Educational Programs

Education Session I
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM, Friday

Telling Your Story
Atrium
Mari Ann Callais, CAMPUSPEAK, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

As women do you ever find yourself always saying, “I’m sorry” or often times apologizing for things you say? As women, we need to stop apologizing, putting one another down, and begin to lift one another up! What if Michelle Obama, Oprah, Mother Theresa, Caroline Kennedy worried about what everyone thought about them? WHere would we be today? This program will empower you as a woman and as leaders to go back to your world and be a stronger woman who has many gifts to share. Your Story matters

NPC Update: Current Trends, New Legislation, etc.
Andover
Jane Sutton, NPC, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Mary Jane Beach, NPC, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Want to keep up with NPC? This session is geared towards professionals and students who want a deeper understanding of all things NPC, particularly any recently passed resolutions or Unanimous Agreements

Confrontation Skills for the leader
Ascot
Rick Barnes, CAMPUSPEAK, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Not many of us enjoy confrontations, but just imagine how freeing it would be if you could fairly easily and elegantly state the difficult, but necessary, things that most people avoid? Much upset in life is caused by undelivered communication; most people are afraid to say what needs to be said for fear of either hurting the other person’s feelings, being rejected, or of losing face. We’ll not only talk about the role of leadership in confrontation but we’ll actually walk away with a step-by-step approach to this difficult issue

Legacy of Accountability for Students
Brayton
Kim Novak, Novak Speaks, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Using the principles of self-governance; defined as the system by which members of a community or chapter act on their principles and values in order to develop an ethical code of acceptable behavior. This session will provide a framework for you to advance member accountability that will not only address individual behaviors but also help you generate sustained change for the entire chapter

You Raise Money How? Creating Positive Philanthropy Change
Chancellor 1
Katie Spell, University of South Carolina, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Ever see philanthropy events that were located in bars, underaged women were required to attend to get participation points, had degrading dances, and supported the organization and not philanthropy? Does it drive you crazy? Us too..so we took a stand! Learn how the University of South Carolina Sorority Council created positive change by coming together to stand against activities that compromised their values. Participants will walk away with ideas on how to create change and leave a legacy on campus

Social Excellence: What Formal Recruitment Needs
Chancellor 2
Jessica Gendron, Phired Up Productions, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
KJ McNamara, Phired Up Productions, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Formal recruitment is a whirlwind of excitement, tension, stress, and fun. We usually find ourselves having great conversations with a handful of PNM’s – but those great conversations, a lot of times, happen on accident. Honestly, we can have MORE of these conversations during formal recruitment – on purpose. Social Excellence is how. This session breezes past basics skills like making great first impressions, a great handshake, moving beyond awkward silence, and having good conversation. We’ll then take Social Excellence to another level – a deeper level – beyond basic social skills focus on the Four Pillars of Social Excellence: Authenticity, Curiosity, Generosity, and Vulnerability – to a place where we can build meaningful relationships – the type of relationships that are the reason people join sororities. Let’s redefine what conversations should be like within Formal Recruitment together

Leading well: How to create a thriving legacy in your life
Galleria
Sally Spencer Thomas, Carson J Spencer Foundation, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

In this interactive workshop, participants explore a four-step process that gives them a blueprint for resilient leadership – a sustainable legacy. With each step, attendees take inventory of their current strengths and build upon these capacities so that they walk away from the workshop with a clear plan for growth. Presenter Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas, leadership educator, psychologist, and professional speaker for CAMPUSPEAK, coachs participants through the process by sharing examples of how they can be bold, belong, be well and believe

Under the Influence of Stress
Habersham
Corey Ciocchetti, CAMPUSPEAK, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Are you more of a doormat or more of a jerk? Does your bluntness hurt people’s feelings or do you tell white lies and have to wiggle your way out? This inspiring discussion encourages the audience to orient their moral compasses towards an integrity-filled life – i.e., chasing solid character, strong personal relationships and contentment. This path to authentic success is contrasted to the worldly successes such as excessive wealth, popularity and prestige. Audience members leave ready to develop character, hone virtues, set priorities and gain a big-picture perspective. They are encouraged to listen, laugh and think every day

NPC Mediation and Judicial Procedures
Hallmark
Cynthia Weston, NPC, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Mary Ann Stark, NPC, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

