According to Beebe and Masterson

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Overview

• Group Introduction
• Our Cause
• Meeting a Community Need
• Goals and Mission Statement
• Communication Methods
• Final Project
• Summary

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Students Supporting Pediatric Brain Tumor
Research isStudent Names
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Our Causeto raise money and awareness for
helping to improve the odds for so many children!
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Run of Hope Seattle for the Pediatric Brain Tumor
Research Fund

• Run of Hope Seattle is a 5k run / 3k walk event
  that takes place on September 25, 2011 in Seward
  Park. Its purpose is to raise money for
  scientific research of pediatric brain tumors and
  potential treatments. Run of Hope delivers 95 of
  all proceeds to the
• Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Fund.

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Group Goals and Mission Statement

• In order to develop a group project with a
  successful outcome, we devised a list of
  achievable goals and developed a strong mission
  statement.

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Goals

• Reach out to the community via electronic media
  to raise awareness for pediatric brain tumor
  research
• Meet biweekly and email/correspond weekly
• Contact 80 companies to obtain corporate
  sponsorships
• Reach 30 Facebook friends

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According to Beebe and Masterson a team should
have a clear and elevating goal (Communicating in
Small Groups, Principles and Practices pg 106).

• Define Goals gt Create a Mission Statement

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Beebe Mastersons SMARTS Test (Communicating
in Small Groups, Principles and Practices pg 106)

• S Specific Goal (what do you wish to
  accomplish?)
• M Measurable Achievement (can you gauge
  progress?)
• A Attainable (is the goal realistic?)
• R Relevant (does the goal meet needs?)
• T Time Bound (can it be completed in the
  allotted time?)
• S Stretch the Team (does it challenge you?)

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Our Mission Statement

• Students Supporting Pediatric Brain Tumor
  Research is comprised of concerned individuals
  that have come together with the goal of raising
  community awareness and obtaining corporate
  sponsorship for Run of Hope, which raises funds
  for pediatric brain tumor research.

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• Practices of Dialogue
• Like the inner-workings of a clock, the four main
  practices outlined in William Isaacs Dialogue
  need to be used together in order to create a
  flowing dialogue.
• When you express them together, you experience
  balance, resilience, strength, life. When one or
  more are absent, conversations are less whole,
  less effective they feel dead (80).
• Keeping these principals in mind, our group was
  able to be effective by 1) listening not only to
  ach other, but to ourselves as well, 2)
  respecting each other and honoring each others
  boundaries, 3) suspending our opinions and being
  open to others, and 4) speaking up and accepting
  each others voice.

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Group Meetings

• Students Supporting Pediatric Brain Tumor
  Research group members utilized many virtual
  spaces to conduct meetings when we were unable to
  meet face to face.
• We emailed one another frequently to conduct
  group conversations, assign tasks, and check
  progress.
• We also used the free internet calling service
  Skype for live teleconference meetings, which we
  scheduled in advance and took turns facilitating
  according to the guidelines in
• Facilitation at a Glance!

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Our Pocket (sized) Protector

• Students Supporting Pediatric Brain Tumor
  Research group members relied on Chapter 7,
  Meeting Management, to organize our electronic
  and teleconference meetings. The section titled
  Facilitating Teleconferences, beginning on page
  130, was vitally important to our meeting
  process, as was the portion covering creation and
  sharing of meeting agendas.
• We found that without predetermined meeting
  agendas, our teleconferences were virtually (pun
  intended) impossible and readily adapted to using
  the Pocket Guide to help bring order and
  efficiency to our meetings.

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Communication within the Group about the Project

• In order to share ideas and information, Students
  Supporting Pediatric Brain Tumor Research group
  members used a web site called Evernote.com.
• It allowed us to post and share meeting field
  notes, distribute research findings, edit ongoing
  projects, and collaborate effectively in a
  collective workspace.
• All members could access works in progress and
  easily contribute to the project.

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Our Final Project Comes Together

• Through our groups communication, cooperation,
  and collaboration, the pieces of our project came
  together to meet our end goals. Not only were we
  able to raise community awareness through
  Facebook and Twitter, we were also able to reach
  out to 80 companies asking for corporate
  sponsorships.

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Obtaining Corporate Sponsorship

