| Time
Table |
Suggestions |
Considerations |
| ASAP |
Decide
on the date and the room in your school and reserve it. |
Consider
a room that affords easy access and some privacy. At Oakcrest,
the women are arranged at one long table facing the girls. We have
a microphone and a podium so that everyone can be heard. |
| ASAP |
Begin
the search for professional women. Use colleagues, local womens
organizations, and local businesses to find guests. |
If
you have some difficulty finding women, we can contact the women
who come to our breakfast for help. Also, once the word spreads
throughout the school, people should stop you in the hall to tell
you about that special someone that they know that may want to
come. |
| December |
Send
the invitation out to the women you will be inviting and be sure
to include a respond by date.
|
You
can see on the sample invitation what we have included in the invitations
used in previous years. |
| January |
Send
the request to colleagues for student nominees to attend the breakfast. |
Ask
them to respond by email, preferably as soon as they read your
emailed request!!! Ask for students who will truly benefit from
attending; accomplished students who will look good and ask the
right questions are not always the ones who need to be there. |
| February |
Send
the invitations to the students with the RSVP. Do a press
release or invite a columnist. |
We
have instituted a dress code for the students in an effort to elevate
the breakfast into something special. |
| February |
Plan
the menu and decorations and speak to the person in charge of setting
up the room. |
At
Oakcrest, we have used the Library (it is closed to others for
the morning) because of the fact that it already has tables and
chairs enough for 10 guests and 75 students. We hang women’s
history posters, set the tables in spring colors, and provide bagels,
danish, fresh fruit, juice and coffee. |
