Schedule
We've got big plans for 2014; keep checking back here for future updates to the schedule.
What's Coming in 2014
Last year we featured over 24 unique presentations from campus partners. This year we are planning even more presentations in a variety of new formats. Listed below is the basic outline of our 2014 conference. Keep checking back for future updates to the schedule.
Pre-Conference Workshops
Thursday, June 26
The OrgSync Connect pre-conference workshops include one full day of programming led by the OrgSync Team. Workshops includes more in-depth product training, an exploration of features and tool sets, and a best practices discussion.
8:00 AM - 7:00 PM Registration
9:00 AM - 10:20 AM Pre-Conference Session One
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OrgSync 101
Skill Level: Beginner
Room: Windsor 3OrgSync 101 is designed for anyone who is new to OrgSync. This session will provide a foundation as we look at the structure of OrgSync, define terms such as portal and umbrella, and cover basic portal training.
Presented By
Wes McCormack
OrgSync Campus Consultant
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#CreativeSync: Creative Ways Campuses are Using OrgSync
Skill Level: Intermediate
Room: Windsor 1So often we get caught up in how we traditionally do things on campus, and we don’t always explore new and innovative uses. Yet, all across the country institutions have been using OrgSync in creative and original ways. In this session we will explore some of those initiatives and cover some basic marketing tools to help you get started.
Presented By
Bricklin Bernard
OrgSync Senior Campus Consultant
Ashlee Tatum
Marketing Communications Specialist
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SSO, API, and MySQL, Oh My! OrgSync for the IT Professional
Skill Level: Advanced
Room: ManchesterGo beyond just knowing what OrgSync can provide to your staff and students. We’ll have a short presentation on authentication methods, API, integrations, and data security, followed by an open Q&A session with OrgSync technical staff to answer your questions.
Presented By
J.D. Turner
OrgSync Director of Technical Support
Kevin Wade
Product Manager
10:30 AM - 11:50 AM Pre-Conference Session Two
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OrgSync 201
Skill Level: Beginner
Room: Windsor 3If you find yourself unsure when answering students’ questions or have difficulty understanding the umbrella and community control bars, then this session is designed for you. We will explore best practices for the all-user portal and look at the differences between the organization portal and the umbrella portal.
Presented By
Jennifer Atzenhoffer
OrgSync Campus Consultant
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Request and Allocate Money with Budget Management System (BMS)
Skill Level: Intermediate
Room: ManchesterThere are several ways to track budgets and allocations within OrgSync. In this session we will walk through the current tools available for organizations to track their finances. Attendees will gain an in-depth understanding about how to use the Budget Management System. Attendees must have the BMS to attend.
Presented By
Bricklin Bernard
OrgSync Senior Campus Consultant
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What You Didn't Know About OrgSync Support
Skill Level: Advanced
Room: Windsor 1Are you looking to become an OrgSync expert? This session will dive into our most common support questions and cover important tools that every administrator should know. Join the OrgSync support team to learn little known facts and hacks.
Presented By
Travis Lee
Customer Support Specialist
Alex Weaver
Customer Support Specialist
Nate Adams
Customer Training Specialist
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:20 PM Pre-Conference Session Three
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Design Tips & Tricks
Skill Level: Beginner
Room: Windsor 1Design your messaging to delight your members. We’ll explore best practices for building forms, news, events, pages and more portal elements through typography, color, images, and logical information hierarchies. Learn to think like your users to present the content they want in a way they can use.
Presented By
Valarie Stuart
UI Designer
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Get Your Websites in Sync
Skill Level: Intermediate
Room: ManchesterRecommended knowledge of HTML & CSS
The website builder is one of the most powerful tools available in the OrgSync platform. In this session, we will walk you through the basics of the builder, learn a few cool tips, and observe several working examples of websites built via the OrgSync website builder module.
Presented By
Jeff Jurica
Web & Graphics Designer
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Assessment in Sync: Maximizing Assessment Initiatives
Skill Level: Advanced
Room: Windsor 3Learn the basics of utilizing OrgSync for assessment. Evaluate learning outcomes for specific programs on campus, assess student satisfaction with university services, and conduct department reviews. This presentation will cover the fundamentals of assessment planning and using OrgSync and other tools to collect survey data and integrate it with organic data from your community.