This step by step discussion on the NPC judicial procedures will allow participants to understand the rationale behind the process and provide a clear understanding of how to implement the process successfully on their campus. Real life scenarios will be discussed and explanations given regarding the outcomes of the judicial appeals presented

Dating with Dignity
Kennesaw
Marni Battista, Dating with Dignity, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

This presentation focuses on the F.E.M. (Feminine Energetics Method) of Communication. In this comprehensive system we make deep changes in the way we communicate and learn the tips and scripts to literally change the way people (both men and women) respond to you for the rest of your life so you get what you want

Addressing Conflict Confidently
Rondelet
Harra Henshell, Phi Mu Fraternity, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Jessica Winkles, Phi Mu Fraternity, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

As a council or chapter leader, you will occasionally face challenging conflict situations. This interactive program will enable you to confidently address conflict. Attendees will both gain new knowledge about conflict and have the opportunity to role-play their new skills

Five Recruitment Responsibilities of a Counsel
Stanhope
Tom Healy, CAMPUSPEAK, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Often, the leaders in Greek Communities are conscientious people who desire success. They want things to improve and work hard to improve the system. Unfortunately, their role in effective recruitment is limited. Learn the 5 ways that councils can significantly contribute to the success of each chapters recruitment efforts

NPC Release Figure Method (RFM)
Stately
Jana Clayton, NPC Delegate , This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Malaea Seleski, NPC, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Participants will gain a greater understanding of the reasons for format changes, ways to improve retention in formal recruitment, how your RFM specialist can help when your campus expands and the rationale behind the numbers. Participants will also learn about total size, learn about new rules, how to set total, and when to make adjustments

Everything I need to know I learned in Recruitment Counselor Training
Waverly
Nicole Gray, Florida State University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Elizabeth Jones, Florida State University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Mackenzie Crane, Florida State University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Truly, we learned it all in Recruitment Counselor Training: counseling skills, ice breakers, team building activities, values, event planning, and so much more! FSU students and staff will lead this interactive session on effective ways to select and train Recruitment Counselors through applications, classes, retreat, and intensive training. We’ll take great ideas from the session participants and create a master list to take back to your campus. With all this, at the end of recruitment, your Recruitment Counselors will cheer, “ Everything I need to know, I learned at Recruitment Counselor training!

Capture your Netiquette
Wilton
Laura Fox, University of North Florida, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

As an executive board member or officer it is important to know the technology protocol for your chapter. During this interactive session, the presenters will discuss email protocol, the parts that make up an email, talk about how people interpret emails, text messaging vs. email and social media dos and don’ts.

Education Session II
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM, Friday

Sorority Life: Live it, Love it, Celebrate it
Andover
Hajii Otto, CAMPUSPEAK, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Reduce stress and increase sisterhood with the power of pictures. Develop strong mental-emotional fitness for academic and leadership success. Keep your body healthy and maintain constant energy. Be a confident leader with less stress and conflict. Learn playful, practical stress strategies and skills with hands-on demonstrations. Pass on the legacy by sharing your Greek collegiate years with positive memories, creating stronger bonds with your sisters. Ignite excitement and passion for Sorority Greek Life again in your chapter

Shattering the Fairytale
Ascot
Stacy Nadeau, CAMPUSPEAK, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Shattering the fairytale is a program designed for the modern woman. In Shattering the fairytale, we’ll have an open and honest discussion about relationships today and how they relate to the modern woman. Does your relationship not look exactly like you always thought it would? Are you still waiting for a knight in shining armor to pull up and fulfill you? Shattering the fairytale will challenge these expectations we grew up with and help us to live in the moment

A Better Approach to Risk Management
Brayton
Kim Novak, Novak Speaks, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

As students, you can take the lead in rebuilding a risk management program that works. This session will help you take the conversation beyond policies and into the shades of gray presented by ethics, values congruence, and responsibility to self and others. Reframing risk management in the “why” of your organization using the language of caring for the community, honor, integrity, and values will allow you to rise above policy and compliance to successfully integrate risk management into your chapter

RESPONSE ABILITY: Being an Every|Day Hero
Chancellor 1
Mike Dilbeck, Response Ability Project, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Who is your hero? When have you been a hero for others, your organization, or an issue you care about? Ever want to be a hero -- have this be your legacy -- and you don’t take the actions? We will take a powerful look at why we all experience this and you will leave the session fully empowered and equipped with the tools you need to make the difference you want to make -- to be an Every|Day Hero

