Midwest Service Leaders Conference

Midwest Service Leaders Conference October 9 & 10, 2010 Call for Proposals

You are invited to submit a workshop proposal for the 2010 Midwest Service Leaders Conference, co-hosted by Marquette University and Milwaukee School of Engineering. The Midwest Service Leaders Conference is a student-led regional conference aimed at helping students to develop the skills, passion, and knowledge to inspire meaningful service during and after college. The 2008 Midwest Service Leaders Conference brought together over one hundred bright, energetic, and hopeful students from colleges and universities across the Midwest. The goal: To discover our passions, our paths, and ourselves; to learn about the excitement, rigors, and challenges of our current and future lives; and to take action and continue in the optimistic spirit of those leaders before us. We encourage you to participate in the creation of a program that includes a variety of topics from Program Logistics, Challenges and Triumphs with Leading, Engaging and Inspiring Peers, and Creating Change beyond Volunteerism. These workshops should be designed to share knowledge and experiences from your program, social action, and service with fellow student leaders. There will be three breakout sessions, each lasting 75 minutes. Preference will be given to workshops planned and presented by students.

Program Logistics This session is an opportunity to share your program or student organization. Each presenter(s) will talk about unique attributes, recent events and programming, and/or level of student involvement and leadership in their program. Service Learning, Community Service, Alternative Spring Break, and Ministry programs, as well as other service related student organizations are all invited to present. Please be sure to include ideas on why your strategies are effective and how they might be incorporated into others’ programs.

Challenges and Triumphs with Leading, Engaging and Inspiring Peers This session is an opportunity to share your strategies and successes that you have experienced in working with peers. Some topics that may be included in this session include dealing with apathetic students, dealing with issues of entitlement, overcoming stereotypes, helping students to reflect upon their service, and creating lasting community partnerships with a continually changing student body.

Creating Change beyond Volunteerism This session will focus on helping students think about ways to engage with their communities beyond typical volunteer roles. Whether your organization or program works to educate, advocate, or organize, we want to hear about how you are making change in your communities and working towards equality and justice.

To propose a workshop, please complete the attached workshop proposal form. All submissions must be received by April 16th, 2010. You will be notified by April 30th, 2010 if your proposal has been accepted. Proposals may be faxed to 414-288-3259, e-mailed to [email protected], or mailed to:

Marquette University Service Learning Program 707 Building, Suite 303 P.O. Box 1881 Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881

Submission/Content Questions: Contact Samira Payne, Midwest Service Leaders Conference Programming Coordinator: [email protected] or 414-288-3264

Midwest Service Leaders Conference 2010 Workshop Proposal Form Submission Deadline: April 16th, 2010

Workshop Title:______

University: ______

Principal Presenter: This person is responsible for coordinating the session and communicating with co-presenters/participants prior to session presentation date and serve as primary contact for the conference.

Name:______

Organization:______

Address:______

City/State/Zip:______

Phone: ______E- mail:______

Co- Presenter(s):______

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Workshop Session Description

Category:

 Program Logistics

 Challenges and Triumphs with Leading, Engaging and Inspiring Peers

 Creating Change beyond Volunteerism

Abstract (50-75 words): This abstract will be used to describe the workshop on the conference website and in conference materials.

3 Learning Objectives: List a minimum of three learning objectives for your session. Learning objectives indicate exactly what skills, new information or effective program resources and approaches you wish to showcase and participants can expect to learn from your session.

Description of Workshop (350 word description): Specifically describe the session format and outline what each presenter will contribute. Please note that the presenters should set aside at least 10 minutes at the end of the presentation for discussion. You should provide enough detail so that the reviewers will have a clear idea about the session content and its overall organization.

4 Teaching Methods (e.g. panel, large group discussion, small group discussion, media, lecture, etc and time allotted):

5 Audio-visual needs (e.g. TV monitor, data projector, VHS or DVD player): We cannot guarantee that we can acquire all of the requested equipment. We will notify you if any requested equipment will be unavailable.

Will you provide your own laptop? Yes No