Program

Learn from fun, interactive workshops.

This weekend, two-day training summit features nearly 16 intense hours of practical help, research, and advice on how to improve your Student Government and how to become more effective and influential on your campus.

Conference Location

The conference is being held at the Holiday Inn Resort Lake Buena Vista, 13351 State Road 535, Orlando, FL 32821.

Download the hotel floorplan.

2022 Conference Schedule

Saturday, November 12, 2022

8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. – Conference Registration & Buffet Breakfast

  • Discovery Room Foyer (Conference Registration)
  • Applebee’s Restaurant (Buffet Breakfast)

9:00 a.m. to 9:20 a.m. – Welcome

  • Michael A. Cadore, Sr., Ed.D., Emcee

Discovery Room

9:20 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. – Break

9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. – Training Block I

  • 13 Steps to a Super Student Government – Butch Oxendine
    Discovery Room
  • Vulnerability: The Real Super Hero for Student Government – Edson O’Neale
    Magic Room
  • Knowing When and How to Call Someone Out: Confronting Members within the SG – Suzette Walden Cole, Ph.D.
    Wonder Room
  • D   FOR ADVISORS  Good Leadership Needs H.E.L.P. (Honor, Encouragement, Loyalty, Professionalism) – Michael A. Cadore, Sr., Ed.D.
    Adventure Room

10:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. – Networking Break

11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Training Block II

  • The 25 Worst Mistakes Your Student Government Can Make – Butch Oxendine
    Discovery Room
  • I Made It, I am in Student Government, Now What? – Edson O’Neale
    Magic Room
  • Inclusive SG Leadership: Tackling the Difficult Conversations – Suzette Walden Cole, Ph.D.
    Wonder Room
  • H   FOR ADVISORS  Be an Uncle M.I.K.E. (Mentor-Inspire-Knowledge-Encourage) – Michael A. Cadore Sr., Ed.D.
    Adventure Room

12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. – Lunch

Discovery & Magic Rooms

1:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. – ASGA Halftime

Discovery Room

1:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. – Training Block III

  • How to Make Students Care About Your SG: Create “Signature Programs” – Butch Oxendine
    Discovery Room
  • J   NEW WORKSHOP  Extending Governments Across the Nation – Edson O’Neale
    Magic Room
  • K   FOR ADVISORS  Advising 2.0: Navigating and Negotiating Institutional Politics – Suzette Walden Cole, Ph.D.
    Wonder Room
  •  Doing the Most: Talented and Overextended (Part 1) – Rasheed Ali Cromwell, Esq.
    Adventure Room

2:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. – Networking Break

2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. – Roundtables

  1. Senators, Representatives, Judicial Branch, and Committee Members – Discovery Room
  2. Presidents & Vice Presidents – Magic Room
  3. Secretaries and Treasurers – Wonder Room
  4. Advisors – Adventure Room

3:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. – Networking Break

3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. – Training Block IV

  • How Your SG Can Connect With Students: Survey Them! – Butch Oxendine
    Discovery Room
  • N   NEW WORKSHOP   FOR ADVISORS  Infusing Cultural Humility into Your Advising Practice – Suzette Walden Cole, Ph.D.
    Wonder Room
  •  Doing the Most: Talented and Overextended (Part 2) – Rasheed Ali Cromwell, Esq.
    Adventure Room

4:45 p.m. to 4:50 p.m. – Break

4:50 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. – Raffle

  • Raffle

Discovery Room

5:00 p.m. to ? – Dinner, entertainment (on your own)

Sunday, November 13, 2022

8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. – Buffet Breakfast

Applebee’s Restaurant

9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. – Training Block V

  • How to Improve Your SG’s Web & Social Media Presence – Butch Oxendine
    Discovery Room
  • Lost in Translation: Communication, Non-Communication and Everything in Between – Rasheed Ali Cromwell, Esq.
    Wonder Room
  • R   NEW WORKSHOP  Magnus Principles: I am, You Are, We Are Magnus! #Greatness – Michael A. Cadore Sr., Ed.D.
    Adventure Room

10:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. – Networking Break

10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. – Training Block VI

  • What Can Your Student Government Really Accomplish? Choose Realistic Goals – Butch Oxendine
    Discovery Room
  • Impeachment: The Last Frontier – Rasheed Ali Cromwell, Esq.
    Wonder Room
  • Student Government is a Bunch of C.R.A.P. (Communication-Respect-Attitude-Professionalism) – Michael A. Cadore Sr., Ed.D.
    Adventure Room

11:15 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. – Break

11:20 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. – Wrap-Up & Raffle

  • Rasheed Ali Cromwell, Esq., Emcee
  • “The Importance of Your Student Government” – Butch Oxendine, ASGA Founder & Executive Director
  • Ultimate Connectors Raffle (return your evaluation form to enter)

Discovery Room

Workshop Guide & Descriptions
  • 2022 Workshop Guide & Descriptions coming soon