2013 Appreciative Advising Institute - College of Education ...

2013
Appreciative
Advising
Institute
July 28-31, 2013
Savannah, GA
A Revolution
in Student
SucceSS

You are enthusiastically invited to
participate in the
2013 Appreciative Advising
Institute
in Savannah, Georgia.
Building on the excitement and momentum from
the first two Appreciative Advising Institutes, the 3rd
Appreciative Advising Institute will be held in historic
Savannah, GA July 28-31, 2013. This highly interactive
and hands-on institute will be action-packed and full
of practical suggestions for translating the theory
of Appreciative Advising into practice. Steeped
in the tenets of positive psychology, Appreciative
Inquiry, and motivational theory, Appreciative
Advising is positively impacting student retention
and outcomes at various institutions across the
country. Additionally, a qualitative research study
has demonstrated that advisors who adopt the
Appreciative Advising framework report enhanced
effectiveness as professionals, stronger relationships
with their students, as well as a positive impact on
their personal relationships with co-workers, children,
spouses, and friends (Howell, 2010).
The Appreciative Advising Institute is intentionally
designed to teach participants the theoretical
infrastructure of Appreciative Advising AND to provide
skills training in implementing this framework. Unlike
most conferences, there will be ample opportunity for
attendees to extend theory to practice. Participants
will learn how to use the six phases of Appreciative
Advising: Disarm, Discover, Dream, Design, Deliver,
and Don’t Settle to help their students optimize their
educational experiences and to help participants
optimize their educational experiences. Participants
will have the opportunity to reflect on their own goals
and dreams to optimize their own lives.
“I really enjoyed the hands-on
approach. It was so nice to work with
and learn from the other advisors at
the Institute. I greatly appreciate the
willingness of the facilitators to adapt
the conversations and structures to
meet my needs as a participant.”
- 2011 Appreciative Advising
Institute Participant
What is Appreciative Advising?
Appreciative Advising is the intentional
collaborative practice of asking positive, openended
questions that help students optimize
their educational experiences and achieve their
dreams, goals, and potentials. See http://www.
appreciativeadvising.net for a complete list of
more than 40 books and articles that document
how this framework is being utilized throughout
the country.
What are the six phases of Appreciative Advising?
DISARM involves making a positive first impression
with students and allaying any fear or suspicion
they might have of meeting with the advisor.
DISCOVER is spent continuing to build rapport
with students and learning about the students’
strengths, skills, and abilities.
DREAM involves uncovering students’ hopes and
dreams for their futures.
DESIGN make their hopes and dreams come true.
DELIVER is the implementation phase where
students carry out their plan and the advisor’s role
is to support them as they encounter roadblocks.
DON’T SETTLE involves challenging the students
to achieve their full potential.

Who Should Attend this Conference?
Anyone who works with people! Specifically,
professional and faculty advisors will discover
ideas that they can take back to their offices
and implement immediately. Student affairs
professionals and administrators from across
campus will take away just as many useful skills
and tools as an academic advisor!
Why Should You Attend this Conference?
Given the increased pressure on higher education
institutions to increase their student retention
rates as well as significant decreases in funding
revenues, it is clear that the status quo is no longer
a defendable position. What these challenging
times demand of higher education administrators
is a revolutionary approach to student success.
Appreciative Advising is that revolutionary
approach, focusing on the very best our students
have to offer. This Institute will reignite your
passion for empowering students and your
enthusiasm will be contagious!
How will I benefit from attending this Institute?
• You will get a hands-on learning opportunity
to develop Appreciative Advising skills.
• You will receive an Appreciative Advising tool
kit that you can take back to your office to
use with your students and to share with your
colleagues.
• You will have the opportunity to learn from,
work with, and be inspired by, the top
Appreciative Advising professionals in the
world.
• You will learn how to revolutionize relationships
with your students, family members, friends,
and others.
• You will have the opportunity to interact and
network with professionals from across higher
education.
• You will have the opportunity to make a
difference!
How is the Appreciative Advising Institute Different
from other Conferences and Institutes?
• Less lecturing, more doing!
• Opportunity to build substantive relationships
with the top Appreciative Advising professionals
as well as with colleagues from throughout the
country.
• Small groups allow participants to practice new
skills and techniques.
• You will leave the conference with practical skills
and strategies that you can immediately put to
use when you return.
• A fun, energizing atmosphere that will help you
remember why you wanted to work in higher
education. You will leave Charleston refreshed,
revitalized, and recommitted to student success!
Conference Schedule-at-a-Glance
This is an outline of the actual conference schedule,
and it may be adjusted as necessary. You will
receive a copy of the program when you pick up
your materials at the conference. Please plan to
arrive on Sunday, July 28, 2013 in time to attend
the Opening General Session that begins at 3:30
p.m.
Sunday, July 28, 2013
2:30 - 3:30 pm Registration
3:30 - 6:00 pm Opening General Session
Monday, July 29, 2013
8:00 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:40 am Disarm General Session
9:40 - 10:00 am Break
10:00 - 12:00 pm Disarm Small Groups
12 Noon - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 - 2:10 pm Discover General Session
2:10 - 2:30 pm Break
2:30 - 3:45 pm Discover Small Groups
3:45 - 4:00 pm Transition Time
4:00 - 4:30 pm ADVISE! Session
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
8:00 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:30 am Dream General Session
9:30 - 9:50 am Break
9:50 - 11:20 am Dream Small Groups
11:20 - 11:30 am Transition Time
11:30 - 12 Noon Panel Presentation
12 Noon - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 pm Design General Session
2:00 - 2:20 pm Break
2:20 - 3:45 pm Design Small Groups
3:45 - 4:00 pm Transition Time
4:00 - 4:30 pm ADVISE! Session
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
8:00 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:30 am Deliver & Don’t Settle
General Session
9:30 - 9:50 am Break
9:50 - 12 Noon Deliver & Don’t Settle
Small Groups
Please make departure flight arrangements that
allow you to stay until the Institute ends at 12
noon!

