Building A Comprehensive FQK Program

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Building A Comprehensive FQK Program

• Jo Jackson and
• Rob Carey
• Alpha Beta Chi Chapter
• Pima Community College

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Overview

• What is a Comprehensive Program?
• Elements of a Comprehensive Program
• ABX 2003 Service Hallmark An Example
• Finish Strong

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What is a Comprehensive Program?

• A comprehensive program should be one that
  includes a diverse combination of activities that
  involve the chapter, the college campus, the
  community and the region.
• In the past, comprehensive meant four or more
  activities focusing on the particular Hallmark
  Program.

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Elements of a Comprehensive Program

• Start with a vision
• Plan early
• Three Cs and an R
• Plan smart, not hard
• Build a team
• Involve advisors

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Start With a Vision

• If you dont know where you are going, any road
  will take you there. Chinese Proverb
• Vision A dream for the future
• By years end, what do you want to accomplish?
• Pursue excellence
• Anything worth doing is worth doing well.
• What do you want to learn and accomplish?

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Plan Early

• Early planning is essential to a successful
  comprehensive program
• Use Phi Theta Kappa programs to develop a plan
  that reflects your vision and goals
• Develop realistic activities that meet needs
• Develop a timeline for completing events

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Three Cs and an R

• A comprehensive program includes activities that
  reach out to
• Chapter
• College
• Community
• Region

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Plan Smart, Not Hard

• Set your goals.
• Involve everyone in goal setting.
• Goals are the specific steps you take to help you
  fulfill your vision.
• Plan activities that will create your
  comprehensive program.
• Double, triple or quadruple dip
• Make an activity count for more than one Hallmark

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Plan Smart, Not Hard

• Goal Setting
• Simple Unmistakably clear about needs to be
  done
• Measurable Allows you to know you are making
  progress
• Accountable Assign responsibility to one or
  more people
• Realistic Make sure you have a do-able deed.
• Timely Specify when the goal is to be achieved.

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Build a Team

• Recruit members who have an interest in specific
  program activities.
• Use chapter meetings to announce chapter programs
  at the beginning of the year.
• Use new member orientations to recruit new member
  participation in chapter activities.

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Build a Team

• Use chapter newsletter to remind members of
  upcoming activities and opportunities to get
  involved.
• Use chapter e-mail to recruit members who are
  still thinking about it.

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Involve Your Advisors

• It makes them feel needed.
• Let planning and implementation serve as
  opportunities for chapter members and advisors to
  get to know each other.
• Consult with your chapter advisors to get their
  input. Actively involved advisors are a
  tremendous source of ideas and they often have
  connections that you dont.

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ABX 2003 Service Hallmark An Example

• Develop a Vision
• To improve the lives of those less fortunate and
  through these efforts, to give ourselves.
• This vision became the thesis sentence for our
  Service Hallmark Essay

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ABX 2003 Service Hallmark An Example

• Plan Early (Activities from Service Program)
• Prevention
• Speakers Bureau
• Great American Smokeout
• Fundraising
• Relay for Life Entertainment Sub-committee
• Relay for Life Team
• Collaboration with Beta Omicron at Four Corners
  Honors Institute
• Service
• Touched by Cancer Support Group
• Visit to UMC Pediatric Oncology Unit
• Advocacy
• ACS Action Network

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ABX 2003 Service Hallmark An Example

• Plan Early (Activities Outside Service Program)
• Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon
• Voter Registration
• 4th R Program
• 5th Grade Visitation

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ABX 2003 Service Hallmark An Example

• Three Cs and an R
• Chapter
• ACS Speakers Bureau
• ACS Action Network
• Relay for Life Team

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ABX 2003 Service Hallmark An Example

• Three Cs and an R
• College
• Touched By Cancer Support Group
• Great American Smokeout
• Voter Registration
• 4th R Program
• 5th Grade Visitation

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ABX 2003 Service Hallmark An Example

• Three Cs and an R
• Community
• Relay for Life Subcommittee
• UMC Pediatric Oncology visit
• Stand For Children Day
• Voter Registration
• 4th R Program
• 5th Grade Visitation

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ABX 2003 Service Hallmark An Example

• Three Cs and an R
• Region
• Collaboration with Beta Omicron Chapter
• Selling bags/suns, moons at Four Corners Honors
• Other AZ Region chapters participated at same
  time
• Relay for Life
• Other AZ Region chapters participated in their
  communities to help reach the same goal

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ABX 2003 Service Hallmark An Example

• Set Your Goals
• Touched By Cancer Support Group
• S Organize and facilitate a cancer support group
  on the West Campus
• M Group will meet twice a month for one hour
• A Judith Judith and Cynthia Wolff will
• Arrange a regular meeting place and time and post
  fliers
• Invite expert speakers and facilitators
• Arrange for chapter members to open each meeting
• R Group will be open college and Tucson
  communities
• T Group will meet through the end of the school
  year

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Finish Strong

• You worked hard and deserve recognition.
• You spent time building a comprehensive program,
  take the time to write outstanding Hallmark Award
  applications.
• The awards dont always go to the big chapters,
  they go to the chapters that submit the best
  Hallmark Award applications.
• Always pursue excellence!

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