Report to the IEEE Region 3 Excom 
Leadership Development 
January 16, 2006 

Leadership Development in Region 3 was in a period of slow but steady
growth, helped primarily by the Leadership by Developing Others (LDO)
program / project. Support for this project resulted in leadership
development training at SoutheastCon 2005 in Fort Lauderdale and in
Atlanta. I also held a traditional training session for the VA Council
in Richmond January 29th.

Online training took an upturn in 2005 with a number of web-based live
training sessions, two on electronic conferencing and two on mentoring
skills as part of the LDO program. All of these made use of the
Microsoft LiveMeeting program (formerly PlaceWare).

The highligß∑ht of 2005 was two presentations done with former IEEE
President Raymond Findlay at Sections Congress in Tampa. Like the
Congress itself, it was an opportunity for Region 3 to shine and 'show
the world how it's done'.

Plans for 2006: 

 * Area/Council and large/remote section LD training as requested. The
   VA Council has asked for a special training session this year (11
   March) which will concentrate more on conferences and project
   training as they prepare for SoutheastCon 2007. The newly-revitalized
   Charlotte Section has requested a training session that will be held
   this coming Saturday (22 Jan) at UNC-Charlotte. I also anticipate a
   training workshop in 2006 hosted by the NC Council, date and place to
   be determined. There will also be training at SoutheastCon 2006 in
   Memphis, and a possible training session in late 2006 for new
   officers/candidates for 2007 and beyond.

 * Support for other R3 programs and initiatives:
  
   LDO: a request has already be received for LDO training in NW
   Florida (Pensacola area) and we are working on a date. There will
   also be LDO training (nature and targeted audience to be determined)
   at SoutheastCon. As this project rolls out at the local level, we
   will begin train-the-trainer sessions as the year progresses.

   New Initiatives: As the new R3 administration gears up, there will be
   new initatives that will involve training needs, and I stand ready to
   support these. The first part of this will occur in less than two
   weeks in Atlanta, as we will have some refresher / update training on
   the bylaws, ops manual, and traditional leadership roles in R3 on
   Friday afternoon.

 * Training opportunities outside R3, primarily from our presence at
   SC05: Bill Ratcliff and I were invited (drafted actually) to train
   PACE leaders on LDO at the PACE workshop in St Louis March 4. I has
   invited by the Dallas (TX) Section to come hold an LD workshop there
   on Feb 25, which I have accepted. I have had inquiries from some
   other sections outside R3 (and even outside the US!), which are still
   in the discussion phase.

 * More use of web-based training for those topics that can be taught
   via this medium. Many "people skills" topics are definitely 'lab'
   courses and need to be taught face-to-face. These need more
   train-the-trainer tools and sessions to increase the pool of
   available instructors as we progress forward.

Training has become an integral part of the structure and operation of
R3, much like e-conferencing and the open networking that has become our
"modus operandi" thanks to a continuous line of visionary leaders. I
look forward to the continued evolutionary and revolutionary changes
that continue to occur within our region.

Charles Lord 
R3 LD Chair