program-081107.pdf

District Conference Programme for download - regularly updated

Programme (regularly updated)

Friday 14th November

16:00-... Registration Desk opens
Hand in club banners
18:00-20:00 Credentials Desk, Zuzana Grofova & Tara Majumdar
- Collecting Voting Cards
18:00-18:45 Buddy-Club (First Timer Session), Ketty Englert
Orientation & Secrets of a successful conference - Q&A to get answers and advice
19:00 Ghost walk in Bamberg Assemble in Meeting Break Out Area, Kongress Hotel
20:00-22:00 Executive Council Meeting for District Officers

Saturday 15th November

7:30-17:00 Registration Desk opens
Hand in club banners
8:30-9:45 Credentials Desk, Zuzana Grofova & Tara Majumdar
- Collecting Voting Cards
8:00-8:45 Judges & Contestant Briefing for all judges and contestants.
Including the German and French contestants and judges.
8:45-9:30  Opening, Greg Palmer, District Governor & Morag Mathieson, Conference Chairman
  Keynote Address
  Teasers of Educational Speakers
(per educational speaker 1 Minute)
9:35-11:05 District Council Meeting
For District Officers, Presidents, VP Educations and their Proxy holders.
 Networking Lounge
For those not in the District Council Meeting.
 
11:05-11:35 Coffee Break
11:35-12:35 English Table Topics Contest
12:35-14:00 Lunch

Afternoon

14:00-14:45 Session 1: Communication Track
Irina Troshina, DTM
Make change work for you
German Humorous Speech Contest  French Humorous Speech Contest
14:55-15:40 Session 2: Leadership Track - Club Success Track
Monika Królak, ACB, ALB
Recognition & praise - a magic tool
German Table Topics Contest French Table Topics Contest
15:40-16:10 Coffee Break
16:10-17:40  English Humorous Speech Contest
17:45-18:30 Session 3: Leadership Track - Club Success Track
Matthias Lehmann
Working in a Team – Synergy or Cacophony?
Session 4: Communication Track
Lars Sudmann
Speaking with Passion
Networking Lounge
18:30-20:00 Break,
Time for getting dressed up, Prepare for Dinner
19:45 Optional: Drinking Reception
20:00-1:00 Gala Dinner & Presentation of Awards

Sunday 16th November

9:00-9:40 Session 5: Leadership Track - Club Success Track
Jim Dodson, DTM
Talent and Leadership
French Educational Session
Florian Hehlen
Les techniques d’évaluation
Session 1**: Communication Track
Irina Troshina, DTM
Make change work for you
9:40-10:25 Session 6: Communication Track
Suzann Rye
Your Voice is Your Calling Card; How to Power-Charge Your Voice.
German Educational Session
Martin Schuler
Robert´s Rules of Order leichtgemacht
 Session 2**: Leadership Track - Club Success Track
Monika Królak, ACB, ALB
Recognition & praise - a magic tool
10:25-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-11:30 Hall of Fame, Zuzana Grofova, Immediate Past District Governor
11:30-12:00 Closing Ceremony, Greg Palmer

**: We decided to repeat the sessions parallel to the German and French contest to provide their supporters and contestants the possibility to attend these sessions.

 

District 59 Fall Conference

Bamberg – Franconia in the Fall

14. - 16. November 2008