Happy New Year Everyone! Come join me for the final post on The Elvish Farmer for the year. This week, we have the Education Sphere Lead, Ben McDole, leading us through the 10 fundamental topics to study to improve your judging in the upcoming year.

Let's all resolve to have a great new year, and I hope you keep coming back for more great stories at The Elvish Farmer!

https://theelvishfarmer.wordpress.com/2016/12/30/guest-post-10-fundamentals-to-start-the-year-studying/

Join me for the first post of this new year where I begin a new article series! Those qualities judges often discuss in light of pursuing L3? They aren't just for L3 judges or candidates! Go read how you can observe and grow in these qualities over at the blog.

Leadership, Presence and Charisma
https://theelvishfarmer.wordpress.com/2017/01/06/leadership-presence-and-charisma/

Join me on this superstitious Friday the 13th as Matt Williams (AKA Billy Willy) talks about The End… of Round Procedures!

As always, I want to hear and tell your stories too! Let me know if you have something to share, and we can work together to tell your story. Until next week, keep watching and learning (and reading… and sharing!)

https://theelvishfarmer.wordpress.com/2017/01/13/guest-post-this-is-the-end-of-round/

Join me this week for the second installment in my series designed to discuss the “L3” qualities and how you can observe and develop them at every level in the program. This week - Teamwork, Diplomacy, and Maturity!

Teamwork, Diplomacy and Maturity
https://theelvishfarmer.wordpress.com/2017/01/20/teamwork-diplomacy-and-maturity/

It's friday and that means it's time to head on over to The Elvish Farmer! This week I continue my series relating L3 qualities to L1 and L2 judges. Up today is Penalty and Policy Philosophy! Go have a read!

Penalty and Policy Philosophy
https://theelvishfarmer.wordpress.com/2017/01/27/penalty-and-policy-philosophy/

It's time for another installment over at The Elvish Farmer! Join me this week for the continuation of a series discussing how the L3 Qualities can be seen and applied across all levels within the program. This week: Self-Evaluation!

Self-Evaluation

https://theelvishfarmer.wordpress.com/2017/02/03/self-evaluation/

Join me this week for the continuation of a series of posts exploring the L3 Qualities and how they apply at other levels. This week, Development of other Judges.

Development of Other Judges

https://theelvishfarmer.wordpress.com/2017/02/10/development-of-other-judges/

Hello again and welcome back for another installment at The Elvish Farmer! Join me this week for a discussion of Logistics and Tournament Operations as they can be applied at L1 and L2.

As always, I want to hear and help share your stories of awesome things judges do. Please reach out if you have something to share! (Please don't reply to this forum though, I can be reached via email or found on Facebook.)

Logistics and Tournament Operations – The Elvish Farmer
https://theelvishfarmer.wordpress.com/2017/02/17/logistics-and-tournament-operations/

Join me once again this week as I discuss Program Construction and Philosophy. Learn how you can display strength in this often difficult-to-demonstrate quality.

As always, I want to hear your stories! Let me know what you have seen or done that should be preserved and shared with other judges! Shoot me a PM or email with what you have today!

https://theelvishfarmer.wordpress.com/2017/02/24/program-construction-and-philosophy/

It's Friday, and that means it's time to share another post over at The Elvish Farmer! This week, I discuss how skill in Investigations is applicable across all levels and events. Go investigate how it applies to you right now!

https://theelvishfarmer.wordpress.com/2017/03/03/investigations/

Today over at The Elvish Farmer I have the final installment in my ongoing series relating the L3 qualities to every level of judging. Please join me for the discussion of Stress and Conflict Management, as well as the wrap up to the series. Thanks, as always, for reading :)

https://theelvishfarmer.wordpress.com/2017/03/10/stress-and-conflict-management/

This week is a short and sweet post simply highlighting the Exemplar nominations I submitted for Wave 8. Go have a read then go dig some more into Exemplar and be inspired!

The Judges Exemplar: More Tales of Wonder
https://theelvishfarmer.wordpress.com/2017/03/17/the-judges-exemplar-more-tales-of-wonder/

Come swing by The Elvish Farmer this week for a discussion of some resources you should be aware of!

Recurring Resources

https://theelvishfarmer.wordpress.com/2017/03/24/recurring-resources/

Join me this week for a discussion of how to tackle one of the fundamental aspects of judging: taking calls. Go have a read!

The Anatomy of a Judge Call

https://theelvishfarmer.wordpress.com/2017/03/31/the-anatomy-of-a-judge-call/

Join me this week for a post that means a lot to me. Today we have the story of former JudgeCast host and my personal Judge mentor CJ Shrader. Come hear the events that started him into judging, some highlights along the way, and the description of why he ultimately stepped down.

Guest Post: The CJ Shrader Story

https://theelvishfarmer.wordpress.com/2017/04/07/guest-post-the-cj-shrader-story/