Carnegie Mellon University Fraternity & Sorority Life program embodies shared leadership to empower chapter/council self-governance & stakeholder engagement. We will use CMU as a case study to explore how balancing relationships, restorative practices, & building consensus can foster change & innovation while honoring tradition & boosting engagement using the RASCI responsibility assignment matrix. Explore the utilization of RASCI gain strategies for implementation in your program.

As a result of attending this program, attendees will…

• Be able to evaluate structural and collaborative opportunities within Fraternity & Sorority Life through the RASCI matrix and appreciative inquiry that foster building consensus, community-wide engagement & problem-solving.
• Be able to apply the principles of shared leadership to their advising practice by balancing relational & positional influence, leveraging student leadership, & designing system structures & decision-making processes that reflect Gen Z leadership values.
• Learn to implement tools for building trust, accountability, & transparency within student leadership teams while prompting self-governance through restorative practices, collaborative conflict resolution methods, & techniques for supporting student-led leadership to avoid over-advising.

About Annual Meeting Reload
The Annual Meeting Reload which provides participants the opportunity to catch the most popular and best reviewed educational sessions from the most recent AFA Annual Meeting. Participants will be able to access 15+ live virtual sessions covering topics such as program development, prevention and intervention, organizational growth, equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and more. The Annual Meeting Reload is open to members and non-members of AFA. More information, including how to register, is available at https://afa1976.org/education/reload/.

The Annual Meeting Reload is made possible through a generous gift from the AFA Foundation.