20092010 Dance Marathon Leadership Opportunities

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2009-2010 Dance Marathon Leadership Opportunities

• Cant Stop, Wont Stop!

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Description of All Positions

• These leadership opportunities present you with
  the chance to
• Impact the amazing student organization you
  already love, and its cause, Pediatric
  Rehabilitation
• Take ownership and creatively influence Dance
  Marathon
• Grow as a leader and help run the largest
  student-run nonprofit in the state of Michigan.

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Dance Marathon Committee Structure

• Every position falls within one of these fourteen
  committees

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Description of Each Position

• Note The following descriptions illustrate the
  responsibilities of each Leadership Position with
  Dance Marathon this year
• Many of these positions have changed from last
  year, so make sure to look at every description
  carefully!

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Description of Each PositionInternal Team

• Dancer Relations (DR)
• Dancer Relations Representative (8)
• Main responsibility is to create an amazing
  Dancer Experience for your Pod
• Lead a team of 12 Dancer Captains with your DF
  Rep and MCs
• Hold Pod meetings
• Advise your Dancer Captains
• Act as the vital link between teams and DMUM
  families and streamlining education of our cause
• Plan Pod-wide events such as dinners, movie
  nights, etc. to enhance the Dance Experience
• Help improve dancer retention and make sure all
  dancers have an opportunity to have the full DMUM
  experience
• Plan a number of organization wide events such as
  Dancer Orientation and Dancer Captain Retreat
• DR Chairs Christina Miceli and Allison Raftary
• dmum.dr_at_umich.edu

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Description of Each PositionInternal Team

• Dancer Fundraising (DF)
• Dancer Fundraising Representative (8)
• Main responsibility is to provide fundraising
  opportunities for dancers to raise as much money
  as possible for Dance Marathons cause
• Work closely within the DF Committee in order to
  devise and carry out innovative ways to target
  new demographics in our fundraising efforts,
  (e.g. bar nights, restaurant fundraisers, and
  bucketing)
• Provide leadership within the Pod by coordinating
  fundraising opportunities and overseeing progress
  of their 12 Dancer Captains and all the dancers
  in their Pod (with DR)
• Also act as Dancer Captains, leading teams of
  dancers in their Dance Marathon experience
  throughout the year
• A DF Rep should be fun, inspiring, and creative,
  in order to help expand Dance Marathon's
  fundraising efforts across the community.
• DF Chairs Kristen Steagall and Aaron Tarver
• dmum.df_at_umich.edu

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Description of Each PositionInternal Team

• Family Hospital Relations (FHR)
• Event Planning Coordinators (2) 
• Work together to plan the creative and logistics
  of the family events throughout the year such as
  PJ party, Winter Event, and Charity Ball
• Includes decorations, crafts, games and
  activities put on during the event. 
• Looking for someone with fresh exciting ideas as
  we want to revamp Winter Event
• Education Coordinators (2) 
• Will plan, run and spearhead the new effort to
  focus on education within our organization and
  throughout the greater community
• Includes education about our cause and as well
  as conditions which affect kids in need of
  rehabilitation
• Responsible for keeping developments in pediatric
  rehabilitation up to date
• Have a passion for creatively presenting
  information through mediums? Then this is the
  position for you!
• All-Inclusive Coordinator (1) 
• Will be in charge of all volunteering
  opportunities at both Mott and Beaumont hospitals
• Other responsibiliites will include new projects
  developed during the year with a specific focus
  on new projects for the Marathon
• FHR Chairs Avanthi Jayasuriya and Dana
  Schweitzer
• dmum.fhr_at_umich.edu

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Description of Each PositionExternal Team

• Campus Relations Recruitment (CRR)
• Greek Life Coordinator (1)
• Recruit from Greek organizations from all four of
  the Greek councils to create house teams for UMDM
• Residence Halls Coordinator (1)
• Generate awareness in Residence Halls and recruit
  halls to join UMDM
• Off Campus Coordinator (1)
• Recruits sophomores-seniors living in off-campus
  housing
• Special Events / Campus Relations Coordinator (1)
• Assists in the planning of mass meetings, Diag
  days, and any CRR related events
•  Student Orgs Coordinators (3)
• This is all dependent on the final outcome of
  Student Orgs Pod
• CRR Chairs Dan Haddad and Lola Oyebefun
• dmum.crr_at_umich.edu

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Description of Each PositionExternal Team

