Teamwork in the East North Central Region在东北中部地区团队合作.ppt

Teamwork in the East North Central Region在东北中部地区团队合作
The region
4 States – Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia
MTeamwork in the East North Central Region在东北中部地区团队合作
The region
4 States – Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
W. Virginia
The Team
Membership - Gaylynn Kinter, Soil Scientist, NRCS, Michigan
Professional Development - Ron Lauster, Manager, Marion County Soil and Water Conservation District
Leadership Development – Doug Deardorff, District Conservationist, Ohio
Awards – Peg Reese, Resource Conservationist, NRCS, West Virginia
Nominations – Chris Tippie, Assistant State Conservationist, NRCS, Indianapolis
Primary Goals
Hold one leadership development/technical workshop annually.
Establish better communications links with Chapters and among ourselves.
Agree on regional goals, issues, etc.
What Has Worked
Chapters are sharing a lot more these days with each other (emails, newsletters and conferences).
Teleconferences work very well for planning and short discussions. Some Chapters are using these to conduct Council business.
Email has had sporadic success, but is by far our most often used form of communications.
We have been successful in having a team member at most all annual Chapter meetings – when we can’t we provide a written report.
What Has Worked (cont.)
Including technical training in our leadership development workshops has been definitely worthwhile.
Allowing Chapters the opportunity to host and plan most of the regional leadership development workshops is a good idea and gets more people involved.
Regional Representation on SWCS committees.
Including state conservationists on emails about leadership development opportunities has been a plus.
Working more closely with student chapters has paid off.
What Hasn’t Worked
So far, we have been unable to plan a joint Chapter technical training session. Lots of discussion, but timing and available resources has been an issue.
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