Leadership Forum- Beechworth Victoria - 1st, 2nd and 3rd June
What a truely amazing trip away. After flying to Sydney and then onto Albury a car trip to Beechworth and then the heavens opened up. It was a cold place because it was Autumn and the trees were full of colour. We were all very happy about the rain especially the amount.
I hadnt been to an Australian Rural Leadership forum before so I was on a new adventure. There were a lot of people there and plenty of speakers. The days were packed with activities and there were plenty of opportunity to meet new people.
My first session was called Fuelling the Inner Leader Cafe- feast for body and soul! We actually did the workshop in a cafe setting with coffee and tea served, scones and then wine. This was an interactive workshop and there were several questions to answer and your answers could be in whatever type of medium you chose. We had a feed back session at the end and it highlighted common themes.
A professional speechwriter and speechmaker graced the evening. Owen made learning about speechwriting fun with a commical speech throughout. The evening finished with several people from the floor producing a speech of the cuff.
The next day involved learning about how to breath and speak correctly. Debra Lawrance gave us tips on using our diagphram and breathing, we had the opportunity to sound out words and make them sound like Belgium Chocolate. It was a lot of fun and something to think about.
Another workshop followed and then a field trip to King Valley. We learnt about the bush fire damage and the effects of fire, water and frost on industry.
The last day we heard from the foundation members and then viewed the DVD from the weekends events. It is a weekend I will remember for quite some time, lots of new friends, learnt skills and plenty of information.
I hadnt been to an Australian Rural Leadership forum before so I was on a new adventure. There were a lot of people there and plenty of speakers. The days were packed with activities and there were plenty of opportunity to meet new people.
My first session was called Fuelling the Inner Leader Cafe- feast for body and soul! We actually did the workshop in a cafe setting with coffee and tea served, scones and then wine. This was an interactive workshop and there were several questions to answer and your answers could be in whatever type of medium you chose. We had a feed back session at the end and it highlighted common themes.
A professional speechwriter and speechmaker graced the evening. Owen made learning about speechwriting fun with a commical speech throughout. The evening finished with several people from the floor producing a speech of the cuff.
The next day involved learning about how to breath and speak correctly. Debra Lawrance gave us tips on using our diagphram and breathing, we had the opportunity to sound out words and make them sound like Belgium Chocolate. It was a lot of fun and something to think about.
Another workshop followed and then a field trip to King Valley. We learnt about the bush fire damage and the effects of fire, water and frost on industry.
The last day we heard from the foundation members and then viewed the DVD from the weekends events. It is a weekend I will remember for quite some time, lots of new friends, learnt skills and plenty of information.
For more information visit the site Australian Rural Leadership Program
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