Maximized ExperiencesGreek Leadership Retreat 2012

Jimmy McLeod Jr.Sorority & Fraternity Life

Overview

Learning Goals

• Identify ideas that unify different Greek chapters on campus.

• Remember why they chose to "Go Greek" at Loyola.

• Connect the values of their national organizations with those of Loyola University Chicago.

• Understand the functions and strengths of the three major Greek councils at Loyola.

• Understand their own strengths and be able to identify the areas that they excel in

• Students will then use these strengths to maximize their chapter/councils potential

• Analyze the strengths represented by different Greek chapters and councils on campus.

Learning Goals

• Frame useful questions around what needs should be addressed in relation to the student body at Loyola, Greek and non-Greek

• Assess Greek student organizational needs on campus and create a programming agenda to address those needs.

• Make decisions about why programming is needed and what audience the programs should serve

• Use mainly creative thinking when the students imagine and create collaborative programs that are beneficial to the growth of the Loyola student body

• Coordinate seminars and workshop to challenge the Greek population to be progressive and purposeful in its thinking

Learning Goals

• Identify the interaction between the general student body and the Greek community to determine areas of improvement

• Integrate key components from the Greek Leadership Retreat with daily chapter and council activities

• Come to see themselves as leaders within the Loyola community.

• Get excited about promoting "going Greek" to new Loyolans.

Our Community: What We Do

What Are We Missing?

• Unity– Chapters are OVER

PROGRAMMING– There is not much

support at events other than members of host chapters

– Chapters are not aware of happenings outside of their chapters or councils

What Can We Do Now?

• Recreate the expectations for External VPs or the similar position– Currently the positions require communication

only within their respective council– We will now expect communication across

councils

• COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMMING

Keys To Collaboration

• Clarify the Purpose– True collaboration requires a commitment to

shared goals, a jointly developed structure and shared responsibility, mutual authority and accountability for success, and sharing of resources, risks, and rewards.

Clarify the Purpose

• Winer & Ray 1994

Have Attainable Goals

• Make sure that all plans, goals, and intended outcomes are realistic– Pie in the sky ideas get the creativity started, but

make sure the final product is not too difficult

• Find the medium between outlandish and lazy• Always understand limitations about a

program idea of structure and plan in the best way to minimize them

Involve the Right People

• As a rule, work with as few people as necessary to get the job done. The more people involved, the greater the number of communications; the greater the intensity; and the greater the difficulty of learning about each other, balancing power, and coordinating your work.

• Try to limit the participants to the officers serving in programming positions– i.e., For academic programs, Academic officers on

executive boards should be involved

Communicate & Execute

• The most common reason for a collaboration meltdown is disagreements and uncertainty about operating norms.

• Communicate the programs progress regularly– Weekly or more as needed

• Revisit goals and ensure that everything is in order for the goals to be met.

Plan of Action

• Split into your cluster groups– Each group should designate

one scribe

• Each group will create a program for the core value assigned

• Program Assignments– Group 1 & 2 Service– Group 3 & 4 Social– Group 5 & 6 Scholarship

Plan of Action

• First Steps– What is our community missing?– Who is your audience?– What would you like the audience who attended to

leave with? What should they remember one year from the date of the program?

– What materials/resources will be needed?– Who will be involved in

planning/facilitating/marketing ?

Activity

• Take the next 45 mins to plan an effective program that you would want to implement– Reference the previous questions posed– Think about what challenges you may face during the

execution of the program– Make sure that the program is unique

• We will share the program content and logistics from each group, immediately following the activity

Connecting the Dots

• Did anyone notice what happened?– We used the other 3 core

values to gain unity and collaboration

• Where there any group dynamic themes that emerged from this activity?

Final Task

• These programs must now be implemented within your term as council executive board members

• Organize a committee of who will be responsible for the execution of the program

• CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE