The 12th Annual Soybean Leadership College has been
scheduled for January 4-6, 2012 and will be held at
the:
Sheraton Westport Hotel
900 Westport Plaza
St. Louis, MO 63146
Phone: 314-878-1500
There are two
pre-college sessions by invitation only on January 4:
State Leaders Summit
(ASA Executive Committee and State Presidents Session
10:15 a.m.
State Leaders Summit
(ASA Executive Committee, State Presidents, State
Executives and QSSB Chairmen Session Noon-8:30 p.m.)
Soybean
Leadership College Features Speakers include:
Charlie Farrell
Charlie
Farrell will be the opening Keynote Speaker and will
also be conducting the Leadership Workshop. Charlie is
a banking and finance graduate of the University of
South Carolina where he played basketball for Coach
Frank McGuire. He flew over 3,000 hours as a fighter
pilot (F4, A-4, A-7, F-16) with the Marine Corps and
Air National Guard. He owned two commercial printing
companies before he began professional development
training specializing in programs to develop skills in
leadership, teamwork, and personal productivity.
Charlie has authored
numerous articles and two books, including "Courage to
Lead."
Dave Lieber
Dave
will be presenting The Secrets of Storytelling: How
to Get on the Front Page and the 6 o'clock News in
the Communications Workshop on Thursday, January 5. As
a newspaper columnist, Dave receives as many as 100
story pitches a week. So how does he choose what to
put in his newspaper column? In this workshop, he
shares the secrets of getting your charity, house of
worship, business, event or personality profile
featured on the front page of your newspaper, on the
television news and on radio. It's a unique look at
public relations that causes P.R. specialists who have
been in business for years to walk away thanking Dave
for new insights into their profession.
Bob
Ash
Bob will
be presenting "Teaching Buffalo to Fly Like Geese:
Leadership and Teamwork." Bob founded his company, Life
Lessons, in 1995. Since then, he has provided training
and education to 1,500-plus organizations and
businesses, numbering over 340,000 individuals.
Prior to starting his
company, Bob served in several different public
education positions. He was a teacher, principal, and
superintendent of schools. During this time, Bob gained
recognition as a speaker, leading him to create his
company, Life Lessons. Bob also played a few years of
professional baseball with the Cleveland Indians
Baseball Organization.
Special thanks to the Soybean Leadership College sponsors
as of August 30, 2011:
Corporate and National Sponsors:
United Soybean Board
State
Organizations:
Delaware Soybean
Board
Illinois Soybean Association
Iowa Soybean Association
Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board
Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee
Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council
North Carolina Soybean Producers Association
North Dakota Soybean Council
Ohio Soybean Council
South Dakota Soybean Research and Promotion Council