Presented By
Adam Cebulski
Director of Research and Strategic Initiatives
Andy Axsom
Director of Campus Development
2:30 PM - 3:50 PM Pre-Conference Session Four
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Best Practices for Training your Students, Faculty, & Staff
Skill Level: Beginner
Room: Windsor 3As OrgSync administrators, we all run into training opportunities with new users to various modules, tools, or even the entire system. Knowing how to train your target audience properly is critical. This presentation will arm you with practical techniques as you train students, staff, and faculty to use OrgSync.
Presented By
Nate Adams
Customer Training Specialist
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Streamline Forms to Maximize Success
Skill Level: Intermediate
Room: Windsor 1Join us to learn how to make your forms more efficient and effective. We will cover the organization registration and general forms modules, while also sharing best practices. This session will include a workshop component so you can make changes to your current forms or create new forms.
Presented By
Suneera Kompelli
OrgSync Campus Consultant
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Successful Implementation of OrgSync Across Campus
Skill Level: Advanced
Room: ManchesterDefining what OrgSync is to your institution is an important step in developing a cohesive experience for your entire campus. Are there other areas on campus you feel can benefit from the platform? Join us for an explorative look into how you can bring other areas across campus onboard to standardize processes and streamline day-to-day tasks.
Presented By
Martise Cooks
Campus Consultant
Andy Axsom
Director of Campus Development
Conference Day 1
Thursday, June 26
8:00 AM - 7:00 PM Registration
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Keynote Speaker
Room: Ballroom
Dr. Corey Seemiller
Director of Leadership Programs
University of Arizona
Dr. Corey Seemiller is the Director of Leadership Programs at The University of Arizona overseeing over 3000 participants in 10 leadership programs including the Arizona Blue Chip Program, the National Collegiate Leadership Conference, and the Minor in Leadership Studies & Practice. She teaches a variety of courses in leadership studies including organizational leadership, social justice leadership, and the capstone course. Dr. Seemiller received her Ph.D. in Higher Education from The University of Arizona and has conducted research, presented, and published on leadership nationally and internationally.
Her book, The Student Leadership Competencies Guidebook,
is available through Jossey-Bass.

8:30 PM - 10:00 PM Opening Reception
Room: Bistro
Conference Day 2
Friday, June 27
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Registration
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Education Session One
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Get Rich, Famous, Skinny, & Achieve Campus-Wide Integration with OrgSync
Room: Manchester
OrgSync has been a love hate relationship on our campus since adoption 4 years ago. Since 2013, we have made changes that are radically transforming our campus’ involvement with OrgSync tools and resources. Learn how we made that change and created a vision for the future that inspired key stakeholders to buy into the opportunity to change our campus.
Presented By
Brett Phillips
Director of Student Organizations
Texas Christian University
Keri Cyr
Assistant Director Sophomore & Junior Year Experience
Texas Christian University
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Bridging the Gap - Integrating OrgSync to Enhance Student Engagement
Room: Warwick
OrgSync rejuvenated the enthusiasm of various campus partners to re-engage in discussions on how to best collaborate to further student engagement at UW-River Falls. We are integrating OrgSync into the foundation of our engagement versus an added benefit. Therefore, OrgSync will be an institutional component of the students’ collegiate career.
Presented By
Anna Hunter
Student Organizations and Leadership Coordinator
University of Wisconsin, River Falls
Kenneth White
Assistant Director of Residence Life - Community Development and Education
University of Wisconsin, River Falls
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A Roadmap to Large-Scale Implementation
Room: Churchill
Is your institution in need of a multi-umbrella and multi-portal implementation? Wondering where to start? Join us for a session and learn how to make this large scale project manageable and successful. Find out how our a large, global institution approached an OrgSync implementation spanning multiple schools, needs, and time zones. Learn about who we engaged, the partnerships we forged, and the tools we used.
