Practicing the Tips, Tricks and Skills for Your

RoleChairperson Leadership Training2:50 – 4:15pm on July 9, 2014

Instructions:

Work within your group to resolve the scenarios below. It is important for everyone in the group to share their thoughts, questions and responses for each scenario. Remember, this is a practice activity so please be open to feedback from your peers.

Facilitators are there to facilitate the discussion, but will not be responding to the scenarios. This is also an excellent opportunity to role-play and practice your facilitation skills in a safe place. If you would like to role-play a scenario let your facilitator and group know so they can assist.

Scenario #1:

Council meetings are becoming less and less productive. It is rare to get through the entire agenda and some members tend to take over the conversation. What steps can you take to make sure the next Council meeting is successful?

Scenario #2:

The Council recently took a public stance on closing segregated communities throughout the state. Other organizations are speaking out in favor of keeping segregated communities open and are attacking the Council publically. As a leader on the Council the media is reaching out to you for comments. What steps should you take before responding? How should you respond?

Scenario #3:

A group of Council members are upset regarding an issue coming to a vote at the next meeting and are actively attempting to steer other members in a particular direction. How would you respond?

Scenario #4:

There is an influx of new members whose values may not align with the DD Act. What steps would you take to work with these members on understanding and upholding the DD Act?

Scenario #5:

A member was just elected to serve on the executive committee. This member wants to change parts of the 5 year state plan by adding more goals. What steps should you take to address this member’s desire to change the plan?

Scenario #6:

You feel that the executive director is overstepping by acting on behalf of the Council without their consent. How would you respond?

Scenario #7:

Some members are not participating in the Council meetings, because they don’t understand the subject matter. How would you make sure that all members participate?

Scenario #8:

What hypothetical situation would you like to ask the group to respond to... with time remaining create additional scenarios that the group can respond to.