Presented at the 2013 New Bonner Directors and Coordinators Orientation.

1. Foundation Support Leveraging the Bonner
Staff and Network

2. What We’ll Cover
• Your Program Staff Connection
• Your Administrative Support Liaison
• The Bonner Weekly
• Bonner on the Web
• Campus Visits
• National Bonner Meetings

3. Your Program Staff
Bobby Hackett,
President
Nefisah Sallim,
Program Associate
Ariane Hoy, Vice President
for Program and Resource
Development
Josh Blair, Program
Associate
You will have a staff liaison to help with program development - we consult
with you about positions, structure, training, meetings, and best practices.
Christen Foell,
Program Director
(609) 924 6663! That’s our number!
Annie Pasqua,
=Bonner Program Director

4. Your Administrative Support Staff
Janet Ashwood Donna Pasquerella
Other Project Staff:
NJ Community Networking Corps
Kamran Hakiman Afnan Rashid
You will have a staff liaison to support your administrative tracking in
BWBRS and AmeriCorps.
Sarah Meadows
Enrollment Managers
(609) 924 6663! That’s our number!

5. Bonner Meetings!
=
✓Fall Bonner Student Congress Meeting
Rhodes College, TN. October 18-20, 2013
✓Fall Bonner Directors Meeting
Kanuga, North Carolina—Mid November, 2013
✓IMPACT Conference 2013
TBA.
✓Summer Leadership Institute 2013
Location and Dates TBA (end May/early June)
✓High-Impact Institute 2013
Siena College, New York. Dates TBA (early July)

6. Campus Visits
=
Start-Up
Bonner Program
101 on campus
Recruitment and
Selection
Training
Calendar Design
Campus-wide
Collaboration
Program
Development
Service Structure and
Positions
Training Calendar and
Student Development
BWBRS Management
Student Leadership
Team Retreats
Strategic Planning
Intensive Visits for 2 days
involving staff, students,
faculty, partners, and alums
3-5 year plans
Alignment
Discrete meetings with
President and Senior
Administrators
Faculty Trainings

7. Campus Visits: The Process
=
Crafting
the
Purpose
Phone Calls and
Discussions
Detailed
interviews
Understanding
Your
Program
Reviewing annual
reports, self-
assessments,
BWBRS
Agenda and
Meeting
Design
Back-and-forth
process
Day of
Meetings
and
Follow-Up
Written letter
or report

8. The Bonner Weekly: Important Email
=
Make sure we
have your
emails!
This highlights
deadlines, events,
jobs, and more.

9. Bonner Website: www.bonner.org
The Bonner Website is more for the public. Great place to
link to your own webpage!
these links
to our web
presences
are the
most
useful!

10. Bonner Wiki: bonnernetwork.pbworks.com
your one-stop for every resource!
Use these
news and
directories
frequently!

11. Bonner Wiki: your profile
The first thing you want to do is update your profile and
look at other schools’ profiles.
We;’ll start a
page for you
with a simple
template!

12. Bonner Facebook: Bonner Love
This is a page that
you can like. You’ll
see posts about
events, conferences,
jobs, etc.
=
You can post
on the Wall.

13. Bonner Facebook: Your Own Program
= Many
programs use
to keep
students
engaged and
informed

14. Bonners on Linked In: Career Networking
=
Join more
than 500
alums there!
Start
discussions,
look for
jobs and
internships,
find staff!

15. Bonner on YouTube: Videos Galore!
=
Find more
than 200
videos and
screencasts!
Use for
trainings and
reflections.

16. Slideshare: Your Presentation Helper!
=
Download, adapt,
and use the
power-points
you need!

17. Twitter: Info & News on the Field
Follow Bonner
Network on
Twitter and use
this to connect
with other
individual users!

18. What’s to discuss
•Meet in small groups with program staff
•Share some of your hopes for phone
support and campus visits
•Questions regarding communication or
meetings