Building A Comprehensive FQK Program

1. Building A Comprehensive FQK Program Jo Jackson and Rob Carey Alpha Beta Chi Chapter Pima Community College

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

3. 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.

4. 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

5. Start With a Vision • “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there.” Chinese Proverb • Vision: A dream for the future • By year’s end, what do you want to accomplish? • Pursue excellence • Anything worth doing is worth doing well. • What do you want to learn and accomplish?

6. 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

7. Three Cs and an R • A comprehensive program includes activities that reach out to • Chapter • College • Community • Region

8. 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

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.”

12. 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 don’t.

13. 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

14. ABX 2003 Service Hallmark: An Example • Plan Early (Activities from Service Program) • Prevention • Speaker’s 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

15. ABX 2003 Service Hallmark: An Example • Plan Early (Activities Outside Service Program) • Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon • Voter Registration • 4th R Program • 5th Grade Visitation

16. ABX 2003 Service Hallmark: An Example • Three Cs and an R • Chapter • ACS Speaker’s Bureau • ACS Action Network • Relay for Life Team

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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 • MGroup will meet twice a month for one hour • AJudith 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 • RGroup will be open college and Tucson communities • TGroup will meet through the end of the school year

21. 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 don’t always go to the big chapters, they go to the chapters that submit the best Hallmark Award applications. • Always pursue excellence!

22. Questions & Answers