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 |
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