bonner meetings 8 1-12

Bonner Meetings

Your Toolbox for Training, Reflection, Management, and Development

What We’ll Cover

• Why are meetings important?• What kinds of meetings?• Core Student Development frameworks• Strategy:

• Training & Enrichment in BWBRS

Why are meetings important?

• Bonner Student Impact and Alumni Survey suggests that the strongest elements of program effectiveness are:

• dialogue across difference

• mentors (staff, peers, site supervisors, & faculty)

• structured reflection magnifies unstructured reflection

Bonner Wiki:

See Research & Assessment

Bonner Wiki: Research and Assessment

Prezi - Engagement Multiplied

Moreover, these meetings:

• Build skills (i.e., project management) and knowledge (i.e., diversity) needed to do best work in communities

• Build a sense of belonging —Bonner Love

• Promote accountability

• Foster campus-wide and community connections

• Promote retention and graduation

Class Meetings - at least every other weekCohort-based meetings for each class year (or two, if small program)

What kinds of meetings?

All Bonner Meetings - every monthEngage the Common Commitments, partners and issues, broader themes, and community

Cornerstone or Project Meetings - occasionallyPreparation for service trips, campus-wide events, Bonner Congress, Bonner Leadership Team

Other kinds of meetings...

Site Meetings by issue, team, or cluster - every other week or monthly —engage students (& leaders) in planning, project management, & issue learning

Other kinds of meetings...

Campus-wide or National Events Speaking events, faculty-led sessions, IMPACT Conference, national conferences... flavor not main ingredient

Course-based Meetings - can be used for Cohort or projectsYou may choose to link training & enrichment with credit-bearing options, such as a first year experience course or third-year community based research course

Resource Sharing for Great Meetings

Semester Staff Student Leaders Community PartnersSummer Planning Orientation Participate in OrientationWeek 1 Model:

Lead Class MeetingRotate to visit sitesLead Class Meeting

Lead All Bonner Meeting

Monthly rotation:Meeting - by ClassMeeting - by Site

Meeting - by ClassAll Bonner Meeting

Week 2Model:

Lead Class MeetingRotate to visit sitesLead Class Meeting




Meet with teamWeek 3

Model:Lead Class MeetingRotate to visit sitesLead Class Meeting



Meeting - by ClassAll Bonner MeetingWeek 4

Model:Lead Class MeetingRotate to visit sitesLead Class Meeting




Week 5 Model, then delegate:Lead Class MeetingRotate to visit sites

Guest leads Class MeetingHost partner at ABM



Week 6Model, then delegate:

Lead Class MeetingRotate to visit sites





Model, then delegate:Lead Class MeetingRotate to visit sites




Model, then delegate:Lead Class MeetingRotate to visit sites



Meeting - by ClassAll Bonner Meeting Speak at Bonner Meeting

Week 9 Model and delegate:Lead Class MeetingRotate to visit sites

Intern leads Class MeetingCoach BLT to lead ABM



Week 10Model and delegate:

Lead Class MeetingRotate to visit sites





Model and delegate:Lead Class MeetingRotate to visit sites




Model and delegate:Lead Class MeetingRotate to visit sites




Week 13 Lead Class Meeting Meeting - by ClassWeek 15 End-semester CelebrationEnd-semester CelebrationEnd-semester Celebration

Have a mix of meetings each semester...

Student Development Frameworks

• The result of network-wide input, program design and innovation, decades of experimentation, and assessment

•Common Commitments

•Skills

•Knowledge Areas

Common Commitments

Community Building

Diversity

International Perspective

Social Justice

Spiritual Exploration

Civic Engagement

Skills and CapacitiesPersonal• Active listening• Balance &

boundaries• Communication• Decision

making• Organization• Planning• Time

management• Goal setting Professional

•Budgeting•Event planning•Fundraising•Grant writing•Marketing •Mediation•Networking•Public education and advocacy•Volunteer management

Leadership

• Conflict resolution• Delegation• Planning• Public speaking• Running a meeting• Teamwork• Working with diverse

groups

Knowledge Areas

Place

Politics and Public PolicyPower &and Privilege

Poverty and Economic DevelopmentIssues

• 3 strategies can yield a rich array of training & enrichment events for all of your Bonners

How to create a meeting calendar

Strategy 1 Build around learning outcomes

Download rubrics from aacu.org

Diversity of communities and cultures...

