Workshops

Hi Brothers!

I’m Ginny Wright and I am serving on the National Convention Planning Committee as the Seminars Sub-Committee Chair. I am also a recent graduate from Case Western Reserve University where I was a brother at the Theta Upsilon Chapter. I am currently a graduate student at Kent State University and am involved with the Epsilon Psi Chapter there.

My job for Nationals is to organize, schedule and plan entertaining and educational workshops for you all to go to while at Convention. I may be a bit biased but I think this Convention will have an amazing spread of workshops to interest those who want to learn skills to take back to their respective chapters, those who want to gain personal life skills, and those who simply want to kick back and have fun with their brothers. We have some really unique stuff that hasn’t been seen before at Convention so be prepared for a good time. Now, I’ll give you some highlights of what you can expect from the workshops offered!

I’m really excited about a lot of the workshops we are offering but one of my favorites has to be “I married a Brother, now what?” which is aimed at the spouses of APO brothers so that they can come to know and love the fraternity as much as we all do. I don’t know what it is about that one but I think its mostly the catchy title that I enjoy. We will be offering plenty of other workshops that would be enjoyable for spouses of brothers as well as Alumni including several on ways to get involved with the Fraternity.

Now onto those geared toward the people who want to have good clean fun at workshops! We will again be offering the ever popular Massage workshop. In Denver, this was by far the most popular workshop. We will also be offering a series of different dance workshops so that people with minimal dance skills can pick up some moves before the APO Wedding and Reception where they can then showcase them with all their brothers! We’re definitely having a Swing Dance workshop and will have several other Dance workshops to choose from. Do you like craft projects? Well, then we have one for you too. A brother will be teaching people about different APO craft projects and you can share your unique APO craft ideas with other brothers. Trying to plan for your future? Need help writing a resume or figuring out how to interview for a job or school? We have workshops planned to help you out!

Looking for local flavor while in Louisville but don’t want to leave the Galt House? We’ve got you covered there too. We’re bringing the Derby to you in two forms. First, a workshop covering the interesting history of the Kentucky Derby. Definitely for you if you, like me, don’t know the first thing about horse racing. Also, we’re having a workshop where you can make your very own Derby Hat. You know those big fancy hats you see people wearing when pictured at the Derby? Now you can make your own. And then you can even wear it to the Derby themed Awards Banquet!

We also, of course, have a TON of more APO related workshops. We’re covering a huge range of topics from basically every arena of the Fraternity. Need help fundraising? We’ve got a workshop on that. Want to learn how to plan a service project? Go to Service Chutes and Ladders! Need to learn how to better market your chapter? Check out Marketing APO. I could go on and on and on about the various workshops at Convention but at some point you would stop reading. Just make sure to check out your convention program carefully. There will be tons of workshop gems hidden inside waiting for you to check them out.

If you have any questions about Workshops, feel free to ask me. And I hope to see you December 27^th at Convention. There will be Workshops that afternoon so make sure to look for those!

In LFS,

Ginny Wright
Seminars Sub-Committee Chair
APO National Convention Planning Committee
Louisville 2006!