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LDW Makes An Impression
With Attendees, Regional
Association Leaders
On October 12-15, PPAI board mem-
bers, committee leaders, and executive direc-
tors and volunteers representing 27 regional
associations traveled to Grapevine, Texas
for the 16th annual Leadership
Development Workshop (LDW), hosted by
PPAI and the Regional Association Council
(RAC). The four-day event featured an
extensive curriculum of seminars, panel dis-
cussions and collaborative exercises, as well
as networking and consultation opportuni-
ties for regional association leaders.
I want to thank you for another fan-
tastic LDW. Every year I say it is the
best yet, and this year is no exception. It
is evident at every turn how much work,
dedication, insight, planning, forecasting
and mind reading is done by the staff at
PPAI to plan this event. From the food
choices to the speakers chosen, to the
signs made and the details of who does
what when, every “t” is crossed and every
“i” is dotted.
From a personal standpoint, I look
at the entire experience and it has always
been rewarding and valuable. I consis-
tently return to the office energized,
motivated and looking forward with a
different perspective than when I left for
LDW. It is so beneficial to meet with
other industry professionals and recon-
nect with the Association as well. I also
value the time that the executive direc-
tors get to spend with each other to
share ideas, and I thought this year was
just terrific with Scott’s and Bob’s ses-
sions leading us into topics so that we
could share ideas. I thought the schedule
was ideal, both for boot camp plus the
rest of the LDW.
The keynote speaker was incredible.
All in our group thoroughly enjoyed his
presentations. (I was one of the lucky
ones who saw him before the evening
dinner at one of the sessions and
enjoyed that presentation as well.) In
fact, we liked him so well that we are
going to try to have him speak at one
of our events, since he is local to the
Twin Cities.
I was also a fan of the second night’s
events, where we were all together in a
relaxed atmosphere on the patio. Our
group had so much fun playing giant
Jenga. Who knew we could be so com-
petitive? It was great fun to be able to
visit with our group, and others, enjoying
the weather outside and sharing
thoughts and ideas from the day.
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• DECEMBER 2015
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