Student Ambassador First Workshop

This first workshop took place at the MIAA Office in Franklin. Harvey Alston, the speaker who the Student Advisory Committee members saw at the conference in Indianapolis spoke for the opening and closing sessions of the event. As a member of the Student Advisory Committee, we networked with other Student Ambassadors about ideas that they have regarding the Student Ambassador Program. We helped one of the presenters, Deb Hult, during her workshop session. Everyone was assigned a contact person in a school or area near them so that we may create a better support system and be able to bounce ideas off of on another. We were given our first assignment; we were told to think of the most important issue in our school and to brainstorm how to change it. We were to check in with each other after about two weeks to see how each person is doing. Deb brought up the interesting point of, so we are Ambassadors.. so what? What legacy will we leave behind? An interesting concept that inspired several of us to jump-start and double our efforts.

Student Advisory Committee member Megan wrote, "The Leadership Workshop proved to be an intimate and productive meeting. Not many students attended; however this gave me the opportunity to get to know some of them better, while the atmosphere remained personal with the speakers. After attending this meeting, I feel that I have a better understanding of what my role is as a student ambassador, and I am more conscious of my influence on people as I strive to make it a positive one more and more each day."