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This week I was working on my paper until tuesday when I found out that it wasn't due for almost two more weeks. I'm going to try and hammer it out over the weekend so I can work on putting together my presentation next week sometime. I also got some information in the mail from Azusa Pacific University about some of their programs and have been reviewing that. It feels good to be almost done with everything, but i know i still have a long way to go before seeing anything really implemented.

My biggest joy this week was probably finding out that I had another two weeks to get my paper done. The biggest challenge because of that has making myself do much of anything. It seems like all my other classes had things due this week too and it was nice to get some of those things out of the way.

My leadership lesson learned this week is probably that the most important thing may not be the most beneficial thing to do. This class is probably the largest amount of work and the gravity of the work is the greatest, but by doing some of the other things instead I was able to take some of the pressure off myself for the next week.

Question for the week: I don't really have a good one, but since we need to comment on posts, What was the one thing that you took away from your project more than anything else when it comes to leadership?

TJ April 12-16

This past week has been very stressful with everything going on and all my classes wrapping things up. This week Kendra and I spent most of our time on the project working on the paper. Tuesday, I met with Dr. Millard to talk about the next board meeting for [X]change and how my paper was coming along. Our last board meeting of the school year is coming up this next Tuesday. Other than the final board meeting, all our focus will be on the presentation and paper.

Greatest joy: Seeing the light at the end of the tunnel!!

Greatest challenge: Finding time to work on the paper will all my other papers, projects, and presentations that are due this week and next.

Question: Anyone else ready for summer with all this warm weather we've had the past few days!? I am.

Kendra April 12-18

This week most of my time was spent working on my final paper. It has actually been kind of cool to re-evaluate our project when we are coming to the end of our part of it, and to see what we have learned and what results we really have to show. I have learned a lot of information even just writing the paper that I never stopped to take the time to think about while working on our project. So its been good to sit down and evaluate the effectiveness of it and how we have really made a change. While sometimes I just think about how long the paper is taking, there have been many times I am writing and it just comes to me that I have learned so much through this experience. My 90 are completed, that makes me feel a little more at ease too, since I was worried just a few weeks ago about getting all my hours. Next week, Tuesday, TJ and I have our last board meeting for this school year! That will be our handing off of the project and board meetings to the Executive Director of [X]change, and I am looking forward to the new ideas that he will bring to the group!

Greatest joy: Being ALMOST done with everything and moving on to graduation!

Greatest challenge: Giving up on our project since I am going to be leaving and not getting to see the progress that they will make with the organization after I am gone.

Leadership lesson: I have definitely learned that sometimes you just have to pass off something that you really care about and have a passion for, and part of leadership is picking the best people to take your place. I think its important to invest in others so that when you leave, there will be someone there to pass the baton on to!

Question: How is everyone’s paper? And how are your presentations coming? (Keep your head up, we are almost done!)

Ben's Final Blog

This week has been a lot less stressful for me when I found out that everything was due in two weeks instead of one. At the beginning of the week I foresaw many late nights working to complete this project. Now I can relax a bit, and span out the time that is needed to complete this project. I have almost completed the rough draft of the proposal. It's coming along very nicely. The more I work on it the more ideas come into view for how to make it better. I hope to have it completely finished by Monday, and then possibly reviewed by Dr. Millard on Tuesday. Once it's reviewed I'm sure that I'll have some revising to do, but I will be closer to the light at the end of the tunnel.

There were two greatest joys for me this week. The first one was hearing that the project isn't due till later. That took off a lot of stress on my part. The second joy was to see the proposal starting to form and take it's shape. The biggest challenge is dealing with senioritis. It's down to the last week, and it's tough to be motivated at times.

The leadership lessen I learned is that sometimes you just have to keep working at projects even when they don't look like they are taking shape. The more you work on them the more they will eventually start to form and take shape.

The question of the week: Is anyone excited to see the light at the end of the tunnel?

Micah's Blog 8

This week has been great! I have not really done much for my project except for presentation preparation. My 90 hours are completed and it is a great victory. The project has been researched, re-researched, talked about, and surveyed. I can only depend on the people in charge to start to make the class work in the coming year. It feels sort of like a challenge because I am not in control but I know it is really a victory that they see the vision and there is a syllabus to follow. The leadership lesson for this week is that when things are not in your control it does not mean the project is going in the wrong direction. Giving up leadership is a big part of leadership.

Question: Is anyone else having to give up their leadership for their project to succeed?

Becky's Last Blog!! (4/11-4/16)

This week I have just been working on my paper trying to remember everything I did this semester. I have had a lot of really busy days and am having a hard time finding time to work on it. But hopefully I can finish it up this weekend. I asked one of my friends if they would be willing to read it and see if everything flows and makes sense so that will be helpful.

One joy this week was getting the paper extended!

One challenge this week was trying to figure out how I am going to make everything fir together in my lit/ review.

A leadership lesson I learned is that I still need to work hard on this project even though it is "done" in my mind. The implementation is done but I still need to evaluate it and write about it so that other people can learn about it. Hopefully my paper will help communicate the vision better.

Question: Who wants this semester to be done??? I DO!!!

TJ April 5-9

This week we had our 3rd board meeting. It went pretty well. That same day I met with the three other student officers to discuss the nonprofit organizations and their biggest needs from the needs assessment we conducted last semester. Kendra and I started working on the paper this week and I feel like we've got a lot done so far. We spend a lot of time taking notes on the articles we found to make it easier to write the lit. review and we've also split up the other sections of the paper to get things done faster.

The greatest joy from this past week was knocking out a few sections of the paper. It's very encouraging for me to get smaller sections done at a time. The greatest challenge from the week would probably be dealing with the lit. review. It's just a pain to have to think about another one.

The leadership lesson I learned this week was that you get much more accomplished when you aren't doing everything yourself. It is very nice to be able to work on the paper with Kendra, we work well together and make better use out of the time we have to work on the paper.

Question: Where are you guys finding the majority of your sources?