Workshops

LEGACIES OF LEADERSHIP: A STUDENT CONFERENCE

WILLITS-HALLOWELL CONFERENCE CENTER
Registration
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Downstairs Foyer, Willits Hallowell

Leadership Luncheon
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Morrison Room
An energizing and inspiring luncheon for
conference participants, accomplished alumnae, and conference presenters

Conference Sessions and Workshops
1:15 pm - 5:45 pm
The Andreola Room, Executive Board Room,
Morrison Room, and Private Dining Room

An interactive workshop on how to create and shape a substantial first impression. Focus on what it takes to introduce yourself well and to present your strengths and interests in a highly effective and memorable manner. 

MHC students and graduates face some new and tough financial realities. Many probably begin post-MHC life with considerably more debt, in the form of education loans and credit card balances, and face the prospect of an economic depression far more severe than anything experienced by their baby-boomer parents. This session will look at the challenges faced by young women who are determined to be financially independent and smart, but who have doubts about where to begin or who can help them. We will consider the ways financial planning needs to be different, both in content and delivery, for women, and explore the attitudes, beliefs, and expectations that young women have about the role of money in their lives. 

We live in a very strict gender prescribed world where we are all expected to fit into a gender box, but for many of us this is limiting. In this engaging workshop, we will start with a dialogue about what it means to fit into these prescribed boxes, followed by examining what happens when you fall out of them. This workshop will enable us as leaders to become more aware of our language and perspectives about gender that will help us to create a more inclusive community on campus and beyond. Come prepared to offer your ideas to this discussion as this workshop relies on your input. 

To be an effective leader, you must first know how to take charge of your own life. In this workshop we will consider how to set goals, establish priorities, and order schedules so that you accomplish what you want and become who you wish to be. 

How you experience Leadership outside of Mount Holyoke College may be different, but the skills you learn and practice are the same. College Student Organizations often reflect a microcosm of group dynamics, governance structures, varying leadership styles, legacies, and conflict mediation; skills essential for positive leadership. Come learn and reflect on your own leadership in student organizational settings, and make plans to transfer this knowledge beyond MHC! 

This interactive workshop led by student mentors and assistants of the Weissman Center's Speaking, Arguing, and Writing program highlights effective preparation and public speaking strategies. This session will contribute to your successes in public discussions in forums ranging from the classroom to the boardroom! 

You know where you want to go and what you want to accomplish, but you need a team to help you get there. How do you articulate a vision? How do you help your team to understand the mission and be able to communicate it to others? In this workshop we will explore how developing mission statements, talking points, and communication guidelines can help you shape the message of your initiative. 

Do you ever feel inadequate in the fight to end health problems and social inequalities? Do you ever think that Global Health is for health specialists like doctors? Well, think again…This workshop offers approaches and skills to fight for a healthier and more equitable world. Whether you are from a science, social science, humanities, or arts background, you can make a difference.  Through leadership training using a global health model, you will discover how you can be an agent of change. 

Clarify your individual leadership style and find your special leadership mantra that you can apply each and every day.  This workshop will help you discover your inner-personal guide to stay balanced and make the right leadership decisions regardless of inner or outer interference. 

This interactive session for all conference participants focuses on “Inclusive Leadership” and is meant to serve as an introduction to understanding diversity and its connection to us as leaders.  We will think together about what an ideal inclusive environment is, and then learn the 5 skills of Inclusive Leadership that will help us to get there.  These skills are a toolkit for you to apply to your communities on campus and to your future professional life that will benefit you for years to come.  If you are a leader who wants to get the most out of everyone and yourself in building truly inclusive communities, then this highly engaging workshop is for you.  Come prepared to move around and engage in dialogue with each other as we learn new skills together. 

All conference attendees are eligible for prizes that support their leadership development and celebrate their potential, accomplishments, and goals! Winners will be selected from those present at the closing ceremony.