Sunday, July 21, 2019

Conference Check-in - Palm Court Ballroom, Mayflower Hotel
When you first arrive, stop by the conference registration table to check-in, pick up your conference packet, and sign up for group dining.

Monument Walk (an informal Excursion for early arrivals) 
Optional & No Tickets Required 

Conference Committee Member Sarah Smith will lead attendees for a walk to see DC’s monuments and historic buildings along the National Mall. Please meet in the lobby of the Mayflower Hotel. 

New ACSN Member Welcome with ACSN leadership
Mezzanine of Mayflower Hotel

Welcome Reception and ACSN Conference Kick-off
Mezzanine of Mayflower Hotel

Group Dinners (various locations)
Enjoy a night out in DC with fellow conference attendees. Sign up for dinner reservations during the Kick-off Reception. All selected restaurants are within walking distance or a short cab or Uber ride from the hotel.

(This meal is not included in conference registration.)

Monday, July 22, 2019

Morning Walk & Run Club (Optional) | Meet in the lobby of the Mayflower  Led by Johnathan Luster and Kristine Thody

Conference Check-in / Swag Table Drop-off | Palm Court Ballroom
If you are just arriving, stop by the conference registration table to check-in and pick up your conference packet. Drop off a swag item from your school for the annual swag swap table.  Throughout the conference, listen for your number to be called (on the back of your name tag) to “shop” the swag table.

Official Conference Welcome  | State Ballroom
ACSN President Kristine Thody and 2019 Conference Co-Chairs Kate Schuster and Michael Steelman will officially welcome attendees to D.C. and the 14th annual gathering of those providing career services to alumni.

Opening Keynote:

"Flashes of Genius - Learning the Art and Science of Creativity"

The standard view of creativity is one of constant brainstorming punctuated by sudden flashes of genius - it is not something you can be intentional or methodical about. This talk will disprove this, explain how flashes of genius actually happen and provide ways any creator can increase their odds of having one. The talk is based on two years of research for Gannett's book The Creative Curve (June 2018, Penguin Random House). As part of this process, he interviewed dozens of the world's leading creatives such as celebrity chefs, multi-platinum musicians, billionaire entrepreneurs, and fine artists. In addition, he talked to the leading scientists and academics who study the field. Based on this, he found four patterns—The Four Laws of Creative Curve—that all creatives engage in. These laws are not only scientifically valid, but can be followed by any aspiring creative. This talk will give a sneak peek into Gannett's research and a look at how you can leverage it.

Allen Gannett, Chief Strategy Officer and Executive VP, Corporate Development at Skyword; and Author, "The Creative Curve" 
(a free copy of Allen's book will be provided for all registrants).

Break

Round Table Discussions | State Ballroom

 (Two sessions with same table topics both sessions)

TOPIC 1: IMPACT                                                                                 
How to Create a Bespoke Mentoring Program in Ten Steps           
Dee Kayalar, University of San Diego

University of San Diego has partnered with PeopleGrove to offer an agile and robust mentoring solution that allows alumni, students, parents, and faculty to share career advice, professional opportunities, and access to resources for professional development. The presentation is intended to offer guidelines and best practices to plan, design, and market a successful collegiate mentoring program in just ten steps.  

TOPIC 2: INNOVATE                                                           
Leveraging a collaboration-based approach to scale digital career programming
Katrina Ward, University of California and
Deanna Berg, University of California  

Meeting the diverse career needs of alumni can be a challenge! Do you feel that despite offering really interesting programming you still need data to underscore the value of alumni career services in deepening the alumni connection to your university? Learn how the University of California leveraged a collaborative, network-driven approach to create and deliver an innovative virtual career series. This interactive discussion will introduce you to the UC Virtual Career Series, an online alumni career initiative which engaged 10 different campuses and their alumni. From project planning and gaining buy-in to identifying speakers and measuring learning outcomes, this roundtable discussion will explore tangible tips and resources to help you launch, grow or scale your online career programming for alumni. Discussion leaders will also showcase how the data collected through this project is helping to inform ongoing strategies along with ways this information may provide valuable insights for your campus. 

TOPIC 3: INFLUENCE                                                                   
Campus Partner Engagement
J.J. Slager, Miami University of Ohio

Discussion will focus on growing alumni career partnerships with colleges, academic departments, the career center, and other campus divisions.  At Miami, we have had success building a Council of Alumni Relations Liaisons to help support all alumni activities in addition to an alumni careers committee that brings in other career-focused campus partners to help steer programming.  We will work together to identify key potential campus partners and then to develop strategies to use those partnerships to advance an alumni careers mission. 

