Student Leadership Conference
Friday, November 10, 2006
This annual fall conference offers an opportunity for students to learn new leadership skills and sharpen the ones they already posses. Students should register and take advantage of this opportunity to network with other leaders on campus and find ways to work together and learn from each other.
Registration begins at noon in the Coffman Memorial Union Theater.
As part of this one-day workshop, students will:
- Improve or acquire organizational and leadership skill-sets
- Network with other student leaders and professionals
- Gain a real experience that can be listed on a resume
- Obtain a UMSLC Leadership Certificate
- Hear new ideas for your Student Organizations
- Get training in fiscal management
- Hear ideas for new ways to collaborate with other student groups
- Benefit from basic leadership training for any student
- Enjoy a free dinner
- Receive a free conference notebook
Registration is now closed.
4th Annual Student Leadership Conference Agenda
| Noon-1:00 | Registration and Check-in at the Coffman Memorial Union Theater |
|---|---|
| 1:00-1:10 | Welcome |
| 1:10-2:00 | Keynote Presentation / Bill Halamandaris |
| 2:05-3:05 | First conference session (participants choose from various topics) |
| 3:05-3:30 | Break |
| 3:30-4:30 | Second conference sesssion (participants choose from various topics) |
| 4:35-5:35 | Third conference session (participants choose from various topics) |
| 5:40-6:00 | Closing / Bill Halamandaris |
| 6:00-7:00 | Dinner |
Sessions
- Using the Arts for Social Change: Ananya Dance Theatre Arts and Activism
- Gina Kundan & Pramila Vasudevan
- So What's the VISION again?
- Tim Schuster
- Taking it to the street: Connecting U students to local
- Kendre Turonie
- Does Leadership Scare you? It Should!
- Erik Dussault, Carol Bjorklund, and Sean Morrissey
- Learderhip in Community Work: Discussin your experiences on a resume/interview
- Laurel Hirt and Laura Dammmer Hest
- Community Engagement Scholars Program & Social Change
- Laurel Hirt and Laura Dammmer Hest
- Working Together, Working for change: Volunteering as a Group
- Liz Schacterle and Laura Dammer Hess
- Strategies for Effective Confrontation
- Katie Granholm and Jenny Rachmaciej
- Doing Something That Counts
- Nikki Letawsky Shultz
- The Intentional Leader
- Tricia Todd
- Creating Space: Maximizing Your Impact as a Student Leader
- Katie Maple, M.A. and Carli Braun, M.A.
- You Take the Glory, I'll Make the Change: Leading from Behind the Scenes
- Natan Paradise, PhD
- Student Committee on Public Engagement
- Blake Hogan
- Walt Disney's Leadership Role Models
- Kevin Dostal Dauer
- Personal Leadership in International Environments
- Thorunn Bjarnadottir
SLC Goal Statement
The Student Leadership Conference will exist to provide an opportunity for all University of Minnesota students to gain valuable leadership training and acquire new skills that will help them lead in any situation.
- Offer seamless learning for seamless leadership (leadership in every situation)
- Provide opportunities for students to network with other students
- Build excitement for leadership on campus
- Provide some learning moments for students surrounding their own leadership style
- Bring leaders on campus together
- Provide a student experience with a University-wide scope
- Promote the importance of citizenship and stewardship
- Discuss areas for personal leadership
