4CS Speakers Bureau

The 4CS Speakers Bureau is a service of the California Community Colleges Classified Senate and its network of local Community College Classified Senates

Introduction to the 4CS Speakers Bureau

The 4CS Speakers Bureau is a service of the California Community Colleges Classified Senate. The Speakers Bureau connects you with a network of community college leaders who can provide a variety of presentations and facilitate workshops. Our speakers and workshop leaders are current or past employees of the California Community College System who have years of direct experience working with students, staff and local districts. Each of our speakers has extensive and direct experiences working with community college participatory governance and closely related topics. Many of our workshops are designed to assist you in discovering your own potential and solutions by providing a structure for effective communication and by sharing ideas from across the state. 4CS speakers and workshops will bring new ideas and possibilities to your campus and groups, ideas that you can successfully adapt to your local needs and situations.

Who is 4CS

The California Community Colleges Classified Senate (4CS) is the statewide governance and leadership professional organization that grew from the need for improved statewide communication among the local classified senates and participation in state governance activities. The 4CS Executive Board is composed of community college classified staff (as defined in Ed. Code). The Board members have been elected to serve from all of the regions and areas of the state and have many personal experiences with local and statewide governance and leadership. 4CS is a non-profit, public benefit professional organization, created by the local classified senates and staff to promote the values of higher education and to work for educational improvements system-wide. 4CS coordinates and provides governance information, leadership training and professional development opportunities.

How To Learn More About Us

To learn more about us you can contact your local classified senate, your locally elected 4CS Area Representative that represents your local college and district, any of your 4CS Officers, or visit the 4CS Web site which is "http://www.ccccs.org". The Web site contains our current contact information (college addresses, phone numbers and email addresses), various publications and documents (position papers, bylaws, organizational information), recent activities (Classified Leadership Institute, special meetings and announcements), any much more still to come.

Making Arrangements To Get What You Want

After reading the offerings in the 4CS Speakers Bureau, please feel free to contact us directly for the most recent information. If your not reading this on the 4CS Web site, check the Web site for more recent additions or updates. Contact 4CS for any specific requests or modifications of existing presentations that might meet the needs of your special event. Our goal is to provide you with quality assistance and services as you plan your retreat, flex activities or meetings.

Many of our speakers are classified employees currently working at one of California's Community Colleges and serving on various local governance committees. Please remember as you schedule your speaker or workshop leader, that our speakers are volunteering on behalf of 4CS to provide this service to you. Although it is our intent to meet your needs, the speaker's availability is subject to their daily schedules, personal calendars and work obligations. Please be understanding as we work together and try to meet your specific requests.

Although the Speakers Bureau is a service of 4CS, the Speakers Bureau is a statewide classified senate fundraising activity. 4CS receives no direct funding from the state budget and relies partially on various fundraising activities that enable us to perform our mission. Your organization or group will be asked to donate an honorarium to 4CS for this service and to pay for any travel or lodging cost, if needed, to come to your event. At times, we may need to switch speakers or leaders if unforeseen events prevent the requested speaker from attending. If this were to happen, we would notify you of the change and find an appropriate speaker from the Bureau that is experienced with the topic or workshop that was scheduled. Rather than establish set fees for our speakers and workshop leaders, we prefer to work with you to establish a fair, reasonable and economically feasible rate for the services you are asking to receive.

To start the process, please fill-out the 4CS Speaker Bureau Request Form. Forms are available to download on our Web site (below) and from 4CS Board members. Please feel free to contact 4CS if you need assistance or have additional questions. Follow the directions on the form to submit your request.

4CS Speakers, Presentations and Workshops

A variety of speakers, facilitators, presentations and workshops are available. If you do not find what you want, we can work together to plan something different that meets your specific needs. We offer traditional presentations, multi-media illustrated presentations, panel and roundtable workshops and a variety of other informal guided discussions and problem-solving sessions. We can also assist or train your group to present their own workshops and presentations. Although our topics are mostly associated with governance, personal development and leadership, other non-collective bargaining topics can be requested such as technology and communication training and we will search our members with significant expertise on the topic you have requested.

Specific Presentation Topics
(This list is new and still being built; contact 4CS for more ideas.)

4CS Presenters

Many of our presenters are 4CS Executive Board Members and Associates. They have successfully planned and given hundreds of training seminars, flex workshops and presentations at local community college events, Community College League of California's Annual Convention, Classified Leadership Institute, the 4CSD Annual Conference, and various other conferences, meetings and retreats.

Speaker Biographies
(This list is new and still being built; contact 4CS for more speakers.)

Requesting a Speaker

Speaker Request Form (PDF file)

Speaker Request Form (.doc file)

In our efforts to provide and to tailor our presentations to your needs, we will contact you to discuss in detail your request in order to make the necessary arrangements, when you send in the speaker request form. If you have questions at any time, feel free to contact us. Please remember that 4CS speakers and workshop leaders are volunteering their time and efforts to 4CS to provide this service for you and your event.

Thank you for your interest in the 4CS Speakers Bureau and requesting our speakers for your next event.

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Last updated: July 3, 2008.