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BISMARCK, N.D. - About 500 North Dakota National Guard service members and guests took part in two separate events this past weekend: a Combined Associations Conference and coinciding Professional Development Weekend. The conference joined members of the Officers and Enlisted Associations of the National Guard Association of the United States, a professional organization that Guard members have the opportunity to join, while the Professional Development Weekend providing tools for leaders.
This is the first year the Professional Development Weekend took place in conjunction with the conference. Organizers say that this provided an even more enlightening and educational experience while only taking up one weekend, rather than two. Numerous topics focused on the weekend's theme of "Equipping Tomorrow's Leaders Today," such as Personal Responsibility and the QBC (Question Behind the Question), presented by best-selling author John Miller; Public Affairs and Its Impact on the Service Member on the Ground, presented by the Headquarters of the Department of the Army Office of the Chief of Public Affairs; Generations in the Workplace, presented by Renee Hoffman Walker of Bismarck State College; The Creativity Within You; and Communication with Love and Respect for Couples.
"This is a wonderful opportunity for all of us to come together and talk about our successes as an organization and the challenges that lay ahead of us," said Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, North Dakota National Guard adjutant general, in his State of the North Dakota National Guard address Friday morning. "We continue to look to the future and talk about what it is that we can do as leaders to make things better for, not only members of the North Dakota National Guard, but for all the people of this great state and great nation."
Gov. John Hoeven addressed attendees at noon Friday, commending them for their service.
"You're called upon to do so much more than just fight," Hoeven said. "Think about how complex your job has become as Guardsmen; not only as leaders, which you all are, but as Guardsmen operating across the world. It's a very big job."
NGAUS presented Hoeven with the Charles Dick Medal of Merit Award, which acknowledges strong support of the National Guard.
Maj. Gen. Jeffrey J. Dorko gave the closing remarks at the conference, discussing "Good to Great," a presentation that strived to answer the question: Can a good organization become a great organization, and, if so, how? It's based on the best-selling book of the same name by James C.
Collins. Dorko served as the commander for the U.S. Army Engineer Division, Gulf Region, headquartered in Baghdad, Iraq, from October 2007 to October 2008. In that role, he oversaw the missions and accomplishments of North Dakota's Engineer Brigade, which was deployed from March 2007 to March 2008.
| Date Taken: | 02.23.2009 |
| Date Posted: | 02.23.2009 15:44 |
| Story ID: | 30343 |
| Location: | BISMARCK, US |
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