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Simplicity is the ultimate

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The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.

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Idea Blending: The art of blending one’s personal expertise with expertise in various disciplines to create big ideas.

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Bet big on creative people, give them enormous leeway and support, and provide them with an environment where they can get honest feedback from all.

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Brainstorm Analyze Execute

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This is my idea, how can I make it better?

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The ‘Yes And’ Principle

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Analysis Paralysis: Getting stuck in the process of analyzing ideas & unable to move on.

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Keep things simple.

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Look outward for inspiration, and forget everything you already know about student leadership conferences.

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Let ideas flow freely by using statements like ‘yes and’ in response to new ideas.

Embrace discomfort with idea execution by using the rapid prototyping process.

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March 1st 2014

Location: Livingston Student Center

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Captain Expectations

Friday MeetingsSummer TrainingsMonthly full-team meetings3-5 Office Hours a Week }What overlap

will occur for Ignite Coordinators?

Original Mark Conference Organizational Chart

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Promotions & Outreach•Create a strategy that ensures all tickets are sold.

•Work with the Student Life media team to ensure conference maintains a positive brand that adheres to the values of the conference.

•Build a team to manage conference social media accounts in an innovative, meaningful and consistent manner.

•Create a strategy to ensure at least 5-7 institutions from the region attend the conference.

•Work with experience captain to oversee all outreach with attendees.

•With the support of the conference advisors, build a team of 5-7 students that will work with you to accomplish the goals within your area.

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Conference Experience•Manage aspects of the student center reservation requests for the

conference.

•Create a menu for the conference and work with appropriate vendors to coordinate meals for the conference.

•Dream up and execute a creative conference experience. This includes stage design, the look of the lounge spaces, and any other components of the overall conference experience.

•Oversee components of the registration and check in process to ensure that the experience of attendees is cohesive from purchasing a ticket to the closing speaker.

•With the support of the conference advisors, build a team of 5-7 students that will work with you to accomplish the goals within your area.

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Team Development & Communication•Responsible for designing and coordinating the “full team meetings” with all

conference planning team members

•Come up with new ideas to streamline communication efforts between the conference captains as well as the full conference planning team

•Organize new initiatives to build cohesion among the conference planning team

•Work with the conference advisors to identify topics for training team captains and coordinate those trainings

•Oversee the Mark Story Project--working with Promotions and Outreach

•With the support of the conference advisors, build a team of 5-7 students that will work with you to accomplish the goals within your area.

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•Create a strategy to raise funds for the conference. You will set the fundraising goal for the conference, and then work to achieve that goal with hopes of surpassing it.

•Build strategic partnerships at the university. Partnerships that will help to build in unique components to conference and/or cover costs of speakers.

•Develop good relationships with local business that can serve as conference sponsors.

•Come up with creative ways to involve conference volunteers. Work with experience captain to identify needs.

•With the support of the conference advisors, build a team of 5-7 students that will work with you to accomplish the goals within your area.

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Conference Resources

the TBD component

Experience Captain

Student Center Reservations

Space Design

Meals

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•What's an example of a strong, successful team you've been on and what made it function so well?

•What pieces are important to building a strong team?

BTeamwork Makes the

Dream Work

9Your Communication Style•How will you communicate with your team?•How will you know they are doing what they say

they are doing?•How do you want your team communicating their

progress, struggles, questions?•How will you communicate expectations to your

team?

HBrainstorm Session

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