Welcome to the Leaders - Speakers - Forum

Background Information

• Established in September 2008
• Goal is to build a network of dedicated people who share a passion for Leadership and Communications. 
• Opportunity for people to share their experiences and also learn from others.

Is this for me?

• Take a look at the membership benefits (click on Membership benefits menu item)
• Take a look at the newsletters section to see what has been going on recently
• Take a look at the coming soon section to get a view on what is planned for the next couple of months.

If you have questions then please send me an email to justinbarry4289@hotmail.com

LEADERS-SPEAKERS-FORUM

Welcome to Leaders-Speakers Forum that is dedicated to helping our members develop their leadership and communication skills by active participation!

Article No.	Article details		Link
3	Humorist Speaking
4	Impromptu Speaking
5	Effective Powerpoint Presentations
6	Communication challenges on the internet
7	Communication Challenges for College Lectures
9	Effective Communication - First Impressions
11	Motivation Speaking
13	Helping others to GROW
14	Leadership Series - Providing Direction
16	A Supportive and Knowledgeable Manager
17	Leadership Series: 10 qualities for influencing others
20	Management Series - How to Manage YOU
24	Management Series - Take charge of your meetings
25	What to do when your audience does not care!
26	Coaching for best performance
27	Leadership Skills - Can it be taught?
28	Do the children of today develop their leadership skills?
29	The characteristics of an effective leader
33	Humour is no light hearted affair!
35	What Makes a Good Website?
36	What are your listeners thinking?
37	The language of Leadership
38	Leaders meeting today's biggest challenges!
40	Leaders to show respect for others
41	Analyze your speech using video to get great results
42	Work hard or work smart?
43	Secrets of world class speakers
44	Critical Leadership Skills for this recession
45	Tips for memorizing your speeches
46	Managing conflict to get sustainable long-term results
48	Management - How hard do they need to push staff?
49	Management - Getting your team off to a flying start!

The focus of the resource library is on communication and leadership for our members.

				Communication  >>index A set of educational articles and e-books on communication & public speaking
				Leadership  >>index A set of educational articles and e-books on Leadership & Management

Communication & Public Speaking Articles

Article No.	Article details		Link
1	Communication 101
2	Effective communication - First impressions.
3	Communication challenges for college lectures
4	Communication challenges on the internet
5	Effective Powerpoint Presentations
6	Impromptu speaking
7	Humorist speaking
8	Motivational Speaking

Leadership & Management Articles

Article No.	Article details		Link
1	Leadership 101
2	Management 101
3	Colin Powell's 13 rules on leadership
4	Difference between a manager and a leader
5	Providing Direction
6	Supportive and Knowledgeable Manager
7	Ten qualities for influencing others
8	Take charge of your meetings

Leaders-Speakers-Forum >> Distinguish Program

I'm delighted to announce that starting in January 2010, the Leaders-Speakers-Forum (LSF) will be supporting it's own DISTINGUISH PROGRAM to encourage members and clubs to promote themselves ONLINE.

Here are the goals:

1. Introduce yourself/Club to Leaders-Speaker-Forum by posting a blog
2. Initiated a web forum discussion regarding an important topic
3. Initiate and host a poll
4. Post your club's schedule and/or important events on LSF's calendar
5. Post a Video presentation of you/club meeting on LSF
6. Four members from your club/network have joined LSF
7. Presented a Featured article on LSF
8. 100+ people have commented on your promotion wall
9. Hosted a competition on LSF
10. You/Club are a Winner or runner up in a LSF's competitions

Some important details to remember

• Competition runs from Jan'10 - Nov'10. 
• There will be prizes for the top 3 contestants/clubs.
• Report published monthly

Ready to sign up!

Submit your name/club name by adding a comment below.

Are you a guest/non-member [join now!]

Club Website Competition - Guide

Document Purpose: Step by Step guide that explains how you the guest/member can enter your vote or to submit your club's website for this competition

Step 1 - Click on the link to vote or submit your club's website.

Step 2 - Type in the comments box your vote or club's entry details

Step 3 - Click on update comments to save your vote/club entry

SCREEN SHOT FOR GUESTS

SCREEN SHOT FOR MEMBERS

Step 4 - Confirmation Screen that your comments have been saved

Step 5 - To view your comments

Please see below a small selection of articles available for our Guests to read::review::comment

Communication Skills

Public Speaking 101

Effective Communication - First Impressions

Motivation Speaking

Humour is no light hearted affair!

Leadership 101

The language of leadership

Leadership Skills - Can it be taught?

Special Interest Groups (SIGs)

This forum is supported by members who come from these organizations and who

actively promote them in LSF!

		Project Management Project Managers are leaders in their organizations.  The Project Management Institute believes that project management is indispensable for business results!
		Leadership :: Management People at the heart of organizations dedicated to making a difference and getting the results through changes and good decision making.
		Humour Humour is critical to how we communicate and how people lead.  Des Bergin is heading up this SIG group....more details