• Development
• Grants Foundations Coordinator (1)
• Responsible for researching and writing grants
  and contacting foundations that have a tie to the
  organization or cause (NOTE This is
  cross-referenced with Financial Management!!)
• Corporate Matching Coordinator (1)
• Responsible for contacting and working with
  companies with corporate matching programs
• New Contacts Coordinator (1)
• Responsible for researching and contacting
  potential DMUM sponsors
• Alumni/Dancer Relations Coordinator (1)
• Act as liaison between Alumni and Dancers
• Recruit and manage the DMUM Alumni Mentorship
  program
• Regional Special Events Coordinators (2)
• Responsible for working with the Regional Alumni
  Coordinators and Committees
• Also in charge of regional Alumni events (local
  and regional) including the DMUM homecoming
  tailgate, bar nights, and the alumni dinner at
  the Marathon
• Communications Coordinator (1)
• Responsible for organizing and editing the DMUM
  alumni newsletter "The Danceline
• Annual Giving Coordinator (2)
• Responsible for managing annual giving program
  and ensuring growth that is sustainable for DM_at_
  UM
• Development Chairs Nicole Armbruster and Aaron
  Hans
• dmum.development_at_umich.edu

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Description of Each PositionExternal Team

• Hospitality
• Benefit Dinner Coordinator (1)
• Responsibilities will include researching and
  planning sponsorship dinners at a local Ann Arbor
  restaurants
• Special Events Coordinator (1)
• Responsibilities will include planning special
  events involving food at the Marathon, assisting
  in events that require food at year-round events,
  and other projects
• New Sponsor Coordinator (1)
• Responsibilities will include researching new
  potential sponsors, both local and corporate, and
  other projects
• Sponsor Incentive Coordinator (1)
• Responsibilities will include maintaining
  relationships with sponsors by ensuring they
  receive the incentives for their sponsorship
  level
• Hospitality Chair Meg Harrison
• dmum.hospitality_at_umich.edu

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Description of Each PositionExternal Team

• Community Outreach
• Public Relations Coordinator (1) 
• Responsible for contacting and communicating with
  publications (such as newspapers, community
  newsletters, etc) and releasing announcements
  about Dance Marathon opportunities and events
• Also responsible for communicating with radio and
  television stations to announce Dance Marathon
  opportunities and events
• Must have excellent writing skills and a passion
  for Communications/Public Relations.
• 1 Events Coordinator 
• Responsible for planning and executing events
  that will
• Raise awareness about Dance Marathon within the
  community
• Allow DM families, DM student participants, and
  families within the community to interact
• Must be creative and innovative!
• Community Outreach Chair Jessica Brierly-Snowden
• dmum.outreach_at_umich.edu

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Description of Each PositionExternal Team

• Promotions
• Photo Coordinator/DMUM Photographer (1)
• In charge of photographing all DMUM events and
  documenting them for future use in promotional
  materials
• Project based teams you can join
• Video
• Graphic Design and Apparel
• Yearbook/Program
• New Media
• Strategic Marketing
• Anyone who has a good new idea for promoting DM
  on campus is encouraged to contact Promotions as
  coming up with a new coordinator position is
  definitely possible!
• Promotions Chair Jess Hoffman
• dmum.promotions_at_umich.edu

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Description of Each PositionOperations Team

• Administration
• Database Coordinator (2)  
• Responsible for helping create and maintain Dance
  Marathon's new organizational database.  
• May assist in some database training, data entry,
  and data analysis.
• Experience with FileMaker/FileMaker Pro or
  database creation software is a plus, but not
  required.  
• Marathon Projects Coordinator (2)
• Responsible for compiling dancer bios,
  organization and assembly of Marathon name tags,
  creation of the official Marathon invitation, and 
  other Marathon projects as they come up.
• Office Space Coordinator But That's MY Stapler!
  (1)
• Responsible for keeping education and family
  information updated in the Dance Marathon office,
  maintaining an inventory of supplies and
  resources in the office, and updating the
  bulletin board/dancer information area of the
  office.
• Historian Coordinator (1) 
• Responsible for creating the scrapbook and
  assisting with the end of the year collage.
• Admin Chair Kate Balzer, dmum.admin_at_umich.edu

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Description of Each PositionOperations Team

• Financial Management
• Analytics Coordinator (1)
• Responsible for analyzing the financial status of
  our organization
• Including calculating event and fundraiser
  returns on investment and establishing an in-kind
  donation tracking system.
• Funding/Grant Coordinator (1)
• Responsible for working with Development to
  expand DMUM's grants and university funding.
  Note This is a joint coordinator position with
  the Development committee.
• Strong Writing Skills Required
• Money Counting Coordinator (2)
• Will assist with the development of counting
  strategies that ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Responsibilities will be understanding and
  executing the financial system and assisting with
  other tasks.
• Financial Management Chairs Eric Elgin and Alyse
  Kowalick
• dmum.finance_at_umich.edu

