by I have to say the the LOPSA-Live session for the Candidates was a great experience. That was my first time ever using IRC. I wasn’t sure how I would do going into it. It was tough getting my thoughts onto a keyboard in that fast of a time frame. I felt like I was lagging.
I wanted to expand on the question posed about getting 20 volunteers and how I would lead them or guide them to LOPSA Leadership.
I have always felt that everyone is not meant to be a leader of a group or organization. But they should be able to handle things on their own. All of my career I was give the free reign to make decisions on my own. During my learning years my mentors let me watch for a bit then gave me tasks to do where I could succeed and gain confidence. Then I was sent on my own to handle things. They cut that umbilical cord, kicked me out of the nest. But they did tell me that they were there to answer the tough questions if the time came.
That is what I try to give to people I have work for me or people I train. My job is to show them how to accomplish tasks and also give them the tools to do use to accomplish tasks on their own. If you do this enough with a person they should grow and be able to handle more things on their own and hopefully they will rise to become a team leader or project manager.
Maybe the more things they do on their own then the right oppurtunity may arise in LOPSA that they might throw their hat into the ring to take a leadership roll for. The mentorship program is on of those Opportunities. A person may step up with a subject that a person feels they could be the mentor. From that small move they may become more confident to take on larger jobs.
The PICC conference provides a lot of these opportunities because of the many tasks that need to be accomplished. In that they can start small and then work their way up.
I hope the next lopsa-live session will be a better for me. Although I answered most of the questions I did not elaborate as much as the others. But with experience comes confidence.