Dynamic Recruitment for Sororities
Chancellor 2
Jessica Gendron, Phired Up Productions, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
KJ McNamara, Phired Up Productions, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

We believe that good recruitment happens 365 days a year in a very consistent and strategic way. Recruitment happens everyday regardless of whether the chapter and community gives bids one time a year or all year long. Recruitment happens everyday as an opportunity to grow the Panhellenic Community and engage more women in sorority life. Dynamic Recruitment is the process we use to help sorority women conceptualize what good year-round recruitment is. It centers around a Names List – a list of every non-Greek woman they know and builds based on how we add more names to the list (make new friends) and take names off the list (turn our friends into members). This session is centered around teaching this process to the sorority women with examples, ideas, and resources – we tell them exactly what they need to do to grow their membership (chapter and community) in quantity and quality – year-roun

Postive Reframing: Dialogue on Social Justice and Diversity
Fulton
Gavin Weiser, University of South Carolina, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Have you ever seen the glossy look? The disaffected uncaring faces? Have you ever felt like you didn’t or couldn’t lead an effective & meaningful experience for your students about social justice & diversity? Come learn an experiential curriculum that has been developed and implemented in different programs around the country by the presenter, the Social Justice & Citizenship Sequencing Model. Learn how to guide students through crucial and difficult conversations without marginalization or disaffection! Redefining Your Chapter’s Alumnae Legacy... in other words, Simple Steps to Get These Older Women to Care about Your Sorority Galleria Dr. Tait Martin, CAMPUSPEAK, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. They came. They joined. They sang the recruitment songs. They graduated. They no longer seem to care. In this lighthearted look at alumnae relations, Dr. Tait Martin discusses simple steps to redefine your chapter’s alumnae programming. Through this highly interactive session, Tait will guide attendees to first define the legacy they want to build with their graduates and determine the necessary steps to make it happen. Attendees will leave with actionable steps to reengage their alumnae sisters

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Opposite Sex
Habersham
Lori Hart, CAMPUSPEAK, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Why do men say they will call, and then don’t? Why do women go to the bathroom in pairs? Why do women talk nasty about other women, even their best friends? This workshop is about biological and historical differences of men and women, gender communication, stereotypes and how we can overcome the challenges to focus on healthy relationships. This is a laughterfilled workshop with serious messages about self-esteem

Academic Excellence
Hallmark
Amy Zoldak, NPC, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Stephanie Powell, NPC, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Supporting our sisters through academics should be a primary focus of any College Panhellenics. Learn how to capitalize on the resources available to you to improve your Panhellenic systems academic excellence while rewarding and recognizing individuals and chapters along the way

Inspire Integrity; Chasing your Authentic Life
Kennesaw
Corey Ciocchetti, CAMPUSPEAK, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Are you more of a doormat or more of a jerk? Does your bluntness hurt people’s feelings or do you tell white lies and have to wiggle your way out? This inspiring discussion encourages the audience to orient their moral compasses towards an integrity-filled life – i.e., chasing solid character, strong personal relationships and contentment. This path to authentic success is contrasted to the worldly successes such as excessive wealth, popularity and prestige. Audience members leave ready to develop character, hone virtues, set priorities and gain a big-picture perspective. They are encouraged to listen, laugh and think every day

From Friendship to Foreplay to Forever
Rondelet
Andrea Mosby, CAMPUSPEAK, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The college years are just beginning, but there is a tremendous amount of pressure to get the very most out of the collegiate experience. You want to make responsible choice, and you also want to make friends, find a place where you belong, and put yourself on a path to success in your professional life. Students haven’t heard enough positive messages about the emotional, spiritual, social and intellectual impact of their relationships. Knowing and respecting oneself is the first step in being capable of understanding and appreciating others in the campus community

Leading a Large Scale Change in your Panhellenic Community
Stanhope
Luke Massee, Georgia Tech Institute, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Evelyn Murray, Georgia Tech Institute, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Learn how to craft a killer brand for your community, as well as each of your chapters, that educates them on the value you provide and makes them want to join immediately. By the end of this program, you will learn how to build an exceptional brand that aligns with your values and appeals to high-quality potential members. You will also learn from some of the worlds most recognizable brands, as well as communities/chapters that have built great brands on their campuses

