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Continuing Education

District and Council Commissioners

Providing timely and relevant training for your unit commissioners is an important aspect of your role. The “Micro-Learning” project provides short topics that can be used in three ways:

  • Assign a specific podcast prior to your Commissioner Staff Meeting and discuss it during your meeting.
  • Respond to an immediate issue by directing a commissioner to the podcast library.
  • Commissioners access the podcast library as needed

We hope these podcasts will provide you with the information you need, when you need it, in a flexible way. For more information on how to use these podcasts more effectively, please listen to Episode 100: “Introduction to Micro-Learning”.

Commissioner Casts

Discussion Documents can be used as a resource in your Commissioner Meetings. Ask your commissioners to listen to the relevant podcast prior to the meeting and use the Discussion Document to guide a follow-up conversation.

One of the responsibilities of the council commissioner is to see that a complete program is in place to train every commissioner in the council. A council commissioner should plan to conduct an annual training event, which can be in the form of a commissioner conference or College of Commissioner Science.

See the College of Commissioner Science pages for everything that you need to conduct a local CCS event.

Content will soon be added to this page to support council commissioners with resources for conducting an annual commissioners conference.

District and Council Commissioners

Providing timely and relevant training for your unit commissioners is an important aspect of your role. The “Micro-Learning” project provides short topics that can be used in three ways:

  • Assign a specific podcast prior to your Commissioner Staff Meeting and discuss it during your meeting.
  • Respond to an immediate issue by directing a commissioner to the podcast library.
  • Commissioners access the podcast library as needed

We hope these podcasts will provide you with the information you need, when you need it, in a flexible way. For more information on how to use these podcasts more effectively, please listen to Episode 100: “Introduction to Micro-Learning”.

Commissioner Casts

Discussion Documents can be used as a resource in your Commissioner Meetings. Ask your commissioners to listen to the relevant podcast prior to the meeting and use the Discussion Document to guide a follow-up conversation.

One of the responsibilities of the council commissioner is to see that a complete program is in place to train every commissioner in the council. A council commissioner should plan to conduct an annual training event, which can be in the form of a commissioner conference or College of Commissioner Science.

See the College of Commissioner Science pages for everything that you need to conduct a local CCS event.

Content will soon be added to this page to support council commissioners with resources for conducting an annual commissioners conference.

Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.