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Session B: 2:00pm – 3:15pm
Breaking the Ice: Teambuilding Through Icebreakers, Energizers and Reflection
(General Student Leader and Community Service Tracks)
Do your meetings lack pizzazz? Are you looking for a way to jazz up your service projects? Would you like to find unique ways to process? Icebreakers and energizers help motivate participants, encourage them to openly participate, and create a common sense of purpose. Reflection is the bridge between experiences and learning. During this presentation, we hope to give you new insight into teambuilding activities, share ideas, and even let you experience a few of them!
Presenters: Erin Lansmon-Winter and Lindsey Angell.
Bridging Culture, Bridging Understanding
(Diversity and Leadership)
Understanding the different nuances between Eastern and Western cultures will greatly help open lines of communication. With globalization becoming more of a focus, it is increasingly important to understand the differing ways of interacting with people from other cultures. We will focus on general trends among the East and West by using illustrations by Yang Liu, a Chinese individual who was raised in Germany.
Presenter: Cory Owen.
Leadership on the Loose with Dr. Seuss
(General Student Leadership)
Would you, could you, should you lead? Won’t you, don’t you meet their needs? Dr. Seuss has been teaching us to lead since we were infants. Such stories as Green Eggs and Ham and Horton Hatches the Egg offer views on lessons to be learned and on leadership techniques. Conference participants will read various Dr. Seuss books and identify and explain leadership qualities, good or bad, that are found in the books and discuss what they have found with the other participants.
Presenter: Vanessa J. Solis-Maduzia, J.D.
Picture This! An Undergraduate’s Snapshot Into the Student Affairs Profession
(General Student Leadership Track – professional development)
Have you ever looked at the student affairs staff on your campus who work in Student Activities, New Student Orientation, Residence Life, Greek Life, Program Board, Multi-cultural Affairs, Academic Advising, etc. and thought, “Wouldn’t that be a great career for me?” If so, this program is designed to encourage students to become leaders early on in their career field. Through personal experience, I will discuss how to pursue opportunities, professionally develop, and gain experience. The program will consist of a lecture and an interactive activity to assist students in exploring their personal interests. Participants will have the knowledge of how to develop their own action plan and ideas of how to utilize that plan to benefit themselves as well as their campus.
Presenters: Michelle Diaz and Ramona Curtis.
Building Dynamic and Purposeful Retreat Experiences for Student Leaders
(Advisor/Staff Track)
Creating retreat experiences that both challenge and engage students at all levels of the leadership development spectrum is challenging. This session will explore how one leadership center is shifting the tone, focus and format of a large fall retreat for 200 students representing various campus organizations. The retreat has historically been staff driven, didactic in format, and primarily leadership skills based. The session will examine some of the growing pains and logistical challenges associated with the transition of developing a more layered leadership experiences that is: 1) student-led; 2) focused on more complex and real world leadership concepts; 3) structured more like a conference which requires students to shape their individual experience and 4) student-centered in its efforts to create opportunities for students to openly dialogue about the kind of leadership culture they wish to create. Additionally, the presenters will discuss the challenges associated with getting staff buy-in and maintaining staff engagement in this more student-centered retreat experience. Participants in this session will be encouraged to exchange strategies they have adopted on their campuses to make their retreats powerful learning experiences for their students and rewarding professional opportunities for their staff.
Presnters: Dr. Stephanie Brown and Loretta Pequeno-Griffin.
Times Are Changing: What’s Motivating You?
(Leadership in the Workplace)
It’s not your parent’s workplace anymore! Everyone can be motivated… join us to learn how! Participate in an interactive presentation where you will learn how to use various motivational skills and techniques in your everyday lives. We will discuss common motivators and alternative solutions to stay motivated in tough economic situations. Gain an overview of motivation and its historical perspectives for use in a changing climate.
Presenters: A team of graduate students from the University of Houston – Clear Lake.
Get Ready… Get Set… Got Stamina? Why Good Health and Nutrition is Critical for Your Effectiveness as a Leader
(General Student Leadership)
Are you taking care of yourself, as well as those who follow your leadership? What more can you be doing to maintain your stamina as a leader? Those who choose to lead are often individuals gifted with high energy and drive. At the same time, pursuing lofty goals places heavy demands on physical and psychological reserves. There is an inherent tension between taking care of one’s self – of preserving one’s own well-being – and accomplishing the mission at any cost. This session will address how to improve your stamina through proper nutrition, fitness, and a holistic health regime.
Presnter: Denise Cazes.
Cross-Cultural Communication Challenges for Leaders
(Diversity and Leadership Track)
Leaders are faced with the challenges of influencing those around them and inspiring the future. With globalization as a reality, diversity and cross-cultural communication training is not a choice – it is vital for effective leadership. Through an interactive and informative session, students will see how diversity and cross-cultural knowledge are linked to what is expected of leaders today. The focus will be on addressing the four things we look for in a leader, based on the Leadership Challenge model from Kouzes and Posner. In addition, activities will help students see the current views of different cultures, the challenges faced with communication, and will direct them to think about how globalization is shaping our American and Global societies.
Presnters: Kristi Randolph-Simon and Dalia R. Pineda.
Social Justice Advocacy and Leadership
(Diversity and Leadership Track)
This session will focus on power and empowerment. The objective of this program will be to share experiences with powerlessness and power and to advise about other optional foundations of political power (also discuss hidden power, visible power, and invisible power at work in those experiences). This workshop will be very interactive and individuals will be able to reflect on personal experiences with power and powerlessness and recognize powers in the environment and how to bring about empowerment within themselves and peers.
Presnter: Tina Stokes.
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