Saturday, November 17, 2007
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Upcoming Events
AASuccess TRAINING PROGRAM on
"Student Success Leadership Focus Session: Debate, Learn and Apply"
Where: Kenmore Middle School, Room 190
When: Sunday, November 18, 2007, 10:30-12:15 PM
Registration is required/members only, email aasteam@aasuccess.org
Format: Debate, Focus Session
Who: Ian Dang, Guest Speaker
Would you like to motivate and inspire your student members and so they can lead and help you lead others?
Would you like to lead, learn, and live more responsibly as a successful individual?
As a project lead, you may already know what to do and how to lead…but you will eventually flounder and get frustrated because of the lack of followers, and if you 're either doing the right things for wrong reasons or the wrong things for the right reasons. We 're talking about purpose here. Your roadmap to SUCCESS and the "WHY" behind effective leadership. In this session, you will learn how to:
Become a better project leader
Achieve a successful project from ideas and concepts for a project
Find motivation and energy in order to lead a project
Define your team's goal for the project
Prepare and plan tasks for each member of the team
Understand the incentives for the contribution for each member of your team
Get each team member working in the same direction
Enhance collaboration among members of your team
Unleash the power of teamwork in order to accomplish a winning project
Ian D. Dang, PhD, was born in Lyon, France and immigrated in to the US in the late 80's. Ian Received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Davidson College and a Doctorate in Neurobiology from Loyola University Chicago. After obtaining his PhD, he continued his scientific training as a Post-doctoral Fellow at The Scripps Research Institute. While Ian has spent numerous hours studying, Ian has also been involved with numerous sports. He scored numerous touchdowns as a runningback for his high school football team and made several game saving tackles as a member of the rugby team in college. Since his college years, Ian has been an avid runner and has been fortunate to complete the 26.2 mile journey of the Chicago marathon. Although Ian has lived for more than 20 years in the US and has embraced American values, Ian is still proud to retain his Vietnamese and French heritage. He enjoys the delicate texture of foie gras as well as the strong taste of Vietnamese crepes bathed in fish sauce. Ian would to share his experience to help train tomorrow's Asian leaders through Aasuccess.
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December 15, 2007: Wine Tasting/Musical Performances/Art Gallery
Where: 5719 Lee Hwy, Arlington, VA 22207
Time: 4:00 PM- 8:30 PM
How can you help us: Email aasteam@aasuccess.org for more information
Why:
Providing a venue for networking and having our friends and supporters to get to know AASuccess at a personal level such as meeting board members, student council members, and those professionals who have been investing their time into our AASuccess Leadership Program;
Providing a venue where we as the hosts could introduce our guests from different organizations and circle of friends to one another as networking resources;
Providing a venue to celebrate our holiday season with a wine tasting program couple with our musical performances led by both professionals and students.
The musical peformances feature Mr. Tam Tran, viola- A frequent performer at the White House as a member of the "President's Own" White House Chamber Orchestra. Tam has performed at the Kennedy Center, performed in chamber music concerts with members of the Emerson String Quartet, Ani Kavafian, and Colin Carr, and has also performed on NPR's "Performance Today." Prior to his recent appointment with the "President's Own", Tam pursued doctoral studies at SUNY-Stony Brook where he was the viola teaching assistant and student of Lawrence Dutton of the Emerson String Quartet.
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Thanksgiving Project's Update:
Message from Julie Keddel, Project Lead from AASuccess:
Currently I am coordinating a Thanksgiving Project which deals with giving back to the community by raising donations for the homeless children and their families this upcoming holiday. We are raising donations to give to the Shelter House, Inc. ( www.shelterhouse.org). Through these donations, we are hoping to allow the children and families of the homeless shelter to have a wonderful holiday experience.
On November 10-11th, I helped take part in a fundraising event located in Eden Center. This was one of the ways that AAS helped raise donations for the homeless shelter. In the chilly weather, a group of around 12 AAS members and I worked diligently to raise around two hundred dollars. A local deli, Huong Binh Bakery and Deli, even generously donated $50 to our cause. Through this experience, I was able to get to know many of the AAS members, (since I am more of a newer member) and I have found that they are a hearty, willing group of volunteers.
