PROJECT

DATE PLACEJUNE 2-6, 2010 BEREA COLLEGE, KENTUCKY

20TH ANNIVERSARY SLIMAKING IT AN EVENT TO REMEMBER

History & Context•Bonner Scholars Program

founded at Berea in 1990•Bonner Leader Program created

in 1997, with AmeriCorps•Now 80+ colleges and

universities involved in the Bonner Network

•Students, Administrators, Presidents, Alumni, & Partners will attend

THE BONNER NATIONAL NETWORKREPRESENTING 25 STATES ACROSS THE USA

THE BONNER NATIONAL NETWORKREPRESENTING 25 STATES ACROSS THE USA

AlaskaUniversity of Alaska-Anchorage

CaliforniaNotre Dame de Namur UniversitySonoma State UniversitySt Marys College of CaliforniaUniversity of California-Berkeley

FloridaStetson University

GeorgiaBerry CollegeMorehouse CollegeOxford College of Emory UniversitySpelman CollegeYoung Harris College

IndianaDePauw UniversityEarlham College

Illinois University of Illinois - Springfield

KansasEmporia State UniversityWashburn University

KentuckyBerea CollegeCentre CollegeLindsey Wilson CollegeUnion CollegeUniversity of Louisville

MaineBates College

MassachusettsAmherst College

MinnesotaAugsburg CollegeCollege of Saint BenedictMacalester College

MississippiJackson State UniversityTougaloo College

North Carolina Davidson CollegeGuilford CollegeLees-McRae CollegeMars Hill CollegePfeiffer UniversityWarren Wilson College

New Jersey Burlington County CollegeMercer County Community CollegeMiddlesex County CollegeMontclair State UniversityRider UniversityRutgers UniversityThe College of New Jersey

New MexicoUniversity of New Mexico

New YorkHamilton CollegeHobart and William Smith CollegesSiena College

OhioDefiance CollegeOberlin CollegeUniversity of Dayton

PennsylvaniaAllegheny CollegeDickinson CollegeJuniata CollegeUrsinus CollegeWaynesburg UniversityWidener University

South CarolinaCollege of CharlestonConverse CollegeWofford College

TennesseeCarson-Newman CollegeMaryville CollegeRhodes CollegeTusculum College

VirginiaBluefield CollegeEmory & Henry CollegeFerrum CollegeLynchburg CollegeUniversity of RichmondWashington and Lee University

VermontKeene State CollegeWashington StateWhitworth University

WisconsinEdgewood CollegeRipon College

West VirginiaConcord UniversityWest Virginia Wesleyan CollegeWheeling Jesuit University

10th Anniversary•Berry College (GA)•“From Best Practice to Common

Practice”

15th Anniversary•Waynesburg College (PA)•“Stories of Transformation”

20th Anniversary•Berea College (KY)•From Access to Impact

Presidents & Board•Invitation to all•June 2-3

Bonner Congress•150-175 Student Representatives•June 2-5 • Big Idea Projects

Administrators•125-150 Directors & Coordinators•June 2-5

All Bonner Service•75-100 Students•June 2-5 - Attend 1st Day of SLI•Partnership with Centre &

University of Louisville

Senior Interns•50-75 Student Leaders •June 2-6

Partners & Alumni•Small numbers•May attend some days

ATTENDEES

Host Roles•Welcome attendees•Provide facilities & lodging•Help organize logistics•Organize and lead social &

community activities•Organize & lead All Bonner

Service projects•Recruit and organize some of

workshops and programming•Provide a sense of place and

community

Some Host Logistics•Managed by Amanda Ott,

Berea Conference Services•Space reserved in

Convocation Hall, Woods Penniman, Alumni Center

•Lodging for participants in dormitories

•Meals provided by Dining Services

•Some lodging/events at Boone Tavern

HTTP://BONNER20THANNIVERSARYSLI.PBWORKS.COM/

Foundation Roles•Work in partnership•Coordinate how the network is

involved•Register all attendees•Organize all tracks (with teams of

staff and students on each)•Recruit & organize much of

workshops & programming•Coordinate work with conference

services (meals, housing, logistics)

Must Dos•20th Anniversary!•First day schedule

somewhat defined•Banquet at lunch on

June 3rd•Programming for

Presidents & Board•Tracks as defined•Social activities

Key Themes•Access to education, opportunity to

serve (college access)•Issue organizing, e.g.,•Environmental sustainability•Mountaintop removal•Diversity

•Innovative models for higher education•Retention•Civic engagement

Nice to Dos•Doing a lot of social networking prior to the

conference •Opening facilities to attendees during down

times (e.g., gym, computer labs)•Providing lists of local restaurants & attractions•Sharing best modes of transportation from

airports •Placing signs throughout campus to help direct

attendees•Creating resources for attendees to take back

with them (e.g., blogs, wiki, posting workshop presentations)

Planning Strategies•Teams & individuals•Some programmatic roles (e.g.

recruit a faculty member to do workshop, organize All Bonner Service)

•Some logistical roles (e.g., staff registration table, make campus signs)

•Co-create a calendar for all of these elements

Structure: Stetson•We defined what Stetson focused

on in our community•We broke off into Focus teams of

up to 10 students•Each focus team is responsible for:

• 1 Social Event• 1 Workshop• Contacting Faculty and Community

Partners •1 Service Event•Resource Management

Planning: Stetson•Created a skeleton for the conference•Figured out how many social events,

service events, and what down time there would be

•Brainstormed ways to keep attendees engaged throughout the conference

•Set weekly focus group meetings and had every other all call dedicated to SLI planning

•Had an action plan ready as we got closer to the date of the conference

Wiki: Stetson•Each team was responsible for keeping their section in the wiki up to date

•Show and tell during “All Call” Meetings

•Using it as communication tool for all focus groups

•We created a planning wiki and a resource wiki for attendees HTTP://

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Your IdeasQuick brainstorm and sharing:•Workshop•Special Programming Piece•Social Event•Way to celebrate 20th•Way to make it enjoyable

...Something you really want to work on