Community Building
By: Dan Faill For over a decade I booked speakers and workshops to come and make an impact, and to get people to think in different ways. Often when speakers come, it is only to provide a specific service, and then they are gone. Depending on who gave the keynote, attendees might talk about it […]
Building a legacy through leadership and service.
Service is an integral part of leadership. Not only do student leaders have the opportunity to inspire and guide their fellow students. They can also model the importance of serving our communities, and giving to those in need. Someone who modeled this for me was my mother. Here is a story about her: It was […]
How to Mistake Your Way to Your Best Self
It’s pretty uncommon these days for anyone to encourage you to make a mistake, let alone celebrate one. A mistake is considered to be the opposite of a success and therefore something to be avoided in our success-focused culture. But what if I told you that it’s not so simple – that mistakes are crucial for […]
WARNING: Being a Grown Up is Bad For Your Health
College is the place where we’re educating ourselves so that we can be happy and successful “Grown Ups” right? But just what is it that we’re preparing for? The world is changing fast and what many people understand as being a Grown Up is not actually working in the real world. Here are three myths […]
What is Going Right?
It is so easy to look around our world or our communities and find the things that aren’t working. People hurting each other, abusing drugs or alcohol, losing their lives from violence and other causes, moral disengagement, anti-intellectualism, and more are common staples of headlines today. As a culture, we spend a great deal of […]
Boosting event attendance
Student organizations are constantly dreaming up the ultimate event for their campus. But no matter how great the event is, it won’t matter unless people actually show up. Many student leaders have been disappointed by low attendance at the events they throw. Sometimes students scramble to increase attendance by trying things that help a little […]
SALAD; A community building workshop
Building a collaborative and cohesive community based on values, commitment and shared experiences. LEARN MORE HERE >>>
It’s not what this campaign is about. It’s who.
In January of this year, Mike Dilbeck, a national advocate for ending bystander behavior, founded the Every|Day Hero™ Campaign—a national initiative of the RESPONSE ABILITY Project. With a mission to empower the every|day hero in all of us, this initiative provides ongoing educational and empowerment resources to fulfill the Every|Day Hero Pledge in our lives—and […]
SALAD – Building stronger campus communities for 8 years
In the past eight years, SALAD, a community building interactive workshop, has provided students with ways to make their campus communities more inclusive. On November 3, 2003, SALAD launched at Miami University of Ohio with great success. It is now the longest running Interactive Workshop that CAMPUSPEAK has to offer. SALAD has visited campuses nationwide […]
Improve your intake process and continue to build your organization’s legacy
You want to have the best organization on campus, but are you taking the right steps to make that happen? The Intake Equation is a workshop designed to bring members of black and multicultural groups together to discuss hazing, intake and chapter sustainability. The Intake Equation recognizes that just getting by isn’t enough anymore. Think […]