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EDUCATIONAL SESSION OPTIONS
Officers will get the chance to attend their choice of educational sessions at CLC. The topics will be a mixture of position-specific education and broader leadership skills (e.g., leading a team meeting, having difficult conversations, etc.). Each officer role will select the topics they want to attend when registering.
Collegiate Chapter President
Leader & Role Model: What does it mean to be a leader? What does it mean to be a role model? Are they different? During this session, you will explore these concepts and the ways in which you as the CCP can be both a leader and a role model for chapter members and officers. Along with identifying the differences between these two concepts, we will discuss the overlap of priorities that you may have compared to what Tri Delta has when it comes to being a leader and a role model. You will leave this session with a deepened understanding of what it means to serve as both leader and role model, while guiding your chapter towards success. *Offered Friday and Saturday
Leading Your Team: Leading a team of peers can be a difficult journey. This educational session will help Collegiate Chapter Presidents (CCP) assess their executive committee team for areas of strength and potential challenges. This session will also equip CCPs with the tools needed to better support themselves and their teams during their officer terms. * Offered Friday and Saturday
Officer Accountability: As the CCP, you have a unique opportunity to lead a group of your peers in governing your chapter. While there are many exciting advantages to this, there are also challenges that you will likely face as they relate to officers and the roles they have taken on. We will tackle the topics of officer accountability by myth busting common misconceptions and uncovering the truth about what works. We will also explore situations across the accountability spectrum, while also considering what roadblocks may exist and determine the best approach to resolve issues with officer accountability. * Offered Friday and Saturday
Utilizing Your Volunteers: Tri Delta has incredible volunteer support and engagement, but sometimes it can be overwhelming to know what needs to be communicated and to whom. Not only will you get special face time with your collegiate chapter coordinator, but you will also get to explore who makes up the advisory committee for your chapter and how much needs to be communicated during your officer term. You will leave with an action plan to take back to your executive team and a better understanding of how to interact with your advisors. * Offered Friday and Saturday
Visionary Leadership: How do you lead your chapter without “getting in the weeds?” If you aren’t sure, or if you would like more support in creating a vision for your chapter, this session is for you! We will discuss how intentional creation of gathering opportunities like meetings contribute to the connectedness of a chapter and how good leaders make followers feel safe through the vision they have created. You’ll leave with the tools you’ll need to find the balance between being informed as the CCP but not overly involved as a leader. * Offered Friday and Saturday
Vice President/Operations
Financial Literacy: Craving confidence when you need to talk about your chapter’s budget with advisors or other officers? Need some guidance as to what to look for when you go into Vault? This Financial Literacy session was created to give you a short, bite-size glimpse at what makes a chapter financially healthy or unhealthy and allows you to evaluate your chapter. You will come out of this session confident in your understanding of your chapter’s budget and profile in Vault. Get ready to dive deep into the numbers and get your questions answered! * Offered Saturday ONLY
How the Operations Team Works: Sometimes we need to go back to the basics! What does the operations team do within a healthy chapter? What does it mean for you to “support” your operations team as a vice president? After this session, you will walk away with the confidence to return to your operations team and encourage your directors to utilize their strengths and take ownership of their officer roles. If you previously served on the operations team, or this is a new team for you, you will leave this session confident in how your team works and leave with some new ideas to bring back to your executive committee and operations team! * Offered Friday and Saturday
Leading the Operations Team: Communication, delegation, and empowerment all play a critical role in leading a team. During this educational session, each vice president of operations (VPO) will differentiate between what effective leadership is versus what it is not, articulate their personal leadership style, develop a communication plan for their officer team, and define the role of delegation within their team. * Offered Friday only
Appointments and Re-slating: Ever wonder if your chapter has too many or too few appointments? Or thought about if your appointments are worthwhile or helpful? Worried you might lose an officer and need to fill their role? If these thoughts have crossed your mind or you want to be prepared, this is the session for you! Participants will explore why appointments were created and how to determine appropriate appointments. Additionally, they will walk through the re-slating process and identify different factors to take into consideration. By the end of this session, you will be ready to elevate your chapter’s appointments and prepared to re-slate as needed. * Offered Friday and Saturday