Year 1Sense of identity and knowledge of community

Self

Year 4Knowledge and navigating complex community and institutional environment

Nation, world

Year 2Teamwork in diverse communities; focus on gender, race, & ethnicity

Team

Year 3Power and privilege; being an ally; more complex issues

Campus and community

Resource Development

Year 1Understanding Bonner funds; using community fund

Budgeting

Year 4Being a social entrepreneur

Initiating resource development campaigns

Year 2Understanding non-profit funding

Fundraising events (planning, leading)

Year 3Helping your site or community to increase its resource base

Grant writing; Making personal asks

In a nutshell, decide 4-6 learning outcomes for each year

Year 1Place-based knowledge

Active listening

Budgeting

Goal setting

Organizational skills

Reflection

Time management

Year 4Politics and public policy

Decision making

Evaluation/research

Marketing and public relations

Networking

Public education and advocacy

Public speaking

Year 2Knowledge of poverty (and economic development)

Balance & boundaries

Conflict resolution & mediation

Planning

Teamwork

Resource development and fundraising events

Year 3Power and privilege (dealing with isms)

Delegation

Event planning

Facilitation

Fundraising and grant writing

Planning and running a meeting

Volunteer management and team leadership

Remember these also link to positions, leadership roles, &and cornerstones

Year 1Place-based knowledge

Active listening

Budgeting

Goal setting

Organizational skills

Reflection

Time management

First Year Seminar

First Year Trip

Year 4Politics and public policy

Decision making

Evaluation/research

Marketing and public relations

Networking

Public education and advocacy

Public speaking

Capstone Course

Site Leadership Roles

Year 2Knowledge of poverty (and economic development)

Balance & boundaries

Conflict resolution & mediation

Planning

Teamwork

Resource development and fundraising events

Second Year Exchange

Learning Community

Year 3Power and privilege (dealing with isms)DelegationEvent planningFacilitationFundraising and grant writingPlanning and running a meetingVolunteer management and team leadership

BLT!

Site Leadership

International Trip

Research Course

Find relevant trainings on the Bonner Wiki under Trainings, Common Commitments or Student Handbook

Each training module is a full lesson plan, with activities and handouts

Strategy 2 Use and create a training calendar

Bonner Sample CalendarDevelopmental Model Training Calendar

Fall Year 1 (First Years) Year 2 (Second Years) Year 3 (Third Years) Year 4 (Fourth Years)

August • Orientation covering Bonner 101, community partner introductions, community/team buildling

• Games, Games, Games Galore & Icebreakers

• Identity Circles: A Personal Exploration of Diversity

• Back-to-school refresher; update Bonner Wiki

• Setting Service Objectives (at higher level)

• Introduction to Civic Engagement

• Back-to-school refresher update Bonner Wiki; find courses for juniors

• Learning Circle (class based)

• Back-to-school refresher; update Bonner Wiki & find senior year capstones

• BHAGs: Setting Big Hairy Audacious Goals

September • Introduction to Effective Communication

• Community Asset Mapping part 1 (introduction, scavenger hunt)

• Developing an Action Plan• Budgeting (involve

presenter from campus/community)

• Global Poverty (NEW)

• Leading Learning Circles: A Train-the-Trainers Approach

• Bridging the Gap Between Service, Activism, and Politics

• Hearing the Call: Listening to Your Inner Voice

• Vocation: Board of Directors

October • Community Asset Mapping part 2 (involving partner)

• Community Asset Mapping part 3 (involving campus assessment)

• Introduction to Effective Communication: Do You Hear Me?

• Advocacy 101: Tools for Political Engagement

• Facilitation 202: More Techniques and Strategies

• Get-Out-the-Vote

• Introduction to Spiritual Exploration

• Evaluation (involve faculty presenter)

November • Time Management: Managing by Calendar

• Time Management: Managing by Calendar Follow Up (planners)

• Conflict Resolution: Steps for Handling Interpersonal Dynamics

• Facilitation 101: Roles of Effective Facilitators

• Building Coalitions• Building Coalitions (part 2:

application for campus project) or Grant Writing

• Tuesdays with Morrie Discussion

• Personal Vision: Creating One

December • Setting Service Objectives • Group feedback session (modeling previous trainings)

• Vocation: “The Bridge Builder” poem and reflective discussion

• Personal Vision 2: Follow up and sharing & Building Shared Vision

December/January

• Mid-Year Bonner Retreat integrating:• Community building (move diversity workshops from other areas or add new ones)• Common Commitments (use Bonner Wiki videos from STUDENT HANDBOOK LIVE! and new modules)• Reflection & visioning• Most recommended: Cover Story, Four Corners (changing questions), River Stories/Introduction to Community Building,

Leadership Compass, Vocation workshops







Bonner Sample CalendarDevelopmental Model Training Calendar

Spring Year 1 (First Years) Year 2 (Second Years) Year 3 (Third Years) Year 4 (Fourth Years)

January • Vocation: “Dead Poet’s Society” film clip and discussion

• Service-Based Reflection: How It Supports Making Service Meaningful

• Four Corners: Building Appreciation for Diverse Ideas and Dialogue

• Advocacy & Lobbying 101

• Citizenship: Rights, Responsibilities & Struggles or Introduction to Social Justice (similar)

• Leadership Compass or Meyers-Briggs/Work Style Inventory

• Finding Your Vocational Fit Worksheet

• Resume Writing & Interviewing Skills

February • Fishbowl Discussion: Defining Your Communities

• Research related to First Year Trip

• Building a Personal Network

• Resume writing workshop (Career Services)

