When I first found out that we had to go to two conferences I wasn't too excited to go. I didn't want to give up most of my weekend to go to something that I didn't want to go to. But, it was something that I committed to doing so I went.
The first conference was the Peer Mentor one. We were required to go to two sessions so I chose the only two times that worked for my schedule. The first session I went to was about strengths, learning what your strengths are and the strengths of the people that you are mentoring and how that affects your team. A lot of what they talked about resembled the MBTI talk that we had the day before. Although it was close to the MBTI talk, I still was able to take a few things out of it. They really hit on the importance of learning how each strength affects different situations and how to work as a team. It really made me excited for when the first year students take the MBTI test so that as a mentor I will have a better understanding of how our section can work as a team.
The second session I went to was about social media. This session I didn't take as much away from as the first one. They talked a lot about how they had used social media to promote their group. As Hixsons, thats not what we really use social media for. We use it as a way to communicate and encourage all of the other Hixsons around us. We aren't asking for likes, or follows, because it is already prestigious on its own.
The next conference was ISLE, or the Iowa State Leadership Experience. I had to work all morning so I missed around half of the conference but I was still able to attend four sessions during the afternoon. My favorite session I went to was what color is your brain. Although it also was like our MBTI talk it put a new perspective on it. They talked about how the brain is split into four quadrants and how we use all of them but we favor one of them. The color that I favor is blue. Blue is all about numbers and being organized. This pretty much sums up most of who I am and I was satisfied of how they did it.
Although I originally wasn't excited for last weekend, it turned out to be a good learning experience and I am glad that I was forced to go.
I believe the friday learning sessions were surprisingly beneficial as well. I went to the Dean of student session and learned so much about resources that can beneficial to new students. Im also sorry that you missed some of the concert however I was able to purchase the book if you wanted to borrow it some time. Just let me know!
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ReplyDeleteI am glad you got something out of the conferences. I actually love conferences and I think they are a great time to network and learn new information. While it was a bit inconvenient to have two conferences two days in a row, there were some really good sessions.
I also enjoyed the true colors session. I had seen that material presented before but it was good to be refreshed on the material. I thought there could have been some more activities to help further enforce the information. I would recommend when you are leading class next semester to make sure that you incorporate interactive parts to keep the class more interested, especially at the beginning.
Joshua
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