Governing Doc Committee: So, you are the chair of the governing document committee, now what? Many VPOs ask this question. This session is geared to help a VPO learn the basics of the governing documents committee. Participants will explore what the governing documents are and what they are used for; clarify roles and responsibilities of the committee and determine what items can become policies and what are just operational procedures. * Offered Friday only
Facility Committee: The facility committee was recently added as a standing committee for all the chapters that have facilities. Supporting the Director of Facility Operations (DFACO) in establishing and leading this committee is an important role. The facility committee was created to encourage positive experiences, spaces for connection and ensure that operations in the facility go smoothly. Resources have been created to educate and assist with standard processes and procedures chapters navigate. This session will focus on strategies to operationalize the facility committee, a deeper understanding of resources, committee responsibilities and the benefit of effectively engaging the facility committee. * Offered Saturday only
Engagement Strategies: Wait, what do you mean we can’t fine anymore? How will I get my chapter members to show up to things? What can I do instead of fining? If you still aren’t sure about the changes to Tri Delta’s Collegiate Chapter Policies, this is the session for you. Participants will walk through the policy change, brainstorm ways to get chapter buy-in for these changes and come up with new engagement strategies. *Offered Friday and Saturday
Vice President/Chapter Programming & Development
How the Chapter Programming and Development Team Works: Sometimes we need to go back to the basics! What does the chapter programming and development team do within a healthy chapter? What does it mean for you to “support” your team as a vice president? After this session, you will walk away with the confidence to return to your team and encourage your directors to utilize their strengths and take ownership of their officer roles. If you previously served on the chapter programming and development team, or this is a new team for you, you will leave this session confident in how your team works and leave with some new ideas to bring back to your executive committee and chapter! *Offered Friday and Saturday
Member Support Committees: In Tri Delta we understand the power and strength behind things in threes. The Member Support Committee is comprised of three committees that are important to the sustainability of the chapter by utilizing all three. The Member Support Committees ensure that we meet members where they are at and are able to support that member before they slip through cracks and/or drop the chapter. This session will build upon establishing a strong communication bond between the Academic Committee, Finance Committee, and Conduct Committee. Learn about what information needs to be shared in practice without revealing irrelevant information. *Offered Friday and Saturday
Healthy Traditions: Do you want to create sustainable and healthy traditions within your chapter? Are you worried that your chapter may get in trouble from your institution or executive office for something that you have done for years? Are you wondering why you or your chapter got in trouble for xyz incident? After this session, you will walk away with tools to help you create a space for members to implement and understand the need for “healthy traditions.” *Offered Friday and Saturday
Conduct Committee: It’s important to understand the intent versus the impact of a member’s actions AND the way a conversation is had with the member or about the situation. In this session participants will have the opportunity to review different ways that phrases could be interpreted and lead to various outcomes. Additionally understanding in depth conducts connection to the retention of members. Participants will have the opportunity to practice establishing ways to keep everyone accountable using body language, transparency, and empathy. *Offered Friday and Saturday
Year-round Health & Wellness: The director of risk management and wellness (DRW) serves an important role in providing risk education and implementation of the risk management and wellness plan for the chapter. Often, we get stuck behind the thought that our DRWs role is to only provide transportation details for events and nothing else. However, there is so much more that a DRW should and could do to promote holistic safety, health, and wellness for the chapter. This session will dive into the REAL aspects of the DRW position and how you as the VPCPD can empower your DRW to promote year-round health and wellness. *Offered Friday and Saturday
Vice President/Community Relations
How the Community Relations Team Works: Sometimes we need to go back to the basics! What does the community relations team do within a healthy chapter? What does it mean for you to “support” your operations team as a vice president? After this session, you will walk away with the confidence to return to your operations team and encourage your directors to utilize their strengths and take ownership of their officer roles. If you previously served on the community relations team, or this is a new team for you, you will leave this session confident in how your team works and leave with some new ideas to bring back to your executive committee and chapter! *Offered Friday and Saturday
