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FWIO Convention The Women's Institute Leadership Conference was held May 13 to 15 at Queen’s University, Kingston. The theme was “Educate â€" Initiate", and one or the hot topics at the conference was waste management, with The Honorable .llm Bradley, Minister of the Environ- nent. and a panel of experts addressâ€" irn: this issue. Group workshops focussâ€" s :on issues in leadership, and we have t‘ ief reports from some of the p -rti‘cipants. i dBLIC RELATIONS AND i :‘JBLICITY Workshop leader Rena Cunningham, .51 Provincial Public Relations Officer. scribed the Public Relations person as vital link to the community. She ould publicize successful programs .d activities in order to foster :derstanding and goodwill, and build positive public attitudes. Develop a good relationship with local media by preparing material carefiilly and delivering it on time, Build pride in your organization. outlining its objectives in clear. precise language Historical excerpts from your Tweedsv muit' History book will create public awareness of the valuable information preserved in these books. Be sure your membership is well inâ€" formed, motivated and enthused. Good publicity and good public relations are everyone’s responsibility, and word-of- mouth is your strongest promotional tool. â€" by Jean Silli- PROGRAM PLANNING Bev Brown Elfvirig. ROS Norfolk County and Myrtle Stone. Provincial Board Director of Subdivision 20. led the workshop on program planning. Good programs don‘t Juxt happen. the} have to be planned in advance, taking into consideration the Oi’)_|L'CllV€!~i and in, lerests of the branch members Workshop partiupants formed three groups. and were assigned specific res- ponsibilities With respect to planning a program for waste management. Group One offered "Blue Box“ collections. paper collection rind the mechanics ll'l' volved in waste management awareness as possible sub topics; Group Two in, vestigatcd resources in the [UplL' area. and Group Three suggested scavenger hunts. garage sales and craft items from recycled materials as fun activities for this topic. Resource materials on Program Plan- ning. Managing Meetings and Evalutr tiort SheeLs an: available for org-anna- tions from OMAF offices. 7 hr Jean Hitrir The FWIO Leadership Development inference was held in Kingston this at as part of our practice to move .enis to different locations around the wince. It gave the ladies in the ingston area an opportunity to par- :ipate in the organizing of a provincial em. I hope they enjoyed the exper- nce. Their help was invaluable and l ould like to take this opportunity to rank them from all of us. Being on the organizing committee it an event such as this is no easy task nd is very time consuming. Those peo- le donate their time over a period of I least ayear; they are to be commend- d. The committee consisted of ntianne Schmidt, Joan Law. Elaine Williams, Joan Playle, Mattie Johnston, ’tcna Cunningham, Peggy Knapp. Joyce halting. Leta Ryan and myself. Some if the things the committee must look it are: 1)Venue: Traditionally a univer- Airy has been chosen as it is more economical than a convention centre. Whatever the facility it must meet cer- ‘ain criteria a) does it have a large room to accommodate a plenary session? blue the buildings too spread out? clis there an adequate number of rooms for workshops? Between the Lines Margaret Munro d)ls it available to us when we need it? Universities are not available year round. e)Can food be served to a large number of people in a relatively short time? fireasonable travel access? There are many other considerations. but these are the main ones, and until we can find a facility that has everything at a price we are willing to pay. there will be a compromise. Evaluation - did you fill one out if you attended? This is your chance to give in- put to the committee so that problems can be rectified next time around. It also doesn't cost anything to express your ap- proval and does a lot for the members of the committee. One of the comments which “as passâ€" ed on by the 90th anniversary commit- tee was that the agenda was too crowd- ed. not leaving enough time to socialize and get to know your neighbours. Most delegates at Kingston thought there was a good balance and that enough time was given to view displays. or buy sup, plies. However. a few thought there should be less free time and more organized events â€" well. nobtidy‘s perfect and the committee made notes. The purpose of the conference was to make us all aware of waste management and recycling in particular. and one of our goals is to initiate lilt) new waste management projects across Ontario. I know by the mail that a number of you immediately get on the hall and that municipalities are listening and acting because of your actions. if everyone who was at the conference acts. think of the impact across Ontario. You are not just one woman. you are one of many. Let us know what you are doing; we are looking for feedback from everyone. This is your chance to pro- tect our land and water for future generations. 3 chance for entrepreneurs. I know you can and will rise to this challenge â€" Go for it. Wis of Ontario! H & C October, November 1988 3