Facilitator Guide 2017 FINAL

Welcome and Expectations
Day One: 3:00-3:55pm
Objectives
• Welcome participants to the Sapphire Leadership Institute
• Set a positive tone for the experience
• Review camp, organization, and academy expectations
• Small icebreaker activities to get participants to know each other
10/10 Welcome
On behalf of the fraternity, the Executive Director should welcome participants to the
Sapphire Leadership Academy and explain the history and development of the Sapphire
Leadership Academy
After welcoming participants to Sapphire, Executive Director should introduce Lead
Presenters
20/30 Lead Presenter Welcome and Expectations
Institute and
Theme
Personal
Responsibility
Active
Learning
After introductions, presenters should begin to discuss Sapphire expectations that will
enable the entire group to be successful
Sapphire is an institute – it is a shared experience with one curriculum that we will be
engaging in together. In this, we will all learn and develop from each other.
Sapphire is not a nuts and bolts training of specific leadership positions or how to run a
chapter – this is an institute to teach you how to be better leaders overall. Officers’
Academy and the Regional Recruitment Academies teach members nuts and bolts of
specific positions.
The theme for Sapphire is “Start With Why”. Through this experience, we will challenge
each other to get back to our core purposes and think about how we can utilize that
purpose to act in a way that not only improves our personal leadership behaviors, but our
entire brotherhood. If we are able to collectively start with our why, we can create a
clearer vision for the future of your chapters and Phi Mu Delta as a whole.
Throughout this experience, we all have the choice to either be a prisoner, vacationer, or
explorer. The prisoner is the person who is thinking “Why am I stuck here, why are we
doing this?” The Vacationer is the person who is thinking “I don’t really need this, so I am
just going to sit back and enjoy the break, someone wake me up later.” The explorer is
full of energy and wants to learn.
We will naturally take on different roles throughout the entire conference. Give yourself
permission and forgiveness to flow between each. When you find yourself feeling as if
you are a prisoner – free yourself to participate and focus on the here and now. If you
are taking a little vacation – feel free to come back to the present, listen, participate,
share some of your knowledge, as well as learn from other participants.
Part of being an explorer being an active learner. This institute relies on everyone’s
contributions and taking responsibility for our own learning. Throughout the experience,
we will honest conversation, reflective activities, and hands on conversation – all
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