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From
January 5-8, 2006, over 150 undergraduates,
alumni, faculty members, and staff gathered
in St. Louis, Missouri for the Presidents
Leadership Conference (PLC). This is
the seventh consecutive year for the
PLC, to which presidents from all Phi
Delta Theta chapters, colonies, and
interest groups are invited.
For three days, presidents engaged in
fellowship and discussion on how to
effectively execute their office and
work in conjunction with their recruitment
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chairman to learn
how to grow their entire organization. The
event headquartered at the Renaissance Hotel
near the St. Louis Airport, was described
by many in attendance as "one of the
most focused, and driven PLCs to date."
During the conference, Dr. Thomas J. "Sparky"
Reardon, Ole Miss '72, was awarded
the FIRST Phi Delta Theta HERO award. Dr.
Reardon was recognized for his passionate
and relentless pursuit of the elimination
of hazing throughout the Greek community.
The conference culminated with a passionate
address from respected motivational speaker,
Dr. Will Keim. His speech titled "Leadership
in the 21st century", encouraged the
presidents in attendance to follow through
on the goals they made while at PLC.
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The
PLC is funded in part through a grant
from the Phi Delta Theta Educational
Foundation.
The Fraternity, spurred by glowing feedback
from last summer's Emerging Leaders
Institute, conducted the first-ever
Recruitment Boot Camp (RBC) simultaneously
with PLC. Recruitment chairmen from
100 chapters, colonies, and interest
groups were invited to attend this event
held at the St. Louis Airport Marriott.
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Lead facilitator
for RBC was David Stollman. A member of Sigma
Phi Epsilon, he is a partner in CampuSpeak,
a New York-based organization that provides
speakers and facilitators to colleges, Greek
organizations, and student organizations on
a variety of campus issues.
"The Recruitment Boot Camp is the premiere
recruitment institution in the fraternity
world today. It's an incredibly intensive
program that allows chapters to strategically
take a look at how they promote their values,
utilize their membership, and plan in terms
of recruitment," said Sean Wagner, Director
of Expansion. "All chapters walk away
from the weekend with a list of obtainable
and measurable goals that will help them alter
the way their chapter does recruitment. We
expect to see direct results from this program
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