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“The Cooperative Extension
Service has teamed up with the University of Kentucky Agriculture Alumni
Association in an effort to get top quality leadership development
opportunities to their clients at a reasonable price and in a location
closer to their home community."
Grace Gorrell,
Agricultural Alumni Coordinator for the UK College of Agriculture
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 7, 2004) – Kentuckians interested in
improving their leadership skills can join more than 60,000 leaders around the
globe for a unique conference to be broadcast Oct. 20 by satellite.
The University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service is partnering with
Living Leadership, a division of Maximum Impact Inc., to present the one-day
conference titled “Delivering the Right Way.”
“The Cooperative Extension Service has teamed up with the University of Kentucky
Agriculture Alumni Association in an effort to get top quality leadership
development opportunities to their clients at a reasonable price and in a
location closer to their home community,” said Grace Gorrell, agricultural
alumni coordinator for the UK College of Agriculture.
The conference features several internationally known business leaders and
leadership authors. Presenters include entrepreneur Donald Trump; author and
lecturer Peter Drucker; author and management expert Jim Collins; entrepreneur
and media owner Russell Simmons; author Ken Blanchard; Harvard business school
professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter; former Honeywell CEO Larry Bossidy; and former
Soviet leader and Nobel Prize recipient Mikhail Gorbachev.
Cooperative Extension Service offices will be downlinking the live program in
selected counties. The cost for participating for the general public is $199,
but a special price of $99 is offered to individuals who attend at county
Cooperative Extension sites. The fee includes a workbook and lunch.
For information on downlink sites and registering, contact your local Extension
office, or Grace Gorrell at 859-257-7211.
Source: Grace Gorrell 859-257-7211
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