National Leadership Conference 2010 is officially underway! We got our weekend started enjoying some Girl Scout cookies and touring the Phi Sigma Rho house at Case Western at the President's Reception. We then moved on to share and discuss the National Council 2010-2014 Strategic Plan and Foundation goals. After the discussions, we enjoyed dinner and fun with games and spent the rest of the night networking.
Tomorrow, the leadership training really gets kicked off!
Showing posts with label National Leadership Conference 2010. Show all posts
Showing posts with label National Leadership Conference 2010. Show all posts
Friday, July 16, 2010
Monday, July 5, 2010
Triangle 2010 Herbert Scobie Leadership School
You might have heard us talk about some areas where PSR is collaborating with Triangle. I just wanted to share an opportunity I have that's coming up this week. A few months ago, I was honored to be asked to be a facilitator at Triangle's 2010 Herbert Scobie Leadership School next week in Indianapolis, IN by their Executive Director, Brian Tenclinger! I will be spending July 7-11th with the guys and another Phi Rho alumna, Nicole Bylsma, and I am looking forward to seeing what we can learn from Triangle here. I'm not quite sure what I'm in for, but I will be sure to share some of my experiences with you guys when I get back. And I'm sure it will get me even more excited to spend the following weekend with my Phi Rhos!
PRL,
Nikki
PRL,
Nikki
Friday, April 23, 2010
Why I Am Excited about Leadership Conference 2010...
If you've seen our Conference 2010 video, you know that I am very excited about National Leadership Conference this summer! As one of the first National Leadership Directors, I was involved in planning the first conference we had in 2006 and I love seeing what our committee members come up with each year! We all have so many wonderful ideas and plans in our vision for what these conferences could be! And I am very excited to see that these visions are growing and continuing to take shape. Each year, the LEAP programming just keeps getting better and we have some wonderful activities for all of our attendees.
Also, this year our committee and chairs are doing a wonderful job taking conference to the next level: providing an alumnae focus! This July we have an entire program focused on alumnae including recent grads, alumnae interested in getting involved nationally, development opportunities, and socials and a health fair for those that want to have fun! And our Foundation will be there to get to know everyone - don't miss out on their hospitality suite!
This year, voting on our Ritual improvements will also be a huge part of Conference! Don't miss this chance to leave a mark on the future of PSR by providing your feedback on the Ritual!
But what I am most excited about is spending another wonderful weekend with my sisters! I cannot wait to see those of you I've met in years past and get to know those who haven't made it before. National meetings are a great way for us to continue to grow our bond of sisterhood and enjoy our time together as we develop our future leaders!
See you in Cleveland!
Nikki Yovanof
National President
12th National Council
Also, this year our committee and chairs are doing a wonderful job taking conference to the next level: providing an alumnae focus! This July we have an entire program focused on alumnae including recent grads, alumnae interested in getting involved nationally, development opportunities, and socials and a health fair for those that want to have fun! And our Foundation will be there to get to know everyone - don't miss out on their hospitality suite!
This year, voting on our Ritual improvements will also be a huge part of Conference! Don't miss this chance to leave a mark on the future of PSR by providing your feedback on the Ritual!
But what I am most excited about is spending another wonderful weekend with my sisters! I cannot wait to see those of you I've met in years past and get to know those who haven't made it before. National meetings are a great way for us to continue to grow our bond of sisterhood and enjoy our time together as we develop our future leaders!
See you in Cleveland!
Nikki Yovanof
National President
12th National Council
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Why Ohio?
By now, you're probably all excited about when we can all get together for our next national meeting and planning your trips to Cleveland and Columbus! I know I am looking forward to the next conference and convention. But based on the feedback we've received - both this year and in the past - some of your are asking, why Ohio again? After having the experience in planning and selecting these locations as the past VP of Programming, I can assure you that this is not an easy decision! So I wanted to share with you a little about what led us to these decisions.
If you don't know, I live in LA and would love to host you all a little closer to home! And we've heard your interest in going to new locations and getting the farther chapters more involved, so we made sure to look into these locations! First, we put out a request for interest for Leadership Conference 2010. Not very many chapters were interested, but after some discussion with a few chapters, we narrowed it down to a handful and looked into several on the west coast. For Convention 2011, we worked with Brian, the Triangle Executive Director, to select several fun locations - including two on the west coast and one in the southeast.
So why did we select the locations in Ohio?
