Are you coming to the IOT Advanced Training Pre-Conference Seminar at Ridgecrest? We hope so! This two-day event (April 29-30, from 9:00-4:00), presented by the “IOT Game Show Network,” will be jam-packed with helps, encouragement, information, creative ideas, free stuff and FUN! (You know the education folks can’t do anything without having FUN!)Just to whet your appetite, here are some of the great sessions in store for you:
Day 1 - TCE—What a Deal for Training Teachers!
- What’s In Your Spiritual Briefcase
- Developing Million Dollar Class Sessions
- Enhancing the Art of Effective Demonstrations
- Lively Lingo for Effective Evaluations
- Strategic Scheduling for Inquisitive Instructors
- Maximizing Your Message with Marvelous Methods
Tuesday Evening’s Special Event – the Instructors’ Café Live!
You are invited to a very special evening at the Café! We’ll provide the munchies and other cafe delights. You can just come and kick back, relax, eat, chat and swap ideas with other IOTs and the education staff. Bring along your best TCE ideas for illustrations, introductions and conclusions, promotion, recruiting and follow-up. It will be a great night of fellowship and encouragement!
Day 2 - How to Keep Your TCE Courses out of Jeopardy!
- Asking Yourself The Tough Questions
- Keeping Yourself on Track
- CMI Online – Our Newest Training Venue
- Keeping the Peace - Resolving Conflicts Biblically
- Building a Ministry Team through Coaching and Mentoring
- Commitment in Ministry
Throughout both days we will have lots of “stuff” to give away. Everybody will go home with something—some may go home with a lot of somethings!
So, make plans to join us April 29-30 for this great two-day event just before the International Conference! Click the CEF link in the sidebar and follow the conference link to get all the info you need to register for this session. We’ll be looking for YOU at Ridgecrest!
2 comments:
I think it is great to have these sessions, but I am disappointed that is it pre-conference sessions. Those of us who have children at home have to make difficult decisions anyway when we come to conference, and trying to decide to come early or not adds to that dilemma. Why can't these sessions be offered as a series of workshops during the normal conferenc time? You are adding an extra burden of cost and time to already stressed and stretch IOT. If you don't have children of your own, this is very difficult for you to understand or consider, but please do so in the future.
Dear Anonymous,
We are sorry that the presession does not work for you. When we have offered the kind of program we are presenting as workshops in the general conference, we get complaints because people feel it keeps them from being able to attend other sessions of interest. Obviously, there is no approach that will suit everybody. We have found from experience that a preconference is the best way for most.
Also, we are not unaware of the child-care dilemma (actually, some of us do have children), but we do not have control over that aspect of the conference. You need to mention that issue to the conference organizers on the conference evaluation sheet.
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