Peter then took us on a lesson in leadership, showing us different kinds of leadership and how an organisation can use these types of leadership to achieve its goals. This was a very interesting presentation and Peter's experience in the area showed. I'll put the link to it here when it is available.
Petr talked about the amazing things Czech Mensa is doing for gifted children in the Czech Republic including a school for Mensans and the Logical Olympics participated in by 32,000 Czech children. I was stunned at the level of involvement Mensa has with school children and kindergarteners and it definitely made me think more about what we can help do in New Zealand.
Geoff's presentation was very motivational, talking about how inspiring members in one area can lead to ripples of energy throughout the organisation. This was a great motivator and put many thoughts in my head about how Mensa New Zealand could expand even more.
After the presentations we rushed back to the hotel, put our glad rags on and went to the Mensa Education and Research Fund reception, where the foundation awarded a scholarship to a Young Member from America.
We got to meet and interact with Board Members, Trustees and representatives from all though out the organisation. It was a great opportunity and definitely something LEAP was great for.
The next event was the Gala Dinner, a beautiful feast in the Grand Ballroom.
The meal was great and the company even better. We watched a comedy show put on for us as entertainment and had some firey table entertainment :P
We then adjourned to the lobby for some LEAP discussion and talked about what we had learned over the past few days.
The grand ball room became a dance floor and the band played heaps of old school music. I hung out with a great group and definitely got some dancing lessons from some of the Americans. Some of the dance moves that night were MUCH more dangerous than others! I then went back to the GenY Suite before crashing after a very log and amazing day!
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