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Volume XX Number 6

Administration

LCR Web Site Provides Valuable Information for Leaders

The Leadership Community Resource (LCR) was launched at STC’s 54th Annual Conference this May. With technology maintained by the STC office, the LCR comprises people and processes supporting current community leaders or those considering community leadership positions.

The LCR Web page, found on the STC Web site, features a Leadership Toolkit area and a Leadership Training area. Available content includes the LCR Process Flow Chart (a resource that shows how to engage the LCR for support), New Leaders—Start Here (providing discussion lists and other important information), and the Leadership Workshop (an online training resource for anyone in STC entering into a leadership role or wanting to do so). The workshop can also help members and administrative councils build strategic leadership plans.

The LCR is pleased with the positive feedback it has received so far. “My chapter president [Kristen Sweet] just referred me to your online leadership training,” said Carolyn Kelley Klinger, Second Vice President and Membership Committee Manager of the Washington, D.C. Chapter STC. “Thanks so very much for developing it. It is very well done and I’m so happy it’s there. We plan to ask our new volunteers to read through as much of this training as they can, doing exercises as they prefer, before our upcoming planning meeting. We may bring blank copies of the Leadership Plan with us in case people haven’t done it on their own yet. I hope that this will be a great springboard to planning our year.”

The LCR team will continue adding resources to this page. You can help its growth and usability by sharing your templates, handbooks, or other leadership information. Please send these to lcr@stc.org for consideration.

Jackie Damrau Named Leadership Community Resource Volunteer of the Year

By Rachel Houghton, Member, Nominating Committee, and Senior Member, Willamette Valley Chapter

On Leadership Day at this year’s annual conference, the Leadership Community Resource (LCR) Volunteer of the Year award was presented to Jackie Damrau, DBA, an associate fellow in the STC Lone Star Community. LCR Manager Mary Jo Stark praised Jackie’s contributions in the plaque citation:

“For your leadership, passion, desire, and willingness to seek and encourage members to help STC and our profession continue its growth. This includes your work with the IDL and Management SIGs, the funding model project, the LCR Training Planning and Development Committee, and the Newsletter Competition team, as well as your service as a Technical Communication book reviewer, 2006 Region 5 Conference chair, 2006 Lone Star competition general manager, and as a contributing newsletter editor.”

In the past year, Jackie accomplished a major goal for the LCR. As the LCR Training Planning and Development committee manager, Jackie oversaw the creation of the STC Leadership Training modules, available on the LCR Web page. These eight modules are available for any STC member interested in leadership roles at any level and debuted online at the STC conference this year, just in time for the official presentation of the LCR at Leadership Day.

Jackie’s passion and desire to encourage volunteers stands out in every effort she is involved in throughout STC. She dedicates numerous hours of her time outside of work to her responsibilities, but still finds time to help others by recognizing potential volunteers and steering them toward the perfect leadership opportunity.