Financial Literacy: Welcome to Financial Literacy, an educational session designed to empower you with the knowledge and skills to navigate your team’s budget on the chapter budget and promote financial literacy. In this session, we will explore key budget concepts, identify budget red flags, and discuss ways to consider diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility and belonging (DEIAB) in your discussions with your team and other officers. *Offered Friday ONLY
Supporting DPRM (Elevating Your Chapter’s Brand):
Tri Delta’s brand goes beyond our colors and logo. As the VPCR, you play a role in creating your chapter’s brand through supporting and empowering the director of public relations and marketing. Join us as we explore ways to tell our chapter’s stories through social media and develop new ideas to equip the DPRM with resources and tools for their role. *Offered Saturday ONLY
Chairing the DEIAB Committee: We all have a role in creating a chapter and community where members can be themselves and belong. During this session, you’ll take a deep dive into the roles and responsibilities for the DEIAB committee and brainstorm ways you and your committee can foster inclusion in your chapter and communities. *Offered Friday and Saturday
Panhellenic Delegate (Legislation and Panhellenic: It’s More Than Recruitment Rules):
In your role as Panhellenic delegate, you have a tremendous opportunity to impact
your chapter and community by engaging in important topics and voting on Panhellenic legislation. Join us as we explore all things voting including how to communicate effectively with your members and volunteers and how to make meaningful change in your communities. *Offered Friday and Saturday
Leading Your Team: Communication, delegation, and empowerment all play a critical role in leading a team. During this educational session, each vice president of community relations (VPCR) will differentiate between what effective leadership is vs. what it is not, articulate their personal leadership style, develop a communication plan for their officer team, and define the role of delegation within their team. *Offered Friday and Saturday
Vice President/Member Experience
Authentic Conversations: Are you looking for a new conversation workshop to prepare your chapter for recruitment? If so, this is the session for you! Not only will you get to practice your conversation skills, but you will leave with the tools and resources to train your chapter during your recruitment preparations. Come practice your authentic, progressive conversations and learn how they can enhance your recruitment. *Offered Friday and Saturday
Financial Literacy: Welcome to Financial Literacy, an educational session designed to empower you with the knowledge and skills to navigate your team’s budget on the chapter budget and promote financial literacy. In this session, we will explore key budget concepts, identify budget red flags, and discuss ways to consider the full Tri Delta member experience. You will walk away with additional ideas to discuss with your directors, as well as consider how to utilize your budget effectively for your new members all the way to your seniors. *Offered Friday ONLY
How the Membership Experience Team Works: Sometimes we need to go back to the basics! What does the membership experience do within a healthy chapter? What does it mean for you to “support” your team as a vice president? After this session, you will walk away with the confidence to return to your team and encourage your directors to utilize their strengths and take ownership of their officer roles. If you previously served on the membership experience team, or this is a new team for you, you will leave this session confident in how this team works and leave with some new ideas to bring back to your executive committee and chapter! *Offered Friday and Saturday
Recruitment Ideas: Have you ever wanted to just sit down with other Tri Delta VPMEs and talk about recruitment for an hour? Want to get all of your ideas out there and questions answered? What about the questions you don’t even know you have yet? If so, this is the session for you! The Recruitment Ideas session will specifically focus on pre-recruitment training, Open House Round, Preference Round, and year-round recruitment. Bring a notebook because you’re going to leave with a ton of ideas! *Offered Friday and Saturday
New Member Integration: So you’ve offered a bid, now what? What if you’re doing year-round recruitment, how do we integrate the new members into an existing new member class? And how do we make sure our new members find their place in Tri Delta? If you’re looking for tips on how to bring your new members into Tri Delta and to prepare them for lifetime membership, this is the session for you! *Offered Saturday ONLY
Engagement Strategies: Why does it seem like everyone wants to recruit until they don’t? How do we get our members to want to be around and to engage in their membership experience? They say you only get out of something what you put into it, so how can we help our members achieve the experience they are looking for? In this session, we will discuss strategies for engaging members at all stages of their collegiate experience. *Offered Friday and Saturday
COMMUNITY COHORTS
Attendees will also get to bond over their shared roles in Community Cohorts, based on your officer role! Community Cohorts provide an opportunity for intensive training, developing leadership skills, skill application and more personal conversations with your peers in smaller groups.