I am excited to say that I, with a couple of volunteers, will present all donations we have raised through our efforts to the homeless shelter on the 21st. I would like to ask if you are willing to give a donation to help make the homeless shelter's families have a better Thanksgiving Holiday. Any amount will do; any donation will go a long way. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or are interested in donating. (julie.k@aasuccess.org)
Thank you very much,
Julie Keddell
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"Student Success Leadership Focus Session: Debate, Learn and Apply"
Where: Kenmore Middle School, Room 190
When: Sunday, November 18, 2007, 10:30-12:15 PM
Registration is required/members only, email aasteam@aasuccess.org
Format: Debate, Focus Session
Who: Ian Dang, Guest Speaker
Would you like to motivate and inspire your student members and so they can lead and help you lead others?
Would you like to lead, learn, and live more responsibly as a successful individual?
As a project lead, you may already know what to do and how to lead…but you will eventually flounder and get frustrated because of the lack of followers, and if you 're either doing the right things for wrong reasons or the wrong things for the right reasons. We 're talking about purpose here. Your roadmap to SUCCESS and the "WHY" behind effective leadership. In this session, you will learn how to:
Become a better project leader
Achieve a successful project from ideas and concepts for a project
Find motivation and energy in order to lead a project
Define your team's goal for the project
Prepare and plan tasks for each member of the team
Understand the incentives for the contribution for each member of your team
Get each team member working in the same direction
Enhance collaboration among members of your team
Unleash the power of teamwork in order to accomplish a winning project
Ian D. Dang, PhD, was born in Lyon, France and immigrated in to the US in the late 80's. Ian Received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Davidson College and a Doctorate in Neurobiology from Loyola University Chicago. After obtaining his PhD, he continued his scientific training as a Post-doctoral Fellow at The Scripps Research Institute. While Ian has spent numerous hours studying, Ian has also been involved with numerous sports. He scored numerous touchdowns as a runningback for his high school football team and made several game saving tackles as a member of the rugby team in college. Since his college years, Ian has been an avid runner and has been fortunate to complete the 26.2 mile journey of the Chicago marathon. Although Ian has lived for more than 20 years in the US and has embraced American values, Ian is still proud to retain his Vietnamese and French heritage. He enjoys the delicate texture of foie gras as well as the strong taste of Vietnamese crepes bathed in fish sauce. Ian would to share his experience to help train tomorrow's Asian leaders through Aasuccess.
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December 15, 2007: Wine Tasting/Musical Performances/Art Gallery
Where: 5719 Lee Hwy, Arlington, VA 22207
Time: 4:00 PM- 8:30 PM
How can you help us: Email aasteam@aasuccess.org for more information
Why:
Providing a venue for networking and having our friends and supporters to get to know AASuccess at a personal level such as meeting board members, student council members, and those professionals who have been investing their time into our AASuccess Leadership Program;
Providing a venue where we as the hosts could introduce our guests from different organizations and circle of friends to one another as networking resources;
Providing a venue to celebrate our holiday season with a wine tasting program couple with our musical performances led by both professionals and students.
The musical peformances feature Mr. Tam Tran, viola- A frequent performer at the White House as a member of the "President's Own" White House Chamber Orchestra. Tam has performed at the Kennedy Center, performed in chamber music concerts with members of the Emerson String Quartet, Ani Kavafian, and Colin Carr, and has also performed on NPR's "Performance Today." Prior to his recent appointment with the "President's Own", Tam pursued doctoral studies at SUNY-Stony Brook where he was the viola teaching assistant and student of Lawrence Dutton of the Emerson String Quartet.
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Thanksgiving Project's Update:
Message from Julie Keddel, Project Lead from AASuccess:
Currently I am coordinating a Thanksgiving Project which deals with giving back to the community by raising donations for the homeless children and their families this upcoming holiday. We are raising donations to give to the Shelter House, Inc. ( www.shelterhouse.org). Through these donations, we are hoping to allow the children and families of the homeless shelter to have a wonderful holiday experience.
On November 10-11th, I helped take part in a fundraising event located in Eden Center. This was one of the ways that AAS helped raise donations for the homeless shelter. In the chilly weather, a group of around 12 AAS members and I worked diligently to raise around two hundred dollars. A local deli, Huong Binh Bakery and Deli, even generously donated $50 to our cause. Through this experience, I was able to get to know many of the AAS members, (since I am more of a newer member) and I have found that they are a hearty, willing group of volunteers.
I am excited to say that I, with a couple of volunteers, will present all donations we have raised through our efforts to the homeless shelter on the 21st. I would like to ask if you are willing to give a donation to help make the homeless shelter's families have a better Thanksgiving Holiday. Any amount will do; any donation will go a long way. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or are interested in donating. (julie.k@aasuccess.org)
Thank you very much,
Julie Keddell
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