Thursday, July 25
7:30-9 pm: Leadership College
Location: Armstrong Student Center Pavilion
TJ Sullivan presents “Motivating the Middle”
- Understand what motivates members at different engagement levels
- Discuss how certain events, practices, and habits negatively impact motivating and member engagement and how to adjust related expectations
Friday, July 26
Chapter Presidents’ Leadership Academy
1:30-2:30 p.m. | Shriver Center Dolibois Room
TJ Sullivan presents “How to Be a Board MVP”
- How to create an executive board culture around support and collaboration
- How do set expectations and cohesive positioning with fellow officers
Keystone: Vice President of Education
1:30-5 p.m. | Shideler Hall Rm 152
- Nuts and bolts of the vice president of education role
- Overview of the New Member Verification process
Dr. Emily Feuer of RISE Partnerships, LLC will do a couple of presentations focused on the following:
- Approach and philosophy behind creating a safe new member program
- “Where’s the Line?” presentation focused on hazing prevention
Saturday, July 27
Keystone: Vice President of Education
9:00-11:30 a.m. | Shideler Hall Rm 001 (Son of the Stars Chapters)
9:00-11:30 a.m. | Shideler Hall Rm 032 (Local New Member Program Chapters)
Son of the Stars chapters will focus on:
- Delivery of the Son of the Stars program
- Logistics associated with the program
- How to have a meaningful new member education process
Locally-Created New Member Program Chapters will focus on:
- Creating goals for a safe new member experience
- Good design of new member experiences
- How to properly and safely engage initiated members in the new member process
Keystone: Vice President of Education
1:00-3:30 p.m. | Shideler Hall Rm 152
- Dr. Gentry McCreary from Dyad Strategies will focus on understanding and using the Beta Brotherhood Assessment to create a sense of belonging and to prevent risky behavior
- Stephen Becker, Florida ’69, will facilitate a Beta song train-the-trainer opportunity
TJ Sullivan is one of the best-known college leadership speakers in North America, having spoken to more than three million college students. His book, Motivating the Middle: Fighting Apathy in College Student Organizations, is used by more than 100 college and university leadership courses. As the featured speaker for Leadership College and Chapter Presidents Leadership Academy, TJ will focus on helping officers better engage their members, create an enjoyable chapter culture, and avoid burnout.
Dr. Emily Feuer serves on the consulting team for RISE Partnerships, LLC. Her passion for hazing prevention led her to research the way students and administrators frame hazing behaviors. As a facilitator for the Vice President of Education track, Emily will focus on creating safe new member programs that exhibit good design and properly engage members.
Dr. Gentry McCreary is the CEO and managing partner of Dyad Strategies. His award-winning research examines the psychology of hazing, the moral development of college students and the roots of brotherhood. As a facilitator for the Vice President of Education track, Gentry will focus on the application of the Beta Brotherhood Assessment results to create sense of belonging and inclusion for new members.
