The SIGBI Leadership Development Day was held on Saturday, 10 June at Birmingham Aston University.<\/p>\n
After registration and coffee delegates were welcomed by Federation President, Ann Hodgson<\/strong> who asked us to remind ourselves why we were attending.\u00a0 Our aims of helping women to achieve their potential, to work towards the elimination of violence against women and gender equality were all reasons.\u00a0 It was important we all worked as a team \u2013 together we are strong.<\/p>\n Workshop 1<\/strong> \u2013 Make your Club a success run by Dishi Attwood.\u00a0 <\/strong>There are no right answers.\u00a0 Dishi talked about experiences within her own club and this generated a lot of discussion.\u00a0 Cherish the past, adorn the present, construct the future.\u00a0 We are all guardians of the past \u2013 we should not throw out the old; relationships adorn the present, include and engage, construct for the future.\u00a0 Ideas are nothing if you do nothing with them.\u00a0 A healthy discussion took place on the use of social media and the pros and cons identified.<\/p>\n Keynote speaker<\/strong> \u2013 Jasvinder Sanghera CBE<\/strong> \u2013 An outspoken campaigner and advocate for the rights of those experiencing forced marriages and honour based abuse Jasvinder told us why she had decided to take the journey to set up Karma Nirvana.\u00a0 Her determination and courage was evident and she is an exceptional woman deserving of the many accolades that she has received.<\/p>\n Workshop 2<\/strong> \u2013 Understanding your relationship with the UN \u2013 Pat Black<\/strong>.\u00a0 The importance of Clubs completing the Programme Focus Forms was once again stressed.\u00a0 Without these SIGBI could lose their status at the UN.\u00a0 Pat urged Clubs to work on a programme area that works towards the Sustainable Development Goals.\u00a0 We should be lobbying more, for example, what is the UK Government doing about achieving the SDG\u2019s.\u00a0 Advocacy underpins everything we do.\u00a0 A lot of useful information was given in the form of handouts and the whole session was very informative.<\/p>\n A third workshop of Media Training (Radio\/TV interviews) <\/strong>\u2013 Margaret Hyde<\/strong> \u2013 Margaret has spent 35 years as a BBC journalist working in the North West of England, London and East Anglia and was the first woman news editor in BBC local radio.\u00a0 She recognises that importance of getting media interest in the work of Soroptimism and believes that persistence will reap rewards. With the assistance of Susan Sandicot from Southend, a media lecturer, Margaret led another useful and enlightening session on how to get the attention of the media \u2013 and what to say or do once you\u2019ve got it in order to maximise the opportunities available.<\/p>\n Good venue, excellent speakers and all well organised.\u00a0 Well worth the trip to Birmingham.<\/p>\n Lynn Yates<\/strong> <\/em>– Preston Soroptimists<\/p>\n [new_royalslider id=”21″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The SIGBI Leadership Development Day was held on Saturday, 10 June at Birmingham Aston University….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":616,"featured_media":3485,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-2017","category-ourblog"],"yoast_head":"\n