Advancing Continuum
Stately
Malea Seleski, NPC Delegate, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Heidie Lindsey, Mississippi State University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Find out where your organization is advancing, maintaining or regressing. Work with other College Panhellenics to gain insight into what has worked for them and what hasn’t. The session will get you moving and discussing in ways that you haven’t had a chance to before. After this session, you will have the momentum to create positive change. Be the one to advance your chapter and council to the next level

Expectation Hangover
Waverly
Christine Hassler, CAMPUSPEAK, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

A common challenge facing today’s college students is overwhelming expectations, whether from parents, professors, peers, or themselves. Christine facilitates a discussion about why decisions are hard to make and shares her “Cheesecake Factory” theory. In a gentle and often humerous way, she advisors students about things to expect after graduation- like culture shock, an adjustment to the independent life, heart-break, competition and unavoidable forks in the road. Her message to students is that it’s 100% okay (and quite normal!) to NOT know what you want to do with your life

Branding 501: Advanced Strategies for Greek Organizations
Wilton
Tom Healy, CAMPUSPEAK, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Learn how to craft a killer brand for your community, as well as each of your chapters, that educates them on the value you provide and makes them want to join immediately. By the end of this program, you will learn how to build an exceptional brand that aligns with your values and appeals to high-quality potential members. You will also learn from some of the worlds most recognizable brands, as well as communities/chapters that have built great brands on their campuses.

Education Session III
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM, Saturday

Back to Basics Through Circle of Sisterhood
Andover
Ginny Carroll, Circle of Sisterhood, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Sorority women are changing the world! Women’s fraternal organizations give millions of dollars and hours to support domestic philanthropies throughout the U.S. each year. The Circle of Sisterhood is a global humanitarian effort by all sorority women, regardless of affiliation. This is our way, as an entire community of colllege educated women, to help remove barriers to education for girls around the world. If you are a campus that has chosen to support the Circle of Sisterhood this past year, come to this session to share ideas and hear about what other campuses are doing. Note: Please send only one representative due to space limitations

Inspring Creativity for Greek Leaders
Ascot
Hajii Otto, CAMPUSPEAK, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Cultivate new playful, creative ideas as Greek leaders. Tap into your organization’s mental resources of creative programming. Release the hidden talents of any diverse group. Awaken your members to think differently. Recharge the excitement of annual traditional events and add more SPARK. Challenge everyone to play with imagination! Learn tools to stimulate new ideas. Inspire innovation. Exchange different ideas with other campuses. Become passionate for new programs and meetings. Learn the framework to incorporate these creative principles into your organization

Raising The Bar: Establishing Academic Standards in Your Community
Brayton
Rick Barnes, CAMPUSPEAK, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Academics is one of the founding principles for each of our organizations, but sometimes we begin to lose sight of this one. Let’s have an honest conversation about how to pull scholarship back into the day-to-day expectations for all our members. We’ll have an open discussion and learn from one another as we look at programs that work

Life after College; Becoming a Values Based Alumni
Chancellor 1
Jess Turuc, Georgia Southern University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Andrea Martinez, Georgia Southern University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Have you loved your active experience? Do you want to stay active and engaged after graduation but don’t know how? Have you wondered if there’s more you can do to engage current alumnae? Sisterhood isn’t just for four years but for a lifetime. But many times, we only see our alumnae during Homecoming, at reunions or when making donations. The presenters will provide resources to become an active and engaged alumnae and ways to encourage participation from current alumnae. Creating Change in Recruitment: Using Chapter Recruitment Chairwomen as a Catalyst Chancellor 2 Nicole Gray, Florida State University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Elizabeth Jones, Florida State University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This program will offer tips and advice for Panhellenic leaders and advisors on working with chapter recruitment chairs and vice presidents, specifically how to create programs that will help them make their chapters and the entire recruitment process more successful. The presentation will examine current practices at FSU and data from past assessments to show how intentional, educational programming is making a difference in the community

