NEW:
January 26, 2010: Jacob will be teaching a workshop entitled "The Basics of Meeting participation" (Course #LLLX-0454) at Southeast Community College in Lincoln, NE from 6:30-9:00pm. Here is the course description:

Do you feel that your organization’s meetings are either too slow-moving to keep your attention or too fast paced to allow thoughtful debate over the important decisions that your organization faces? Parliamentary procedure, when used correctly, can help solve both those problems by insisting that meetings run, from beginning to end, according to a few basic principles that will protect the rights of all the members in your organization. In this interactive workshop, you will acquire and put into practice the skills necessary, utilizing Roberts Rules of Order, to participate effectively in your meetings.

February 6, 2010: Jacob will be a co-instructor at the American Institute of Parliamentarian's Southern Workshop in Montgomery, Alabama. The theme of the workshop will be "Meeting Management," and the cost of registration is $49 for regular admission before 1/25/2010, and $55 regular admission after 1/25/2010. For students, registration is $25 before 1/25/2010, and $35 after 1/25/2010. Download the PDF schedule for the workshop here. Download and print a PDF Registration form here, or register online here.

Does your organization have any of the following problems?

• Your meetings are either too slow-moving to keep the attention of the members, or so fast-paced that members feel that decisions are “railroaded” through.

• Your organization is expecting difficulties at an upcoming membership meeting, board meeting, or convention.

• Your bylaws or other governance documents are out-dated, poorly written, or too confining.

• At your last meeting, your organization got into a procedural problem that you are not sure how to correct.