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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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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