The draft agenda is below the comments. Please add your thoughts/comments:

- Steph R: My preliminary thoughts are that the agenda looks great - a good blend about what was good about the most recent conference and what was good about the previous model. Will be back with suggestions when i've digested it somemore.
- Sean: I love the addition of a service project! I think that could be a good point for some of the area sponsors. The only addition I'd add would be an opening night, conference-wide FUN event after the opening session. Basically, a party! It was something that was part of Chicago and I think it was GREAT! I would like us to explore breaking up opps fair time between both days? We dedicate 2 hours, but maybe we could do it over 2 days? just a thought.



Scope:

• National conference held in the spring of 2008
• Attendees are drawn to the event across geography, across perspectives, across issues, and across approach

Mission:

• IMPACT furthers social justice by providing opportunities for students, nonprofit professionals, and campus administrators to collaborate, connect, and convene a national agenda for social change

Vision:

• To provide opportunities for students, nonprofit professionals, and campus administrators to share resources, tell stories, and re-ignite a passion for justice in a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment
• To provide a collaborative platform for campus, community, and nonprofit leaders to set, engage in, and lead a national agenda for social change

Objectives:

• Provide a platform for college students to set, engage in, and lead a national agenda for social change
• Provide ways for active and engaged college students to meet, network with, and share resources with other active and engaged college students across the country
• Provide ways for nonprofit professionals across the country to meet, network with, and share resources with others working primarily with college students
• Provide ways for campus administrators across the country to meet, network with, and share resources with others working primarily with college students
• Provide ways for students, nonprofit professionals, and campus administrators to share resources, tell stories, and reignite a passion for justice in a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment

Structure:

• Heather and Abby will serve as co-chairs of a national planning committee
• A team of 6-10 individuals will serve as chairs/co-chairs of subcommittees
• Teams of 2-5 individuals will serve as members of subcommittees
• One email address (chairs@campusconference.org) will go to Heather/Abby and will be the main point of contact given on the website -- questions will be routed or responses appropriately cc'ed or bcc'ed to the proper subcommittee chair(s)

Future Plans:

• Form an organization?
• Hand off to another organization?
• Future organization could be called "IMPACT: Students Creating Social Change"

Questions:

• Should we offer an administrators' track?
• Should we offer beginner/advanced designations?
• Should we offer tracks by skill, issue, and/or dialogue?
• Should Friday Forum speakers be dependent on sponsorship, or should programming be separate from sponsorship?
• What do you think of the name of the conference?

Friday
8:00-12:00, Registration

Register folks and distribute giveaways (t-shirts, flash drives, short printed programs, etc.)

Could have Opportunities Fair open, if there is space (focus on innovative ideas and opportunities for the student base; make sure folks can get wireless access)

12:00-1:00, Lunch

Sit with regionally-based affinity groups -- introduce connections whereby students could continue working after the conference. (i.e.: Oregon, Washington, Idaho; Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi; Florida, Georgia, Alabama, etc.)

1:00-4:00, Friday Forums

Mix of student-led and facilitator-led, but driven by student-focused topics

4:30-6:00, Hunger Banquet

Oxfam will coordinate

6:30-8:00, Student Plenaries

Topics correspond to forums (Friday) or to issue groups (Saturday)
Facilitated by students and staff (pairs) around topic areas that correspond with national partners at previous session….i.e.: global justice, health care, environment, hunger awareness and prevention
Could also be an Opps Fair block

8:30-10:00, Opening Session

Student keynote, student performers, art with an educational kick – high energy, student-driven, student-led
Preserve history of student action/change movement while setting a course for a new generation

10:00 onward, Social Events and Entertainment

Organized by subcommittee

Saturday
8:00-9:00, Breakfast
9:00-10:30, Workshops

Keep this section student-led with a focus on exposing students to new ideas and new areas (with a few nonprofits)

11:00-12:30, Workshops

Keep this section student-led with a focus on exposing students to new ideas and new areas (with a few nonprofits)

12:30-2:00, Lunch

Sit in issue-based affinity groups

2:00-3:30, Workshops

Keep this section student-led with a focus on exposing students to new ideas and new areas (with a few nonprofits)

3:30-5:30, Opportunities Fair

Sponsors table (focus on innovative ideas and opportunities for the student base; make sure folks can get wireless access)

5:30-6:30, Dinner

Dine around with sponsors by issue area

6:30-8:00, Student Plenaries

Student-organized, student-led panels; topics correspond to forums (Friday) or to issue groups (Saturday)

6:30-8:00, Campus Administrators Event

Chance for sponsors to meet with admins and give them more information about programs/organizations/opportunities for students

8:00-11:00, Organized Entertainment

Organized and run by subcommittee (touring the city, entertainment, hot spots, coffeehouse, etc.)

Sunday
8:00-9:00, Breakfast and Interfaith Service

Organized and run by students

9:00-10:30, Workshops

Keep this section student-led with a focus on exposing students to new ideas and new areas (with a few nonprofits)

11:00-12:30, Workshops

Keep this section student-led with a focus on exposing students to new ideas and new areas (with a few nonprofits)

12:30-1:30, Lunch

Sit in regionally-based affinity groups with a moderator, to focus on action steps -- capitalize on connections whereby students could continue working after the conference. (i.e.: Oregon, Washington, Idaho; Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi; Florida, Georgia, Alabama, etc.)

1:30-2:15, Closing Session

Student keynote, student performers – high energy, student-driven, student-led

3:00-6:00, Optional Service Project

Blitz build or site-based project for up to 200-300 participants, depending on site(s) (must sign-up ahead of time)

6:00-onward, Celebration for Committee

Party 'til the cows come home!!

Concurrent Efforts

• Vibrant Facebook group
• Create pledges to action
• Donate to organizations via Changing the Present
• Wiki space for rideshare, idea exchange, give/get board
• Google MyMap for conference site
• Google MyMap for conference attendees (with campus/org, city, and state)
• Conference greening efforts
• "Where Are They Now?" of past conference attendees
• Continual student live-blogging leading up to, during, and after the conference
• Random surveying before and after the conference to get data on effect/impact of event
• Wiki space for registered attendees to request workshop topics
• Think about partnering with William James, Youth Venture, IdeaBlob, Razoo, etc. to collect ideas for action at the conference and ask attendees to vote after the conference