TOPIC 4: INNOVATE                                                                               
Pre-tirement and Beyond! Moving into the Next Phase of Your Professional Life for your Clients and Yourself                             
Margie Cherry, Lafayette College

Are you (or your clients) contemplating the idea of retirement? Lucky you! But what does the new reality of retirement look like? While some of us may retire to a life of morning surf lessons and afternoon margaritas, many of us must continue to work in one form or another, while others will choose to continue working, but perhaps in a different capacity. Retirement may not mean the end of your professional life, but rather an opportunity to reinvent your professional identity. You might dream of working on your own terms as a consultant or an entrepreneur, or explore a completely new field. Equine therapy? Coffee farming? Canasta coach? Whatever change you or your clients are contemplating, you must begin to plan for what that post-traditional-employment-time will look like. We call this preparation phase “pre-tirement”. This is NOT a financial discussion, but rather a time to discuss, explore, and plan for the myriad of possibilities that await us when we choose to step off the traditional-work track to craft our new professional identity!  Come ready to share ideas.

TOPIC 5: IMPACT
What Recipe for Success Will You Be?
Paul Pausky, Texas A&M

A significant percentage of alumni seeking help know they want a job, but they lack focus on the particular type of work they wish to pursue. We have developed an approach to help identify, explore, and pursue work in both the advertised and the ‘hidden job market’ drawing from a universal life experience in their family Kitchen. The approach has proven applicable regardless of field of study or depth of experience; and directly relates with domestic as well as international job seekers. This approach is a framework for one-to-one career advising conversations and it is easily applicable for classroom presentations addressing career exploration or for presentations to our area networking groups. 

TOPIC 6: INFLUENCE
LinkedIn Resistance: Helping Alumni Overcome a Reluctance to Network Online
Christine Valenza Shin, Barnard College

Resistance is futile -- or is it? Alumni of all ages and career stages can be reluctant to fully engage with LinkedIn, or report feeling overwhelmed by aspects of the platform. Whether put off by invitations to connect before they even create an account, feeling hesitant to complete a profile if they are not sure of their current career goals, or just having a general aversion to networking, resistance can be encountered in alumni advising sessions as well as in workshop and webinar settings. Learn approaches for helping to break through this resistance and make LinkedIn easier to navigate for alumni. Share your own tips for helping alumni make LinkedIn a manageable part of their career and professional development.   

TOPIC 7: IMPACT
Launching a Student-Alumni Mentor Program
Cassie Burns, Rollins College

At Rollins College, a small liberal arts institution, a new program has been launched that is truly a win-win for various stakeholders across campus: the Career Champions Mentor Program. This student-alumni mentor program pairs students with alumni professionals working in their field of interest for long-term, formalized mentorship support. Heading into its third year, the program has built significant momentum and excitement across campus. Best practices, such as intentionally housing the program within the Career Center to be student-focused, gaining buy-in from campus collaborators, professionalizing the program with an investment in marketing and collateral, storytelling through campus roadshows, and an article spread in the alumni magazine, have helped make this program an undeniable success. Learn about the process of building a mentorship program from the ground-up, and how student-alumni mentoring can help move forward the missions of both the career center and alumni engagement office. 

TOPIC 8: INNOVATE
Womxn of Emerson: Representation and the Career Narrative
Jessica Chance, Emerson College

Young women need role models in fields (such as politics, entrepreneurship, writing and directing for theatre and film) where they are clearly underrepresented. Include race, gender identity, and culture, and there are more layers to this underrepresentation with respect to intersectionality. It is for this reason that I created Womxn of Emerson. Womxn of Emerson is now in its third year and growing as a space to educate and advocate within our student and alumni communities at Emerson. It is a virtual platform for femme-identified alumnae where they can share career stories. This roundtable will address timely conversations among industry professionals, faculty and alumni career services staff as we ask ourselves, how do we continue to provide career services to alumni and students, and incorporate our values around diversity, inclusion and equity? At Emerson, we are considering the impact of current social movements and other topics in the media on young people preparing to enter the fields of arts and communication. This roundtable will educate career professionals about the communication strategies, creativity and collaboration used to promote diverse alumni voices while educating students about career paths. Through visuals, sample profiles and Q & A, this topic will encourage brainstorming and challenging our ideas around diversity and representation. The content is applicable for career professionals that support alumni and manage alumni/student programs. Beyond the arts and communication, this virtual model and the strategies utilized can be applied to other industries and with alumni that represent several areas of diversity.  

