Foundation Support Leveraging the Bonner Staff and Network

What We’ll Cover

• Your Program Staff Connection

• Your Administrative Support Liaison

• The Bonner Weekly Email Update

• Bonner on the Web

• Campus Visits

• National Bonner Meetings

Foundation Staff

Your Program Staff

Bobby Hackett, President

Ariane Hoy, Vice President for Program and Resource Development

You will have a staff liaison to help with program development - we consult with you about positions, structure, training, meetings, and best practices.

(609) 924 6663! That’s our number!

Annie Pasqua, =National Program Director

Kristi Cordier, AmeriCorps Program Director

Your Administrative Support Staff

Janet Ashwood Brianna Hall

Other Project Staff: NJ Bonner AmeriCorps VISTA Leader

Afnan Rashid

You will have a staff liaison to support your administrative tracking in BWBRS and AmeriCorps.

Sarah MeadowsEnrollment Managers

(609) 924 6663! That’s our number!

National Meetings

Bonner Meetings!!

✓ Fall Bonner Student Congress Meeting Guilford College—Greensboro, NC October 17-19, 2014

✓ Fall Bonner Directors Meeting TBA—Mid November, 2014

✓ IMPACT Conference 2015 Loyola Marymount University —LA, CA February 19-22, 2015

✓ Summer Leadership Institute 2015 Davidson College— Davidson, NC June 3-6, 2015

✓High-Impact Institute 2015Dates & Location TBA (early July)

Campus Visits

Campus Visits

Start-Up !

Bonner Program 101 on campus

!Recruitment and

Selection !

Training Calendar Design

!Campus-wide Collaboration

Program Development

!Service Structure and

Positions !

Training Calendar and Student Development

!BWBRS Management

!Student Leadership Team Retreats

Strategic Planning !

Intensive Visits for 2 days involving staff, students,

faculty, partners, and alums !

3-5 year plans

Alignment !

Discrete meetings with President and Senior

Administrators !

Faculty Trainings

Campus Visits: The Process

Crafting the

Purpose !

Phone Calls and Discussions

!Detailed interviews

Understanding Your

Program !

Reviewing annual reports, self-assessments,

BWBRS

Agenda and Meeting Design

!Back-and-forth

process

Day of Meetings

and Follow-Up

!Written letter or report

On-Line Resources

The Bonner Weekly: Important Email

Make sure we have your emails!

!This highlights deadlines, events, jobs, and more.

Bonner Website: www.bonner.orgThe Bonner Website is more for the public. Great place to link to your own webpage!

these links to our web presences are the most useful!

Bonner Wiki: bonnernetwork.pbworks.comyour one-stop for every resource!

Use these news and directories frequently!

Bonner Wiki: your profileThe first thing you want to do is update your profile and

look at other schools’ profiles.

We;’ll start a page for you with a simple template!

Bonner Facebook: Bonner Love

This is a page that you can like. You’ll see posts about

events, conferences, jobs, etc.

You can post on the Wall.

Bonner Facebook: Your Own Program

Many programs use

to keep students

engaged and informed

Bonners on Linked In: Career Networking

Join more than 500

alums there! !

Start discussions, look for jobs and internships, find staff!

Bonner on YouTube: Videos Galore!

Find more than 200 videos and screencasts!

!Use for

trainings and reflections.

Slideshare: Your Presentation Helper!

Download, adapt, and use the power-points you need!

Twitter: Info & News on the Field

Follow Bonner Network on

Twitter and use this to connect with other

individual users!

What’s to discuss

• Meet in small groups with program staff

• Share some of your hopes for phone support and campus visits

• Questions regarding communication or meetings