Presented By
Pascha McTyson
Director
New York University
Monique Walker
Project Manager
New York University
Adam Wong
Associate Director
New York University
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Innovative Training Approach for Student Organizations
Room: Windsor
In June 2012 a new training “curriculum” was designed by the Student Programs Office at Boston College for registered student organizations (RSO). Previously, executive boards had been the primary focus of all required training. The goal of a curriculum was to reach the general, and oftentimes younger, membership and to intentionally train organizations on specific developmental areas. The training curriculum is divided into 6 categories each of which has specific learning outcomes and signature events throughout the year.
Presented By
Adrienne Dumpe
Assistant Director, Student Organizations
Boston College
Mark Miceli
Associate Director, Student Engagement
Boston College
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OrgSync: Taking Up Residence
Room: Canterbury
Are you looking to get residence life connected? Are you looking for new ideas to use in residence life? From housing agreements and RA selection processes to program proposals and duty logs, see how OrgSync has taken up residence at Worcester State University!
Presented By
Kristen Nelson
Associate Director of Residence Life and Housing
Worcester State University
Carrie Stevens
Residence Director
Worcester State University
Jonathan Bailey
Administrative Resident Assistant
Worcester State University
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Education Session Two
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Transforming Campus Elections: A Virtual Voting Booth
Room: Manchester
Increase voter turnout and say goodbye to ballot boxes and paper forms! Come to this session to learn how to transition your University’s elections and voting procedures to OrgSync. We will discuss how UCA uses a Voting Booth portal to facilitate our Homecoming and complex Student Government Association elections.
Presented By
Meghan Thompson
Coordinator of Student Organizations & University Events
University of Central Arkansas
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Creating an OrgSync Community: Transitions, Challenges and Best Practices
Room: Churchill
Has your campus recently transitioned to OrgSync? Since the implementation of OrgSync in 2012 the University of Miami has had its trials, including finding creative ways to use the program which allows for the merging of multiple departments. This session will demonstrate the best practices used in streamlining current processes and information among the campus community and greater Miami community.
Presented By
Maritza Torres
Assistant Director, Student Activities and Student Organizations
University of Miami
Audrey Kidwell
Volunteer Coordinator
University of Miami
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Marketing OrgSync to the Graduate Student Population
Room: Canterbury
Administrators working with graduate students often have to get creative and rethink the strategies they may have used with undergraduates when marketing and selling new ideas and initiatives. During this roundtable we will discuss best practices to meet the challenge of getting graduate students excited and more active with OrgSync.
Presented By
Amy Sweeney
Student Services and Dual MD/Masters Degree Coordinator
NYU School of Medicine
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OrgSync, Your Digital H.U.B.
Room: Warwick
Students want to know they belong their campus. OrgSync is La Sierra University’s main source on finding out “How U Belong”. This workshop will have a variety of ideas on how to involve your students by using your OrgSync.
- Branding your campus
- Managing Elections
- Providing training and workshops
- Creating leadership tools
- Determining future plans and ideas
Presented By
Kim Canine
Director, Student Involvement
La Sierra University
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Round Table: Fraternity & Sorority
Room: Newbury
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Round Table: Information Technology
Room: Berkshire
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch (Included in Registration), and Development Updates
Room: Ballroom
Learn about the latest OrgSync development updates and what we have planned for the 2014-15 school year.
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Conference Picture
Room: Atrium
Everyone scooch in close to your neighbor and say cheese!
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Regional Breakouts
Meet with other folks in your region for a facilitated discussion about all things OrgSync.
Suneera Kompelli
PickwickMelissa LaRosa
ChurchillMartise Cooks & Adam Cebulski
Bistro (Combined Breakout)Jennifer Atzenhoffer
ManchesterLindsey Moye
BerkshireBricklin Bernard
WarwickAllison Kuty & Wes McCormack
Canterbury (Combined Breakout)4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Education Session Three
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OrgSync Implementation at a Community College
Room: Canterbury
Community colleges are changing. The number of traditional-aged college students, the desire to connect to the campus, and the requirement to be on the cutting edge of technology all continue to grow. With that growth and increase, there is a need for systems that meet students where they are. Transitioning to OrgSync has been a key factor in better serving these students at the Community College of Philadelphia. A smooth implementation plan has helped with that process.