1) Cost was too high on the west coast and other locations. Not only would it cost the majority of our actives and alumnae additional funds to travel that far, but the cost of lodging and food would increase registration and other incidental costs of the weekend. With the current economic situation, not only do we have to consider the budgets of our members but also the national operating budget as any business would.
2) Logistics become an issue in certain cities - everything from distance to airports to university requirements.
3) Attendance concerns - with high travel and registration costs, we were afraid that actives would be most affected and limited in travel ability. While the travel subsidy we offer is very helpful, we cannot pay for everyone to attend! Also, we hear from some alumnae that they would like to go to vacation locations, but we have not seen the kind of turnout in the past that demonstrates this is true
I don't want to lead anyone to thinking 'we'll never go anywhere outside of the northeast/midwest,' we are definitely heading in the right direction to do so. Here's how you can help:
1) If you want to host conference or convention in your city - let us know! Respond to our request or put together a proposal to let us know you're interested
2) Be creative! You know if your area is a high cost location, and you know it better than we do - so let us know if there are creative options to cut down costs that someone from out of town wouldn't think of.
3) Let us know your thoughts on where our future national meetings should be. Feel free to add comments to this post, or email anyone on national council!
We hope to see you at Case Western next summer, and hopefully at a city near you sometime in the future!
PRL, Nikki Yovanof
12th NC President
11th NC VP of Programming
If you don't know, I live in LA and would love to host you all a little closer to home! And we've heard your interest in going to new locations and getting the farther chapters more involved, so we made sure to look into these locations! First, we put out a request for interest for Leadership Conference 2010. Not very many chapters were interested, but after some discussion with a few chapters, we narrowed it down to a handful and looked into several on the west coast. For Convention 2011, we worked with Brian, the Triangle Executive Director, to select several fun locations - including two on the west coast and one in the southeast.
So why did we select the locations in Ohio?
1) Cost was too high on the west coast and other locations. Not only would it cost the majority of our actives and alumnae additional funds to travel that far, but the cost of lodging and food would increase registration and other incidental costs of the weekend. With the current economic situation, not only do we have to consider the budgets of our members but also the national operating budget as any business would.
2) Logistics become an issue in certain cities - everything from distance to airports to university requirements.
3) Attendance concerns - with high travel and registration costs, we were afraid that actives would be most affected and limited in travel ability. While the travel subsidy we offer is very helpful, we cannot pay for everyone to attend! Also, we hear from some alumnae that they would like to go to vacation locations, but we have not seen the kind of turnout in the past that demonstrates this is true
I don't want to lead anyone to thinking 'we'll never go anywhere outside of the northeast/midwest,' we are definitely heading in the right direction to do so. Here's how you can help:
1) If you want to host conference or convention in your city - let us know! Respond to our request or put together a proposal to let us know you're interested
2) Be creative! You know if your area is a high cost location, and you know it better than we do - so let us know if there are creative options to cut down costs that someone from out of town wouldn't think of.
3) Let us know your thoughts on where our future national meetings should be. Feel free to add comments to this post, or email anyone on national council!
We hope to see you at Case Western next summer, and hopefully at a city near you sometime in the future!
PRL, Nikki Yovanof
12th NC President
11th NC VP of Programming
Friday, September 4, 2009
Save the Date for our Upcoming National Meetings!
July 16th - 18th 2010
Leadership Conference 2010 – Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
July 14th-17th 2011
National Convention 2011 – Columbus, OH (in conjunction with Triangle)
Interested in helping us plan?
We are looking for volunteers for various planning committees for both Conference and Convention, if you are interested in helping plan either please contact Kristen Waters, VP of Communications at VPofCommunications@phisigmarho.org
July 16th - 18th 2010
Leadership Conference 2010 – Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
July 14th-17th 2011
National Convention 2011 – Columbus, OH (in conjunction with Triangle)
Interested in helping us plan?
We are looking for volunteers for various planning committees for both Conference and Convention, if you are interested in helping plan either please contact Kristen Waters, VP of Communications at VPofCommunications@phisigmarho.org
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
LEAPing into 2010 National Leadership Conference
It's time to start planning for future events starting with National Leadership Conference 2010! This will be the third national leadership conference we've hosted since the founding of LEAP. The first was held at the University of Dayton in 2006 and the last one was at the University of Kentucky in 2008. National Council is trying to plan the 2010 Conference and first we have to select a location! If your chapter or alumnae association/organization is interested in having us look at your university, please let us know! It's a lot of fun, a great leadership experience for the planners, and awesome exposure of your Chapter to the rest of the Sorority.
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