3:30–4:00 Institute Welcome, Faculty Introductions and Program Overview
Meet the conference faculty, review program highlights, and find out how to get the most out of your time at MAI.
4:00–5:30 Opening Conversation
Using Liberating Structures, we will get to know our fellow MAI attendees, make powerful connections, and tap into our collective intelligence to address opportunities and challenges, including maximizing learning opportunities and exploring each of our hopes and goals for our time together.
5:45–7:00 Breaking Bread and Sharing Our Stories
Connect with institute faculty and fellow attendees in conference cohort groups over dinner.
7:00–7:30 Developing Your Personal Plan
7:30 Institute Adjourns for the Day
8:00–9:00 AM Continental Breakfast and Cohort Group Conversations
Join your cohort group for breakfast and conversation. Share your biggest challenges and discuss solutions with your peers and cohort leader.
9:00–10:00 Panel Discussion: The Complexities and Opportunities of Diversity and Inclusivity in Higher Education
10:30–11:45 Diversity: What? What? Diversity is defined as the range of human differences, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, social class, physical ability or attributes, religious or ethical values system, national origin, and political beliefs. We are a group of diverse individuals whose institutions have prioritized diversity and inclusion—and who understand that the landscape of Advancement forprofessionals of color and difference is in a period of great change. In this interactive session, we’ll take a look at the state of diversity in education and our profession, and explore what diversity means to YOU.
11:45 AM–1:15 PM Luncheon Table Discussion
1:15–2:15 Diversity: So What? Now What? We’ve built the case for diversity, equity and inclusion in the morning session by sharing the benefits of diversity (external), and you've articulated why diversity is personally important to YOU (internal). We’ve shared our intersectional selves.
So What? Diversity is America. It is a part of who we are. But as inevitable as diversity is, the reality is that racism and bias still exists. What is implicit bias? Research demonstrates that we can mitigate against our biases if we are vigilant and we persist.
Now What? We’ll conclude with takeaways and (battle) tactics for your workplace. How do we identify and use our strengths in dominant culture? How do we contribute to building a culture that will celebrate our authentic selves
2:30–4:00 Quick Professional Development Tracks
2:45-3:40
Building Your Personal Brand
Managing Up/Down/Around
3:45-4:40
How to Work a Room / Executive Presence
Navigating Exclusive Spaces and Advocating for Truly Inclusive Spaces
4:45–5:30 Day 2 Wrap Up/Takeaways
5:30 Conference Adjourns for the Day
Dinner on your own
8:00–9:00 AM Continental Breakfast and Cohort Group Conversations
Join your cohort group for breakfast and a wrap-up cohort group conversation. A continental breakfast will be provided.
9:00–10:00 Developing a Personal Plan
Now that you’ve processed all this information about your role, your opportunity, and your profession, how do you turn this into a personal action plan for your own development? Walk away from this program with your own road map that will determine what’s next for your career.
10:15–11:15 The Real Story from the Executive Recruiting World
Join this candid discussion about the executive search process from strategies for resumes, interviews, and follow-up to how to position yourself as a leader in the field and how to enhance your work experience with other skills, knowledge, and abilities.
11:30 AM–12:15 PM Report Out/Sharing Your Plan
12:15–12:30 Final Conversation, Next Steps and Reflections
