Mercer County Leadership Academy
2004 Meeting Schedule
Dates:
Time:
Location:
Registration:
Date
January 16
January 23
January 30
February 6
(7 to 10 a.m.)
February 13
Friday mornings, January to March, 2004
7:00 to 9:00 a.m.
Mercer County YMCA Children=s School
$100 per person
Topic
Orientation
Personal Leadership Styles
Project Planning & Management
Review project guidelines & select
project
History of Mercer County
Media
Project planning
Local Government:
Panel of city, village, twp. & state reps
Tour of Mercer County Courthouse
Leadership & Team Building
Exercises
Presenter(s)
Carol Wilcoxen
Dan Osterman
Jim Runyon
Argus, TR, WRMJ, TV
Panel of local government representatives.
Steve Oaks & Carol Wilcoxen
February 20
Mercer County Businesses
Panel of local businesses
February 27
Health Care
Representatives of Mercer County Hospital,
Mercer County Nursing Home & Mercer County
Health Department
Bruce Hall, HMW ROE
Bob Gillum, Supt, Sherrard
Linda Eldridge, President, Westmer School
Board
Chanda Dowell, Exec. Assist. to President of
Blackhawk College
Blackhawk College
Education
March 5
Conflict Resolution (seminar open to
public)
March 12
Community Responsibility
March 19
Project planning
Project Presentations
Graduation
Local service clubs & organizations including
YMCA, Kiwanis & Exchange Club, Main
Street, Chamber, and U of I Extension
Speaker: Tom Schmidt, President, Carl
Sandburg College