The finale of "The Seminars"

On February 25th 2017 we embarked on the last day of seminars. The keynote speaker this morning was Jeremy Poincenot and he was diagnosed with LHON which is a genetic disease in which you lose central vision. It is incurable. The way this man looked at life entirely regardless of his problems was incredible and eye opening.

His presentation was titled "When Fraternity Really Matters"

He explained how his fraternity brothers helped him and his family from time to time and still as of today. He asked us to think of the following three things for our lives

1) Each one of us has the power to change someone's life
2) Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle
3) focus on the good

Following these three different perspectives will go a long way throughout each day.


My 1st seminar for the day was called "Tradition-Smhadition: Why the world needs creative leaders" ~ Jinahie

This session was a very realistic perspective on leaders in our community and fraternity/sorority life.

She explained there is the traditional leader who goes by delegation and consistent order, and doesn't allow ideas to be fully thought and considered

Then there is the creative leader who allows everyone to be heard and able to have a chance at their idea becoming a reality. This leader is a very positive optimistic one.

Traditional leaders tend to kill creativity and that is a huge problem, creativity is the ability to have different perspectives.

Traditional leadership has it that I am the leader and I have all the ideas, and I will delegate everything and you will go make my vision happen.

Creative leaders also do not gain followers but they instead create more leaders because they are empowering other people to step up by having their ideas heard.


 The 2nd seminar was titled "Roberts Rules Presentation and how to make it more effective in the chapter"

Essentially I am already familiar with Roberts rules as my chapter is also. There was some interesting questions from the room though on how to answer and or handle certain situations and I was able to respond thoroughly for that individual with the question.

I learned some new things, but most of it I had known already. The presenter was very good though on the other hand.

My 3rd seminar was titled "Be an action her: The 4 traits of High Impact Leaders"

Justin Jones was probably one of the most enthusiastic presenters at the entire conference. He knew how to connect with the audience between being serious and a comedian. His presentation was very solid and impactful overall. I thoroughly enjoyed his interaction with the crowd and he has bars for dayssssss.

He presented the audience with the 4 traits and analyzed each critically.

 The 4th seminar was titled "All Leadership Is Social"
This one was rather interesting and not exactly what I was expecting to get out of it. Essentially it was like tips to get people to open up to you which is great so you can connect with the individual.

The discussion was entirely based a phrase known as Social Excellence

MB Also got the Phillipi Award at the banquet later that night. It goes without saying her hard work is always being recognized.