May 2008
Reconnecting
The Newsletter is back and better than ever!! This is a message exclusively devoted to the launch of our BRAND NEW WEBSITE!! Have you seen it yet? You have got to check out our new look! www.boomerangproject.com. Not only have we gone through a massive redesign, we have also built some great new tools for Link Crew and WEB Coordinators. So, check out your new opportunities and let us know what you think of our new look!
MyBoomerang
The most important new addition for most Link Crew and WEB Coordinators is going to be the MyBoomerang Site. You can create a new account (sorry, your old Boomerang login and password are useless to you now!) and join in with what will eventually become a robust community of users!
To Do:
1. Create an account at MyBoomerang with your Username and a password that works for you.
2. Click on Boomerang Network on the right hand side.
3. Create a user name and password for the Boomerang Social Networking site! (this name and password can be the same, but you have to enter it twice . . . extra security just for you!)
4. Create your own unique page (like you would in Facebook or MySpace) exclusively for Link Crew and WEB coordinators.
The Database:
Once you create a MyBoomerang account, you can access the database in the MyBoomerang Section. The updated database will launch in June and will include the correct year for printing nametags, so keep an eye out for an announcement in the June Newsletter.
Just for You
This month recommend: Creating your own page at MyBoomerang!! Put up your tour pics, May Play Success, and other fun stuff. Contribute to the Forum, post a blog! Reconnect!Announcements
We Need Your Help!
Do you have: Statistics, Video, Pictures . . . ? WE WANT THEM! As you can tell, we now have video, statistics and testimonials on our website. Would you like to be featured among the list? Do you have some great things to share about your Link Crew or WEB program? Let us know! If you have things you want to send us, please get it to us as quickly as you can… the first week in June would be ideal!
Update:
This is a great time to let us know about changes to your career and program. Do we need to update your primary contact? What about changes to email addresses? Let us know!
Upcoming Trainings
The Last Basic Trainings –
For those of you who are planning to train new folks from your school, please remember to register them early. The cost is $2095 to train each staff member.
Call 
800-688-7578
or register online at www.boomerangproject.com/registeration.
May 12-14 Temecula Creek Inn, Temecula, CA (close to full, so call quickly)
June 23*-25 Chaminade Conference Center, Santa Cruz, CA (open to schools that already have the program)
*All participants are asked to check into the hotel the evening before the first date of the conference listed above for a brief evening meeting at 8:30 PM. All Lodging and Meals are covered in the conference price beginning with dinner Sunday night.
Training and Orientations
If you are interested in hiring The Boomerang Project to assist with your training or orientation, please call our office soon! Our August schedule is rapidly filling up! Call us immediately if you are interested. The fee for hiring us is: $1300/ orientation day, $1600/ training day + travel in both cases!
2008 Student Link Conferences
Are you interested in attending or hosting a Student Link Conference in 2008? We are setting the schedule now for the fall series of conferences. If you are interested email Micah at micah@boomerangproject.com.
Book Recommendations
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck, PhD
This is such a simple and profound book. Based upon years of study on the difference between those who excel and those who flounder, Dr. Dweck has found a simple difference in mindset that helps explain why some seem to succeed no matter what circumstances are in their way. It turns out that so much of what we get in life depends on how we look at it! Go figure!