So, You want to be a Conference Coordinator?
Cobb
Gabby Leon, Phi Mu, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Interested in being a part of the 2013 Southeastern Panhellenic Conference Committee? Interested in being an integral part of the largest undergraduate women’s leadership conference in the US? If you answered yes to either of these conferences, come learn about the difference opportunities available to you to be a part of the 2013 Conference Committee

Stop, Collaborate and Listen (NPHC Edition)
Fulton
Jess Turuc, Georgia Southern University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Andrea Martinez, Georgia Southern University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Have you wondered what your NPHC is up to? Are you curious about the intake process? Do you feel like there’s a need for a more unified campus community? Come learn about The National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc., the body that coordinates the nine historically African-American fraternities and sororities. This session will cover a basic history of the nine organizations, language and terminology that differs from Panhellenic and help you understand ways to begin conversations about collaborations for both groups

Understanding the Power of Sharing Life’s Lessons
Galleria
Sally Spencer Thomas, CAMPUSPEAK, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

When it comes to influence, emotional content is usually more effective than rational content; thus, effective leaders are great storytellers. Psychologist, leadership expert and professional speaker for CAMPUSPEAK, Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas, shares proven strategies to improve storytelling. Each participant will go through a 5-step writing exercise to discover the stories in their life that have shaped who they are. By the end of the workshop, participants understand the importance of storytelling in leadership and have a compelling narrative to share

DUI: A Powerful Lesson
Habersham
Mark Sterner, CAMPUSPEAK, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Just months from graduation, Mark and four of his fraternity brothers headed to Florida on spring break. Each night, one brother would serve as the designated driver. On the final night, they decided that the least drunk among them would drive home, and Mark ended up with the keys. The next morning, three of the men were dead, and Mark lay in the hospital critically injured and facing three felony counts of manslaughter. Mark shares the bad decisions that changed his life and ended the lives of his friends

Creating Your Legacy: Defining and Enacting Your Ritual
Hallmark
Kaiti Chambers, Jacksonville State University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Sisterhood. Scholarship. Leadership. Service. Everyday sorority women strive to live the ritualistic values upon which our organizations were founded. Yet how can we demonstrate we are “living our ritual” without tangible definitions and achievable goals? This presentation will leave participants with a step-bystep action plan to operationally define one’s values and create reachable goals to live their ritual, allowing participants to create and capture their legacy

NPC, Back to Basics
Rondelet
Betty Quick, NPC, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Laura Sweet, NPC, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Alpha Beta Gamma Delta. Is it all Greek to you? The National Panhellenic Conference seeks to be your partner in success on your campus. Learn the very basics about sorority life and how it all works within the National Panhellenic Conference

Sexversations
Stanhope
Kelly Addington, The College Agency, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Becca Tieder, The College Agency, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Kelly and Becca are putting all their cards on the table to encourage meaningful and healthy conversations about sex. Using their innovative educational tool, Sexversations® they will help strengthen your ability to have open conversations about intimacy, relationships, sex, sexual health, sexuality and sexual assault. This highly interactive program requires your thoughts and feedback in order for all participants to leave feeling satisfied with their Sexversation® experience. This program provides a safe and comfortable space to get an important conversation started and gets people talking about sexual health like you’ve never seen before. Come prepared to think, challenge, contribute and learn

Capture Your Legacy as a Panhellenic President; A Panhellenic Advisor’s Role
Stately
Chelsea Ostebo, University of South Carolina, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Katie Spell , University of South Carolina, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

This session presents an opportunity for Panhellenic President’s and their Panhellenic advisor to have a candid conversation that invites collective goal setting for the upcoming year. By sparking open communication, the Panhellenic President may find her legacy is strengthened with the support of an advisor

Negative Perceptions of Sorority women
Waverly
Scott Clark, University of Central Florida, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Sorostitutes, TSM, plastics, fake, and drunks: Is this the perception of the modern day sorority woman? In this interactive and upfront session, participants will be exposed to the portrayal of sorority women by unpleasant images and actions done by their own sisters. It’s okay though, because, “sisters stick together like a GDI’s thighs.” Participants will discuss the incongruence between values and actions and leave the session with tangible ways to hold each other accountable and change the negative image of sorority women

Rethinking your Chapter Legacy
Wilton
Dr. Tait Martin, CAMPUSPEAK, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Are you taking the smartest approach to managing your chapter’s legacy? Does your sorority’s image tell the wrong story about who you are? Dr. Tait Martin teaches participants how to refocus their PR strategy to one that reflects their group’s core values. Tait uses years of experience as a marketing and public relations professional to help student leaders understand how their chapter’s actions affect how their community sees them.

