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FRIENDSHIP FORCE WORLD CONFERENCE October 16-18, 2010 Washington, D.C., United States

FRIENDSHIP FORCE WORLD CONFERENCE October 16-18, 2010 Washington, D.C., United States. THEMED, MULTI-CLUB Exchanges: A New Concept and a Concrete Example. The Multi-Club Themed Exchange. The Multi-Club Themed Exchange. Theme as a way of presenting ourselves:

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FRIENDSHIP FORCE WORLD CONFERENCE October 16-18, 2010 Washington, D.C., United States

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  1. FRIENDSHIP FORCE WORLD CONFERENCE October 16-18, 2010Washington, D.C., United States THEMED, MULTI-CLUB Exchanges: A New Concept and a Concrete Example

  2. The Multi-ClubThemed Exchange

  3. The Multi-ClubThemed Exchange • Theme as a way of presenting ourselves: • Aspects of our individual culture • Our culture forms us: who we are!

  4. The Multi-ClubThemed Exchange • Theme as a way of presenting ourselves: • Aspects of our individual culture • Our culture forms us: who we are! • Theme as a way of enhancing personal connection • Diplomacy around the dining table • Themed activities NOT entertainment or diversion, BUT RATHER • Themed activities as integral to “changing the way we see the world”

  5. The Multi-Club ELEMENTof a Themed Exchange • Explore themes shared by participating host clubs • Coordinate among host clubs • Develop theme over several activities in different host clubs • Avoid duplicating activities • Use themes to emphasize who we are • AND how we got to be who we are

  6. Help for your individual Club • Get off auto-pilot • Engage members who are new or who have had limited engagement in the past • Use the theme to uncover NEW people in your community/area • Develop publicity around the theme(s) • Integrate themed and social activities

  7. The Mississippi River: Father ofWaters Mother of Inventions An 18-day multi-club themed exchange

  8. EXPLORE THE RIVER’S IMPORTANCE FOR AMERICAN Agriculture & Food, Arts & Culture, Environment, Equality & Justice, Innovation & Industry, and Westward Expansion

  9. The Ojibwe word misi-ziibi means “Great River”

  10. Day One Minnesota:Wilderness, Woods & Mills Arrive in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis & St. Paul) Welcome dinner cruise on river

  11. Day Two: Travel to Itasca Stay in Historic Douglas Lodge & Cabins Wildlife Boat Tour Free Evening! relax — hike fish — canoe Coburn’s Lake Itasca Tour

  12. Day Three Walk across the Mississippi headwaters! Stroll through virgin forest in fall colors Visit Historic Indian Cemetery Return to Twin Cities & Pioneer Cabin

  13. Day Four Mill City Museum & Mill Ruins Park

  14. Day Five Fort Snelling: Historic guardian of the Upper Mississippi Afternoon free with hosts

  15. Day Six Drive down the Great River Road Tour Historic Pickwick Mill Great River Bluffs State Park to meet Dubuque Hosts FAREWELL/WELCOME LUNCH overlooking the River Iowa: Silos & Smokestacks Optional Evening Wine tasting at Stone Cliff Winery, Dubuque

  16. Day Seven National Mississippi RiverMuseum, Dubuque, Iowa Plus 1833 log cabin, one room school, and miner’s “badger hole” Tour Matthias Ham House

  17. Day Eight Hike forested bluff trails Possible Bald Eagle sightings Afternoon free with hosts

  18. Day Nine Illinois: Cities & Prairies Drive to Grand Detour & meet Quad Cities’ hosts Tour John Deere Historic Site — Farewell/Welcome Picnic Afternoon free with hosts

  19. Day Ten Tour John Deere Harvester Works & International Headquarters Visit a working farm

  20. Day Eleven Nahant Marsh The River Music Experience

  21. Day Twelve Lock & Dam operation & river management Drive to Hannibal, Missouri Missouri: Gateway to The West

  22. Day Thirteen Mark Twain Greatest son of the Mississippi See Hannibal sites from his books “I have found there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.” — Mark Twain Drive to Pere Marquette State Park State Park

  23. Day Fourteen Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge HUGE flocks of ducks, geese, and other birds Migrate down the Mississippi flyway Lewis & Clark State Historic Site historic fort where Lewis & Clark wintered over before beginning their western exploration

  24. Day Fifteen Jefferson National Expansion Memorial & Museum of Westward Expansion Old Federal Courthouse (Dred Scott slavery decision) Basilica of St. Louis (First Cathedral West of the Mississippi)

  25. Day Sixteen St. Louis Art Museum Images of The River & the Midwest

  26. Day Seventeen Exploring St. Louis’ Gifts to the World: Ragtime, Budweiser & the Ice Cream Cone Skyline dinner cruise, Farewell Dinner

  27. Day Eighteen Leaving new, lifelong friends here in the Heart of America you bid us Fond Farewell! Until we meet again …

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