Emerging Leaders (EL) is a program for first year dancers that are interested in getting more involved in DMUM leadership. Members work in project teams that span throughout the whole semester. Members get a first look into what it’s like to run a fully student-operated non-profit organization. EL aims to help co-hort members develop leadership skills that are applicable to future leadership roles inside and outside of DMUM.

EL members have created a flier and pamphlet for Victorthon that will be given to every participant at the event. The pamphlet includes the schedule and all of the sponsors that made Victorthon possible. The EL members are working closely with the Internal Director to execute this project.  

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The EL Comms Committee made various K-12 videos, one to show to elementary schools and one to show to high schools, to explain what DMUM is to increase outreach. The committee is also working on various TikTok opportunities that highlight Victorthon and other Dancer and EL information, acting alongside the marketing coords

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The EL Operations committee created this EL website page. They wrote short paragraphs summarizing what EL is, what they do, and how to get involved. The committee wrote one paragraph for each of the four committees, describing what they focus on and what they did as past projects. They also included important links for EL resources to be more easily accessible. Additionally, they linked the past projects of each committee from Fall 2023. They also included registration details for future years.

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The Planning committee has been working with the sponsorship committee to get food and snacks for Victorthon. They have also been reaching out for donations to put towards raffle baskets in order to limit the amount of money coming out from DMUM. At Victorthon, they will assist the sponsorship committee to help prepare and distribute the food.

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The Internal Project team worked as a committee to create coffee chat groups between dancers and members of Steering/CPT, to encourage dancer participation in DMUM-wide programs throughout the year. These coffee chat groups connected dancers to DMUM leadership members with similar interests as them, as well as also connecting dancers to people within leadership positions they are hoping to learn more about.

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The Communications team worked with the Marketing and Visual Media committees to highlight dancer-led events throughout the fall semester. Historically, the images on DMUM’s social media accounts mainly highlights members of leadership, so the goal of this project was to feature the majority of our org – the dancers! Members of this team brainstormed different videos and photos to take and delegated roles from taking to editing to posting. This project can best be visualized through the resulting tiktok at this link here. 

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The purpose of the Fall 2023 semester project was to analyze the data on the outcome of Planning Committee events that have taken place over the past five years, taking into account the pandemic and other obstacles. The Ops team analyzed these events and decided what changes needed to be made at the events, what worked well, and brainstormed ideas for future events. Things such as family attendance, DMUM attendance, and most active time periods were looked at as well as the popularity of specific activities.

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The planning team brainstormed and planned various activities/games for each of the DMUM booths present at Spookathon. They ensured enough materials were provided for each activity and that clear instructions were provided. They also created a sign-up system for dancers to work these booths which increased attendance and participation compared to last year’s events. Booths such as the Memory Game, Mystery Box, Pin the Spider to the Web, and the Mummy Relay Race were run by EL and dancers of DMUM. 

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EL meets once a week for an hour alternating between “sync” meetings as an entire cohort and smaller project teams working alongside a committee they are interested in. EL applications open at the beginning of fall semester every school year, so keep checking back for updates on how to apply and our application timeline! In the meantime, check out some other cool DMUM opportunities to get involved in!