Education Session IV
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM, Saturday

National Ritual Celebration Week
Andover
Gabby Leon, Phi Mu, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Has your chapter, council or fraternity/sorority campus community thought about creating a program for National Ritual Celebration Week 2012? This program will talk about the importance of fraternal Ritual and how to plan and execute a successful National Ritual Celebration week program

Circle of Sisterhood
Ascot
Ginny Carroll, Circle of Sisterhood, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Marshonntri Reid, Jacksonville State University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Most contemporary sororities were founded in the 19th century because of very real obstacles for women to achieve a college education. Our founders were often the first women on campus and were bullied by their male peers and largely ignored by campus administrators. They had to fight together fiercely for their right to an education. Yet today, we often take education for granted. It is time to recommit to our founding values and focus on the privilege of learning. We have a unique opportunity to carry forth the legacy of our Founders by helping girls who are being denied the right to an education still today. This session will be action-oriented and will inspire participants, through their sorority councils, to positively impact our world-wide community

Thrive Together, Fail Alone
Brayton
Gavin Weiser, University of South Carolina, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Jesse Ford, University of South Carolina, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Through we all wear different letters on the t-shirt of our hearts; we all rock the same alphabet! Through an experiential learning activity students will discover that non-zero sum situations do exist, and how to create them in our communities. We can all win together! This experience will allow for participants to learn a new activity as well as to process themselves how to create a sustainable positive change in their sorority community

Feel better, think better, be better
Chambers
Lori Hanson, Learn2Balance, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Feel Better, Think Better, BE Better Are you drowning under the load and pressure of everyday college life? Classes, studying, sports, work, relationships, and fraternity/sorority responsibilities? How do you get it all done and stay sane? In this fun and interactive session Stress Coach Lori will show you easy ways to reduce stress, improve your GPA, sleep better, have more energy, better relationships, enjoy college and positions yourself for success in life

From What to Why: Reframing Our Conversation About Greek Life
Chancellor 1
Michelle Robinson, Florida State University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Susannah Shiner, Florida State University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Recruitment is an essential piece to sustaining the legacy of our organizations. Each year Panhellenic chapters work diligently preparing their members for various conversation topics that arise during any recruitment process. This presentation we will attempt to to reframe the conversations women are having during the recruitment process. We will start to transform our conversations from what our organizations do to why are organizations exist, why we joined and why we believe in the work we do through our organizations

PR: Making More than a Facebook group
Chancellor 2
Malaea Seleski, NPC Delegate, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Joy Hamm, Georgia Southern University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Public Relations isn’t hanging up a few posters before an event. It is an entire aspect of your organization that needs some attention. You will learn tools for success regarding collaborating with others, how to appeal to different publics, how to appropriately use social networking sites for Public Relations and how to create a Public Relations strategic plan. Come brainstorm and collaborate with other College Panhellenics and walk away with valuable tools for your campus

What We Learned From The Cosbys: A Lesson in Cultural Competency
Fulton
Melissa Sharpe, University of Southern Mississippi, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Molly Devine, University of Southern Mississippi, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Everyone loves the Cosbys, but not everyone should dress like them. We are not talking tacky 80s attire; we’re talking painted skin, exaggerated features, and what it feels like when you realize you have done something wrong. Come hear about our experience at the University of Southern Mississippi when an organization took their costume choices too far and the impact it had our community. Learning outcomes for this program include addressing bystander behavior, preventative conflict resolution, and cultural awareness

Money, Money, Money
Galleria
David Stollman, CAMPUSPEAK, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Money - you want it and might not have it. But, if your chapter or council may be able to accomplish your goals without the cold hard cash you seek. Learn proven tactics to maximize what you have, secure what you don’t and accomplish what you want whether you have the money or not

Promoting Diversity Through Unity
Habersham
Tish Norman, CAMPUSPEAK, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Tish brings a powerful and influential voice to sorority women. She motivates Greeks of all sizes and traditions to enhance the quality of student life on and off their campus—contributing to the educational and personal development of their fellow students, and making a real difference in their campus communities. Tish promotes diversity and unity by calling on Greek-letter organizations to recognize, embrace, and celebrate their differences. This keynote aids college women develop positive values and a strong self-image