Presented By
David Greene
Director, Student Life
Community College of Philadelphia
Martise Cooks
OrgSync Campus Consultant
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Implementing BMS at a Large Public University
Room: Warwick
Budget Management system was implemented on our campus to help student organizations manage their budget requests, and help administrators keep reports of their allocations. Come learn about our implementation, what went well, and what could have been improved. We will also talk about how we transitioned our old paper process into OrgSync.
Presented By
Nick Evans
Coordinator, Student Organizations
University of Missouri
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Integrating Portfolios and Co-Curricular Transcripts into the Student Experience
Room: Windsor
This presentation will reflect on the challenges and successes, both foreseen and unforeseen, after one year of an ambitious campus-wide launch. Additionally, a discussion of strategies will be provided on how to tackle year two of OrgSync after such a launch.
Presented By
Corey Seemiller
Director of Leadership Programs
The University of Arizona
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Making Implementation a Breeze
Room: Manchester
Let’s focus on what goes into adopting or expanding OrgSync on your campus. We will cover important implementation, adoption, and marketing strategies to make your start on OrgSync a breeze!
Presented By
Matthew Tarantino
Director of Technology, Student Government
The University of Scranton
Patricia Cummings
Program Coordinator, Clubs & Organizations
The University of Scranton
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Round Table: Student Government
Room: Churchill
6:00 PM - 11:00 PM Dinner and Tour at OrgSync HQ
Come see where the magic happens! You will get a chance to tour the OrgSync office, interact with the OrgSync team, and relax after two full days of educational sessions.
Conference Day 3
Saturday, June 28
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Education Session Four
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Registering Student Events: How We Use OrgSync to Reach Out to Campus for Input to Manage Risk
Room: Manchester
At Washington State University we work very hard to assess and manage risk at student events held on campus. This presentation will discuss how we use OrgSync to reach various constituents across campus and gain their input regarding these student events in a way that is collaborative and supportive of what the students are requesting.
Presented By
Berto Cerrillo
Assistant Director, Student Involvement
Washington State University
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Give ‘em the Goods! Making OrgSync Worthwhile
Room: Warwick
We all know OrgSync is valuable, but some students still don’t. Many can login, but the trick is getting them back. It may be time to assess what’s in it for them. We’ll share creative ways to “beef up” your resources and re-launch so that students can’t live without it!
Presented By
Anna Hunter
Student Organizations and Leadership Coordinator
University of Wisconsin, River Falls
Krista Proksch
Involvement Coordinator
University of Wisconsin, Stout
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Comprehensive Service-Learning with the Service Management Umbrella
Room: Churchill
With the new updates to the service management umbrella service-learning facilitation in OrgSync is now accessible. At Boise State University we have designed a paperless workflow that allows partners, faculty and students to navigate their way through service-learning intuitively.
Presented By
Mike Stefancic
Coordinator of Student Support
Boise State University
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One Sip at a Time…Bringing the OrgSync Koolaid
Room: Windsor
Get your creative juices flowing! Let's talk about creative ways to market, highlight, shed light, and continuously promote OrgSync to your campus community. You can think outside the box! Or utilize something that's already being done! You don't always have to reinvent the wheel! Let's go beyond the traditional 1 hour training to teach and highlight the effectiveness of OrgSync. This session will be interactive and will focus on OrgSync marketing techniques for various campuses.
Presented By
Tineil Lewis
Assistant Director of Student Activities and OrgSync Project Manager
University of Texas at Dallas
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM Education Session Five
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Are You In or Are You Out: A look at Staff Transition using OrgSync
Room: Manchester
Implementing OrgSync on a campus can be a challenge, and an efficient transition of OrgSync administration is integral. It’s important to identify the issues you want to solve with OrgSync and go “all in” with the formulated plan. This session will discuss the implementation strategies at our 2 year institution, from the aspect of a client who implemented the product, and the client who transitioned as the next administrator.
Presented By
Janelle Hanson
Coordinator of Student Development
Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City
Nate Adams
Customer Training Specialist
OrgSync, Inc.
