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2011 Faces of
Leadership Conference
2010 Children's Day
at the Legislature
Ruby Payne Training
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2011 Faces of
Leadership Conference
"Shaping Tomorrow Together"
West Virginia's annual statewide conference on
volunteerism, community service and service-learning, coordinated by the
WV Commission for National and Community Service, was held August 9-11,
2011 at the Charleston Civic Center.
The conference included:
Keynote Speakers:
Bruce Bickel,
Transformational Leadership Group - "Excellence in the Midst of
Change".
http://www.bbtlg.com/home.php;
Clifton Taulbert,
Building Community Institute - "We the People: Building Lives". http://www.cliftontaulbert.com;
and
Melanie Rudolph,
Wellness for You First –
"Laughter Yoga for Health and the Joy of Living".
www.wellnessforyoufirst.com/39706.html
Skill-building
workshops were varied and
included something for everyone: Fitting In - How to Create
Inclusive Environments; The Basics of Community Development Evaluation;
Basics in Effective Volunteer Management; Every Voice is Heard:
Strategies for Arriving at Consensus; Moving From Community Dialogue to
Community Action; Grant writing; The Role of the Citizen in Addressing
Intolerance; Facilitation; How Non-Verbals Shape Our Work; Partnering
with Local Media to Engage Communities; Effective Bullying Prevention
Strategies and many more informative and exciting workshops.
Governor's Red Wagon Award
The West Virginia Mountaineer ChalleNGe
Academy was the recipient of the 2011 7th annual Governor's
Red Wagon Award presented by First Lady Joanne Jaejer Tomlin. The Governor's Red Wagon Award is awarded to an
outstanding organization devoted to improving the lives of young people
by providing one or more of the Five
Promises: Caring Adults; Safe
Places; A Healthy Start; An Effective Education and An Opportunity to
Help Others.
Contact: Kathy Tasker:
(304)791-7902 or
ktasker@wvchallenge.org
l-r: Pam Dugan, Willard
Tasker, First Lady Joanne Tomlin, Kathy Tasker & Major General James
Hoyer
Governor's Service Awards: Each year the Governor's Service Awards celebration honors West
Virginia volunteers of all ages for their service and Lifetime
Achievement.
2011 Governor's Service Award Recipients -
http://www.volunteerwv.org/nd/index_2011_gsa_recipients.cfm.
2011 Governor's Service Award Recipients
For
information on the Faces of Leadership Conference contact:
Moya
Doneghy
(304)558-0111 or (800)WV-HELPS
Moya.Doneghy@wv.gov
Events
June 18 - 20:
National Conference on
Volunteering and Service
Chicago, IL
http://www.volunteeringandservice.org/
August 7- 9:
Faces of Leadership
Conference -
Additional Information Forthcoming
Charleston Civic Center
- Charleston, WV
Calendar
January: National Mentoring Month
http://www.nationalmentoringmonth.org/
http://www.wvementoring.org/
February 1: National Girls & Women
in Sports Day
http://www.aahperd.org/nagws/programs/ngwsd/
March 25 -27: 21st National
Conference on Family Literacy
San Diego, CA
http://www.famlit.org/conference/
April 15 - 21: National Volunteer Week
http://www.handsonnetwork.org/nationalprograms/signatureevents/nvw
Do you have a
event you would like posted?
Contact June
L. Robinson via e-mail June.L.Robinson@wv.gov
or phone
(304)558-2440. | 
