MURFREESBORO — MTSU
students looking to turn their passions into careers are invited to the
Nonprofit & Social Innovation Student Summit scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to
2:30 p.m. Friday, April 4, at the Business and Aerospace Building.
Organizers say the summit targets students who:
- Have passion for helping
others and want to find jobs that expect it.
- Are excited by the
challenge of solving community and global problems.
- Have ideas about how to do
things differently and better.
- Want to work, not just to
make a living, but for something more.
- Want to meet other
students who are driven help others or want to solve today’s challenges.
- Are curious about learning
about the nonprofit and social innovation sector.
Dr. Leigh Anne Clark, who teaches a nonprofit management
class and is a key organizer for the event, said about 175 students have
registered thus far, exceeding expectations.
“The purpose of the summit is to inspire people to take
something that they’re interested in and run with it,” Clark said, adding that
the speakers will also tell students “the skill sets that they’re needing to
work in these areas.”
The summit is free for MTSU students, with
the first 125
students to register receiving a complimentary lunch. Students may still
register at http://MTSUStudentSummit.eventzilla.net.
The event is being hosted by the Jones College of Business
and the College of Liberal Arts in partnership with the departments of
Management and Marketing, Business Communication and Entrepreneurship, and
Speech and Theatre (Organizational Communication).
The schedule is as follows:
Session I — (9:10-10:05
a.m.) Students choose one of the following:
• BAS 272 – “Becoming
a Nonprofit Leader” by Meagan Flippin, president and CEO of United Way
of Rutherford and Cannon Counties and an MTSU alumna
• BAS 274 – “Networking: How
to Network and Get Results” by Jennifer Seratt, Principal, Provident
Consulting, Inc.
Session II
(10:20-11:15 a.m.) Students choose one of the following:
• BAS 272 – “Thinking
Strategically in Your Organization and About Yourself” by Ronni Shaw, director,
Rebecca and Jennings A. Jones Foundation
• BAS 274 – “Social
Business: Thinking Beyond the Nonprofit Box” by Rachel Wilson, Ph.D.,
MTSU Entrepreneurship professor and guest speaker
Session III
(11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.) — “Current
Issues & Trends in the Nonprofit Sector (Q&A)” in the State Farm
Room. Speakers include:
• Lewis Lavine, executive director, Center for
Nonprofit Management
• Chris Truelove, executive director, Special Kids
• Lyn Knopf and Pam Eldridge, co-founders, Connexon
Partners
• Michelle Kelley, A Soldier’s Child Birthday
Foundation
Session IV
(12:45-1:30 p.m.) — Keynotes: “We Did It—So Can You” in the State Farm
Room. Speakers include:
• Tasha French Lamley, founding executive director, “The
Contributor” (street newspaper in Nashville)
• Amy Alexander, L.M.F.T., co-founder and executive director,
The Refuge Center for Counseling
Clark noted that the
keynote speakers "are people who had an idea and made it happen.”
Session V
(1:40-2:30 p.m.) — Nonprofit Career Strategy Circles in BAS 262, BAS 264.
Students will take their ideas fueled by inspiration from
the previous speakers, and create a personal action plan for taking steps to
reach their career goals to work in a specific area.
Students will select a small group facilitated by a community
leader who will assist them with creating plans. The “strategy circle” may
remain in contact electronically to provide support, accountability, and ideas
for how each member of the circle can reach their goals.
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