This presentation will help us kick off planning for the 20th Anniversary Summer Leadership Institute at Berea College.

1. 20TH ANNIVERSARY SLI
PROJECT
MAKING IT AN EVENT TO REMEMBER
DATE PLACE
JUNE 2-6, 2010 BEREA COLLEGE, KENTUCKY

2. 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

3. THE BONNER NATIONAL NETWORK
REPRESENTING 25 STATES ACROSS THE USA

4. Massachusetts
Alaska Amherst College Pennsylvania
University of Alaska-Anchorage Allegheny College
Dickinson College
Minnesota Juniata College
California Augsburg College Ursinus College
Notre Dame de Namur University College of Saint Benedict Waynesburg University
Sonoma State University Macalester College Widener University
St Marys College of California
University of California-Berkeley
Mississippi South Carolina
Jackson State University College of Charleston
Florida Tougaloo College Converse College
Stetson University
Wofford College
North Carolina
Georgia Davidson College Tennessee
Berry College Guilford College Carson-Newman College
Morehouse College Lees-McRae College Maryville College
Oxford College of Emory University Mars Hill College Rhodes College
Spelman College Pfeiffer University Tusculum College
Young Harris College Warren Wilson College
Indiana New Jersey Virginia
Bluefield College
DePauw University Burlington County College Emory & Henry College
Earlham College Mercer County Community College Ferrum College
Middlesex County College Lynchburg College
Illinois Montclair State University University of Richmond
University of Illinois - Springfield Rider University Washington and Lee University
Rutgers University
The College of New Jersey
Kansas Vermont
Emporia State University Keene State College
Washburn University New Mexico Washington State
University of New Mexico Whitworth University
Kentucky
Berea College New York Wisconsin
Centre College Hamilton College Edgewood College
Lindsey Wilson College Hobart and William Smith Colleges Ripon College
Union College Siena College
University of Louisville
West Virginia
Ohio Concord University
Maine Defiance College West Virginia Wesleyan College
Bates College Oberlin College Wheeling Jesuit University
University of Dayton
THE BONNER NATIONAL NETWORK
REPRESENTING 25 STATES ACROSS THE USA

5. 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

6. Presidents & Board Administrators
• Invitation to all
• 125-150 Directors & Coordinators
• June 2-3
• June 2-5
Bonner Congress Partners & Alumni
• 150-175 Student Representatives • Small numbers
• June 2-5 • Big Idea Projects • May attend some days
All Bonner Service
Senior Interns • 75-100 Students
• 50-75 Student Leaders • June 2-5 - Attend 1st Day of SLI
• June 2-6 • Partnership with Centre &
University of Louisville
ATTENDEES

7. 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

8. Some Host Logistics
•Managed by Amanda Ott, HTTP://
BONNER20THANNIVERSARYSLI.PBWORKS.COM/
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

9. 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)

10. Must Dos
• 20th Anniversary!
• First day schedule
somewhat defined
• Banquet at lunch on
June 3rd
• Programming for
Presidents & Board
• Tracks as defined
• Social activities

11. 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

12. 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)

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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://
SLIPLANNING.PBWORKS.COM/

17. Your Ideas
Quick 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