Student Leadership Program (SLP)

SLP offers exciting leadership training for UW-Madison students! The programs are designed to develop leadership skills in emerging leaders, as well as enhance the skills of those currently in leadership positions. Three student coordinators lead SLP with assistance from SLP committee chairs, general members, and the Student Organization Office (SOO). As a member, you will be a vital part of the planning and implementation of the SLP events, as well as the development of new ideas for the future of leadership at UW-Madison. SLP meeting are held twice a month and a filled with fun, friends, and leadership challenges!

SLP believes that the leadership process begins by strengthening individual leadership skills, and offers opportunities for individuals to develop the fundamental skills that are helpful in maintaining successful personal relationships, contributing to campus organizations, and participating as citizens of our campus community. The development of leadership is a life-long process that starts with the potential found within you. Leadership training can provide the catalyst for recognizing and pursuing that potential.

There is truly something for everyone in SLP. Listed below are the various committees sponsored by the organization. As SLP general members, students are asked to contribute their time to at least one committee of their own interest.

Leadership Summits

This committee has charted new territory in the past year by incorporating a national leadership organization and leadership technology. Ultimately the Leadership Summits Committee strives to improve student leadership through the use of goal setting and leadership speakers. To accomplish these goals, the Summit Committee plans monthly satellite conferences in collaboration with the National Society of Leadership and Success. Following the keynote speaker broadcast, Success Networking Teams are organized. In these teams the committee guides participants through the goal setting and reflection process and assists members with networking and getting acquainted with one another.

Organizational Management Services
The purpose of this committee is to assist all student groups with the management of their organization. They aim to meet the needs of the 700+ student organizations on campus through a variety of specifically tailored programs and services. This committee focuses on bringing leaders of student organizations together in a variety of different forums to discuss leadership issues directly affecting their organization. We plan three main programs through this committee: SOO Mini Conferences, Coffee n’ Conversation Round Table Discussion, and the Dinner and Dialogue Awards Banquets. Committee members recruit community speakers and facilitators for these events, network with student organization leaders, and research topics that are warranted for discussion.

Complete Confidence In Communication (C3)Training Series
The purpose of this committee is to plan and implement curriculum for the C3 Series. This training program is open to any UW Student, but targets key areas of communication in which students struggle. The curriculum provides opportunities for students to learn the skills and more importantly practice the skills in a safe environment with open/constructive feedback. Skills that have been of focus in the past include; facilitating training programs, running effective meetings, interviewing, and power words.

All-Campus Leadership Conference
Every February the Student Leadership Program sponsors the All-Campus Leadership Conference with about 650 students attending last year. The conference is marketed to students and especially student organization leaders. The conference includes: a professional keynote speaker whose focus is on a specific area of leadership development, lunch, and then several breakout session workshops. Students can choose the breakout session they want to attend based on their personal leadership interests. The conference is free to UW-Madison students.

Leadership & Social Justice Committee
The purpose of this committee is to bring attention and awareness to the relationship between leadership and social justice. The committee discusses and designs events to bring together students and community leaders who are interested in these issues. Past programs included a Social Justice Movie Series, Diversity Training, Poetry Reading, and various collaborative events with other social justice organizations. This committee strives to bring student groups together to plan and support programs on campus that actively promotes and educates other students on issues related to social justice.

Student Consultant & Speakers Bureau

Trained facilitators create and facilitate interactive workshops for students requesting training in many areas of leadership development. These workshops are free and tailored specifically to meet the needs of the student organization. Past workshops have included such topics as time management, strategic planning, and leadership styles.

Emerging Leaders Program/Greek Emerging Leaders Program
The ELP/GELP programs are a series of interactive workshops for freshmen and sophomores that focus on basic leadership skill development. The workshops are hands-on and provide students with an out-of-classroom learning experience which builds young students’ skills and capacities to lead others. These 8 week programs are offered each semester.

Leadership Through Volunteering Committee
The purpose of this committee is to develop and gain leadership skills through voluntary service. This committee helps student volunteers identify and recognize the leadership skills they are developing while participating in service work within the community. The committee also reaches out to other service organizations with similar missions to collaborate and offer facilitation and reflection components to their service projects.

Leadership through Alumni and Student Outreach
This committee provides students with life lessons and advice from leaders on campus and within the community. They try to link past and present SLP members in order to maintain the sense of community fostered in our organization. They plan two large scale events each year: one to connect underclassmen to upperclassmen and the other to connect juniors and seniors with UW alumni. This committee is also working to fulfill SLP’s Alumni Affiliate Group requirements by obtaining alumni contact information, creating bi-semester newsletter, and hosting alumni speaker events.

Leadership Resources and Campus Relations
This committee serves as both an internal resource for other SLP committees as well as an external link between SLP and the media. They function as the creative leadership resource branch that implements marketing strategies, provides liaisons to the campus community, and promotes SLP events and programs. This committee reaches out to student leaders through electronic resources such as an email listserv “What the Leaders Read” and other on-line and hard copy resources.

How to contact SLP:
Phone: 608/263-4663
Email: slp@odos.wisc.edu
Web: soo.studentorg.wisc.edu/SLP