CHAPTER XXI. INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Individual Development Program The Individual Development Program( ID) is BPW Foundationʼs trademarked seminar series for personal and professional leadership development. This membership program assists women to meet their personal and professional goals, as well as their goals for community action and change. The Individual Development CD includes the Facilitatorʼs Guide, individual modules, Participantʼs Guide and individual modules, Power Point Presentations for module and the Program Guide. The CD may be available for sale through BPW Foundation. References to the ID program include the 12 / 08 program in which several BPW / TN members were trained, its immediate predecessor and all successors developed by BPW Foundation. The program is an excellent membership and recruitment tool which is valuable even when repeated. Speak off participation is not required but is encouraged.
Module Topics Module 1: Past. Present and Future: Historical Perspective and current opportunities of BPW defining membership, objectives, mission, vision, and legislative platform.( can be a stand-alone for membership recruitment.) Module 2: Developing Confidence Understanding peers and employees behavioral and personality styles – managing for improved performance. Participants will learn to identify stereotyping as well as receive an overview of the DISC Model of Human Behavior to recognize communication differences. Module 3: Workforce Interpersonal Skills … Reviewing behavioral styles and learning to recruit the right person for the program / task. This module builds on information in module 2 through identifying listening skills understanding perceptions and receptions of others, discusses the importance of body language, appearance and dress. Module 4: Taming the Tension Tyrant. Become familiar with presentation elements and aspects, learn techniques to inspire audiences and to overcome anxiety, and learn how to create a powerful presentation. Module 5: Standing Up & Standing Out. Learn to give oral presentations. Participants will learn public speaking and presentation skills, how to review in a constructive manner, and how to prepare for an impromptu presentation. Module 6: Define and Shine! Networking – A Skill for Life. This module instructs participants in the skills of networking with individuals and groups by reviewing the elements of effective networking. Module 7: Yours for You to Use!( Interviewing) You donʼt have to be a musician to blow your own horn! Participants will review DISC behaviors and examine their own strengths, talents, and abilities, and to prepare for, practice, and review interview techniques. Module 8: Meet Me in the Middle! Negotiating skills for the workplace and beyond. Participants will learn skills for successful negotiation, how to deal with difficult people, and role-play negotiation scenarios. Module 9: Best in Class: Be the Leader You Want to Be developing leadership qualities that will raise you to the top! Participants will discover keys to effective leadership; learn what others expect of them as leaders, and to utilize prior information of behavioral styles in leadership. Module 10: Get Into It and Out of It! Running a meeting is parliamentary. Using parliamentary processing will streamline any meeting and committee. Participants will learn to effectively and efficiently chair a meeting, amend a motion, and cover basic parliamentary process and terminology. Module 11: Business Etiquette:: standing out from the rest by knowing how to be the best! Module 12: Right to write! Understand your civic role in contacting legislators, lobbying and reviewing legislation, and organizing grass roots voters.. Module 13: Reach for the Stars! Goal Setting. Participants will participate in creating a personal mission statement, establish values and goals, and receive a plan to develop short and long-term goals. Module 14: Memories are made of this! Media relations for your business and organization are studied. Participants will learn about media outlets, how to dress for media interviews and how to create media packets and press re-leases.
Module 15 Virtual Teams.
State Speak Off Participation In order to participate in the annual ID speak off held at state convention, the speaker must complete Modules 4( Writing Presentations) and 5( Public Speaking). Although not required, it is recommended that participants complete the entire set of modules within a two year period. Multiple participants from the same local are permitted. Each local is encouraged to have at least one participant.
( See Chapter XIV. State Awards, p. 43 for criteria.) 54 August 2010