TOPIC 9: INFLUENCE
@LifeAfterWake: Creating a Social Media Strategy for Alumni Engagement
Lauren Beam, Wake Forest University

At Wake Forest University, we have a unique model and brand for Alumni Personal & Career Development, which primarily focuses on engaging and supporting young alumni in their first 5-10 years out of college. Through the use of social media (mainly Instagram and Twitter), we have employed innovative practices to engage with and educate our alumni around navigating their personal and professional lives after college. Specifically, we have utilized alumni stories, a 30-day Instagram challenge, re-purposed online content such as expert advice columns and webinars via our social media accounts, launched Instagram TV episodes, host virtual career coaching drop-in hours, and more to connect with our alumni audience. After creating our Instagram account, we gained over 525 followers in just four months. This session would focus on our strategy and efforts at Wake Forest, and will provide tangible ideas for other colleges/universities on how they can leverage their social media and online presence to engage with and educate their alumni base.

TOPIC 10: IMPACT
Counselor, Advisor, or Coach: Which one are you? The differences, similarities and best of each approach
Ann Martin, University of Maryland University College

Although the terms counselor, advisor, and coach are often used interchangeably, they are not synonymous and the differences go far beyond that of just professional identity. In this session, we will discuss the unique distinctions of the various service delivery role, including differences, similarities, basic methodology of each. We will also review certification, training, and possible credential requirement.

TOPIC 11: INNOVATE
Counseling Away-Taking Career Counseling on the Road
Julee Bertsch, Bucknell University 

The program will be about establishing and delivering a day of counseling in various cities across the country. I will describe how to market the program and have alumni log themselves into the counselor calendar. In addition, I will discuss to leverage hotel space for appointments as well as leveraging other programs being presented by other groups.

TOPIC 12: INFLUENCE
Unmasking Career Shame: Restoring Hope through Coaching
Denise Riebman, George Washington University

Whether due to unfulfilled internal expectations or external comparisons, Career Shame, with its “what ifs” and “why not me,” can thwart career happiness.  From recent graduates to highly experienced alum, positive psychology research and resources offer easy to integrate techniques to support alumni to re-story, re-goal, and restore career flourishing.

TOPIC 13: INNOVATE
Artificial Intelligence & The Changing Job Market
Ankit Shah, The Ohio State University 

Did you know that 62% of hiring managers across industries believe that AI will change how we will work within five years?  Walmart is poised to bring thousands of robots to nearly 5,000 of its 11, 348 stores, where they will replace lower-level jobs. Accenture is predicting that AI could boost U.S. labor productivity by 35% by 2035. Productivity increases via AI does not equal an increase in jobs. What will this mean to the workforce as we know it?  Due to these new technologies in the workplace, companies will need to develop in-house training to help improve AI competencies in their employees.

Are you engaging with your alumni about this continuously changing job market? How is your department and organization thinking about AI and its impact on the workforce? As counselors, are we, preparing our clients for this changing employment landscape? If not, how can we plan to bring these types of conversation to the table? This is an opportunity to explore how we can start these conversations with our alumni and within our own organizations. 

TOPIC 14: IMPACT
How to Create an Alumni Travel Experience Around Shared Purpose and Sustainable Impact
Leslie Marmor, Miami University
Greg Van Kirk, Project X
Jeff Hittner, Project X

Alumni today are demanding experiential opportunities that grow their skills and reimagine their future. Miami University of Ohio partnered with Project X to offer a social impact adventure in Guatemala, with pre- and post- trip training and reflection. The experience included a certificate in social entrepreneurship and consulting with 4 grassroots organizations - focusing on healthcare, the environment and empowering artisan communities. During the trip, alumni ranging in age from 25 to 55 stretched out of their comfort zones, sleeping in villagers’ homes and improving their understanding of themselves and their abilities.  Project X has led more than 2,000 university students and adults on Social Entrepreneur Corps trips to Guatemala, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, and Ecuador for 13 years. Their work has earned them accolades from Ashoka to the World Economic Forum. This roundtable will explore how to build similar alumni experiences for your communities.