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Utilizing Forms to Advance Assessment, Training, and Growth
Room: Warwick
Learn how we revamped and revitalized our End of Year Reports and Budget Application forms to create assessment, training, and growth opportunities for student organization and the Center for Student Involvement at Ramapo College of New Jersey. Leave with ideas and inspiration for making your forms work better for you and your students.
Presented By
Eric Montgomery
Financial and Technological Advisor for Clubs and Organizations
Ramapo College of New Jersey
Eddie Seavers
Associate Director of the Center for Student Involvement
Ramapo College of New Jersey
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Supercharge Your Processes Through Reporting, Workflows, and API
Room: Churchill
Improve efficiency on your campus with meaningful reports and hard data. In this session, you will learn how to design forms for maximum reporting power. We will also discuss how we implemented an automatic room booking system using API.
Presented By
Henry Rosvick
Coordinator, Student Organizations
The Students' Union, The University of Calgary
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Exploring the New User Interface
Room: Windsor
Join the OrgSync UI Team to demo the powerful new update to your OrgSync experience. This soon-to-be-released user interface redesign is more than skin-deep; we’ve reimagined how OrgSync can work now and into the future. Bring your laptop and your questions, so you can follow along in your own community as we explore the new OrgSync!
Presented By
Tyler Lee
UI Designer
OrgSync, Inc.
Valarie Stuart
UI Designer
OrgSync, Inc.
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Round Table: Community College
Room: Canterbury
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Round Table: Leadership Programs
Room: Berkshire
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Education Session Six
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Reflections on Year One of a Campus-Wide Launch: A Tale
Room: Manchester
This presentation will reflect on the challenges and successes, both foreseen and unforeseen, after one year of an ambitious campus-wide launch. Additionally, a discussion of strategies will be provided on how to tackle year two of OrgSync after such a launch.
Presented By
Ben Jager
Associate Director of Student Life
University of Nebraska at Omaha
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Events and 25 Live: Combining Event Registration with Room Booking
Room: Warwick
Did you know that OrgSync Events now connect directly with 25Live calendaring system? The system allows for a seamless integration with University calendaring and student events. Stanford University was one of the first to integrate these systems. Attend this workshop if you are interested in doing the same on your campus.
Presented By
Ankita Rakhe
Assistant Director, Student Activities and Leadership
Stanford University
Allison Kuty
Campus Consultant
OrgSync, Inc.
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Instituting Great Change in a Short Amount of Time
Room: Churchill
The University of Tennessee at Martin conducted a Student Organization Census during the spring semester of the 2013-14 academic year. The census was a campus-wide initiative that proved to be an effective strategy for marketing the use of OrgSync, and led us to make lots of necessary and urgent changes in a short period of time. Our goals were to update our records, provide training for Presidents, relaunch the use of OrgSync in the area of Student Organizations, and survey organizations about services offered through the Office of Student Life. To achieve these goals, the census took a full semester to complete and was broken down in three phases: Phase 1 – Census Registration, Phase 2 – Training and OrgSync Relaunch, Phase 3 - Survey. In this session, we will talk about our goals for the census, outcomes, and our work with upper administration for support during this process.
Presented By
Katie Smith
Coordinator for Student Organizations
The University of Tennessee at Martin
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Stubborn as a Mule: How do we Effectively Encourage and Motivate Men to Utilize OrgSync?
Room: Canterbury
Implementing progressive change on a college campus is already difficult, but men seem to make that process even more challenging. Instead of just putting men into the "hopeless" category, this session will discuss methods and tips on how to foster OrgSync buy-in with our male students and organizations.
Presented By
Scott Isenga
Assistant Director of Student Life/IFC & IGC Fraternity Advisor
University of Central Arkansas
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Round Table: Residence Life
Room: Berkshire
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Round Table: Graduate Schools
Room: Newbury
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Awards Luncheon
Grab your lunch as we talk about some of the great things campuses have done in the past year and recognize our award winners.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Education Session Seven
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Using Leadership Competencies in Strategic Planning
Room: Manchester
Developing a strategic plan can be a challenging process for an organization. Thus, many do not have strategic plans or they plan and implement at the same time. This session will cover how to develop a strategic plan and a subsequent assessment protocol using the Student Leadership Competencies as a framework.