• May 30, 2011
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• Dean Edith M. Wollin
• North Seattle Community College
• 9600 College Way North
• Seattle, WA 98103
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• Dear Dean Edith M. Wollin
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• Recently a small group of North Seattle Community
  College students joined forces to form Students
  Supporting Pediatric Brain Tumor Research. Our
  focus is to raise community awareness and obtain
  sponsorships for the Run of Hope Seattle an
  event created by the Pediatric Brain Tumor
  Research Fund and Four Seasons Seattle.
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• Brain tumors are the deadliest form of childhood
  cancer. Each year 3,750 children 10 each day
  are diagnosed with a pediatric brain tumor in the
  United States 76 percent of these children are
  under the age of 15. Research that focuses
  specifically on pediatric brain tumors is crucial
  to saving these young childrens lives, and we
  are lucky to have an organization right here in
  our own backyard working hard toward that goal.
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• The Run of Hope Seattle is a one-day event where
  family, friends, and community come together to
  raise funds and awareness in the battle against
  brain tumors. Since its inception in 2009, the
  Run of Hope Seattle has raised more than half a
  million dollars 95 of which went straight to
  the Seattle Childrens Hospital and The Pediatric
  Brain Tumor Research Fund to fight against brain
  tumors.
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• Our group is happy to be supporting the Run of
  Hope by reaching out to local businesses and
  asking for their assistance. As a highly
  regarded member of our community, we would like
  to ask for your support in the 2011 Run of Hope
  Seattle. In return for your generosity of 500
  or more, The Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Fund
  and Seattle Childrens Hospital will display your
  company logo on the Run of Hope Seattle website,
  recognizing you for your charitable contribution
  to such a great cause.
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• If you are interested in being a sponsor or just
  contributing a small donation to this amazing
  cause, please donate through Firstgiving at the
  email address link below. We will work with you
  to get your company information so to ensure your
  company is properly recognized for its
  contribution.
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• Our team decided to draft a letter that explained
  our mission and requested contributions to an
  event that raises funding for pediatric brain
  tumor research.
• Working with the organizers of the event, we were
  able to offer logo or company name placement on
  the event advertising and fundraising materials
  as incentive for potential donors, as a way for
  them to connect their business name to a worthy
  cause within the community.

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SPONSORSHIP REQUESTLIST

• 24 Hour Fitness in Northgate
• AM Imports in Bellevue
• Amber Restaurant Belltown
• Amore Infused Belltown
• Archestone Belltown
• Be Luminous Yoga South Lake Union
• Bean City Coffee Co
• Bellevue Kawasaki 
• Bill Pierre Chevrolet in Lake City
• Bill Pierre Ford in Lake City
• BMW Seattle
• Café Ladro (Bothell)
• Café Ladro (Seattle)
• Capital Grille (Seattle)
• Capital Hill Flower and Garden
• CB Richard Ellis
• Chocolopolis in Queen Anne
• Clark Kjos Architects
• Culinary Essentials in Bellevue

Laurelhurst Family Medicine Lexus of Bellevue
Margaret OLeary U-Village Mercedes-Benz of
Bellevue Midnight Blossom in Seattle Mithun
Co. Mortenson Construction Nordstrom Northgate,
Bellevue, Downtown North Seattle Community
College Northwest Eye Surgeons NW Family Care
Center Olympic Medical Center One Sky Wellness
Associates Patrick's Fly Shop of Seattle Purple
Restaurant Group Rainin Ribs BBQ Smokehouse
Retina Consultants of Seattle Rosaline Hampton
Salon in Bellevue Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in
Bellevue Seattle Healing Arts Seattle Seaplanes
Sellen Construction Shiku Sushi in Seattle
Spartas Pizza Spaghetti House The Ballinger
Clinic The Polyclinic (4 locations) The Sports
Medicine Clinic Tumor Institute Radiation
Oncololgy Group Turner Construction Upton
Family Medicine UW Medicine Radiation Oncology
(2 locations) ViaVita Cafe and Wine Bar in
Bellevue Washington Motorcycle Road Racing
Association Whats Next Media Seattle Wild
Ginger (Seattle) Zimmer Gunsul Frasca

• Each group member was assigned to research twenty
  generous local businesses and health care
  providers to whom they submitted donation request
  letters.

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First Giving Donations Page
New corporate sponsors are directed to donate at
Students Supporting Pediatric Brain Tumor
Researchs First Giving web page.
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Raising Community Awareness With Social Media

• Facebook Page

• Our Facebook page was used to post updates,
  articles, and links to information about
  pediatric brain tumor research and Run of Hope
  Seattle. Our goal was to encourage participation
  in the event, increase donations, and spread the
  word about ongoing treatment research.

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Raising Community Awareness With Social Media

• Twitter Feed

• We created a Twitter feed to remind our
  followers to register for and donate to Run of
  Hope Seattle. In addition, it shares Tweets from
  the organizers of Run of Hope and Seattle
  Childrens Hospital.

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Project Summary

• Achieved goals by meeting and communicating
  regularly
• Overcame obstacles by relying on both teamwork
  and individual strengths
• Learned how to communicate in group setting while
  overcoming apprehensions about working in groups
• Helped raise awareness within the community for
  childhood brain tumor research

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The End

• Works Cited
• Beebe, Steven A., and John T. Masterson.
  Communicating in Small Groups Principles and
  Practices. Boston, MA Pearson/Allyn and Bacon,
  2006. Print.
• Isaacs, William. Dialogue and The Art of Thinking
  Together. New York, NY Doubleday, a division of
  Random House, Inc., 1999. Print.
• Bens, Ingrid, Dan Picard, and Carol Tornatore.
  Facilitation at a Glance! a Pocket Guide of
  Tools and Techniques for Effective Meeting
  Facilitation. Salem, NH Goal QPC, 2008. Print.