The VASWCD and its Educational Foundation organize regional director trainings throughout the year.
Training topics chosen previously have included financial matters, IT issues, parliamentary procedures, efficient meeting management, and personnel management. If you have a topic or a speaker that you would like to recommend for a future training, please contact VASWCD staff. Additionally, if you are interested in assisting the education committee with training please contact VASWCD staff for more details.
Information on the VASWCD Annual Meeting, the largest training opportunity for directors, associates, staff, and partner organizations, can be found at www.vaswcd.org/annual-meeting.
Below you can find presentations and documentation presented at the VASWCD Director & District Admin Training held June 20-21, 2017.
June 21, 2017 – Stonewall Jackson Hotel – Staunton, VA
The Power of Communication and Outreach: Enhancing the SWCD Message– Speaker: Dr. Julie Gochenour, James Madison University
- Communication PPT
- Elevator Speech Grid & FAQs
- Elevator Speech pt 2
- Writing Your Elevator Speech
- Fine Tuning Your Speech
- Micro-Story Handout 1
- Micro-Story Handout 2
- Micro-Story Handout 3
- Micro-Story Handout 4
“Incentivizing Your Employees: Personnel/Human Resources Mgmt. Topic”– Speaker: Terri Higgins, Associate Director Henricopolis SWCD & Loudoun SWCD
- Incentivizing Your Employees PPT
- Incentivizing Your Employees by District page 1 front
- Incentivizing Your Employees Your Role for pge 2 back
- Incentivizng Your Employees Ideas
- 15 Actionable Employee Retention Strategies
Local Outreach Spotlight – Tips & Testimony from a Successful Envirothon Program- Speaker: Brent Hull
Virginia Conservation Assistance Program Update- Speaker: Kevin McLean