This was by far the most lively of the workshops I attended. The attendees were split into four groups, each a different department of an imaginary start up company. Each team wrote up an action plan, developed a time line and gave a short presentation to everyone at the end. This was designed to show how the High Performance Leadership model (one of the modules needed to complete an advanced Toastmaster award) can be applied to real life situation and I think they succeeded.
"The 7 Wonders of Clear, Concise, Professional Communication" by Seamus Kennedy www.seamusconquent.com
He gave us a number of helpful hints to improve communication then split us into small groups to prepare short, 5-sentence speeches to explain each of the 7 wonders.
Tomorrow, I will finish up with the contests!
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