Club & District Officers Handbook

Leadership Development Coordinator Duties and Responsibilities

• Membership Recruitment, Retention, and Mentoring • Motivational Speaking • Parliamentary Procedure • Problem Solving and Decision Making • Ruritan for All Ages – Youth & Seniors • Stress Management • Time Management • Tips on Promotion and Public Relations 9. Continuing his or her own on - going leadership development through: · Consulting with Ruritan National Office and the National Leadership Development Committee Ruri ‑ tan colleagues, especially other LDCs. · Attending workshops and retreats for LDCs and DLD Teams held at the Ruritan National Convention and other times during the year. · Attending other non - Ruritan leadership develop ‑ ment training opportunities. Position Requirements for LDC 1. Demonstrating knowledge of Ruritan at the club, zone, district, and national levels. 2. Demonstrating knowledge, implementing, coordi ‑ nating, and evaluating plans of work. 3. Demonstrating experience in planning and facili ‑ tating leadership development opportunities. 4. Demonstrating good human relations and team building skills and attitudes. 5. Demonstrating good speaking abilities. The Ruritan National Leadership Development Com ‑ mittee is depending on the LCDs to help develop ad ‑ vanced Leadership Workshops such as the ones listed in the duties and responsibilities so they may be used by all other district and area LDCs to advance all Ruritans beyond the basic leadership level. Club Officer’s Leadership Development Training This training is held ideally in the fall, or between the October meeting and March 1. The leadership development coordinator and the district governor designate qualified persons to train club officers in the district. Instructors are to have the following qualifications: (1) Knowledge about Ruritan procedures, the national bylaws, the district bylaws, and the club bylaws. (2) Communication skills, both oral and written. (3) Possession of up - to - date instructional materials from the Ruritan National Office.

The District Leadership Development Coordina ‑ tor (LDC) is responsible for coordinating the planning, promoting, conducting and evaluating of all leadership development activities, both basic and advanced, for Ruritans in his/her district (or area) throughout the year. These responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following: 1. In cooperation with the district governor appointing a District Leadership Development team consisting of qualified persons from the district. The DLD Team should include, but is not limited to, the persons certified under the previous Ruritan National trainer certification process. 2. Developing a working relationship with the lt. gover ‑ nor who is responsible for the logistics for District Officer Training, i.e. obtaining a location for training, ordering re ‑ freshments, notifying all cabinet members of the upcom ‑ ing training, etc. 3. Developing a working relationship with zone gover ‑ nors who are responsible for the logistics for Club Officer Training, i.e. obtaining a location for training should it be held in their zone, ordering refreshments, notifying all clubs within the zone, etc. 4. Developing and implementing a plan for leadership development workshops in the district, presenting this plan to the district cabinet for discussion and feedback at its first meeting of the year. The LDC should forward a copy of this plan to the National Leadership Development Committee for information purposes. 5. Developing promotional flyers, evaluation forms, re ‑ cords/reports, etc. The LDC will also maintain the training materials and learning modules issued from the Ruritan National Office. 6. Facilitating basic orientation for new Ruritan members and basic leadership workshops for new club officers using the newly developed learning modules. 7. Planning the annual District Officers’ Leader ‑ ship Development workshop in the fall using an outline provided by Ruritan National. (To ensure that all district leaders receive the same training). 8. Planning and facilitating other specialized and/or advanced workshops. Such workshops would be open to all Ruritans, but especially those who have already successfully completed basic leadership development workshops using the new materials and techniques. Examples of these advanced workshop options would include, but not be limited to, the following: • Agenda Building and Utilization at Meetings • Awards & Recognition

• Brag & Share Roundtables • Building Better Partnerships • Community Service Projects & Reports • Conducting Effective Meetings • Fundraising Ideas • Group Dynamics • Identifying and Meeting Community Needs • Leadership Styles

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Revised 8/2023