Top 10 Things You Should Know About the 2009 AFA Annual Meeting

1. REGISTER. Registration will go live in late August. The early deadline for registration is October 30, 2009.

2. GENERAL SESSION. The General Session speaker is Steve Farber, author of such business leadership books as the Radical Leap and Greater than Yourself. Those attending the General Session will receive a copy of Steve's newest book, Greater than Yourself. The General Session is Monday, December 7, 2009 at 8:45 a.m. For more information about the General Session speaker, click here.

3. SCHEDULE. This year's Annual Meeting is unique in that it features a Sunday - Thursday schedule instead of our traditional Wednesday - Sunday. Click here for a complete copy of the Schedule At-a-Glance.

4. FIRESIDE CHATS. In 2009, we are pleased to offer more Fireside Chat opportunities than ever. There will be a maximum of nine time periods available for each campus and each inter/national fraternity/sorority to communicate during twenty minute chats.

5. COMMUNITY SERVICE. We have listened to your feedback regarding the community service opportunity. We are working to identify a service opportunity that will occur in the hotel on Sunday, December 6, 2009 from 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. for attendees. We value service and would like to allow as many attendees as possible to engage in this activity. Look for more information soon.

6. VOLUNTEER. We will once again offer the opportunity for members of the Association to sign up to volunteer at the 2009 Annual Meeting. These volunteers will be called Annual Meeting Ambassadors. Ambassadors perform jobs such as introducing educational programs, helping to direct guests in the hotel, reviewing resumes for Project Job Search, and more. The application and complete job description will be on the website in July and will be due in early September.

7. PRE-CONFERENCE. The Annual Meeting will host pre-conference programs on Sunday, December 6, 2009. Since we have transitioned from using the term AFA Conference to AFA Annual Meeting, we have renamed the pre-conference programs. They will now be called Annual Meeting Advance.

8. THEME. The theme of the 2009 Annual Meeting is: Caring for our Community. Educate, Impact, Involve. The theme and logo appear in the top right corner of the blog. If you click on the logo, it will take you to the Annual Meeting information on the AFA website. This is your resource for the most up-to-date Annual Meeting information.

9. ED PROGRAMS. The Call for Content: Programs and Ideas was live March 5, 2009- May 22, 2009. The Educational Programs committee received over 170 program proposals via this process. All speakers have been notified of the status of their programs at this time.

10. GRAD STAFF. Graduate Staff applications are now available. They are due August 30, 2009, at 11:59 p.m. EST. Graduate Staff is limited to students in the second year of their master's program. If the master's program is only one year, those students are eligible to apply. Click here to apply.