BOOT CAMP: A HALF-DAY TRAINING FOR WOMEN INTERESTED IN POLITICAL ACTIVISM

by The Farm Team & VA Dem Women’s Caucus

Dawn McCoy (Flourish Leadership Group) &  Ann Timmons (Communications Artist)

Could your campaign use some help identifying and prioritizing community engagement goals? Does your candidate need coaching to find her most expressive, effective leadership voice? Then this workshop is for you!       

Join Dawn and Ann for a fast-paced afternoon as they lead training sessions in Grassroots Organizing and Speaking for Dynamic Leadership.

Join them at one of the two following events:

Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 11:30 AM
Hunter Mill Community Room
12000 Bowman Towne Drive
Reston, VA 20190

Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 3:30 PM
Mason District Government Center
6507 Columbia Pike
Annandale, VA 22003

Each registrant will participate in 90 minutes of training from each of our expert leaders:

• Dawn will discuss setting priorities for grassroots organizing: tactics and strategies, the importance of coalition-building, and the nuts and bolts of What, Why, and When.
• Ann will give you tools to embrace and enhancing your Leadership Presence by increasing your energized focus and helping you achieve a greater connection with your audience.

Dawn McCoy is executive director, Martin Luther King, Jr. Living History and Public Policy Center based in Richmond, Virginia, and president and CEO of Flourish Leadership Group, LLC, where she coaches executives, public servants, and youth leaders. She is the author of professional development articles and a forthcoming effective leadership book. Dawn was elected to the Sacramento City Unified School Board in 2002.

 

Ann Timmons coaches group and private clients in the Washington, D.C. area, including political candidates and elected officials. She has been an assistant professor in the Theatre and Speech Communications Departments at the City University of New York and American University. Her 27 years’ experience as a professional stage and screen actor, voice-over talent, and corporate spokesperson gives her a unique understanding of all aspects of speaking and speech-making.

RSVP to Susan Platt with your name, campaign and preferred session at: ssrplatt@msn.com.

Twenty-three women from around the Commonwealth gathered in September at former Attorney General Mary Sue Terry’s farm in Patrick County. The mission was straight-forward – to develop an organizational framework to recruit and support female candidates at the grassroots level – community volunteers, professional women’s organization members, campaign activists, homeowner’s association leaders, small business owners or others who can step forward to run for city council, school board, or other elected positions.