July 11 Class
Public Speaking & Communicating through the Media
Saturday, July 11th marks the 2nd class of the 2009 Institute for 29 of San Antonio's community leaders. Elaine Ayala of the Express News and Lorraine Pulido Ramirez of LPR Strategic Marketing and Public Relations designed an interactive experiential approach to improve communication skills, successfully contacting the media and confidence in public speaking.
CLI Community Projects
The 2009 Community Projects are in the 2nd part of their planning stage. The groups are facilitated through the ToP(R) Group Facilitation Methods in order to experience structured participatory planning. One of the CLI Community Project groups will be working in the area of financial literacy by partnering with the United Way Family Strengthening Issues Council "Access" (Alamo City Coalition for Economic Self-Sufficiency) project. A second group will organized to help prepare kids for school in their "Shoes for Kids Projects". The group plans to conduct a back to school shoes drive for young children with limited resources who are starting school in the fall and provide additional services to the community on the date of the event. The third group is organizing the 2009 Institute Graduation, organizing a major event for a community nonprofit where their challenge is to effectively communicate the organization's work through the presentation of their community projects, networking with supporters, and communicating to the media the importance of leadership development for community advocates through their experience at CLI.
The CLI Community Projects serve as a lab for the application of their newly acquired skills . The students develop a deeper awareness of individual leadership styles, cultural diversity and more a constructive engagement of conflict approach working with groups and coalitions gaining an appreciation for the assets each diverse style and culture brings to the table. Equipped with core leadership skills experience practical applications of their learning, while directly impacting the San Antonio community through their work with these community group projects. The students are supported by CLI staff through this learning process and walk away with a renewed sense of commitment and empowerment ready to impact their respective organizations in working with families, elderly, children, and youth in a broad range of service areas.
Posted on: Jul 8, 2009 (1:42 pm)