TOPIC 15: INFLUENCE
Common Misconceptions about Mentoring
Becky Warman, Alumnifire

Mentoring is a great concept and there is a lot of value in having alums who need guidance connect with experienced alumni for advice or help. However, many people struggle to keep mentoring efforts afloat and scale them to a meaningful level. Yes, mentoring can be a deep connection between two people that takes the shape of ongoing support. But have you ever felt like being matched with a student or an alum can feel like a blind date? At Alumnifire, we handle mentoring in a specific way and so, this roundtable will explore some popular misconceptions about mentoring. We will also address some data and research that we’ve learned on the topic.

TOPIC 16: 

Lessons from 10 Years of Alumni Mentoring

Fredrik Marø, Firsthand 

Universities everywhere are adopting online mentoring programs to engage their alumni at scale. The potential benefits to alumni, students, and the schools seem obvious, and yet a lot of new programs fall short of their objectives. In this roundtable discussion, Fredrik Marø, founder of Firsthand, will share the lessons they’ve learned in powering alumni mentoring programs at hundreds of universities over the last decade. Using data and case, studies, Fredrik will showcase the obvious and non-obvious ways to get mentoring right and highlight why God (and not the Devil) is in the details. 

Group Photo | hotel lobby

Small Group Lunches
Conference attendees are invited to explore D.C. and network with conference participants by choosing a group to go to lunch within the city.

(This meal is not included in conference registration.)

Members arrive back in the hotel  

Breakout Sessions (4 options) | 2nd Floor of the Mayflower Hotel 

Session #1: IMPACT                                                                                    Create a Robust Alumni Career Ambassadors Program & 5 Ways to Engage Alumni Online

Presented by:
Yuliya Dennis, Oregon State University
Location: Pennsylvania Room

Learn from Yuliya Dennis, OSU Alumni Career Services Director, about how to create a robust alumni career ambassadors from scratch and how to create career programs online on a small budget. Providing alumni with career support through an alumni career ambassador program is a great way to build up the engagement pipeline. Yuliya Dennis has been leading the alumni career programs for over 2 years and during that time has developed a variety of successful online career engagement opportunities for alumni. This will be a hands on session with program examples and chance to discuss in small groups. You will get to know best practices for webinars, events, campus partnerships, how to include diversity/inclusion into programming, and volunteer management and will gain insights that will help you create actionable plans, strategies, and templates. 

Session #2: INNOVATE
Advocating, Advising and Coaching Diverse Alumni Populations for Career Transitions

Presented by:
Kyle Younger, Seton Hall
Ana Kolodzinski, U.S Department of State 
Location: Georgia Room

Career transitions for diverse alumni populations present unique challenges for inclusion and career identity development. Understanding the career development dynamics of certain diverse populations often leaves these alumni in search of a professional identity and meaningful career that is shaped by their unique lived experiences. During this roundtable discussion, we will highlight characteristic career issues for specific populations, as well as share professional competencies and sensitivities that respect the unique professional, cultural and social diversity of these audiences.

Session #3: INFLUENCE
Designing Your Life
Presented by:
Matthew Temple, Kellogg School of Management 
Location: Rhode Island Room

Still trying to figure out how your career and life fit together? Ready to shake things up? Are you willing to create 3 Odyssey Plans for the next 5 years in 15 minutes? Then please join us for our Designing Your Life Workshop, presented by Matthew Temple, Director of Alumni Career & Professional Development for the Kellogg School of Management. This is not for the faint of heart. This highly interactive workshop is based on the New York Times bestselling book, “Designing Your Life,” by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans. They have taken a design thinking approach to careers and life. Design thinking is a mindset that includes radical collaboration, reframing, curiosity, mindfulness of process, and a bias towards action. Designers build their way forward; they do not wait for epiphanies on mountaintops (not that there is anything wrong with that).We will work on several exercises during the workshop. We will map your energy, to see what activities energize you and which ones drain you. How can you become more intentional about planning your week so you are not drained by Friday? We will practice radical collaboration. How can you leverage people from different walks of life to help you generate new ideas and fresh perspectives? We will create three different Odyssey Plans. When will you start that company that you have been thinking about? When will you finally hike Mount Kilimanjaro? And, what about that marathon? The workshop is great for alumni starting their careers, trying to change careers, starting a company, trying to find more balance, moving into a senior role, or contemplating retirement. In the breakout session, we will talk about the origins of the Designing Your Life workshop, training and certification, workshop deployment for alumni, and will review a couple of the exercises.  

