Leading with Values® Seminars

Through real conversations rooted in our core values, Pi Phis strengthen their skills, deepen relationships and grow into confident leaders.

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Turning Our Values into Everyday Leadership

By offering intentional and purposeful programming, Leading with Values sets the stage for understanding and living Pi Phi values, fulfilling leadership potential, serving others and achieving academic excellence.

Exploring Real Topics That Shape Real Growth

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Navigating Conversations with Care

Strong communication is at the heart of meaningful relationships. These seminars help Pi Phis navigate real conversations—whether it’s listening with empathy, working through conflict or supporting someone in a difficult moment. Through honest dialogue and reflection, members build the skills to engage with different perspectives and communicate with clarity and care.

Being a Better Listener
Navigating Difficult Conversations Around Bias
Negotiating an Alternative Agreement
Supporting When It Matters Most
Working, Living, Interacting with Others

Showing Up with Purpose

Making a difference starts with understanding the world around us. These seminars encourage Pi Phis to reflect on their role in their communities, exploring topics like advocacy, representation and the impact of service. Through thoughtful discussion, members learn how to turn awareness into action.

Awareness to Action
Mirrors and Windows
Philanthropy vs. Service
Your Lifelong Commitment to Pi Beta Phi

Taking Care of Yourself

Well-being is essential to personal growth and leadership. These seminars encourage Pi Phis to reflect on their individual needs, exploring topics like self-care, body image and mental health. Open conversation and guided reflection help members gain the tools to better understand themselves and support others. By prioritizing wellness, Pi Phis build the confidence and resilience needed to thrive in every aspect of life.

Basics of Self-Care
Body Neutrality vs. Body Positivity
Navigating Your Mental Health Needs

Preparing for What’s Next

Leadership starts with knowing who you are and how you show up. These seminars help Pi Phis build practical skills that extend beyond the chapter, exploring topics like personal branding, mentorship and living out our values every day. Along the way, members gain confidence in their voice, their goals and their next steps. Whether preparing for a career, building relationships or navigating new opportunities, Pi Phis are equipped for wherever life takes them.

#BeOurValues
Developing Your Pitch
Mentor Relationships

Building Friendships That Last

Sincere Friendship is at the heart of the Pi Phi experience. These seminars help members build deeper, more meaningful relationships by practicing empathy, understanding different perspectives and showing up for one another in real ways. Pi Phis learn how to support others with care and authenticity, resulting in friendships that last well beyond college.

Being A Sincere Friend When It Truly Matters
What Makes Me Who I Am

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“With midterms still going on and finals approaching, members may feel overwhelmed balancing schoolwork with extracurriculars and other personal commitments. The Leading with Values seminar “Supporting When it Matters Most” provided useful tools for identifying when a member might be struggling and how to respond with empathy and comfort. It reinforced a culture of compassion, honor and respect and personal growth within our chapter.”

Dana Smith, California Kappa
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“The “Navigating your Mental Health Needs” Leading With Values seminar helped members identify warning signs of mental illness, provided resources and discussed ways to seek help. This was perfectly timed with our midterm season where prioritizing mental health is important and often overlooked.”

Sierra Palese, California Beta
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“During the “Basics of Self Care” Leading with Values seminar, we walked through physical, psychological, emotional, practical, spiritual and social self-care, and encouraged members to reflect on their individual needs and current habits. When we are busy with recruitment, academic demands and leadership transitions, it’s important to pause and intentionally talk about balance and wellbeing. This seminar reinforced our values in a practical way and addressed a real and timely need within our chapter by reminding members to take care of themselves.”

Bella Walker, Texas Eta
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“Through the Leading with Values seminars, we have created consistent opportunities for reflection, conversation and skill development, ensuring our programming meaningfully supports both individual member growth and overall chapter health. During the “Awareness to Action” seminar, we learned to create space for meaningful conversation about diverse perspectives, empathy and appreciation for different lived experiences.”

