Monthly sessions are typically the second Thursday of the month, held at 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
Orientation - August 18, 2011 |
Session 1 - September 8, 2011
Collaborative Leadership Styles
The first session focuses on understanding the variety of leadership styles within our class. The day is spent getting to know each other through team challenges and exercises directed by a facilitator from Team Leadership in Sturgeon Bay.
Joe Stellato from UW-Extension takes us through the “True Colors” Matrixx System. Through a series of exercises, each member learns what their predominant “color’ is, which will give them a better understanding of their personality strengths and learn why it is important to have people with all “colors’ on your team.
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Session 2 - October 13, 2011
Community Planning and Natural Resources
An employee from UW-Extension talked about the “invasive species” that threaten our area forests and waterways. We discussed how the state spends millions of dollars each year in an attempt to control the spreading of invasives.
The complexity of area planning was another topic discussed by a long range planner for the Shawano County Planning and Development Department. In some cases you have state, county and township government all involved in the same land use decisions. The class soon understood the complexity of the process.
Part of the curriculum for LSC is to participate in a group project. An informal community “needs assessment” is done by the class. A list of needs and services is created and the process of consensus begins. The class eventually determines what group projects they will work on during the remainder of the class sessions. Top |
Session 3 - November 10, 2011
Local and County Government
Public speaking skills are put to practice this day. LSC participants are asked to prepare a three minute speech on any topic they choose. The speeches were presented to a Green Bay Toastmaster representative who brings out excellent tips on how to become a better presenter.
Round table discussions with Mayor Marquardt, City Administrator, Jim Stadler and Alderman Woody Davis allowed us to discuss current City of Shawano issues.
County Supervisors provided an overview of their job responsibilities and they shared successful tips they used to run for public office. Leadership Shawano County continues to encourage citizen participation.
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Session 4 - December 8, 2011
Community and Economic Development
What It Takes to be an Entrepreneur was a topic discussed by businessmen Pat Crawford, his message about believing in your product, having passion for what you do and doing the “right” thing for your customers while remaining profitable, were lessons learned.
Tourism as Economic Development was the topic discussed by Nancy Smith, director of the Shawano County Chamber of Commerce. Tourism is responsible for millions of dollars spent in Shawano Country and extremely important to our area economy.
Individuals from CRI, Modern Dairy and Ag Ventures, representing different aspects of agriculture were available for an Agriculture Panel discussion. From seed to feed to dairy and beef products, we learned how all of these businesses depend on one another and we understood what huge impacts agriculture has on our local economy. Top |
Session 5 - January 12, 2012
Education Youth and Lifelong Learning
We toured of the College of Menominee Nation and NWTC to see their ever expanded campus with state-of-the-art classrooms and access to distance learning classes.
Understanding why it can be difficult to communicate with people from other generations is covered in the topic “Communicating Across Generations”.We learned about each generations unique values, work ethics and learning styles. Understanding these differences and learning what approach to use can help us communicate with a multi-generational work force.
The Youth Action Panel with area high school students gave us the opportunity to candidly discuss their hopes for the future and issues confronting them today.
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Session 6 - February 9, 2012
Family and Diversity
Paula Fernandez the Cultural Resource Specialist from the Menominee Indian School District covered the history of the Menominee Indian Tribe in an enlightening presentation.
Ways to manage stress and the difficult topic of domestic violence were discussed along with a presentation on Creating Aging Friendly Communities, allowing us to look ahead to see if our community is ready and prepared for the number Baby Boomers soon retiring.
Donna Hora-Schwobe from UW Extension took us through an exercise called “Bridges out of Poverty” giving us a better understanding of the rules of poverty, middle class and the wealthy and a better understanding why it is difficult to navigate from one class to another. Top |
Session 7 - March 8, 2012
State Government
Instead of traveling to the State Capitol in Madison as we do each year at the time, we were forced to study State Government in Shawano because of the “Chaos at the Capitol”.
Although we did not have the opportunity to tour the stunningly beautiful State Capitol or meet with our area legislators in person, the conversations we had with area representatives and business people was no less of a conversation.
The controversy over the State Budget and the issues relating to State Employees gave us some very lively conversations as we discussed these issues from different points of view.
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Session 8 - April 12, 2012
Health Care and Wellness
Tours of ThedaCare Physicians and Shawano Medical Center, discussions on the merger and an explanation on LEAN tools in health care were covered.
Medicare and Medicaid, what are the differences? How does a person buy insurance coverage, what services will this insurance cover? Who qualifies? These were some of the questions answered during this segment covered by Senior Insurance Specialist Todd Otto.
Carey Grieves from ThedaCare Physicians talked about Healthcare Assessment Tools and the popular approach companies are taking to make individuals accountable for their own healthcare and costs.
The ER’s role in the health care delivery system and the work impact the economy has on their work was an eye opening discussion by Dr. Paul Casey.
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Citizen Participation
The day starts will a segment on technology etiquette, we write the rules for our business meetings. Social Media and business are merging; we talk about how we can successfully use facebook and other social media tools for business purposes.
Organizations and clubs rely on volunteers to make their programs run. We talk about how to recruit the right volunteers and more importantly; how to keep them.
Under the supervision of a Human Resources Manager, we study case studies and collectively discuss how we would ethically handle these situations.
This final session is designed to sum up what we have learned and to make a plan for the future. Individual participants are asked to set personal goals then share them with the class.
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Graduation - May 10, 2012
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