INNOVATIONS IN STUDENT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY // FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2007 // 9am - 5pm

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OVERVIEW

Around the world students of conflict resolution (CR) and international development (ID) are playing critical roles in effectuating change and development. Student leaders and groups have been able to achieve these results because of their ability to adapt to dynamic social, political, and technological change. The objectives of this conference are to:

• Connect Washington metropolitan area student leaders and groups with each other, practitioners in the field, and local non-governmental organizations NGO’s;
• Create the space for student leaders and groups to share the methods used, lessons learned, and challenges faced in their efforts to effect positive change;
• Build and foster best practices for operating as an effective student group or organization; and
• Facilitate the growth of the complementary relationship between the CR and ID communities.

This conference is being organized and co-sponsored, in cooperation with local NGO’s, by student organizations of various schools that are members of the Consortium of Universities of the Washington metropolitan area. Participating organizations, universities and co-sponsors will be recognized at the conference and highlighted in various conference products as appropriate. One of the products will be a conference toolkit that will be made available to participants. Another aim of this conference is to foster participation in a sustainable inter-campus internet resource that will facilitate community-wide communication and coordination. This website aims to support the existing relationships between the Washington CR and ID communities by providing a forum and a mechanism to address common needs. By providing a central source of information and the space to collaborate constructively, this network hopes to empower the CR and ID communities to create more efficient and sustainable change.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

The Conference will take place on Friday, March 23, 2007 at American University from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The conference will include plenary sessions focused on student leadership in the fields of CR and ID. Presenters will make brief introductions and facilitate a content-based dialogue. Following the plenary sessions, there will be a forum during which organizations can share their current and future projects in order to coordinate and foster inter-organizational participation. There will be a keynote address from an accomplished student leader and a world-renowned practitioner. Breakfast, lunch and light refreshments will be served. A detailed conference agenda will be sent to participants following the acquisition of their registration form. The following schedule is subject to change.

• Registration and Opening Words (9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.)
  
• Forum 1: Who are we and what do we do? (10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.)
• A. What is CR and what do CR student groups do?
• B. What is ID and what do ID student groups do?
• Interactive Lunch Session (12:10 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.)
• Forum 2: Building Organizational Capacity and Skills (1:10 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.)
• A. Starting at the Beginning: Recruitment, Publicity, and Organizational Branding
• B. Sustaining the Movement: Managing Turnover and Building Institutional Memory
• C. Fundraising and Advocacy: Paying for the Projects You Want to Work
• D. Fostering Increased Collaboration and Communication among Academic Programs (for Faculty Only)
• Forum 3: Project Opportunities Forum (General Plenary) (2:40 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
• Keynote and Closing (4:10 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.)

To get more involved, please contact Sean McDonald at SPCR@american.edu or check out our Google Group, OneStudentry.

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