National Leadership Conference of the
American Student Dental Association
Edmund Monsef, Jessica Giles, Melanie Whalen, & Justin Jones
Brief Recap
 The first-ever National Leadership Conference took place
Nov. 2-4, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois
 More than 375 students and 30 presenters participated
 The National Leadership Conference provided
professional development and leadership training to
dental students.
American Student Dental Association. (2012). National leadership conference. Retrieved From http://www.asdanet.org/nlc/
Thursday, Nov 1st
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Flight departed Phoenix @ 5:35
Study AND Public Health 
Arrived in Chicago @ 10:50
Cab to Holiday Inn in the heart of downtown Chicago
Friday, Nov 2nd
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5AM - Early wake up
7AM - Continental breakfast & Registration
8AM – NLC takes off
8AM – 4PM Breakout sessions (Lunch 12-1)
• Intro
• Release Your Inner Super Hero
• Keynote Speaker: Ryan Estis
• The Art of Networking
• Dr. Chris Salierno
• How To Run an Effective Meeting
• Dr. Ryan Dulde
• Intentionality: When Vision Meets Reality
• Dan Conrod (Dale Carnegie)
• 5PM – 7PM Exhibit Fair
Confident clinician
Community leader
Better relationships
Ryan Estis
Release Your Inner Super Hero
Increasing your remarkability quotient:
• Did I help some today without expecting anything in return?
• How will I be remembered by the people I worked with today?
Era of average is over
Need to be influential
• Influential leaders master the art of asking effective questions
• Bridge the gap btw expectations and experience
“What do you like to do when you're not working?”
Art of active listening
• Book: the one minute manager
Define your purpose
Leadership isn't about you
Put others first for when you help them get to where they want to be they will help you get to where you
want to be.....Be helpful
Dr. Ryan Dulde
How to run an effective meeting
Prepared
Maximize the time
Must have an agenda
• Email for one way communications
• Don't put something on an agenda that can be handled with an email
• Calls & chats for two way comms
• Meetings for all-way comms
If you can take care of something before the meeting then do I
Know your role and expectations of you
Productive meeting
Following through action plans
Project tracking
Task assignment status
Present
Meeting leader is an absolute must
Trust is imperative
• The Chair
• Facilitate discussion
• Manage time
• Keep focused / on Task
• Offers the least amount of opinion
• Usually creates the agenda
• The Member
• Contributes ideas
• Self regulate
• Hold chair accountable
• Engage ideas
• Are the ones giving ideas and engages
• Everyone is responsible for keeping a derailed
meeting back on track!
Saturday, Nov
It was even more awesome
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The Art of Motivation
 VP of Carnegie Mellon- Maria Storm
 Spoke about how to inspire people of different
personality types and the myths of
 How to win friends and influence people
 Part of Leadership Cliffnotes
 Sound cool? Watch the talk at:
www.asdablog.com/art-of-motivation/
Break Outs
 District Meeting
 Topics
 Licensure
 ASDA communications, policy makers, leadership ops, state lobby day
 Successful Chapter / practice marketing
 Public speaking, interviews, CV writing
 How to be your chapters a successful Finance, Legislative, organizer,
sales person, predent
Meet & Greet
 Drinks
 Fun
 Pictures
 District 10:
Tyler Rumple
• Network with ASDA leadership, ask questions
about positions, and campaign
Sunday, Nov
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Presentations
 Understanding Your Individual Leadership Style
 Mary Byers, CAE, speaker and consultant
 4 types: Thinker, Socializer, Director, or
Relator
 The future of Your leadership Journey
 Dr. Ryan Dulde
The future of Dentistry
 Specialty recognition for dental anesthesiology rejected by ADA house
of delegates
 Not selective
 Not distinct
 For more information visit: http://www.ada.org/news/7885.aspx
 Policy on use of human subjects in licensure exams
 Ongoing
 House of delegates (old school way of thinking)
“ASDA FEVER”
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ASDA Fever - a condition of contagious enthusiasm and love for
ASDA
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Symptoms - Characterized by completion of one’s ASDA duties because he or
she loves the work completely, reading the ASDA blog into the wee hours of
the night, possible high body temperature, constant brainstorming for possible
ASDA events, volunteering to set up and take down at ASDA events,
attendance to every ASDA event possible, may be accompanied by a fast pulse
rate and a slight obsession with all things ASDA
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Recommended Treatment – More involvement in ASDA!
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Prognosis – Incurable 
Save the date for
next year’s
event: Nov. 1517, 2012 in
Chicago!
Whether you are just starting out at as an
ASDA member or have experience holding a
position at the chapter or national level, this
event will help develop your leadership skills.
Want to know more?
 Please visit:
 http://www.asdanet.org/nlc/
Meet Leaders Across the Nation
Gorgeous City Views
Great Food
Good Times