Session #4:
Meeting Alumni Career Needs at Scale Throughout the Career Lifecycle
Presented by:
Russ Finkelstein & John Rollins, ClearlyNext
Location: TBD

How can you reach the goal of engaging alumni across geography, profession and career stage? This session is focused on reaching alums who may not know what they want, may not even realize they need help and don’t necessarily think of your office as the place to receive assistance. We will feature some accomplished Washingtonians and alumni archetypes who will share their professional narratives, where they turned for assistance, and how they did or might engage with alumni career services for help. ClearlyNext will offer strategies for deeper engagement at scale with these alums around issues of clarity, accountability, standing and emotional support.

Networking Break and Vendor Visits | Palm Court Ballroom 

Employer Panel | State Ballroom 

Topic: Inclusion and Culture

Panelists:

LaDavia S. Drane
Diversity & Inclusion | Public Policy | Amazon

Clara Landry
Federal Inclusion & Diversity Leader at Accenture Federal Services

Stephen Leach
Manager of Workforce Diversity and Inclusion at Nestle USA

Moderator: Karen Coltrane, CEO of Leadership Center for Excellence

Signature Excursion 

Dinner included

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Morning Walk & Run Club (Optional) | Meet in the lobby of the Mayflower  Led by Johnathan Luster and Kristine Thody

Breakfast and Round Table Networking  | State Ballroom

Keynote  | State Ballroom (lobby level)

"The Coming Era of Human Capital Campaigns and the Evolving Nature of Alumni Career Resources"  

The future of alumni affairs will look very different than it does today. Career services will be offered to alumni, even more so than students. Fundraising campaigns will yield to human capital campaigns that engage alumni in mentoring and career connection opportunities between students and themselves.  In his talk, Brandon will discuss this evolving dynamic and how the line between student and alumni will blur in intriguing ways, as alumni remain lifelong students of their alma maters and become involved in the education and development of current undergraduates. 

Break

Breakout Sessions (3 options) | 2nd floor of the Mayflower Hotel

Session #1: IMPACT
Innovate and Advance your Program with Data
Presented by :
Cindy Hyman, University of Denver
Melissa Turk, Carnegie Mellon
Location: Pennsylvania Room

Join Cindy Hyman and Melissa Turk for this session and learn how analyzing data can inform programming, pinpoint problem areas and identify what is effective. In this presentation and hands-on workshop, you will learn best practices for collecting, analyzing and presenting data to advance your alumni career services program.

Session #2: INNOVATE
Serving Alumni Career Changers at Scale
Presented by:
Amanda Panarese, University of Virginia
Emma Maynard, James Madison University
Erica Soultanian, Mission Collaborative
Michael Steelman, William & Mary
Latisha Taylor, Virginia Commonwealth University
Location: Georgia Room

We have all spoken with alumni who say they hate their job but have no idea what they want to do next with their career. As much as we want to support these alumni, they need a lot more than just a resume review or a 30-minute consultation. In this panel discussion, we will share effective approaches for serving alumni career changers at scale, and the benefits of doing so.

Topics for discussion:

• Who are these alumni career changers? What are some of the common archetypes?                                                                   
• What are the biggest challenges in serving these alumni? 
• Why should we prioritize serving alumni career changers?
• The power of peer-to-peer experiences - getting alumni to help one another
• The value of partnerships with third party organizations to increase capacity and deliver high-impact career change support
• Using online programs to reach alumni where they are and at scale 

Session #3: INFLUENCE
Welcome 2 the Jungle
Presented by: Jesse Ross, The Minneapolis Foundation
Location: Rhode Island Room

Any business leader knows that an organization is only as good as the people it employs. As an organization scales, this becomes more complicated than simply "hire the best people". The best teams are balanced, empathic towards one another, accountable, and open. Join Jesse Ross from The Minneapolis Foundation as he discusses the idea that there are 4 Animals that run any workplace: a lion, a flamingo, a chameleon, and a turtle!  It is true.  And each of them does things differently! What if you knew how each one operates, communicates, and works?  What if you knew that your over-bearing personality can be used as a strength? Or the fact that you are indecisive actually means you are adaptable. This workshop allows you to take some time to think through both the general strengths and weaknesses of your team, as well as the individual personalities involved. Is your team missing a vital personality type, do the appropriate accountabilities need to be established, or do they just need help understanding each other? No matter what the scenario, the Welcome 2 The Jungle Training can provide decision makers and team leaders with tools to create the best teams and supercharge their performance.  

