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’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
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