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Description of Each PositionOperations Team

• Web Marketing
• Media Coordinator (1)
• In charge of adding flare and a personalized
  touch to the website by creatively displaying
  photographs and videos of all events and
  participants throughout the year
• General Web Marketing Coordinator (2)
• This position includes a vast range of activities
  including updating and redesigning pages of the
  website, researching and implementing new
  integrated web programs, special projects,
  implementation of a blog, collecting and
  analyzing web-activity data, branding the
  website, and more
• Organizational Relations Coordinator (1)
• Responsible for finding, gathering, and
  organizing various stories and happenings
  throughout the entire organization to be
  presented on the brand new stories section of the
  DMUM website
• Analytics and Advertising Coordinator (1)
• This person will be responsible for working
  helping to monitor web traffic, organizing
  information within the site, and helping to
  redesign pages based on research provided by a
  class at Eastern Michigan University, Google
  Adwards  and Google Analytics
• Web Marketing Chairs Chantal Laurens and
  Veronica Ward
• dmum.webmarketing_at_umich.edu

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Description of Each PositionPlanning Team

• Entertainment
• 2-3 Entertainment Coordinators
• Provides all Entertainment needs throughout the
  year which include
• Live From MichiganIts Thursday Night will
  brainstorm, plan, and recruit performers during
  the first few weeks of school will also assist
  during the actual performance (October 22nd)
• The Marathon!!!
• Main responsibility crafting and executing the
  schedule for the best 30 hours of the year!!
• Working on logistics by communicating with
  performers, MCs, and Event Management
• Devise new ideas that will enhance the event and
  dancer experience
• Note coordinators make up the entire
  Entertainment Committee
• Previous Planning experience and video editing
  skills are welcome, though not required!!
• Entertainment Chair Emily Wanserski
• dmum.entertainment_at_umich.edu

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Description of Each PositionPlanning Team

• Event Management
• Decorations Coordinator (2)
• In charge of not only the physical decorations
  themselves but also the aesthetic presentation of
  the Marathon.
• Must love arts and crafts and have a knack for
  transforming large buildings into timeless
  memories.
• Marathon Logistics (1)
• In charge of the set-up and tear-down of the
  Marathon in addition to other general Marathon
  logistics.
• Also responsible for working with the Event
  Management chair to most utilize the space we
  have allotted for us.
• Event Logistics (1)
• Main responsibilities include the logistics of
  the marathon focusing on the outside the building
  (parking, transport, the like)
• This person will also work with the EM chair and
  Marathon Logistics coordinator on various other
  marathon projects throughout the year.
• Event Management Chair Hersh Shroff
• dmum.management_at_umich.edu

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Description of Each PositionPlanning Team

• Morale
• Morale Captains, aka MCs(24-28)
• Main responsibility is planning and executing the
  activities and competitions that take place and
  entertain the dancers throughout the year and at
  the Marathon
• Will be placed on two dancer teams to help keep
  the dancers informed and excited about the events
  taking place
• Is also a part of the Morale Committee and will
  be a member of one of the four smaller
  sub-committees Spirit and Dancer Ownership,
  Activities, Smaller Activities, and
  Vidi-Commmittee
• Members of the Morale Committee should be
  creative, supportive, dedicated, and most of all,
  ENERGETIC!!
• General time commitment for an MC includes 2-3
  hour meetings every Sunday, a weekly
  sub-committee meeting, all of your dancer teams
  meetings, 2-3 hours/week of Linedance practice
  (2nd semester only), and general leadership and
  DM meetings and events
• Morale Chairs Feras Ackall and Lea Wender
• dmum.morale_at_umich.edu

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Next Steps

• If you are interested in any DMUM leadership
  positions, please contact the corresponding chair
  via email (all chairs emails are listed on their
  corresponding slide)
• They will respond to you with the next steps
• If you are interested in being a Dancer
  Fundraising Representative, Dancer Relations
  Representative, or Morale Captain, please fill
  out the leadership application attached to the
  All-Star email (the application can also be found
  on the website)
• Leadership Application is due September 14th
• If you have any questions, please contact any CPT
  member or me at dmum.exec_at_umich.edu

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Thank you!!!

• THE END!!
• Thanks for reading through the presentation and I
  cannot wait to see you all around campus and at
  the Welcome Week 2009 Festivities!!