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THOUGHTS FROM THE SIDELINE
LOOKING FOR LEADERS
Eldred Brown, DTM, IPDD
Do you have what it takes? Do you have You will learn how to motivate others and
the right stuff to be a successful District 7 sell your vision to others so they will gladly
leader? If so, then please let me know. We do whatever you need them to do to achieve
are now looking for leaders to step forward it. If you communicate effectively enough,
and run for election to one of our elected your vision won’t be your vision alone. Your
D7 leadership positions for the 2022-2023 team will make your vision their vision, and
program year. We need qualified candidates they will want to achieve it just as much as
to run for District Director, Program Quality you do.
Director, Club Growth Director, and Division During my year as your Program Quality
Director of each of our eight Divisions. If you Director, (PQD) for example, I had the
know a good candidate or want to nominate privilege and honor of leading a program
yourself, please click this link to make your quality team that included Leanna Lindquist
nomination via our nomination form: 2023- as your Education and Training Coordinator,
2024 Nomination Form for D7 Executive Lyle Schellenberg as your Conference
Roles - Google Forms Chair, and Dr. Gwendolyn Avington as your
What can you gain from serving as a Pathways Proponents Committee Chair. I
District leader? You will learn how to communicated to each my vision for what I
• lead a team of leaders wanted our District to achieve and how each
• create a vision of success could help us accomplish our goals. It was so
• set goals much fun to delegate the work to them and
• create a plan to reach your goals watch them implement our plans and hear
• identify the best people to help you their ideas for how we could provide even
reach your goals. better service to our clubs and members.
You won’t do this work alone. You will We expanded our service to fill the online
have a team of leaders to whom you can space given us by the Zoomisphere, with
delegate many of your responsibilities. Yet Leanna’s Wednesday’s Wonderful Webinars
you will learn how to communicate your and Gwendolyn’s Pathways webinars. Lyle
vision, goals, and expectations to the leaders offered us the first totally online conference
you appoint to help you succeed. experience in our District’s history. The
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