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Welcome
to Lions e-learning! Lions Clubs International is proud to give you this
opportunity to develop your leadership skills through online learning
courses.
Valuing Member Diversity
To address the changing face of volunteerism, this course examines the concept of diversity as it applies to our association. It emphasizes how diversity benefits Lions clubs, explores how to recruit and retain diverse members, and challenges the learner to support a culture of pluralism.
Promoting Innovation
Sustainable growth and effective service require new ideas and actions. This course provides tips on stimulating creativity and creating an environment that supports innovation in your club.
Effective Public Speaking
This course presents how to prepare a speech and how to deliver a speech effectively. Included in the course are practical tips and checklists, as well as examples. Depending on your experience, you can use this course to review or to learn a new leadership skill- public speaking.
Conflict
Resolution
Conflict is a part
of everyday life. In this course we look at the causes of conflict and
at a variety of strategies that can be used to resolve conflict. We will
learn our own basic style of conflict management and the situations where
a different style may be more appropriate. Finally, we will study the
collaborative approach to conflict resolution and be introduced to a seven-step
process for resolving conflict where everyone is a winner in the end.
Member
Motivation
In this course, Professor
Kazantis introduces you to theories of human motivation. Lion Michael
explains how these theories relate to examples of meeting member needs
and motivating club members. You will be challenged to use this information
in your personal plan to motivate members.
Providing
Community Service
Lions have a strong
commitment to the community, and each club strives to provide meaningful
service. In this course you will find tools and techniques to help you
assess community needs, select worthwhile projects, plan projects for
success, and promote your club's service to the community.
Managing
Change
You will learn how
to become a change leader by taking this course. Through activities, you
will recognize the roles in the change implementation process and the
way different people react to change and adopt change. You will use checklists
to assess resistance and develop a plan to implement a change that is
needed.
Writing
Your Personal Mission Statement
Prepare to embark on
a journey of self-discovery! Through a series of introspective activities,
you will craft your personal mission statement and learn how to integrate
it into your everyday life. You'll also be provided with a model for putting
"first things first" and preventing less important tasks from consuming
the majority of your time.
Effective
Teams
This course will help
you understand the characteristics of effective teams, the stages of team
development, how leaders can support teams, and how to use good decision-making
methods. You'll find assessment tools to evaluate your team, tips for
team leaders, and interesting activities to motivate and energize your
Lions teams.
Public
Relations
This course defines
public relations and presents the benefits for Lions clubs. You’ll
learn what makes an event newsworthy and how to communicate key messages
about Lions clubs. You will create an elevator speech and a public relations
plan. You will discover the numerous public relations resources that you
can use.
Meeting
Management
As you follow Lion
David on a series of club visits, this course presents the three phases
of good meeting management, effective meeting preparation procedures,
and meeting facilitation. You learn how to manage group behavior and how
to follow-up between meetings. You will use practical worksheets and checklists
to achieve effective meeting management in your club.
Delegation
This course illustrates
the definition of delegation and the benefits of delegation. After assessing
your level of delegation, the steps of successful delegation are presented
as well as the challenges. Course activities and practical worksheets
will help you increase your use of delegation.
Goal
Setting
Many people do not
achieve their goals because they do not establish effective goals. In
this course, you will learn how to do just that. You will complete the
process of defining goals, writing an action plan, and then managing your
goals for the best results. By the end of the course you will be on the
path to achievement.
Coaching
In this course you
will learn the meaning of coaching and the benefits of coaching for Lions
and the communities. Through examples and activities, you will see the
common characteristics of effective coaches. The course provides a simple
five-step coaching process for your use.
Leadership
This course defines
leadership and shows varied leadership styles and how they can be used.
You will assess your leadership style. Five practices of exemplary world
leaders are explained and applied. Through matching activities and quizzes,
you can check your learning and use it in Lions situations. You will create
a personal leadership development plan.
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