Wednesday, August 4, 2010

My Presentation

Yay!! Its finished my presentation is so done and I am glad!! I couldn't stop looking at my power point and trying to make it perfect, when I know its impossible to have perfect because I am so not perfect!! I enjoy my topic I could talk about it everyday if I could help or discourage for that matter on person.

I think that I did well, except for the video, it got really frustrating when everything started going down hill after the no show of my video. Of course I wanted it to flow smoothly with no glitches but that didn't happen.

The hardest part was deciding if I should reveal my past addiction, that is not the easiest thing to addmit so I went back and forth and couldn't decide. I don't think it was because of what judgement I would feel, just wether it would help my presentation. I finally decided that I wanted more than anything for it to be powerful and affect everyone so it could maybe help someone now or later in life. There was no other way to make it as powerful as I wanted it to be than to share a part of who I was and my life.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

I have always viewed my leadership as a little different than a normal leader. When it comes down to it, I think i can be the kind of leader I need to be for each situation.



The book Chapter 11 talks about formal leaders and informal leaders. Formal leadership is really not me. I think it is so important to lead by example, it speaks so much louder than a person standing up there taking control. An imforamal leader are members of the group whose authority to influence stems from the power they gain through their interactions in the group. Informal leaders do not have legitimate powe; rather, their influence comes from their expertise or the textent that other group members like and respect them. I think this really describes the way I like to lead best.



A formal leader can be the person assigned or appointed but really who are they if they can't lead by example, and be on the same level (to an extent) than everyone else. I think it is very important to have a designated leader one that will take control and have a level of respect. I believe a leader is someone you grow to respect and look up to, and hope that is who I am and become.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

My communications goal!

I concider myself a pretty good communicator, however one thing I need to work on is communicating my feelings with a specific person. I am notorious for saying I need to cool off before I talk about it, then, I don't talk about it. Passive you say! yes that is what it is, and this is my goal that I totally intend to work on.