• 11:30 a.m.

Lunch & Learn | State Ballroom

Break

Breakout Sessions (4 options) | 2nd floor of the Mayflower Hotel

Session #1: IMPACT
Closing the Mentoring Gap
Presented by: 
Anita Ponchione, George Washington University
Michael McKenzie, George Washington University
Adam Saven, PeopleGrove 
Sarah Smith, Georgetown University
Location: Rhode Island Room

Mentorship unleashes social capital and opportunity, paving the way to lifelong career success for students and alumni. The advantages of mentoring are compelling, but quality mentoring is not within everyone’s reach. This is the mentoring gap. Given the many reasons for the gap (difficulty organizing cross functionally, small staff and budgets, etc.), a new model is needed to help more students and alumni close the gap. Universities will need to leverage technology, put students and alumni at the center, personalize offerings, and simplify/consolidate resources to achieve this goal.

Session #2: INNOVATE
You are a Small Business; Developing a Strategic Plan for your Alumni Career Development Program
Presented by:
Maura Sweeney, College of Holy Cross
Location: Georgia Room

Do you find yourself pulled in a million different directions? Do you spend a lot of time in meetings that do not accomplish your goals? Do you have a hard time succinctly stating your purpose? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this session is for you. Hear the story of how the College of the Holy Cross Alumni Career Development program addressed these questions to move from reactive to proactive, and successfully navigate a decentralized career development structure. In this session, we will walk through each step of the strategic planning process and help you begin to build a strategic plan for your own campus. We will also look at methods for assessing each activity. Leave with the confidence to refine your purpose, reclaim your calendar, and effectively communicate your value to your institution.  

Session #3: INFLUENCE
A Train-the-Trainer Model for Delivering a Peer-to-Peer Career & Learning Circle Program for Alumni Clients
Presented by:
Tammy Halstead, Franklin & Marshall
Location: Pennsylvania Room

Career & Learning Circles at Franklin & Marshall College consist of small groups of alumni who gather regularly to discuss, share, and learn about topics related to career and professional development. Led by a facilitator, Career & Learning Circles can be a powerful way to provide career programming to alumni, develop an alumni community, and meet the professional development needs of more alumni. Facilitating multiple Circles to different groups of alumni each year, however, can be a challenge to valuable resources of time and money. In this workshop, learn how to develop a low-cost Career & Learning Circle program for alumni and how Franklin and Marshall College expanded their Career & Learning Circle program through a team of trained alumni peer facilitators.

Session #4:
Scaling regional career programming for young alumni without breaking the bank
Presented by: WISR
Location: New Jersey

Young alumni are often eager to engage with their alma maters, but expectations have evolved. Happy hours and networking events are expensive, and don’t deliver deep value. Alumni Career Services is in a position to convert this alumni cost center into a thriving professional development program that operates budget neutral. But how?

In this workshop, we will step through the logistics of operating high-value career reflection workshops for your young alumni in targeted cities nationally. Through nominal fees (compared to hiring a career coach) and sponsorships, it is possible to execute these events at no or minimal institutional cost.

In the past year alone, Wisr has engaged over 1,500 participants in 25+ cities through its HIGHER professional development series. Series participants report a 92/100 net promoter score, and a significant rate of successful transitions into leadership and new career opportunities. Through our 40+ University partnerships, Wisr is combining its digital community and mentorship software, with this new turn-key workshop offering.

Snack Break | Palm Court Ballroom

"Innovate, Impact, Influence" Concluding Activity | State Ballroom

Moderator: Patrick Fligge, Muhlenberg College

The Solution Room is a guided experience to help you connect the questions you have or the challenges you face to your ACSN peers who can help you find solutions that will fit your needs. Through this activity, you'll have the chance to find solutions to questions about your events, programs, strategies, or anything else on your mind. This session is also something you can copy to your own alumni networking programs to help provide the structure to induce helpful, constructive conversations among your participants. Come prepared to ask the tough questions and also with your own experiences in mind, which could prove to be the perfect solution for one of your fellow ACSN members. 

Announcement of 2020 Conference Location | State Ballroom

All School Networking Dessert Reception | State Ballroom