Officers of the Mulhall-Orlando FFA chapter attended the 2021 Oklahoma FFA Chapter Officer Leadership Training Conference Sept. 28 at the Enid Events Center in Enid, Oklahoma. It was a day filled with many leadership activities led by both the state officers and keynote speaker, Rhett Laubach. Rhett is an accomplished professional speaker, leadership coach and served as state FFA president in 1992-1993.
The M-O officers started the event by taking a picture with the Oklahoma State FFA Secretary Braden Burns and Northwest Area Vice President Braden Heisler. Then they were taken to the conference hall at the event center to hear Rhett Laubach. He taught officers how to have confidence in themselves and how to leave an impact on others. After that the local officers were taken to smaller rooms where State Officers would talk with them and answer any question about what an officer should do.
The state FFA officers planned and conducted this year’s conference based on the theme, “Lead Up.” Elected officers from each of the 62 high school FFA chapters in the Northwest area attended the conference, which equipped each student with leadership tools that focused on specific officer duties and leading when one is unsure what to do.
“Oklahoma FFA is such an incredible organization because of the natural leadership that is found in our membership,” said Dalton Rogers, state FFA president. “As an association we want to make sure that those officers elected to serve on the local level are prepared to “Lead Up” within their chapters. Expressing to the best of their abilities the leadership that our association is best known for.”
The M-O FFA chapter was recognized as a Three Star Superior Chapter during the event. M-O officers attending were: President Baylee Brown, Vice President KayLea Taylor, Secretary Hanna Schmidt, Treasurer Callen Oldenburg, Reporter Casyn Larman, and Sentinel Willie Schoonover.
COLT Conference is sponsored by Public Service Company of Oklahoma as a special project of the Oklahoma FFA Foundation. Thank you again Public Service Company of Oklahoma for sponsoring such an inspiring event.