Recrear Participate- Planning committee- New Orleans
June 28th– July 9th, 2011
Goals:
- Familiarizing with Recrear’s work, history and culture;
- Drafting the 2011 – 2012 strategies for the UNO Recrear chapter;
- Preparing the proposal between Recrear international and the local chapter (to be presented at RecrearMagnify);
- Networking and establishing partnership with local NGO’s in New Orleans;
- Defining job descriptions for UNO Recrear team;
- Brainstorming two signature projects for the UNO branch;
- Coordinate fundraising event to support Recrear-Participacion.
Schedule
Week 1: Local Chapter Development
June 28, 2011
- 5:00- 5:45 Intro to Recrear; questions for 15 minutes
- 6:00 – 6:45 Introduction of our guests and their organizations : Intro exercise 2 challenges, 2 strengths
- 6:45 – 7:00 Recrear discusses goals for 2 weeks and beyond
- 7:00 – 7:30 What do you think about these goals
- 7:30 – 9:00 Dinner
- 9:00 – 9:45 What do you want from Recrear
- 9:45 – 10:00 Recap
June 29, 2011
- 5:00 – 6:30 – Discussion: How can Recrear integrate with the UNO community? Should our range of action be limited to UNO, or should we focus on the city of New Orleans as a whole?
- 6:30 – 8:00 Dinner
- 8:00 – 9.30 Group Exercise- Setting priorities for Recrear at UNO
- 9:30 – 10:00 Recap and Video Blogs
June 30, 2011
Meeting Point: UNO dorms
- 5:00 – 6:00 From Goals to Strategies- Group exercise
- 6:00 – 7:00 1 minute pitch competition
- 7:00 – 8:30 Dinner~
- 8:30 – 10:00:
- Group 1: Stakeholder Discussion
- Group 2: Drafting a marketing package
July 1, 2011
Meeting point: Fair Grinds
- 5:00 -6:00 Defining job descriptions, partnerships, recruitment, organization status, office space
- 6:00 -7:30 Discussing fundraising strategies for final gala
- 7:30 – 9:00 Dinner
- 9:00 – 9:45 Intro to Project Management
- 9:45 – 10:00 Recap
Week 2: Developing Projects Exercise
July 5, 2011
KEVIN’S BIRTHDAY/ RECREAR FUNDRAISING!
July 6, 2011
- 5:00 -6:00 – Thinking about your project idea: the Golden Circle
- 6:00 -7:30 Team work: Developing UNO’s signature project
- 7:30 – 9:00 Dinner
- 9:00 – 9:45 Team Work and Team Presentations: Pitch your idea in 3 minutes
- 9:45 – 10:00 Recap and Fundraising update
July 7, 2011
- 5:00 -6:00 – Drafting and Project Proposal
- 6:00 -7:30 – Project Management: Some Lessons learned
- 7:30 – 9:00 Dinner
- 9:00 – 9:45 Team work: Drafting and Project Proposal
- 9:45 – 10:00 – Video Blog Presentations
July 8, 2011
Meeting point: Fair Grinds
- 5:00 -6:00 – Building partnerships and networking with the local community
- 6:00 -7:30 – Team work: Drafting and Project Proposal
- 7:30 – 9:00 Dinner
- 9:00 – 10:00 Final Presentation and Video Blogs
