Leadership in SOLC

SOLC: the perfect medium for practicing leadership skills

Mike Bunch

Table of Contents
About Me
What Makes a Retreat
Most Valuable Lesson Learned

About Me
Strengths, leadership style, personality
Myers-Brigs Type Indicator- ISTJ
Harmony, Deliberative, Context, Analytical, Restorative
Ability to manage emotions and think critically
Credentials to be facilitator
HDF 413 and SOLC
HDF 416
Safe Zone Trained
Greek 101 Mentor
Judicial Board Chair in my fraternity

The Frame of a Retreat

Order of events
Contact Organization
Complete SOLC Intake Form
Research
Plan
Deliver Retreat
Closing the Retreat

Example of an Agenda
Student Organization Leadership Consultants
Sigma Kappa
Saturday March 7, 2015

3:10-3:40
Atrium 2
3:40-3:45 pm
Ballroom
3:45-4:15
Ballroom
4:15-4:30
Ballroom

Group: Sigma Kappa

Group Contact & info: Kiera Kennette
SOLC Contact: Dominic
Goal of Retreat: Values, Relationship Building, Trust exercises
# Participants: 100-120
Date: March 7, 2015
Time: 12-6 pm
Location: Memorial Union Ballroom, Atriums, Gallery, Multicultural Center
Facilitators: Dominic, West, Connor, Larry, Jake, Trent
Shadows: Brie, Mikaela, Kaylena, Mike
Advisor:
Food Requests:
Special Requests/ Needs: 4-6 pm Time of leave

Facilitator
Everyone

Notes/ Supplies needed

Waivers Sheets
Pens

12:20-12:35 pm
Ballroom

Posse Up (Rock, Paper, Scissors)

N/ A

12:35-12:50 pm
Ballroom

People To People

N/ A

12:50-12:55 pm
12:55-1:25 pm
Gallery

Split Participants into 4 groups (Each group will rotate from room to room)
Group Contract (Discussing Values)
Dominic/ Mikaela
Markers
Construction paper
Tape
Writing Notes
Brie/ Jake/ Larry
Pens
Note paper
Brown paper bags
Lunch
Everyone
Pens
Note paper
Pipes
Mike/ West
Pipes
Blindfolds

1:30-2:00 pm
Ballroom
2:00 2:30 pm
Ballroom
2:35 3:05
Atrium 1

Connor/ Trent

Have Everyone Come Back Together

Stepping Stones & Debrief
Joining Links & Closing

Handouts:

Retreat Agenda:
Time/ location
Topic/ Activity
12:00-12:10 pm Signing Waivers
Ballroom
12:10-12:20 pm Introduction
Ballroom
Facilitators
Goals
Challenge by Choice
Nice Notes

Toilet Paper Activity/ Personal Questions

General Supplies Check list:

! Construction Paper
! Waivers
! Pens
! Markers
! Pipes (Tubes)
! Blind Fold
! Tape (Blue Tape)/ Scotch Tape
! Stepping Stones
! Brown Paper Bags
! Colorful Note Paper
! Toilet Paper
! Bucket of Questions

Dominic

Bucket w/ questions
Toilet paper

Stepping Stones
Tape
Group Contracts
Tape

What transpires at a Retreat

Activities
Briefing
Icebreaker
De-inhibitizer
Initiatives
Debriefing

Closing

How to facilitate
Your role is to lead the group from the start to the end of
the activity by using:
Skills and Strengths
Relational Leadership
Note on inclusivity

Experiential Learning
Challenge by Choice

Reflect
What and Gut
What happened? What did we do?
What was the plan? How did it
develop?
Who helped? What did they do?

Apply
So What and Now What
What did this activity mean? How did
it help us? What did we learn?
Can we apply this to a current
situation? Any real-world examples?

What did the team do?

How were decisions made? Was it

effective and would you do it again?

What were the problems and how did

it feel to be tasked with them?

How can you use what was learned

outside of the retreat?

How was the team organization and/or

the management of resources?

How will you act next time this

happens in the future?

Experiential Learning Model

Closing the Retreat

Gather the group back together to deliver the closing
Evaluations
Give proper materials to the organizations Executive
Board and the Group Contact
Keep and file all records
Return all other materials

Most Valued Lesson:

Inclusivity
There are two statements about human beings that are
true: that all human beings are alike, and that all are
different. On those two facts all human wisdom is founded.
-Mark Van Doren

Citations
Experiental Learning model
Tuckmans 5 stages
Wilson model
URI SOLC
GRABBS