Tentative 2019 National Convention Agenda

Wednesday – July 17, 2019

Dress: Smart Business Casual

8:00 am – 5:00 pm Chapter Consultant Training  Chapter Consultants

Thursday – July 18, 2019

Dress: Sigma Alpha – Smart Business Casual

8:00 am – 10:00 am National Leadership Team Meeting National Leadership Team
12:00 pm – 6:00 pm Registration All Attendees
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Chapter Leader Training All Attendees
    1:35 pm – 2:15 pm      Accountability in Role Whether Officer or Member
     Succession and Planning
     Serving All Levels of Membership
     Portal Training
    2:20 pm – 3:00 pm      Accountability in Role Whether Officer or Member
     Succession and Planning
     Serving All Levels of Membership
     Portal Training
3:00 pm – 3:25 pm Networking Break All Attendees
3:25 pm – 4:00 pm Delegate Session Delegates (Required)
All Member Attendees Welcome
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Committee Meetings Delegates (Required)
     Ethics Committee All Member Attendees Welcome
     Leadership Committee
     Fellowship Committee
     Service Committee
     Scholarship Committee
5:15 pm – 6:00 pm Choir Practice Choir
5:15 pm – 6:00 pm Chapter Consultant and Staff Office Hours All Attendees Welcome
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Welcome Event All Attendees

Friday – July 19, 2019

Dress: Dress for Your Career

7:30 am – 5:00 pm Registration All Attendees
7:45 am – 9:00 am Leadership Breakfast All Attendees
9:00 am – 9:10 am Networking Break All Attendees
9:10 am – 10:50 am Sisterhood Symposium All Attendees
10:50 am – 11:00 am Networking Break All Attendees
11:00 am – 11:50 am Personal and Professional Development Workshops All Attendees
     Sponsor Workshop
     Art of Saying No
     Crisis Management
     Social Media
11:50 am – 12:05 pm Networking Break All Attendees
12:05 pm – 1:35 pm Scholarship Lunch All Attendees
1:35 pm – 1:50 pm Networking Break All Attendees
1:50 pm – 2:40 pm Personal and Professional Development Workshops All Attendees
     How to Earn Respect and How to Give It
     Bystander Training
     Transitions in Life and Breaking Into Your First Job
     Networking and Recruitment
2:40 pm – 3:05 pm Networking Break All Attendees
3:05 pm – 3:55 pm Personal and Professional Development Workshops All Attendees
     How to Earn Respect and How to Give It
     Sponsor Workshop
     Transitions in Life and Breaking Into Your First Job
     Networking and Recruitment
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Marketplace All Attendees
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Chapter Consultant and Staff Office Hours All Attendees Welcome
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm Choir Practice Choir
5:00 pm – 9:30 pm Dinner on Your Own – Free Time All Attendees
6:00 pm – 9:30 pm Alumnae Event All Alumnae

Saturday – July 20, 2019

Dress: Professional

7:30 am – 8:45 am Service Breakfast All Attendees
     Group Photo (Immediately following breakfast)
9:00 am – 10:30 am Chapter Congress Delegates (Required)
All Member Attendees Welcome
10:45 am – 12:00 pm Personal and Professional Development Workshops All Attendees
     Emotional Intelligence
     Being Present
     Bridging the Gap
12:00 pm – 12:15 pm Networking Break All Attendees
12:15 pm – 2:00 pm Sisterhood Luncheon All Attendees
     Keynote Speaker: Tiffany Nielsen – Special Style Event
2:00 pm – 2:15 pm Networking Break  All Attendees
2:15 pm – 3:30 pm Workshop- Stacy Nadeau  All Attendees
2:15 pm – 3:30 pm National Service Project  All Attendees
3:30 pm – 3:45 pm Networking Break  All Attendees
3:45 pm – 5:00 pm Personal and Professional Development Workshops  All Attendees
     When you Lose It
     Awkward Conversations
     Setting Yourself Up for Financial Success
5:00 pm — 5:30 pm Choir Practice Choir
6:30 pm – 9:30 pm Emerald Banquet All Attendees

Sunday – July 21, 2019

Dress: Smart Business Casual

8:00 am – 4:00 pm National Sorority Board Orientation  National Sorority Board
  • Anytime someone asks me what the best part of college was, the answer is always the same: Sigma Alpha!

    Molly Lass
  • Sigma Alpha changed my life the day I became a member because it was then that I knew wherever life took me, I could always count on finding sisterhood there.

    Alacyn Cox
  • I love Sigma Alpha for the friendships made and for the opportunities!

    Kelly Lawler
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