Taylor Viducic, Wisconsin Alpha
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“By focusing on lifelong membership and long-term impact, the “Your Lifelong Commitment to Pi Phi” Leading With Values seminar encouraged meaningful conversations and resources tailored to members approaching graduation. We were able to ask thoughtful questions and challenge our members to think about the future and the impact they want to make in our chapter.”

Caitlyn Bradley, Arkansas Alpha

Available Seminars

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Awareness to Action

Being an ally is the first step in becoming an advocate for others. This seminar will help members define the various stages of support and advocacy, enable members to evolve their social responsibility and engage participants in self-critique.

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Basics of Self-Care

In this seminar, members will identify different types of self-care and reflect on their individual self-care needs.

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Being a Better Listener

Listening is a vital part of interpersonal communication. Listening when you have a different opinion than others can be challenging. This seminar explores the importance of emotional validation while listening and how to engage in meaningful dialogue with those of differing opinion.

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Being a Sincere Friend When it Truly Matters

Practicing empathy versus sympathy can make all the difference when supporting a friend. During this seminar, members will distinguish between empathy and sympathy, develop active listening skills and practice Sincere Friendship.

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#BeOurValues

Talking about Pi Phi’s core values is different than living them out every day. This seminar explores how social media portrays our core values and provides the opportunity to talk about how to #BeOurValues.

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Body Neutrality vs. Body Positivity

This seminar defines the difference between body neutrality and body positivity and how to incorporate the ideals that fit best into your daily life.

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Developing Your Pitch

Whether you’re looking for a job, a volunteer opportunity or leadership role, it’s important to know who you are and what you bring to the table. This seminar will guide participants in developing and practicing an elevator pitch.

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Mentor Relationships

Mentors help guide you through life’s many obstacles. This seminar will encourage participants to discuss the benefits of having a mentor, to define different types of mentors and to create an action plan to develop a mentorship.

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Mirrors and Windows

Representation in literacy matters. In this seminar, participants will identify statistics surrounding the effects of illiteracy, discuss the impact of diversity, equity and inclusion in books, and develop a plan to support the greatest needs in their community.

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Navigating Difficult Conversations Around Bias

Explore the dynamics of identity-driven conversations in this engaging seminar. Members will identify common challenges faced in discussing identity, gain insights into unconscious bias and microaggressions within the chapter experience, and learn to apply Pi Beta Phi’s Listening Framework to foster understanding and inclusive dialogue. This seminar will enhance communication skills and build a stronger, more empathetic sisterhood.

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Navigating Your Mental Health Needs

Prioritizing your mental health is important. This seminar will help members identify warning signs of mental illness, mental health resources available in the area and discuss barriers to seek help.

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Negotiating an Alternative Agreement

When we disagree with others, it’s often hard to find common ground. This seminar will practice using alternative agreements in conflict resolution and encourage positive, non-harmful dialogue among members of the chapter who have differing perspectives and opinions.

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Philanthropy vs. Service

How do you give back to your community? This seminar dives into the difference between philanthropy and service and helps participants identify meaningful ways to engage in both.

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Supporting When it Matters Most

Have you ever wanted to help someone but didn’t know how? During this seminar, members will identify personal comfortability in supporting someone with different experiences and explore supportive strategies to support those in a crisis.

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What Makes Me Who I Am

Every chapter is made up of members with unique identities. In this seminar, members will be exposed to new perspectives and cultures within the chapter and practice how to be other-centered.

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Working, Living, Interacting with Others

In this seminar, the True Colors test will help you discover the different personality types within your chapter and understand how to positively interact with them in a personal and professional setting.

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Your Lifelong Commitment to Pi Beta Phi

What does Lifelong Commitment really mean? In this seminar, participants will reflect on their chapter experience, define the meaning of Lifelong Commitment and develop a plan to stay involved throughout alumnae life.