This week was very productive for me. I finally finished up my research for the board development. I am very pleased to be done looking through the data bases. I had a board meeting week that I attended. I got to talk to the staff for a little bit to gain some more information that I needed for the project. I told them that the development proposal would be ready for the next meeting. I also had a meeting with Megan to help give me some direction in regards to creating the proposal. Overall it was a very productive week.
My greatest joy was finishing up the research. It was a very long process, and it was good to see the project progressing. The biggest challenge is trying to figure out how to professional make a proposal. I'm really sure what direction to take in regards to creating it.
The leadership lesson that I learned was that it's good to see the small steps being created. It's a wise idea to create those short term wins. I think that it really helps to keep motivation up.
I really don't have a good question for everybody this week.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
March 22-28
I feel like this week was not as busy as last week, as far as my project, but there was still a lot of stuff to do in other classes and when we had our board meeting. On Monday, TJ and I met with Dr. Millard to go over bylaws and get them perfected (or so we thought) for our board meeting on Tuesday morning. We also went over what we would need to print out for each member of the board the next day, such as the list of names for the organization. So TJ and I worked on that a lot on Monday morning getting everything ready that we would need for our meeting. On Tuesday morning, we had our meeting and it went well, I think. I felt a little more organized than last time, since we had already done one board meeting. Then after the board meeting, TJ and I spent a lot of time going back over the bylaws and correcting them after the meeting, since we had reviewed them at the meeting and had made a lot of changes. Thursday night TJ and I met again to work on finishing corrections to the bylaws and typing up the minutes for the meeting to send to each board member.
My greatest joy this week was probably getting the second board meeting under our belts! It felt good to have one more productive thing with our organization happen!
My greatest challenge this week was working on the bylaws, again. I just feel like it is almost a tedious task, and we don’t seem to be getting anywhere by it. I know that progress is happening, but it seems like it’s taking forever.
A leadership lesson that I learned this week is that change takes so long to come about that I can see why some people give up. But I really have to just keep my eyes on what we are working on and know that it is for a good cause, and change will happen but it is sometimes slow.
Question: Aaron and I were talking earlier this week and I had a thought. Do the rest of you think that this project would be more effective and we would be able to cause more lasting change, if we had a whole school year to work on this project? I just really feel like it would give us more time to really focus on it and implement lasting change!
My greatest joy this week was probably getting the second board meeting under our belts! It felt good to have one more productive thing with our organization happen!
My greatest challenge this week was working on the bylaws, again. I just feel like it is almost a tedious task, and we don’t seem to be getting anywhere by it. I know that progress is happening, but it seems like it’s taking forever.
A leadership lesson that I learned this week is that change takes so long to come about that I can see why some people give up. But I really have to just keep my eyes on what we are working on and know that it is for a good cause, and change will happen but it is sometimes slow.
Question: Aaron and I were talking earlier this week and I had a thought. Do the rest of you think that this project would be more effective and we would be able to cause more lasting change, if we had a whole school year to work on this project? I just really feel like it would give us more time to really focus on it and implement lasting change!
Aaron's march 22-26
I'm almost done with researching CCCU schools. I've been through 101 out of 109 and I can't wait to finish. Once I'm done, I'll send the second half of my notes to Dr. Brian Fry and start looking deeper into things that he wants to know more about. I think I might try to go in and talk to him about the UNV 480 idea because I'm still really interested in it.
My biggest joy is almost being done with endless hours of browsing through webpages. I can start talking to real people next week. My biggest challenge is finishing strong. As I get close, I've noticed a tendency to want to rush and I've had to slow down and make sure that I do things right to the very end.
A leadership lesson I learned this week is that you can't get sloppy in the end stages. It's tempting to rush through and just get things done, but it won't benefit anyone.
My question this week: Is anyone else feeling that the implementing phase is still far off?
Micah's Blog 5
So this week has been pretty unpreductive. I have tried to set up meetings and everybody is becoming very booked. The end of the year is approaching and no one is very available. I think this week has been a challenge overall because I cannot name a victory. I tried to start my paper but scrapped it because I felt it was not good and decided to wait for Tuesday when we will talk about it. The leadership lesson I learned this week is that even when you're really early you still may have to wait on others. Patience is important.
My question this week is: Has anyone else started their paper or began to think about what they are going to present?
My question this week is: Has anyone else started their paper or began to think about what they are going to present?
Sunday, March 21, 2010
TJ March 15-19
This past week was pretty busy but also pretty good. I didn’t really feel like much was done towards our project but I know Kendra spent a lot of time working on the bylaws. Monday I spent some time working on the bylaws. Tuesday, I had a baseball game which is why I missed class but Kendra and I did have time to meet with Dr. Millard to go over the bylaws and the next board meeting. Thursday, Kendra and I met with Dr. Millard and worked on the bylaws some more. Friday, I finally got a hold of Adam at the Boys and Girls Club to talk to him about the next board meeting. Saturday, I spent even more time working on the bylaws.
The greatest joy this week was definitely getting a hold of Adam and being able to talk to him. Earlier this semester Dwight was my contact with Adam, which made it easy for me but not the best for communicating. I had been able to e-mail Adam and he responded but every time I would go to the Club to talk to him or call the Club he was never there. I was very happy to actually talk to him this week!
The greatest challenge this week was letting Kendra take the reins on the bylaws. My schedule was pretty busy this week so I did not have the time needed to rewrite them. I knew Kendra would do a good job but it was really hard for me to not be involved and not have any control over it.
The lesson I learned this week was to be persistent. When we wrote the bylaws for the last board meeting we knew they weren’t perfect but we didn’t expect to have to change so much and add so much. The bylaws we have now look nothing like our first draft. It was kind of irritating but the product we have now is definitely much better than the first draft.
Question: Being over halfway done with the semester and our projects, are all or your projects where you envisioned them at the beginning of the semester or have things changed a lot?
The greatest joy this week was definitely getting a hold of Adam and being able to talk to him. Earlier this semester Dwight was my contact with Adam, which made it easy for me but not the best for communicating. I had been able to e-mail Adam and he responded but every time I would go to the Club to talk to him or call the Club he was never there. I was very happy to actually talk to him this week!
The greatest challenge this week was letting Kendra take the reins on the bylaws. My schedule was pretty busy this week so I did not have the time needed to rewrite them. I knew Kendra would do a good job but it was really hard for me to not be involved and not have any control over it.
The lesson I learned this week was to be persistent. When we wrote the bylaws for the last board meeting we knew they weren’t perfect but we didn’t expect to have to change so much and add so much. The bylaws we have now look nothing like our first draft. It was kind of irritating but the product we have now is definitely much better than the first draft.
Question: Being over halfway done with the semester and our projects, are all or your projects where you envisioned them at the beginning of the semester or have things changed a lot?
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