Institute Faculty
Jennifer L. Bloom
Jenny serves as clinical
professor and Director of
the Higher Education and
Student Affairs Master’s
Degree Program in the
Department of Educational
Leadership and Policy Studies
at the University of South
Carolina. She also serves as
an adjunct associate professor for the Department of
Internal Medicine at the University of Illinois College
of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign. She previously
served as the Associate Dean for Student Affairs and
the Medical Scholars Program at the University of
Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign
(2003-2007). She was elected to the position
of President of the National Academic Advising
Association (NACADA) for the 2007-08 term. Her
research interests include academic advising, career
paths in higher education administration, leadership,
and change.
Wes Habley
Wes Habley is Principal
Associate and Coordinator
of ACT’s Office of State
Organizations. He received
his BS in music education and
M.Ed. in student personnel
from the University of
Illinois-Urbana/Champaign,
and his Ed.D.from Illinois
State University in educational administration. Prior
to joining ACT, Habley directed advising programs
at Illinois State University and the University of
Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
With Jenny Bloom and Steve Robbins, Habley
published Increasing Persistence: Research-based
Strategies for College Student Success (2012). He is coeditor
of both the first (2000) and the second (2008)
editions of Academic Advising: A Comprehensive
Handbook and the author of publications on four
of ACT’s National Surveys of Academic Advising
and two national retention surveys (What Works in
Student Retention). Habley is a charter member of
NACADA and has served the association in numerous
roles including president and treasurer. He originated
the NACADA Summer Institute on Academic Advising
in 1987 and in 2006 the NACADA Summer Institute
Scholarship was named in his honor. He is also the
recipient of NACADA’s awards for Outstanding
Contributions to the Field of Academic Advising
and Service to NACADA. Habley has served as a
consultant/speaker/workshop leader at more than
130 colleges in the U.S., the Middle East, and Canada.
Bryant L. Hutson
Bryant Hutson is Director of
Research for CREDO, where
he leads the effort to provide
statistical and predictive
analytics for improved
enrollment management and
student retention. Previously
Dr. Hutson was Associate Director for the Faculty
Teaching and Learning Commons and served as the
Associate Director for Student Academic Services
at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
(UNCG). He developed and implemented advising,
retention, and student success programming while
at UNCG, and his office received the Noel-Levitz
Retention Excellence Award in 2004 and 2009 and
the NACADA Outstanding Advising Program Award
in 2004 for programs based on appreciative advising.
In addition to co-authoring The Appreciative
Advising Revolution (2008) and Appreciative
College Instruction: Becoming a Force for Positive
Change in Student Success Courses (2011), he has also
published peer-reviewed journal articles on academic
advising, student retention, and especially the use of
assessments to enhance the quality of student success
efforts.
Ye He
Ye He is an Assistant Professor
in the Teacher Education and
Higher Education Department at
the University of North Carolina
at Greensboro (UNCG). She
serves as the coordinator of the
Teaching-English-to-Speakersof-Other-Languages
(TESOL)
teacher education program and advises both
undergraduate and graduate students. She has been
actively involved in international exchange programs

