Nationally known professional leadership speaker Dave Kelly is going to pay his first visit to Emporia State at 6 p.m. tonight in the Memorial Union Kanza Room.
“I am actually going to be making several presentations when I am on campus,” Kelly said. “Thursday night is an open workshop for campus leaders and really any student who wants to improve their leadership skills.”
Kelly’s first section will teach campus leaders about recruitment and retaining members in organizations, as well as making meetings more fun.
“I think it is a great opportunity for students to get different perspectives about how to better the organizations,” said Jonathan Rivers, president of ASG and senior secondary social sciences education major. “It enables students to talk with each other and expand their networking.”
His second session will deal with personal leadership topics like affirming your abilities and time management.
“These specific sessions will encourage more students to be involved on campus and I found my collegiate involvements to be the most important in shaping who I have been since I graduated,” Kelly said.
Besides his professional speech, Kelly will also be working with organization advisers to show them how they can help to increase involvement on campus on Friday morning. The Associated Student Government, Leadership Education and Development and the Special Events Board are hosting him.
“I think students can absolutely learn something about how to work within a group with each other, and moreover, how to better themselves as a leader,” said Whitney McGinnis, graduate student and graduate adviser of Associated Student Government and Recognized Student Organizations.
Kelly has presented programs for more than 100 different college and universities and is a two-time finalist for Campus Speaker of the Year (APCA). He also blogs on leadership at CampusTalkBlog.com.
Alison Li
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