• Power Mapping• Advocacy 201: Meeting

with an Elective Representative

• Public Speaking• Preparation for Senior

Presentations of Learning

March • Groups Within Groups: Exploring Dimensions of Diversity

• Gender 1: Building Gender Awareness

• Facilitation 201: An Intensive Introduction

• Gender 2: Deepening Gender Awareness

• Building Career Networks• Exploring Non-Profit

Careers

• Seeing Through Employers’ Eyes: Group Resume Game

• Senior Resume Review

April • Racism: Deconstructing It• Introduction to the Non-Profit

Sector (in preparation for summer)

• Planning Effective Meetings• Ethnocentrism: Exploring &

Tackling It

• Vocation: The Two Choices• Homophobia: Countering

It

• Preparing a Leadership Transition

• Want Ads:

May • Tower of “Me”sa Spiritual & Personal Exploration

• Vocation: Guided Reflections for Recommitment

• Vocation: “So What do you do?” personal exploration exercise

• Submission of Senior Presentations of Learning

• Last Words: a Reflection on My Life

June • Review trainings and customize plan.• Review other modules, such as on international perspective and poverty, using links on Wiki.• Plan your own trainings & plug them in!

• Review trainings and customize plan.• Review other modules, such as on international perspective and poverty, using links on Wiki.• Plan your own trainings & plug them in!


• Review trainings and customize plan.• Review other modules, such as on international perspective and poverty, using links on Wiki.• Plan your own trainings & plug them in!July





Fall 1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year

Orientation Bonner 101 & Community Partner 101 Introduction to Civic Engagement Learning Circle BHAGs: Setting Big Hairy

Audacious Goals

Week 1 Issue/Site Team MeetingsIssue/Site Team MeetingsIssue/Site Team MeetingsIssue/Site Team Meetings

Week 2 Overview of the Civic Engagement Center and Campus Action Planning Leading Learning Circles: A Train-

the-Trainers Approach Hearing the Call: Listening to

Your Inner Voice

Week 3 All Bonner MeetingAll Bonner MeetingAll Bonner MeetingAll Bonner Meeting

Week 4 Community Asset Mapping part 1 - Scavenger Hunts Budgeting Bridging the Gap Between

Service, Activism, and Politics Vocation: Board of Directors


Week 6Community Asset Mapping part 2

- Community Partner presents schools issues

Intro to Effective Communication: Do You Hear

Me?

Facilitation 202: More Techniques and Strategies

Introduction to Spiritual Exploration


Week 8Faculty member presents classroom management

techniques

Advocacy 101: Tools for Political Engagement Get-Out-the-Vote Evaluation


Week 10 Time Management: Managing by Calendar—give students journals

Conflict Resolution: Steps for Handling Interpersonal Dynamics Building Coalitions: Part 1 Tuesdays with Morrie Discussion


Week 12Time Management: Managing by Calendar Follow Up—students

bring planners to discuss

Facilitation 101: Roles of Effective Facilitators

Building Coalitions (part 2: application for campus project) or

Grant WritingPersonal Vision: Creating One


Week 14 Setting Service Objectives for second semester Group feedback session Vocation: “The Bridge Builder”

poem and reflective discussionPersonal Vision 2: Follow up &

Building Shared Vision


In this example, we modify the first year by engaging partner and faculty reps.

Fill in with other enrichment opportunitiesStrategy 3

Student-led Faculty-led Partner-led

Capstone or Integrative SeminarCapstone or Integrative Seminar

Courses (many disciplines) with Full-time Internships

Courses (many disciplines) with Full-time Internships

Bridge Coursework: Methodology, Service-Learning, CBR, or Research

Bridge Coursework: Methodology, Service-Learning, CBR, or Research

Policy/ Political Analysis

Poverty/Economic Analysis

Global/International Awareness

Lead-in or Gateway CourseLead-in or Gateway Course

Academic Journey

Colorado College Certificate or Thematic Minor in Civic Engagement

Concord University Minor in Civic Engagement

Lynchburg College Minor in Civic Engagement

Mars Hill College Certificate in Civic Engagement (Co-curricular Transcript)

Morehouse College Minor in Civic Engagement

Portland State University Minor in Civic Leadership

Rutgers University Certificate in Women’s Leadership

Saint Mary’s College of CA Justice and Community Minor

The College of NJ Concentration in Civic Engagement

University of Alaska Certificate in Civic Engagement

UCLA Minor in Civic Leadership

Wagner College Certificate in Civic Engagement

Washington & Lee Univ. Minor in the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty

West Chester University Honors Program (Civic Engagement focus)

Learn from campuses across USA

Training & Enrichment in BWBRS

• Every workshop, meeting, and eligible opportunity can be added into BWBRS so that, yes, students log it!

• a way to track learning; a portfolio

• a way to view intentionality

•program oversight

Sample Class Meeting

Sample All Bonner Meeting

Sample Faculty-Led Meeting

This student has attended 41 events since August 2010, totaling 140.5 hours in training (- plus courses!

What’s on your worksheet

•Discuss your meeting structure

•Brainstorm learning outcomes

•Study and apply the Bonner Training Calendar

•Understand how to write up a training event

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