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Approximate Schedule

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Breakfast and lunch will be provided on Saturday and Sunday.


Changemaker Sessions In-Brief

Introduction

Introduces participants to the Changemaker Weekend training program and outlines what will occur during the weekend.  All of the Changemaker sessions are designed to be interactive and build upon one another.  Each topic is approached by first presenting the theory to participants, providing an exercise to put the theory into practice, and finally debriefing each session in light of the theory and how it was applied in the exercise.

Building and Sustaining a Group: Outreach, Retention, and Leadership Development

Have you ever wondered what you accomplished all semester?  Do the same 4 people do all the work for your group?  Do you have half as many people come to your meetings at the end of the semester as came to your first meeting?  Does your group suffer from "leadership turnover" every time your senior group members graduate?  Come learn how to attract dozens of people to your meetings, get them to stay, and help everyone take ownership over the group and step up as leaders.

Running Winning Campaigns: Campaign Strategy and Planning

Have you been trying to create change at your school and not gotten very far?  Do you want to create real, concrete change and come up with a plan for getting there?  This workshop will go over how to strategically choose, plan, and execute a campaign so that you can accomplish what you set out to do.  Topics covered include: Choosing a campaign, determining the decision maker, identifying your power, using the campaign strategy chart, and drafting a timeline.

Powermapping and Influencing Decision Makers

Has your campaign been wandering aimlessly?  Do you know who your "target" is? Do you ever meet with administrators and leave the meeting without having made any progress?  Often times campaigns suffer because students either don't choose a target or know what one is, are targeting the wrong person, or don't know how to interact with targets to hold them accountable and work with them strategically. Come to this workshop to learn how to find your target, figure out what will influence them, and learn practical tips and techniques for meeting with administrators and getting what you want out of the meeting.

Understanding the Relations of Power

This begins with a role play that clearly demonstrates the institutional relations of power and how they are played out in real-life scenarios.  If you’ve ever wondered why you weren’t able to reach your goals in a campaign, after you had a clear plan and great events, than pay attention here!  Understanding the relations of power is critical to developing a good strategy and getting what you want!

Strategy Exercise

This session gives the participants the opportunity to use their own hands and minds to develop a strategy chart in a given situation. Participants work in groups to develop strategies, which are later presented to the group as a whole and critiqued to ensure a full understanding of how to use the chart.

Coalitions

Working in coalitions can be the most rewarding as well as the hardest part of campus organizing. This session offers time-tested guidelines for successful issue-based coalition building by addressing the various challenges they often face. Participants then have the opportunity to examine hypothetical coalition partners and learn how to develop relationships that benefit all involved.