Rock Valley ASTD - October Newsletter

Rock Valley ASTD NEWSLETTER
October 2000

A Note From The President
Our chapter has entered a "Partner Program"
agreement with Jossey-Bass.

It is designed to provide our customer members with the latest Jossey-Bass professional materials of your choice
at discounted prices.

We'll have 15 different titles to choose from each quarter.
The only obligation of our Chapter is to actively and
regularly promote this program to our members.

In exchange for our promotional efforts, you receive a 25% discount on all prepaid direct orders placed with Jossey-Bass.

We will be discussing this program at the next meeting and giving you a list of the featured books and ordering process
in the next newsletter.

GUEST COLUMN
No submissions were received so this space is intentionally left blank.

If you'd like to contribute a column send it to
Dan Nelson
404 Sunrise Lane,
Rockford IL 61107
815-399-6641
dan48@earthlink.net

Meeting Evaluation

This meeting received the following ratings from the attendees
(Scale is 1-4, 4 is the highest):
Presenter-Knowledgeable 3.71 Presenter-Prepared 4.00
Presenter-Involved Audience 3.28
Presenter-Interesting 3.86
Presentation-Useful 3.86
Presentation-Organized 3.57
Presentation-Interactive 3.42
Location 3.85
Food - Variety 3.77
Food - Quality 3.66

Meeting Schedule
There will be NO December meeting and the January meeting will NOT be on the first Tuesday, it will be on January 9th at NIU.

A Note From The President Our chapter has entered a "Partner Program" agreement with Jossey-Bass. It is designed to provide our customer members with the latest Jossey-Bass professional materials of your choice at discounted prices. We'll have 15 different titles to choose from each quarter. The only obligation of our Chapter is to actively and regularly promote this program to our members. In exchange for our promotional efforts, you receive a 25% discount on all prepaid direct orders placed with Jossey-Bass. We will be discussing this program at the next meeting and giving you a list of the featured books and ordering process in the next newsletter.		GUEST COLUMN No submissions were received so this space is intentionally left blank. If you'd like to contribute a column send it to Dan Nelson 404 Sunrise Lane, Rockford IL 61107 815-399-6641 dan48@earthlink.net
Newsletter Deadline Submissions for the next newsletter must be in by 11/9/2000. Links We Like No submissions this month so this area is intentionally left blank.	Member News Kevin Kelleghan has recently conducted several in-house workshops. He conducted "Developing Work Skills or Productivity And Commitment" at General Carbon Products, "Supervising Spanish-Speaking Personnel" for Hendricksen The Care of Trees, "Supervisory Skills for Spanish-Speaking Supervisors" for Sesmark Foods, Excel Automotive and Bulk Molding in Chicago, Spanish interpretation for G C Waldom; "The Language of Business in Latin America" for Richardson Electronics, "and "Report Writing" for the Rockford Fire Department. In addition, he will present three workshops for Barnes & Noble book store in Rockford this fall and act as moderator for a Barnes & Noble nationwide program called "The World's Largest Writing Workshop," which will be held in every Barnes & Noble bookstore in the United States on October 15. He also founded the Writers League with Rock Valley College which meets monthly at the Bell Building on Bell School Road. His newest book, "Supervisory Skills for Editors, News Directors and Producers" will be published this year by Iowa State University Press.
Meeting Summary Composed by: Lydell Manning The presentation was given by Tim Sievers, of Highland Community College in Freeport, IL. It was interesting how this topic was presented. He used the movie, "It's a Wonderful Life" as a media to reveal the key points of Servant Leadership. Background Servant Leadership was developed by Robert Greenleaf. Worked for ATT for 38 years, retiring in 1964 as VP of Management Research. Founded the Center for Applied Ethics, which was renamed the Robert K. Greenleaf Center in 1985. Definition of Servant Leadership Serve first, then Lead Service to others, internally and externally, is the first priority. This will enable you to extend your leadership and influence. Key Elements of Servant Leadership Listening receptively to what others have to say. Acceptance of others and having empathy for them. Foresight and intuition. Awareness and perception. Having highly developed powers of persuasion. An ability to conceptualize and communicate concepts. An ability to exert a healing influence upon individuals and institutions. Building community in the workplace. Practicing the art of contemplation. Recognition that servant-leadership begins with the desire to change oneself. Once that process has begun, it then becomes possible to practice servant-leadership at an institutional level. Tim and/or one of his colleagues are available to come out to your agency and give a presentation on this topic.		Meeting Evaluation This meeting received the following ratings from the attendees (Scale is 1-4, 4 is the highest): Presenter-Knowledgeable 3.71 Presenter-Prepared 4.00 Presenter-Involved Audience 3.28 Presenter-Interesting 3.86 Presentation-Useful 3.86 Presentation-Organized 3.57 Presentation-Interactive 3.42 Location 3.85 Food - Variety 3.77 Food - Quality 3.66 Meeting Schedule There will be NO December meeting and the January meeting will NOT be on the first Tuesday, it will be on January 9th at NIU.

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