Presented By
Corey Seemiller
Director of Leadership Programs
University of Arizona
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The Student Engagement Puzzle: Piecing Together Divisional Student Involvement Data using Technology
Room: Warwick
This session will focus on how the Division of Student Affairs at DePaul University is leveraging involvement data from OrgSync in order to begin putting the puzzling pieces of divisional (cross-departmental) student engagement together. Data visualizations representing DePaul OrgSync data pulled via the API will be shared.
Presented By
Tyneka Harris Coronado
Project Leader
DePaul University
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Creating an OrgSync Brand for Your University
Room: Churchill
Why settle for boring when you can have awesome?! This session will focus on branding your OrgSync community to match your University creating a seamless gap between other systems and OrgSync, and leaving your OrgSync community looking amazing.
Presented By
Matt Tarantino
Director of Technology, Student Government
The University of Scranton
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Building Community Connections through Service Management
Room: Canterbury
Join representatives from Washington State University, Boise State University, and University of Idaho to learn how the Service Management System (SMS) is integrated on our campuses. We will share the various ways our departments utilize OrgSync to increase and enhance the community engagement experiences of our students.
Presented By
Tiffanie Braun
Assistant Director, Center for Civic Engagement
Washington State University
Mike Stefancic
Coordinator of Student Support, Service-Learning Program
Boise State University
Natalie Magnus
Program Coordinator, Center for Volunteerism & Social Action
University of Idaho
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Education Session Eight
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Out of the Red and Into the Black: BMS Saves the Day
Room: Manchester
Student organization budgets were over $40,000 in debt and in complete disarray at UWRF until we adopted the Budget Management System. Now we successfully manage all budget requests and allocations, payment requests, and revenue tracking. Learn the do’s and dont’s of implementation as well as some tricks of the trade!
Presented By
Anna Hunter
Coordinator of Student Organizations
University of Wisconsin, River Falls
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Managing Risk with the Event 360 Form (v. 2.0) and Minor Events Committee
Room: Warwick
We took activities risk management online in 2012 with OrgSync and an elaborate form, the 360 Event Planning Guide, which we recently revised. The 360 is paired with our UCSB’s unique Minor Events Committee, which meets weekly to approve student events. Join us for an inside look at our approach.
Presented By
Wendy Córdova
Assistant Director, Greek Life/Minor Events Committee Co-Chair
UCSB
Danielle Quiñones Ortega
Student Programs Coordinator, Office of Student Life
UCSB
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Peer Mentorship with OrgSync
Room: Churchill
Lamar University implemented a peer mentoring program on campus to meet the need of student adoption of OrgSync. In this session, we will discuss the visibility and benefits of OrgSync Peer Mentors on the Lamar University campus. The logistics of the peer mentor position will be reviewed to help you determine if peer mentorship would be a good fit for your campus.
Presented By
Sophia Gawu
Cardinals In-Sync Student Director
Lamar University
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM BIG Night out in Dallas

BIG Night out in Dallas
This year we are heading to The Rustic in the Uptown neighborhood of Dallas. The Rustic offers a great taste of Texas and it’s a perfect spot to relax on a great patio with beautiful oak trees, comfortable picnic tables, and some of the best food and drinks in town.
We’ll have an area roped off for hors d’oeuvres and some lively conversation from 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm. There’s also Texas country band coming onto the stage at 9:30 pm.
If you plan on also exploring Dallas, there are many activities just a short cab ride away, or the McKinney Avenue Trolley is another great way to get around Uptown.
If you plan on staying past the time when the buses stop please, you will need to find your own travel back to the hotel. Please get back safely. To get back to the hotel, or to travel beyond the Uptown area, we would recommend you check out:
ADDRESS
The Rustic
3656 Howell St,
Dallas, TX 75204
214.730.0596
SHUTTLES
We’ll have two buses shuttling between the Rustic and the Wyndham Hotel from 5:45 pm - 10:45 pm, with the last shuttle picking up at approximately 10:15 pm.
CABS
Uber: If you are new to Uber, download the app and use code "rcv0q" for $10 off your first ride.
Cowboy Cab: 214.428.0202
Karaoke Cab: 214.893.0613
* Schedule subject to change.