GILBERT LEADERSHIP
ISSUE DAY LESSONS LEARNED
Issue Day: Leadership and Community Development
Date: October 18, 2013
Facilitators: (name, email and/or phone)
Candy Body, Board Developer, candy@boarddeveloper.com, Gilbert Leadership Board Member and
Alumni, Class XX
Bob Steiger, SRP, bob.steiger@srpnet.com, Gilbert Leadership Board Member and Alumni, Class XIX
Joe Shelley, Mesa Police Department, jshelley8722@gmail.com, Gilbert Leadership Board Member and
Alumni, Class XIX
Jackie Terry, ASU College of Technology and Innovation (Polytechnic Campus), jackie.terry@asu.edu
Gilbert Leadership Alumni, Class XXI
Tracey Groy, THE Original Basket Boutique, traceygroy@cox.net, Gilbert Leadership Alumni, Class XXI
Jen Hewitt, Valley of the Sun YMCA, jhewitt@vosymca.org, Gilbert Leadership Alumni, Class XXI
Facilitators Responsibilities: (creating agenda, reserving food, location, etc) Including suggested
timeframes would be helpful
Timeframes: Facility, Meal, and Speaker research/ask were all initiated at least one month prior to
Issue Day and final confirmation obtained 2-3 weeks before Issue Day. The first team meeting was held
six weeks before the Issue Day, then at two week intervals in person, with e-mail communication
weekly. Set-up and audio/visual checks were done the afternoon before the Issue Day to ensure that
we were “good to go” on the day of.
Candy – Point person for oversight, coordinated meetings, created Agendas, contacted speakers,
secured lunch from Dragon Wok, created team task list, coordinated presentations, sent thank yous
after the event, and completed GL CheckList and Lessons Learned documents.
Bob – Assisted with planning, day-before set-up, and day-of emceeing
Joe – Assisted with planning, coordinating snacks (picking up from Adrianne), and day-of greeting,
emceeing, lunch/snack set-up, and facilitated end-of-day class project discussion. Joe also provided the
draft and final Agenda to the Board (in Candy’s absence).
Tracey –Assisted with planning, solicited/coordinated donated continental breakfast from Kneaders,
day-before set-up, and day-of breakfast/lunch set-up, facilitated end-of-day class project discussion with
Joe
Jennifer – Assisted with planning
Please email completed form to Adrianne@gilbertchamber.com
GILBERT LEADERSHIP
ISSUE DAY LESSONS LEARNED
Jackie – Assisted with planning, took charge of finding location and making initial arrangement, and daybefore set-up
Note: All facilitators were also assigned a small group for the Board Exercise.
Please provide information about what went well (pluses) and what needed improvement (deltas) in
the following areas:
Any Sponsors (separate from program sponsors)for this issue day? If yes, company name and contact
information
Kneaders: Donated continental breakfast. 5155 East Baseline Road, Gilbert, AZ 85234, (480) 420-2565
Dragon Wok: Lunch was not donated, but discounted at $7 per person. Contacts are Lola and Sam,
Dragon Wok, 727 W Ray Rd # B1 Gilbert, AZ 85233, (480) 782-6889
Facilities: (complete for each location)
1. Location: Arizona Farm Bureau, 325 S Higley Rd #200, Gilbert, AZ 85296
2. Contact Information: Paul Brierley, Director of Organization, (480) 635-3612,
paulbrierley@azfb.org
3. Plus: Good meeting room space, complete with projection/screen. Paul was easy to work with
and very hospital. Provided Paul 10 minutes to discuss what the Farm Bureau does, and it fit
well with our topic.
4. Delta: n/a
Speakers: (complete for each speaker)
Wally Delecki
1. Contact Information (name, email and/or phone)
Wally Delecki, wdelecki@aol.com
2. Plus: Engaging and provided the “wow” factor. His topic was Leader vs. Manager;
Facilitation/Public Speaking Techniques; Qualities of a Leader – Chapter One
3. Delta: n/a
Candy Body
1. Contact Information (name, email and/or phone)
Candy Body, candy@boarddeveloper.com
2. Plus: Each classmate was provided a DISC assessment and personalized profile. Her topic was
DISC Communication Styles and Adaptation Principles for Effective Leadership
3. Delta: n/a
Please email completed form to Adrianne@gilbertchamber.com
GILBERT LEADERSHIP
ISSUE DAY LESSONS LEARNED
Les Presmyk
1. Contact Information (name, email and/or phone)
Les Presmyk, les.presmyk@srpnet.com
2. Plus: Did very well keeping the class engaged while communicating the necessary, less exciting
basics every leader should know. His topic was Parliamentary Procedure & How to Run Effective
Meetings
3. Delta: n/a
Vice Mayor Ben Cooper
1. Contact Information (name, email and/or phone)
Ben Cooper, ben@cooperaz.com
2. Plus: Great overview of where Gilbert has come from to current day to where it is projected to
grow. His topic was Community Development in Gilbert
3. Delta: He could have used an additional 10-15 minutes for Q&A
Jim Hayden
4. Contact Information (name, email and/or phone)
Jim Hayden, jim@boarddeveloper.com
5. Plus: Combined presentation with board exercise that was conducted in small groups of 5-6.
Tied the focus of the exercise with the DISC styles learned earlier in placing and recognizing
leadership in committee/board roles. His topic was TOUCH Leadership Principle; Roles on
Boards and Committees
6. Delta: n/a
Tours: (complete for each tour)
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Location n/a
Contact Information (name, email and/or phone)
Plus:
Delta:
Budget:
1. Budget for Issue Day: Total $579 - $215 for Dragon Wok ($7 x 30) + $364 (28 class DISC
assessments provided at cost $13 ea)
2. Any suggestions
Lessons learned to help the next facilitator?
What worked very well with our team was starting early and communicating often. We had three inperson meetings and continued communication via e-mail and phone. Assignments were made at the
first meeting to distribute the workload.
Please email completed form to Adrianne@gilbertchamber.com