and works closely with international students and
faculty. Her research focuses on the promotion of
strength-based culturally responsive practices in
education. She has presented regularly at national
and international conferences and has published over
20 peer-reviewed journal articles and co-authored
3 books – The Appreciative Advising Revolution
(2008), Developing Critical Cultural Competence:
A Guide for 21st Century Educators (2011), and
Appreciative College Instruction: Becoming a Force
for Positive Change in Student Success Courses (2011).
Joe Murray
Joe Murray has served as
the Director of Academic
Advising and Retention
Services at Miami University’s
Hamilton Campus since
1992. He earned both
a Bachelor of Science in
Engineering and a Master of
Science in Human Resource
Management degrees from Purdue University. He
has helped to develop and refine the Appreciative
Advising Inventory and has been part of a national task
force aimed at advancing the concept of Appreciative
Advising. Most recently, he served on the faculty for
the 2010 National Conference on Academic Advising
Strategies to Increase Persistence and for the 2011 and
2012 Appreciative Advising Institutes. He is a certified
Appreciative Adviser. Joe works tirelessly to help
students that are traditionally underrepresented in
higher education. He has been a driving force behind
Ohio Reach, a state and national effort to increase
access and retention to higher education for Ohio’s
Lower Income/Disadvantaged Youth and Foster Care
Alumni. He has served as the Co-Chair of the First-
Generation College Student Interest Group for the
National Academic Advising Association (NACADA)
from 2007 until 2012.
In addition to delivering many presentations and
training sessions on Appreciative Advising around
the country, Joe is also available for consulting,
program reviews for student services, advising and
retention, AdvisorTrac advising software training and
implementation and other retention and student
success topics.
Claire Robinson
Claire Robinson serves as
the Associate Director of the
Student Success Center at the
University of South Carolina.
In her role, she oversees
several academic support
programs including academic
coaching, academic recovery
initiatives, outreach & early
intervention, marketing & communications, cross
campus advising, transfer student support, tutoring
and supplemental instruction. Claire also coordinates
the unit’s planning and performance blueprint. She
has been a member of the university’s Planning,
Assessment, and Innovation Council since 2009
and works with various units across the Division of
Student Affairs and Academic Support to assist in
their strategic planning and assessment.
Claire has directed the academic success coaching
program since 2007. Using the Appreciative Advising
framework, Claire trains academic coaches to offer
individualized student support on campus. She has
consulted at several institutions on academic success
coaching, succeeded in getting the ACE program
CRLA level-three certified, and awarded program
winner of a NASPA Excellence Bronze Award in
academic support. Claire has written several articles
on academic coaching, appreciative advising, and coauthored
the book Appreciative College Instruction:
Becoming a Force for Positive Change in Student
Success Courses. She also teaches a section of a
freshmen seminar course.
Erin Konkle
Erin is a doctoral candidate
at the University of
Minnesota in Organizational
Leadership, Policy, and
Development where
she works as a Graduate
Research and Teaching
Assistant. Previously she
served as Administrative
Director of the Office for Optimizing Educational
Experiences at the University of South Carolina where
she developed an online course, created an advisor
certification system, and developed and implemented
the Appreciative Advising Institute. Erin now works

as a consultant for oe2 and institutions integrating
Appreciative Advising and StrengthsQuest. Erin also
worked for the Department of Student Life at the
University of South Carolina. Erin began her career
as a social worker with Big Brothers Big Sisters
Southeastern Pennsylvania coordinating University
partnerships.
Rob Freidhoff
Rob oversees the PCEC Advising
Center, at Grand Valley State
University, working with
students who are planning to
declare a major in engineering
or computing. He is a passionate
proponent of the appreciative
advising model for academic
advising. His advising center strategically uses
technology in advising to virtually connect with
students before and after they arrive on campus,
including web video to provide advising instruction
to freshmen, transfer, and international students.
Rob assisted in the development of the Appreciative
Advising Certificate course. Rob is an experienced
speaker on the topic of advising and is passionate
about utilizing technology in advising to improve
advising services.
Tyree Vance
Currently a Counselor for Student
Support Services at California
State University, Dominguez,
Tyree Vance began his career as a
Motivational Speaker and Youth
Counselor in 2007. Previously
he was a Program Analyst for
Youth Action Project, a non-profit
AmeriCorps organization that works to empower San
Bernardino’s youth to develop the skills and habits
needed to experience economic and social success. In
that role he supervised all AmeriCorps members and
Community Engagement Specialists, guiding them in
the planning and implementation of all community
events. Prior to being promoted to Program Analyst,
Vance was a Community Engagement Specialist where
he taught high school classes preparing students for
the California High School Exit Exam.
Vance graduated from California State University,
San Bernardino with a dual major in Psychology and
Human Development; with an emphasis on child
development in 2009. He is currently in the Masters
Program at California State University, Fullerton
pursuing a degree in Higher Education.
David Ruda
David Ruda currently resides
in Washington DC and serves
as the Assistant Director
for Undergraduate Programs
at The George Washington
University. He grew up in Ohio
and attended Bowling Green
State University for a Bachelor’s
in Psychology and Sociology with a minor in Spanish.
It was at Bowling Green that developed a passion for
working with college students and higher education.
He attended the University of South Carolina for his
Master’s in Higher Education and Student Affairs. In
2008 David moved to Washington DC to work in
residence life for the George Washington University
(GW). He is currently enrolled in the Doctoral
program for Counselor Education at GW. He loves
running in DC along the monuments and national
mall. David is also a proud member of Sigma Phi
Epsilon and currently serves on the Alumni Board for
the chapter at GW.
Accommodations
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gardens, magnificent
homes, and architectural
gems, our contemporary
hotel in the Savannah
Historic District offers a mix of warm Southern
charm and modern style in the heart of Georgia’s
First City. Your rendezvous with history will be
filled with 21st century comfort and the light of
Southern hospitality. Experience an inviting hotel
retreat in the Savannah historic district and get into
the spirit of this alluring coastal city.
To make your reservation, call 912-232-9000. To
receive the special group rate of $129.00 ask for
the “Appreciative Advising Rate.” Be sure to call
and secure your room before June 28, 2013; after
this date, the rooms and rate will be based on
availability.

Pre-Registration deadline: June 28, 2013!
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