2012 Student Leader Networking Lunch
11 AM - 1 PM
Tuesday, February 7, 2012; Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Location: Strand Union Building Room 235
The Student Leader Networking Lunch serves as a learning space for leaders across campus to come together and share what their organizations are doing well and are working hard to improve. Each organization sends one or two representatives to act on their behalf. The intimate group environment this creates allows MSU Leadership Institute facilitators to conduct a highly successful training and dialogue session aimed at increasing the productivity, visibility, member retention, and engagement of student organizations in attendance.
Past Leadership Workshops
2010 MSU Leadership Summit
Beyond Bozeman: A Celebration of Diverse Strengths and Unifying Thinking
The Summit was a day of personal leadership training, meaningful dialogue and inspiration from big thinkers in various fields. It brought together diverse majors, backgrounds and cultures of the student body to recognize these differences as unique strengths to offer a group. The day successfully linked student energy and innovation to areas of need in Montana and beyond.
Fourteen excellent guest speakers presented this year, including keynotes by Thomas Goltz offering a “Lone Wolf” view of leadership, and Josh Meyer, suggesting how leadership is possible without a position of authority. Student-led workshops highlighted how MSU students have already been inspired to work harder.
2010 ASMSU Senate Adventure
ASMSU Senate Adventure
The MSU Leadership Institute offered a day of training exclusively for ASMSU student government. Through a series of exercises and reflective leadership drills led by professional actor and performer Kent Davis, ASMSU student government officials learned how to better manage crisis, work as a team, and continue to initiate positive changes on our campus.
Student Leadership Forum I, II & III
This fun, high-quality leadership training was geared specifically towards the needs of MSU organizations. Participants expanded their knowledge in areas such as recruitment and retention, publicity, event planning, and emotional intelligence. The forums allowed students to redefine their leadership skills and strengthen their organization’s potential.
2008 MSU Leadership Summit
2008 MSU Leadership Summit. Right: Participants engage in one of many breakout sessions throughout the day
The biennial Leadership Summit sets out to jump-start citizen activism and advocacy by providing leaders the tools, training, and connections necessary to act on their passions, champion causes, generate solutions, and see real change in the world. The 2008 theme, “How will you make the world better?” was a promising day filled with inspiration and training.
Guest presenters included: Dr. Luanne Freer, founder of the world's highest medical clinic on Everest, Josh Meyer, an expert on experiential leading and team-building, Dr. Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyer, founder of Hopa Mountain, Dr. Deidre Combs, conflict resolutions skills trainer and author, and Robert Young, founder of Red Feather Development Group. Panelists and break-out sessions addressed leadership issues in campus efforts and humanitarian careers. "It was really exciting to spend the day with other movers and shakers," said Leadership Institute student associate Jen Poser, "It made me think about the aspects of leadership in a new way, recognize the complex challenges student leaders face, and feel optimistic about the power our generation has to really seek and find change."Leadership Improv Workshops
A fun take on "Whose Line is it Anyway?"
This biennial workshop is led by nationally renowned master teacher, Kent Davis. The workshop revolves around games and techniques which focus on jump-starting imagination and bringing out important soft skills needed for communication, interviewing, public speaking and more. The techniques used enable students to gain confidence in social and professional environments such as student meetings, the classroom, and other various networking situations.
Offering expert instruction, Davis brings over 16 years of professional experience in film, television and theater. Additionally, his approach balances technical excellence and fun. Kent has taught performance, improvisation and acting at workshops and seminars in Los Angeles, Philadelphia and San Diego, in the media and theatre departments at the University of California, San Diego and here at MSU.
