Schedule

Wednesday, June 18 Registration and Welcome

4:00 pm
Hotel Check-in available
4:00 pm–6:00 pm
Dinner on your own before registration
6:00 pm–8:00 pm
Welcome! Registration: Pick up nametags & packets
Put your Area on the USWD map!
Fiesta! Snacks.
Introductions of USWD Staff, LLLI Guests, and TEAM08 Staff
8:00 pm-10:00 pm
Getting to Know You Activity: All Leaders invited!

 

Thursday, June 19 Coordinate: Departments -->Networks

    7:00 am Optional - gentle nature walk in the adjacent Phoenix Mountain Preserve
    8:00 am-9:00 am Breakfast Buffet (Breakfast ticket required)
    9:00 am-9:30 am
    Welcome
    Opening Address: The Art of Mentoring: Giving and receiving support
    9:30 am -11:30 am
      Morning break times will be listed in onsite program.
      Breakouts
      • Communication Skills
      • Events
      • Finance
      • Leader
      • Professional Liaison
      • Leader Accreditation
      • Publications
      • Effective Leadership: appreciate each others’ working & learning styles
      • Topics of Vital Interest to You and Your Area: Meeting space available at all times during TEAM08.
    11:30 am–1:30 pm
    Lunch Break with Choose Your Own Table Topics
    (Buffet Lunch ticket required)
    1:30 pm–4:00 pm
      Afternoon break times will be listed in onsite program.
      Breakouts
      • Communication Skills
      • Events
      • Finance
      • Leader
      • Professional Liaison
      • Leader Accreditation
      • Publications
      • Effective Leadership: appreciate each others’ working & learning styles
      • Topics of Vital Interest to You and Your Area: Meeting space available at all times during TEAM08.
    4:15 pm–5:30 pm

    Working Across Departments/Networks:
    Joint workgroups and projects

    • Is PubliK8 a real word? Communication & the Written Word in LLL Work
    • Accreditation Link: Explore approaches to accredit more Leaders
    • Online Tools for your LLL work; boost your efficiency, organizing, editing, computer program pro/con
    • Community Outreach to Health Care Professionals
    • Coordinating Area Events: District Workshops, Leader Education Workshops, Area Council Meetings, Leader Retreats, CE Events and more.
    • Topics of Vital Interest to You and Your Area: Meeting space available at all times during TEAM08.
    5:30 pm–7:00 pm
    Dinner on your own
    7:00 pm–10:00 pm Optional: Department-Network Meetings or other gatherings

     

    Friday, June 20 Participate: LLLI and US Western Division

    7:00 am
    Optional - gentle nature walk in the adjacent Phoenix Mountain Preserve
    8:00 am–9:00 am
    Breakfast Buffet (Breakfast ticket required)
    9:00 am-9:30 am
    Opening Address: Dissolving divisions, forming new connections as LLLUSA LLLI Board Members
    9:30 am-11:30 am
    Implementing the latest actions from the LLLI Board of Directors
    11:30 am-1:30 pm
    Lunch Break with Choose Your Own Table Topics
    (Buffet Lunch ticket required)
    1:30 pm-4:00 pm

    Afternoon break times will be listed in onsite program.
    Breakouts

    • LLL USA: How do we Start? Should my Area become an Area Network? Who do we connect to? What does this mean to all Leaders?
    • Topics of Vital Interest to You and Your Area: Meeting space available at all times during TEAM08.
    4:15 pm-5:30 pm

    Afternoon Breakouts

    • Area Networks – many paths to working together
    • Agreements Council and Coordinating Council – who & what’s involved?
    • Working Across the Divisions: LLL Breastfeeding Helpline-US and World Breastfeeding Week
    • LLLI Organizational Database Update
    • Topics of Vital Interest to You & Your Area: Meeting space for discussions available at all times during TEAM08
    5:30 pm–7:00 pm
    Dinner on your own
    7:00 pm–10:00 pm
    Optional: Department-Network Meetings or other gatherings

     

    Saturday, June 21 Celebrate Best of the West: Areas

    7:00 am
    Optional: Gentle nature walk in the adjacent Phoenix Mountain Reserve
    8:00 am–9:00 am
    Breakfast Buffet (Breakfast ticket required)
    9:00 am-9:30 am
    Plenary session:: Key Issues for Leaders and Areas
    9:30 am-11:30 am
    • Alternate Ways to Support Bfing (unique meeting venues, bf cafes, lunch meetings, etc.)
    • Sharing Area Work: Finding & Motivating Volunteers, Creative Ways for distributed team work.
    • Tools for Working through Your Hot Button Issues
    • What's New with the Leader Accreditation Department? Supporting Leader Applicants
    • Topics of Vital Interest to You & Your Area: Meeting space for discussions available at all times during TEAM08.
    11:30 am–1:30 pm
    Lunch Break with Choose Your Own Table Topics
    (Buffet Lunch ticket required)
    1:30 pm-4:00 pm

    Afternoon Breakouts & Hands-on Interactive Workshops

    • Generate: Area Fundraising & Membership
    • Innovative Interactions w/ ADCs & Leaders: New & Old Ways for Open Communication
    • Our Future: Working Together to Embrace Change
    • The 411 on Agreements & Area Networks
    • Consensus and Decision-Making
    • Topics of Vital Interest to You and Your Area: Meeting space for discussions available at all times during TEAM08
    • Workshop: Area Goal Setting and Strategic Planning
    • Workshop: Area Department Coordinator &Area Council Search Committee Workshop
    • Workshop: Agreements-Writing Workshop
    4:15 pm-5:30 pm
    Boast, brag and toot your own horn, share what’s going on in each Area
    (Area Reports)
    5:30 pm–7:00 pm
    Dinner on your own
    7:00 pm-10:00 pm
    Rejuvenate: Girls' Night Out Ice Cream Social and FUN activities!
    Rock and Roll in a '50s Sock Hop Atmosphere.
    Come dressed like the 50's if you dare!
    Drawings for Area Baskets & donated items.
    Proceeds benefit LLL Breastfeeding Helpline-US and World Breastfeeding Week

     

    Sunday, June 22 Appreciate and Validate

    7:00 am
    Optional - gentle nature walk in the adjacent Phoenix Mountain Preserve
    8:00 am–10:00 am
    Looking Ahead as We Journey Together into the Future
    10:00 am-10:45am
    Sunday Brunch (Breakfast ticket required)
    10:45am-12.00 pm
    Closing Ceremonies
    Making a Difference in the World for Mothers & Babies
    All Leaders invited.
    Door prizes, too! Good-Bye Gift for Each Leader
    1:00 pm
    Room check-out, extra hour extended for LLL guests

     

    AS ALWAYS -
    ALSO FUN & THAT LLL FEELING!!!