4th Annual Leadership Challenge
Thursday, March 11, 2010
8:30am to 4:30pm
The Supervisor's Club, Waterloo, IA
With the economic woes of our country tickling the doorstep of the Cedar Valley, there has never been a more crucial time to hunker down and get back to fundamentals. By investing in your greatest asset - your people - you will arm your company with the basic, applicable business skills needed to be successful in the coming year.
As part of the Cedar Falls Jaycees’ mission to provide quality leadership development opportunities to both our members and the greater community, we have stepped up this year’s Leadership Challenge to be more relevant and more interactive, without sacrificing the quality training and networking opportunities our regular participants have come to expect.
Our hands-on, interactive workshops this year will:
- Give participants an awareness of how they look and sound to an audience and how to effectively communicate a confident, professional message
- Create a broad, shared understanding of the key issues and factors that influence business
- Highlight the fundamental importance of customer focus, including a solid understanding of customer needs
- Illustrate how small improvements can have a great effect on the bottom line
- Inspire people to focus on what can be done, even when business conditions are tough
Featured Presenters 
Maria Volante, Dardis Communications - Des Moines, IA
Effective Leadership, Presentation and Image Skills
Beginning at 9:15am
Your image speaks first – win audiences with your professionalism.
A lesson in back-to-basics communication skills, this application-based, interactive workshop will teach us how to speak just as well as we think, and how to look and dress the part to get the intended message across effectively. Participants will learn to control nerves, overcome inhibitions, create energy to keep audiences engaged, build credibility and trust, overcome distracting habits, listen effectively and present a confident, professional message.
Dardis Communications is a leading consulting and training company whose key mission is to help individuals and businesses reach their strategic goals through effective communication. You can learn more about them by visiting www.dardiscommunications.com.
Keynote Speaker
Kevin Boyle
Voice of the Panthers and Commercial Insurance Agent for LSB Financial
12:00noon – 1:15pm
Dan Topf, Management Development International, Inc. – Ames, IA
CELEMI Performance™ - A Strategic Thinking Business Simulation
Beginning at 1:15pm
When times are tough, you need people to think constructively and act decisively.
Enjoyed by the likes of Executive MBA students at the University of Iowa, CELEMI Performance pairs teams of four participants in a competitive business simulation, stretching the business minds of every participant through the case story of Fenix, Inc. This hands-on exercise will increase the strategic business and financial acumen of each attendee, and even deliver a bit of finance learning for the non-financial professional.
Management Development International, Inc. is a business learning company whose services engage, simulate, explore, challenge, and guide through realistic learning experiences. You can learn more about them by visiting http://www.mdi-learning.com.
Registration Information
Registration is open to all members of the Cedar Valley business and not-for-profit communities. Registration fee includes admission, training materials, and lunch.
Individual Registration (non-Jaycees) $120/person
Groups of four or greater, registering together $100/person
Jaycees, YP Members, and Students $80/person
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