On Saturday, February 23 the executive board of
Alpha Chi Omega attended Florida State Day 2013. At this event executive boards
from all seven Florida chapters attended. The day started out with check in and
a nice breakfast in which everyone was able to mingle and introduce themselves
to women from different chapters. The program officially started at 9 AM with a
presentation about our individual strengths. Before everyone came to State Day,
we were asked to complete STRENGTHSQUEST, which is a personality test. The speaker, Rosalie Carpenter, was fantastic! During the presentation we had
the opportunity to talk with women from other chapters as well as from our own
chapter about our strengths. By completing this exercise we all learned so much
about each other and this will really help all of the executive boards work
better together as a team.
Once the presentation on
strengths was over, we had the pleasure of meeting the granddaughter of Nellie
Gamble Childe, one of the founders of Alpha Chi Omega! It was such an amazing
opportunity and truly fascinating to hear her speak about Nellie. After that
excitement was done the day continued in full force. For the remainder of the
day, everyone split up into three breakout sessions that were each around an
hour long. State Day prided itself in that it was not another conference in which
all we talked about was Alpha Chi for the entire day. Therefore, the sessions focused
more on topics that would help sisters improve themselves and then be able to
bring these improvements back to their chapters. The sessions ranged from
topics on social media, personal finance, representing the real you, conflict
management, and more! At the end of the day, everyone gathered together again
and there were raffle prizes given away and the winners of the silent auction were
announced. Overall, State Day was a wonderful experience and everyone took a
great amount away with them that they can bring to their chapters!
