Friday, December 17, 2010
  8:00 am - Check-in / Breakfast / Networking
  8:45 am - Begin Workshop
12 pm - End Workshop

John Lesko, CPF

Attend this workshop, designed as a communication short course or discussion leader’s boot camp, and YOU will:

• Leave with a better understanding of your strengths and shortcomings as presenters or public speakers.

• Create a professional development plan designed specifically to enhance the communication skills of facilitators who must have ‘stage presence’ in front of their clients.

• Have an opportunity to practice your impromptu speaking skills and receive constructive feedback from your peers.

• Receive selected informational material from Toastmasters International.

John Lesko, CPF, provides decision-support and facilitation services to various US Air Force & DoD clients.  He is a member of IAF and Mid-Atlantic Facilitators Network (MAFN), and is retired from the US Army Reserves having served in various command and staff assignments in the US and overseas. John is a is a Distinguished Toastmaster and Past District Governor responsible for the development of communication and leadership skills for 4,500 adults in 225 clubs located in VA, MD, and DC.  He is the co-author and editor of Technology Exchange in the Information Age (Battelle Press, 1998). He practices aikido, the traditional Japanese martial art based on ‘the way of harmonizing with the spirit of the universe’. John earned a Master of Science (General Engineering), Boston University, Boston, MA and a Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY.

Registration ends at noon on the Tuesday before the workshop. Payment must be made in advance and received before the specific registration period ends. Advanced online payment via credit card is our preferred method of registration. However, payment can be made via check in advance by mail to:

Mid-Atlantic Facilitator's Network
c/o Synergy Forces, LLC
PMB 117 11006 Veirs Mill Road
Suite L-15
Silver Spring, MD 20902

Workshops are hosted by:

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
441 G St NW Room 2N30
Washington, DC 20548

Get a Map & Directions. Cynthia Miller, CPF is the Director of the DC Facilitator's Workshop Series. She can be reached at 703-442-8221 or at cmfacilt8r@aol.com.