Parliamentary Procedure & Effective Meetings: Decatur Emerging Leaders

Description

Parliamentary Procedure & Productive Meetings is a workshop for people who want the board and committee meetings that they lead or attend to be more productive. Participants will better understand the basic skills to effectively lead and participate in discussing using parliamentary rules. The workshop is sponsored by Decatur Emerging Leaders and presented by an experienced member of the Greater Decatur Chamber Toastmaster Club.

Participants in this workshop will learn:

• How to plan and conduct a productive meeting in which people feel treated fairly
• How to use parliamentary rules to manage the often-conflicting interests that develop during meetings
• Effective procedures that ensure decisions are made fairly
• Types of motions that make meetings more productive
• Proper steps in handling a motion

Our presenter, Kristen Boyd, is a Business Engagement Embedded Resource (BEER) for Finance and Accounting at Archer Daniels Midland Co. for the 1ADM project and Centers of Excellence project. She is a graduate of The Ohio State University with degrees in accounting, agriculture-agronomy/soil science. Kristen is also a six-year member of Toastmasters International and active in three Central Illinois clubs. She has served as club officer in the capacities of President, VP-Education, VP-Membership and Sergeant-at-Arms, at the district level as Area 52 Director, and currently serves as a Pathways Guide to 4 clubs and mentor to a new Toastmasters club in Assumption, IL.