Leadership Training
Hi there!
The club recently had a leadership training workshop. It really focused in on improving communication skills, teamwork, and how to make meetings a bit better. Take a look at the slides and try practicing a few of the exercises!
The 30 second pitch
The first activity is The 30 second pitch. Its really an adaptable exercise. The way it was presented was for summarizing and teaching about a cyber security topic such as:
Obfuscation (software) - Wikipedia
Cross-site scripting - Wikipedia
Digital rights management - Wikipedia
Email spoofing - WikipediaIf you can get an idea condensed down to 30 seconds it becomes easy to use that as a framework to speak about a topic for much longer, 5 minutes, even 30 minutes or more! It really helps you to focus your ideas into precise thoughts. It helps you to not ramble in meetings, and it's a good way of formulating an elevator pitch.
The action steps involve:
1) Beginning with a participant reading about their particular topic.
2) Writing a summary of your topic.
3) Presenting it to a partner in 30 seconds, 1 minute, or 5 minutes. (I find 30 seconds the most effective when first doing the exercise then after they get that down increasing the allotted time)
The action steps involve:
1) Beginning with a participant reading about their particular topic.
2) Writing a summary of your topic.
3) Presenting it to a partner in 30 seconds, 1 minute, or 5 minutes. (I find 30 seconds the most effective when first doing the exercise then after they get that down increasing the allotted time)
4) Getting feedback from the other person and any questions they have.
5) Reviewing the topic, or rewriting a summary, or thinking about what you might change.
5) Reviewing the topic, or rewriting a summary, or thinking about what you might change.
6) Switching who presents and then Repeating steps 3,4, 5, and 6 a number of times.
The Human Knot
The next activity had everyone gather together in a circle, reach hands out and clasp hands. It needed to be someone who wasn't next to them, and each hand goes to a different person. The result is a tangled mess and participants need to figure out how to untangle themselves until they are in a circle. It's a good activity to see: who's self-directed, communication styles, and leadership styles. (Don't worry if some end up facing inside the circle versus outside the circle, it just means they crossed their arms when reaching across)
Effective Meetings
The last activity was a discussion about having effective meetings.
1) Set the Agenda
1) Set the Agenda
2) Follow up and Evaluate
3) Start on Time. End on Time.
4) End with an Action Plan.
The New York Times published a great article on running more effective meetings.
https://www.nytimes.com/guides/business/how-to-run-an-effective-meeting
https://www.nytimes.com/guides/business/how-to-run-an-effective-meeting
I'd like to thank Nawied Amin for helping with some of the content in the slides and for being the one who originally sent me the New York Times link.
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