Tamohara Dasa and Mukhya Dasi recently attended International Leader Sangha (conference) in Mayapur India. Listen to their report on this conference given on March 4, 2012, at the Hare Krishna temple in Alachua, Florida.
Please click the arrow below to listen to the audio file. (source)
Mukhya Dasi: (source) To get an idea of the areas of importance the GBC are working on, I wanted to show you the various committees (made up of both GBC and temple devotees from around the world) and the presentations they offered. It was not possible to attend each one, but I do have some information on each seminar, so if any are of interest to you don’t hesitate to let me know, and I will try to show you what was discussed. All in all I would say the most encouraging thing was to see the forward direction our GBC is heading and the integration of devotees of all ages from all parts of the globe working together to push on Srila Prabhupada’s movement and legacy.
BBT: Book Distribution Outside the Book Bag;
The Monthly Sankirtan Festival (A Little From A Lot);
Responsible Publishing
COMMUNICATIONS: Interfaith Preaching; On Camera: Media Training for Leaders; Public Speaking for Leaders
CULTURE: Srila Prabhupada’s Mandate for Leadership and Management in ISKCON; Intro to Organizational Culture in ISKCON
DEVOTEE CARE: Caring Vaisnava Leadership; Dare to Care: Continuing Srila Prabhuada’s Legacy; Essential Aspects of Caring Leadership; Leadership From the Inside Out; Stories from the Scriptures
EDUCATION: Adult Education; Board of Examination; Child Protection; Educating Our Children in Krishna Consciousness
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Local Strategic Planning Part One: Solving Problems and Creating a Better Future; Part Two: Executing Your Plans; Unity in Diversity; Exploring Current and Emerging Trends/Environmental Scanning
OUTREACH: Book Distribution and Leadership; Contact Follow up and Cultivation (aka Non-Devotee Care); Facilitating Full-time Book Distribution; Harinama Sankirtana; Preaching to non-Resident Indians in Your Congregation; Social Media and Internet Preaching
RURAL DEVELOPMENT: Building Sustainable Communities; Srila Prabhupada’s Gita-nagari Prophecy Essay and the Two Levels of Dharma
SRILA PRABHUPADA’S POSITION: The Meaning of Founder-Acarya; Our Foundational Relationship with Srila Prabhuapada; Srila Prabhupada’s Unique Position
SUCCESSION: Developing Leaders in ISCKON
TEAM BUILDING: A Bundle of Sticks
TEMPLE DEVELOPMENT / SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION: Elements of a Well-Developed ISKCON, Temple at a Glance; General Management
VANDE: Theater Workshop; Vaishnava Art and Culture
GLOBAL FINANCING: Fund-Raising;
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
SRILA PRABHUPADA ON DEITY WORSHIP
CONSTITUTION: Toward an ISKCON Constitution