Due to circumstances surrounding COVID-19, the Fraternity made the decision to cancel previously scheduled in-person fall LEAD Schools in Indianapolis, Tulsa, Orlando, Boston and Salt Lake City. 

The event began October 3 with a kick-off by GP Tricia Smith and a welcome by the rest of the Board of Directors, followed by an interactive keynote from Adam Carroll, Phoenix-Thunderbird, about Picking Up Positive Pennies. The wrap up event was held on October 17 with a presentation by PGP Onuka Ibe, keynote Lead Through Change, presented by Tim Augustine, Kent State (OH), and an announcement of national chapter and individual award winners. Networking breaks were offered both days for those wanting to get to know Deltasigs from all around. A special thank you to the Delta Sigma Pi Leadership Foundation for sponsoring the keynote presentations. In addition, the Foundation hosted multiple social and networking virtual gatherings, which allowed members to share their passions.

Between the keynote presentations, attendees were able to pick and choose from nearly 50 breakout sessions covering topics like: 

• Virtual Meetings that Work
• Digital Risk Management
• Mastering Professional Events in a Pandemic
• Discipline from a Distance
• Digging Deeper for Diverse Leaders
• and more!

The breakouts also included Chapter Officer Roundtables, where attendees had the opportunity to share ideas, difficulties and solutions with one another.

Nearly all those breakout sessions and the general sessions are now available On-Demand for registrants through December 13.

During the event, each Province also hosted alumni forums where both alumni and collegiate members were encouraged to collaborate on member engagement and help direct some upcoming programs.

The LEAD also launched Delta Sigma Pi's educational app - DSP Link featuring the new Deltasig Learn and Lead Community. This community gave access to schedules and session descriptions for those registered for the 2020 LEAD School, but anyone can utilize the online learning and resources, idea sharing and connections to other brothers at any time by going to dsp.org/leadapp.

While the Fraternity was unable to collect pop tabs in-person, chapters were encouraged to support the Ronald McDonald House located in the original 2020 LEAD School cities -- with each having opportunities and instructions. Delta Sigma Pi also announced its million pop tabs initiative, encouraging chapters and individuals to help collect a million pop tabs before the 2021 Grand Chapter Congress. 

We would like to extend a special thank you to the volunteers and staff members who made this event possible! We were pleased with the feedback from attendees and happy to continue educational opportunities for members!