We can’t wait to officially kick off the CLC experience with your first Community Cohort! Mark your calendar for Wednesday, April 3, at 7:30 p.m. CT. More details to come.
Collegiate Chapter President
Collegiate chapter presidents (CCPs) will begin their community cohort time establishing an understanding of the “CEO Mentality” and discuss topics like what the scope of the CCP role is. They will reflect on how they lead, using the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) tool and explore how members become leaders, and will discuss the importance of setting boundaries and practice proactive boundary setting as it relates to the CCP role. In their second community cohort, CCPs will be introduced to the Chapter Expectations annual process. Following this conversation, they will develop their understanding of navigating difficult conversations. Finally, CCPs will identify and compare enabling versus empowering behaviors that support officers in their roles.
Vice President/Operations
The vice president of operations (VPO) community cohort time will start with supporting the operations officer team and addressing burnout. Next, VPOs will learn about the finance committee and how they can best serve it. VPOs will brainstorm ways to empower their directors and watch how a finance committee should be run. The following community cohort focuses on officer onboarding, creating selection timelines, and slating education and training. Each community cohort ends in smaller cohorts practicing and applying the knowledge they have learned throughout the weekend to various real-life scenarios. The last community cohort is where VPOs commit to things they plan to do after leaving CLC.
Vice President/Chapter Programming & Development
The vice president of chapter programming and development (VPCPD) community cohort time is designed to provide you with an opportunity for the development of leadership skills, critical thinking, empathy and care. You will gain an understanding of best practices for learning and personal development for you and your members. Throughout the weekend, you will learn about how to best facilitate difficult conversations, how to best support your team, and make developmental decisions during conduct committee meetings. You will use this knowledge to engage in different potential situations you may encounter in your chapter. The weekend will conclude with in-depth practice scenarios to prepare you to lead with confidence during the year ahead.
Vice President/Community Relations
This community cohort is designed to provide the vice presidents of community relations (VPCRs) with an opportunity for the development of leadership skills, application of skills, training and more personal conversations with their peers. Throughout the weekend, VPCRs will explore key responsibilities of their role, including the role of Panhellenic delegate and the chair of the diversity, equity, inclusion, access and belonging (DEIAB) committee. VPCRs will do a deep dive of their role as Panhellenic delegate and practice serving in this role through real-life scenarios. The community cohort will continue with powerful conversations about DEIAB and VPCRs will develop a plan to move their chapter forward using the DEIAB Chapter Assessment as a tool. VPCRs will also develop new ideas to foster community and belonging in the chapter through exploring concepts such as psychological safety and gaining tools to have productive conversations. VPCRs will leave CLC with a network of support and share their personal commitments with their peers in their final community cohort.
Vice President/Member Experience
The vice president of membership experience (VPME) community cohort will dive into how to support the recruitment and retention efforts in your chapter through collaboration with the membership experience team and the other officer teams. VPMEs will identify how recruitment and retention work together to affect the chapter’s membership growth. In the second community cohort, the VPMEs will explore the purpose of the retention committee and how to create purposeful retention plans that promote a positive membership experience. VPMEs will also dive into Fraternity resignation trends to identify members most at-risk for leaving Tri Delta and examine why and when members typically leave. VPMEs will leave CLC with a plan to support their chapters recruitment and retention efforts and share their personal commitments with their peers in their final community cohort.