July 8th, Tuesday
6:30-8:30pm FEA Board of Directors Dinner
July 9th, Wednesday - Friendship
8:00am-12:00pm FEA Board Meeting
7:30am-12:30pm New Exec Orientation
12:00-6:30pm Registration
2:00-5:00pm Sponsor Registration
12:30-1:30pm FEA Board & New Executives Luncheon (by invite only)
2:00-4:00pm FEA Business meeting (Executives)
2:00-4:00pm Educational Sessions (Staff)
2:00-3:00pm
- Teaching fraternity chapters and colonies how to recruit
- Josh Orendi/Matt Mattson
- Teaching sorority chapters and colonies how to recruit
- Jess Gendron
- Today's Undergraduate Membership Development
Initiatives and Programs - Jeremiah Shinn
- Being an Effective Internal Consultant - Dave Westol
3:00-4:00pm
- Today's Undergraduate Membership Development
Initiatives and Programs - Jeremiah Shinn
- Rolling Out and Marketing Educational Programming - Richard Harrison Bailey Agency
- The Business Side of Fraternity and Sorority Housing - Tim Pitcher, Emperor Group
- Turning the Sleeve Inside Out: Managing Your Supervisor - Dave Westol
4:15-5:15pm General Session - Brian Gray, Media Sauce
6:15-7:00pm Reception
7:00-10:00pm Opening Banquet
6:30-10:00pm Children’s Dinner - Camp Doral
July 10th, Thursday – Professional Education
8:00-1:00pm Registration
8:15-9:45am General Session - FIPG
10:00am -12:30pm Educational Sessions
10:00-10:45am
- Volunteer Recruitment (for execs only)
- Learning and Development of Collegiate Women - Dr. Laura Osteen
- Unpacking Leadership & Leadership Development - Dr. Scott Allen
- Special Event Planning/ How to make a meeting Green - Carol McCormick, Experient
- So you lost the Dog and Pony Show – what do you do next and how do you work with the campus? - Andrea Gaspardino, Emory & Linda Wardhammar, AFA
11:00-11:45am
- Working with Board (or Bored) Members and the Board Bully/Baby (for execs only) - Dave Westol
- Understanding Campus Judicial Systems - Tony Blanton
- Leadership Development Resources - Dr. Scott Allen
- Identifying, Recruiting, and Closing the Deal on Your First Class of Members
-
Woody Woodcock and Matt Arnold
- Recruiting volunteers for local boards - Scott Mietchen
12:00-12:45pm
- Training your Board of Directors (for execs only)
- Re-engaging Alumni/Alumnae Into the Life of the Fraternity/Sorority
- Creating a Sense of Purpose Within Our Newest Chapters and Colonies -
Woody Woodcock
and Matt Arnold
- Understanding the Process of Selecting an Audit Firm - Tim Duvall, Katz Sapper & Miller, CPA
- It's All About Balance! Communicating with Members, Parents, and Alumni through Facebook, Email, Text Messaging and the Web! - Matt Hintze
9:00am-12:30pm Sponsor Registration
10:00am-4:00pm Exhibit Set Up
1:00-2:30pm Sponsors luncheon
2:30-5:00pm Sponsor Registration
2:45-3:45pm Educational sessions
- Fraternity & Foundation Board Relationships - James Owens, The Pursuant Group
- Hiring the Best - Recruiting 1st Year Staff - Brad Karsh, JobBound
- Retention Issues in Sororities
- Thinking Through Leadership Development - Dr. Scott Allen
- 23 Ways to Detect Hazing - Dave Westol
5:00-10:00pm Trade Show and Buffet Dinner
5:00-10:00pm Children’s Dinner - Camp Doral
July 11th, Friday
6:45-12:30pm Golf Tournament (The Red Course)
8:00-11:00am Tennis Tournament
9:00-11:00am Spa Outing
1:30-3:30pm Networking with Sponsors/Trade Show
3:45-4:45pm Sponsors Reception
6:30-9:30pm Section dinners
Past Presidents
Executive Directors
Staff Members
July 12th, Saturday - Advocacy
8:30-9:30am Sorority Executive Director Breakfast
8:15-9:30am Building partnerships with Higher Education Professionals
9:45-10:45am
- How to Implement a True Recruitment Coaching Philosophy within your Organization (for men’s groups execs and staff) - Josh Orendi, Matt Mattson, Phired Up
- Open Space Discussion - Training your Fraternity Consultants - Karl Grindle
- Open Space Discussion - Training your Sorority Consultants - Kelly Hurst
- Licensing, Trademarks, and Merchandise Sales - Dan Shaver, Affinity Group
- Selling the Greek Movement to Non-Greeks
11:00-12:00pm
- General Session: The future of Greek life and Higher education in the 21st Century/Proving the value of fraternity/sorority membership through assessment - Dr. Mark Frederick/Stevan Veldkamp
12:15-1:15pm
- Negotiating and Executive Employment Contract
- The Basics of Assessment - Stevan Veldkamp
- Managing to Lead, a manager’s guide to success - Brad Karsh, JobBound
- Understanding hotel contract terminology - Shannon Frank, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts
1:15-2:00 pm Buffet Lunch
2:00-3:00pm Closing FEA Business meeting
6:00-7:00pm Reception
7:00-9:30pm Closing Banquet
6:30-9:30pm Children’s Banquet – Camp Doral