Not your Average Teambuilder. Art of “I” to “We”
Hallmark
Alexis Hamilton, Florida International University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Danielle Lashelle Wilcher, Florida International University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Building a cohesive team starts with a common goal and mutual understanding. But how do we achieve this with such different experiences? While this is hard, it is not impossible. In this session, we will utilize the best-selling book by Don Miguel Ruiz: The Four Agreements. Reflection and realizing who you are personally, will begin the foundation for building a successful team, leaving only room for greatness in capturing your legacy

The Young and the Restless: A Millennial’s Guide to Career Success
Rondelet
Jeff Hiller, College Agency, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Navigating the business world is a tricky proposition. It’s not the job duties, but the soft skills that bog young professionals down. To be successful, millennials must understand how to work across the different generations - in college and in their career. This program covers all of the critical business skills they don’t teach you in college that are non-negotiables for success. Millennials learn exactly how to take initiative to get ahead and hit the ground running from day one

More action, less title: Empowering our sisters to leave a legacy
Stately
James Robilotta, CAMPUSPEAK, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Abstract: Being a leader in your organization is an action, not just a title. “Empowerment” has become a flippant term, but this session will breathe new life into the act of empowering your fellow sisters by pushing them to do more through a threepart strategy: challenging, motivating and appreciating them. Attendees will leave invigorated, whether they’re a newly appointed chair who wants to attack their new role or a seasoned sister looking to leave a meaningful legacy

Landing the Helicopter
Waverly
Susan West, University of Kentucky, Susan West This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Today’s parents have been labeled “Helicopter Parents” because they often hover closely overhead, rarely out of reach, of their children even when their child goes off to college. We will discuss how to deal with parents regardless if their daughters are potential new members or active members. Learn how to capture the parents’ interest in their daughters’ lives to create a legacy of long time relationship with your Panhellenic community

Squeeze Your Money: The Crash Course
Wilton
Patricia Stallworth, Patricia Speaks, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Personal finance expert, Patricia Stallworth walks you through the basic elements that every college student needs to know to thrive in any economy. Learn simple and easy strategies to make the most of what you have both during and after college as well as the steps to avoid money blunders and get started on an investment program to build a secure future and legacy. This is an interactive crash course so come prepared with your questions.

Education Session V
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM, Saturday

10 Push up: A Sample of Recruitment Boot Camp Ascot Laurel Peffer, CAMPUSPEAK, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Recruitment is more than two weeks each semester and skits and songs. Do you want to learn how to stop fighting burnt out members, spend less money, and have an effective, systematic, and year-round approach to recruitment? Come learn the chapter plan that has doubled and tripled chapters in only a semester! Real recruitment isn’t about “stalking”, freshmen we don’t know. It IS about targeted networking with the women we should call sisters. Learn to achieve quality and quantity

The Story of You
Brayton
Chris Westfall, Westfall and Associates LLC , This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The challenge of our times is to be heard above the “likes”, tweets and pokes, with a message that makes someone say, “Tell me more..” If you want to capture your legacy, you have to have a strong story - or your legacy is lost. Chris Westfall is the national elevator pitch champion, and his interactive seminar focuses on giving you the tools (and the confidence) to make a difference, in two minutes or less. Outcomes include improved leadership, recruitment skills, personal interaction - and developing the story of YOU

Get your inner mean girl off your back and on your side
Chambers
Christine Arylo, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

You want to create an impact, contribute, be a leader among your peers, and in many ways you already have! Yet, no matter how much you do or achieve, you’re more likely to be hard on yourself than to give yourself credit. What’s going on? You’ve been hijacked by your Inner Mean Girl! Until you get her under control, you’ll never feel the success and happiness you work so hard for. It’s time to send her to Reform School

Size doesn’t matter (Roundtable 4)
Chancellor 1
Dr. Khrystal Smith, University of South Carolina Upstate, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Elizabeth Shorts, Augusta State University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Feeling discouraged because your delegation is less than half the size of the school sitting next to you? Guess what…you are not alone! This roundtable will allow participants who advise/are members of Panhellenics with 4 or fewer chapters an opportunity to discuss recruitment, chapter management, and other issues of relevance to small Panhellenics. This session will be discussion driven, so come prepared to ask questions, share ideas, and build a network for continued support

