Brockport Leadership Conference 2017:
Ask Big Questions
Better You. Better Brockport. Better World
Register by February 15!
Doors open at 10:45am
The Conference
One day of Powerful Talks
Feb 19 ,2017
11:00 am
The Annual Student Leadership Conference at The College at Brockport is open to all Brockport students who wish to learn more about leadership. Planned by the Capstone Leadership Certificate students, the conference features alumni presenters who have learned leadership lessons in their lives, and can share with students how they, too, can demonstrate leadership.
This Year Ask big Questions
Brockport Leadership Conference 2017:
Ask Big Questions
What is ask big questions?
Ask Big Questions works with universities and organizations across North America that share our commitment to educating young adults in the habits and skills of listening, trust, and empathy that are essential to the future of our cities and states, our nation and our world.
300
Participants
Topics
30
Sessions
19
Alumni Presenters
25
Speakers
Proud to bring inspirational speakers from across the globe
In 2005, when he was Campus Rabbi at Northwestern University Hillel, Josh founded Ask Big Questions along with students Allie Gross and Lexie Komisar. In 2011, Ask Big Questions became a national initiative of Hillel, and Josh became its Educational Director, working with Sheila Katz to launch and scale the program. Since that time, he has guided the development of our educational theory, approach to training, educational resources, and overall strategy. He has served as Director since 2013.
Jessica has been the lead at-risk intervention teacher at Victor Senior High School since 2013. While at The College at Brockport, Jessica was a Resident Assistant for the Teachers of Tomorrow LLC and participated in the Leadership Development Program. She went on to earn her Masters Degree in Science/Math/Technology Education from St. John Fisher College in May 2016, and is currently working towards her Certificate of Advanced Study in Educational Leadership from SUNY Oswego.
I graduated from Brockport and immediately went to work for Liberty Mutual Insurance Company as a Claims Investigator. I transferred to the Sales Department and worked my way up from a Sales Representative to Vice President, after moving 6 times to accept various promotions. My greatest joy was giving people an opportunity and seeing them succeed through hard work and commitment.
Joanne Dennison, has evolved to her third career as The Guidance Counselor for Grown Ups. Her education, both in and out of the classroom while at Brockport, opened many paths, peaked many interests and created the professional, the leader and the individual she is today. A student leader on campus led to her first career as a college administrator, which led to her second as a meeting and event planner, which evolved to her third. Her liberal arts degree taught her, as one professor said. “to l
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Past Leadership Events
2016 Leadership Conference
Dawn J. Fraser is a storyteller, educator and nationally acclaimed speaker from San Jose, California. She is the Host and Creator of "Barbershop Stories", which features some of New York's bravest storytellers, comedians, and memoirists, as they tell live stories... then she chops off their hair. Dawn has developed programs and speeches about the nature of stories to engage, inspire, and enhance leadership potential, and through her firm "Envision Admissions" has consulted thousands of students to utilize personal narratives as part of their college and graduate school application strategy. She is currently a storytelling instructor with The Moth"s Community Program, and was featured as a speaker amongst some of the nation's top innovators and change makers at TED@NYC.
2015 Leadership Conference
