Presentation from the 2015 Fall Bonner Directors' Meeting. This presentation include Cameos from National Bonner Fellows, and information shared at All Groups from Student Development and Community Partnerships.

1. 1
Fellow CamEoS,
Student Development,
&
Community partnershipS
Presentations

2. National
Bonner FellowS

3. Roles
Talent and Perspective
Resource Development
Campus Consultations
Meetings
Innovations

4. 2014-2015 cohort
Shannon
Hoffman,
Rhodes
College
Savannah-Jane
Griffin,
Stetson
University
Consuelo
Gutierrez-
Crosby,
Macalester
College
Marisa
Charley,
Washington &
Lee University

5. 2015-2016 cohort
April
Backus,
Siena
College
Matt Cummings,
DePauw University
Travis
Proffitt,
Emory &
Henry
College
Brad Brewer,
Christopher
Newport
University
Caroline Twiggs,
Mars Hill University
Krystal Woolston,
Montclair State
University

6. needs of today’s
students
Caroline Twiggs,
Mars Hill University

7. The Student
Development Dance!

8. My Favorite Cameo
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=5HCmh03qCGU

9. “Let me see your frame”
• Person in Environment Theory
• Racial Identity Development
• Strengths Quest (learn more Today at the
2:30 session)
• Bonner 5 E’s in developing politically active
students

10. “Moving through your fear”
• How we can best support students of color?
• Taking the first step
• Recognizing that you are going to step on
toes!

11. “Drop your arms and breathe”
• How can we support each other?
• Preventing Burnout

12. “Forget Everything and Dance”
…..ooooor don’t! Come to our session about
Supporting Students in Potomac

13. 13
Conversations
• Generate a list of characteristics that you
are currently seeing in students
• Share something that you are doing
differently in response to these
characteristics

14. developmental
structure and
capstone
April Backus,
Siena College

15. Training and Enrichment- Year 1 & 2

16. Training and Enrichment- Year 3 & 4

17. THE CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE
Adderlin Taveras- Sociology Major, Health Studies Minor, Certificate in
Community Development

18. Want to learn more?
• Building Research and Capstone Level
Work into Bonners’ Experiences
• 1030am-12pm
• April Backus, Siena College; Marisa Charley,
Washington and Lee University; Ariane
Hoy,Bonner Foundation

19. 19
Conversations
• To what extend is your training calendar
structured developmentally? Are you happy
with your structure?
• If not, what are some of the barriers you
face in developing your training structure?

20. 20
Resources

21. Capacity Building
TraininGs

22. civic reader
Matt Cummings,
DePauw University

23. Deepening
Community
Partnerships and
Their Connections
Fall 2015 Directors Meeting

24. Systems
Partner in capacity-building for
collaboratives working to achieve
measurable community and systemic change.
Organizations
Partner in capacity-building for
organizations to improve effectiveness,
efficiency, and resources.
Programs
Train & support leaders who develop &
manage evidence-based programs and
projects.
Individuals
& Places
Mobilize students, faculty, staff, & community
members to support individuals & places.
Bonner Transformation Goals
Community Change

25. Updated
Opportunities Form
• Added two pages:
• Organizational Information, including
Mission Statement
• Direct Service Opportunities

33. Capacity Building
Opportunities
• How is it going? Are you working with
as many partners as you had hoped to
at this point? Have you partnered with
any local collaboratives?
• What is working?
• What are the challenges?

34. regional
institutes
Travis Proffitt,
Emory &
Henry College

35. Travis Proffitt
Associate Director and Instructor
Appalachian Center for Civic Life
Emory & Henry College

36. “If you have come to help me, you are
wasting your time. If you have come
because your liberation is bound up with
mine, then let us work together.”
-Lila Watson

37. PLACE

38. CAPACITY

39. PROBLEMS ->PROJECTS

40. COLLECTIVE IMPACT

41. CIVIC INNOVATION INSTITUTE

42. EXPLORING THE CONCEPT
OF REGIONAL INSTITUTES
Travis Proffitt - Emory & Henry College
Marisa Charley - Washington & Lee University
Ariane Hoy - Bonner Foundation
MONOCACY HALL
2:30-4:00

43. collaboratives
with partners
Krystal
Woolston,
Montclair State
University

44. Collaborative Partnerships
O Develop partnerships over time
O Service-learning
O Bonners
O Full-time AmeriCorps
O Orange Community School Initiative
O Goal: to assist in public education
O Provide resources, human capital and financial
O Create community change

45. Want to Know More?
2:30-4:00PM
Lessons and Challenges with Collaborative and Collective
Impact Approaches – Robert Hackett, Bonner Foundation;
Krystal Woolston, Montclair State University; Robin Hille-
Michaels and/or Jim Peterman, Sewanee-University of the South

46. for-profit
sponsorships
Brad Brewer,
Christopher
Newport
University

47. {
Funding Bonner
Minding Our Business

48. “Community Development is not
Economic Development.”
-Matt Cummings, 11/02/15

49. “Money is the root of all evil.”
-Misquote, Ibid

50. Two Observations:
! Business is a thing.
! We don’t make business safe by
rejecting it.

51. Three Questions:
! What is our “business”?
! Is it marketable, viable, and
sustainable?
! What does a healthy “corporate
partnership” look like?