Bigger is Not Always Better: Challenges of a Large Campus
Chancellor 2
Lauren Glaccum, University of Georgia, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Kerrie Grunnet, University of Georgia Hannah Jane Buchanan, University of Georgia, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Do you run a recruitment process for more than 1,000 women? Is your community so big that they can’t all meet in one place on campus? Do you have trouble motivating a chapter of 205 towards a common goal? Leading a massive Panhellenic community is exciting, challenging, scary and fun! Come join the University of Georgia in a round table discussion on managing your community. Bring your problems, ideas, successes and questions

Women in the Mirror, Diversity in your chapter
Fulton
Danielle Lashelle, Florida International University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Patrice Abner, Nova Southeastern University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Start with the woman in the mirror and reflect on the true meaning of diversity. In an ever changing world, we are shaped by our experiences and unique qualities as well as those that others possess. Take the time to learn about diversity in race, body image and sexual orientation during this interactive workshop. Challenge yourself to reflect and grow through the activities to better yourself, chapter and others, leaving the legacy for your future sisters

Values Identified: Foundation to Organization
Galleria
Michelle Castro, Florida International University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Joy Hamm, Georgia Southern University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Are your values in line with the actions of your chapters and members? Identify Panhellenic values while you act as one council with other College Panhellenics. Establish what the top values of your council are. Then, interact by sharing your reasoning behind the values chosen. What actions and events promote these values? What ones detract from them? Together participants will explore being a values-based community and what you can learn from each other to enhance the values in your community

Got Change? Ask for it.
Habersham
Lori Hanson, Learn2Balance, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

We’re born knowing exactly how to ask for what we need. After hearing “no” 60,000 times before age four, we lose it. To be successful in your life you need to know how to ask for what you want. In this motivational keynote address Lori gives you practical tips to recognize life gives you want you need, when you need it. This basic principle will help you find real, authentic happiness and success, the keys to Capture your Legacy

Managing your Executive Board
Hallmark
Jenn Miranda, Western Carolina University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Paige Brooks, Western Carolina University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

What’s the recipe for a successful Panhellenic Executive Board? The NPC was created to bring together and unify 26 sororities under one creed. It’s essential for Panhellenic Officers to uphold these values and promote Panhellenic sisterhood. By living the creed, they will inspire and empower their community, leaving behind a legacy that will ensure future success for generations of sorority women thereafter. This program is designed to unify your Executive Board to ensure they are positive Panhellenic role models

Self-Leadership: Getting What You Want by Doing What Others Won’t!
Rondelet
Nathan R. Mitchell, Clutch Consulting LLC, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Too many people wander aimlessly through life. It’s estimated only 10% of individuals set regular goals. Effective goal setting helps today’s student determine where they are now, where they want to be, and the best way of getting there. Setting goals (the right way) helps students take control of their life and start living “on purpose!” This program gives students the “nuts and bolts” of effective goal setting, self-leadership, and the tools they need to create a winning game plan

The GIN System
Stately
Shaina Geltman, Group Interactive Network (GIN), This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Learn about the tools that over 1,200 chapters and councils across the country use to help manage their chapters and councils. Our goal at GIN is to decrease officer headaches and to increase chapter/council efficiency through easy technology tools. Let us show you how we can help you and your chapter/ council

Social Empowerment
Waverly
Aaron Boe, Social Strength Productions, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Get a look inside the mind of guys, learn techniques that will increase your confidence, and the secret that helps reveal which guys are best for you and which are best to avoid. We will also discuss misconceptions about sexual assault and relational abuse, and what chapters are currently doing to equip their members for safe and healthy social lives. You will walk away with personal insights and innovative ideas to apply at your chapter

Values- Based Sorority Recruitment: Actually Bringing Values into the Conversation
Wilton
Jessica Gendron, Phired Up Productions, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
KJ McNamara, Phired Up Productions, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

For decades the leaders of the sorority communities have implored chapters to engage in something called “Values-Based Recruitment.” But what is it? How do you know if your chapter or community is doing it? It’s easier than we think. We have four simple guidelines and lots of resources to share to take your chapter and sorority community to a more values-centered process.