Schedule

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.              Check-in and Breakfast  

9:30 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.              Leadership Summit Opening Remarks

9:40 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.            Keynote Speaker – Greg Siers

11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.          Session 1

12:00 p.m. – 12:50 p.m.          Lunch and Entertainment

1:00 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.              Session 2

2:00 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.              Session 3

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.              Mini-THON Recognition and Closing Ceremonies

 

Student Session Topics:

Dollars and Sense: Developing a Fundraising Plan - Explore new strategies to maximize fundraising results and have fun doing it!

·         Defining the different fundraising strategies

·         Leveraging your marketing resources

·         Events for your school and student body

·         Involving your community

·         Collaborating with your faculty and administration

·         Creating corporate partnerships

 

Leadership in Action– Discover how to translate your leadership skills to effectively run your Mini-THON.

·         Setting personal and group goals

·         Building collaboration and managing group dynamics

·         Creating agendas and leading effective meetings

·         Resolving conflicts

 

Energize Your Event– The best events are well planned. Learn how to build a memorable event from the ground up.

·         Planning, implementing, and evaluating events and projects

·         Engaging your student body and building school spirit

·         Managing the logistics of your event

·         Creating a timeline

·         Managing your budget

 

You, Me & Everyone Else:  Developing Outreach – How to effectively promote your event using online tools, news media and community partners.

·         Appealing to all audiences

·         Defining and refining your message

·         Marketing your events

·         Different methods of communication

 

Social Media Savvy – You use it every day now discover how to maximize different social media platforms to strategically promote your Mini-THON.

·         Defining the best platforms to spread your message

·         Creating content that appeals to your audiences

 

Framework For Success:  Building a Strong Mini-THON– Interactive session to learn best practices so you can host a great event.

·         Discovering Four Diamonds Resources

·         Defining your committee structure

·         Creating a budget

·         Engaging and educating your volunteers

·         Transition planning

·         Connecting back to the mission

 

Dive Into Mini-THON – Interactive session that will have students working in groups to plan and manage activities, timelines, operations and logistics for mock Mini-THON scenarios.    This session will focus on:

·         Teamwork and collaboration

·         Critical thinking and problem solving

·         Crisis Management

 

Advisor Session Topics:

Advisor’s Roundtable – An opportunity to network with other Mini-THON advisors to discuss:

·         Building a cohesive and collaborative team

·         Establishing sustainability and transition plans

·         Defining your fundraising strategy

·         Engaging and educating your student body and faculty

·         Effective communication plans

·         Utilizing Four Diamonds resources 

Mini-THON A-Z – Review of Mini-THON best practices

·         Using the online fundraising platform, DonorDrive

·         Four Diamonds and Mini-THON logo and branding updates

·         Financial transparency

·         Review of Four Diamonds resources

 

 

Advisors will also have the opportunity to:

·         Spend one-on-one time with another advisor for questions, feedback and support

·         Participate in a Four Diamonds Medical Staff question and answer session

·         Receive additional DonorDrive help