Oregon Leadership Institute '08-Get the Edge!

Hello again! As many of you know, the state officer team just finished our first ‘conference’: CLT! Just as CLT was winding to a close, we were gearing up for the next one- the Oregon Leadership Institute, or OLI!

OLI is a conference that we host for Oregon FBLA each year (except for last year, where we hosted NFLC in lieu of OLI). OLI will take place in the great city of Eugene. (Go Ducks!) It will kick off on Sunday, November 2, and will conclude on Monday, November 3.

The Oregon Leadership Institute isn’t just a conference. Its two days jam packed with workshops on getting to the next level, as well as some college admissions things from our Oregon Universities (UO and OSU)! Tri Leadership trainers will also be teaching workshops at this great conference; and if you’ve ever attended a Tri workshop, you know exactly how awesome they really are!

Workshops aren’t the only thing that OLI has to offer. If you’ve been there before, you know what comes next. The Etiquette Dinner. This is a great learning tool (and a fun one at that), where we’ll learn important etiquette dining skills, all in a fun atmosphere-and a major plus: you get to get all “spiffed up” in a formal!

We’ll conclude that evening with a great dance with both Oregon FBLA and DECA. The next morning, we’ll have another powerful energizer session, and a Leadership Adventure session….sound intriguing? Then we’ll close it off with Amy Gallimore, (who is fabulous!).

All this wouldn’t be as great without a little ‘friendly competition’ right? Well, to quench your thirst for FBLA domination, the state officer teams of FBLA and DECA have devised a little competition to be held at OLI. Here’s how it works: both state officer teams will be carrying around themed buckets for our charities (for us, that’s March of Dimes). In order for us to win this challenge, we must put money in the FBLA buckets. Whoever raises the most money at the end of OLI doesn’t have to do something completely and utterly humiliating for the other club to gawk, laugh, and make fun of. Who will win in the ultimate showdown of FBLA vs. DECA? Isn’t the answer obvious?

It’s going to be a great conference, and I can’t wait to see you all there! Oregon OLI, is only a week away, and if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me!

As always- Keep in touch!