Special Events

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Special Events

• Pull up sample timeline

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Todays Tasks

• Assign new groups
• Discuss special event assignment
• Discuss activities journal
• Brainstorm ideas for special event
• Choose themes
• Dates will be assigned on Thursday

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What is a special event?

• Examples????

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Details

• Half the class period
• No need to lead 4 individual activities
• No videotaping
• Themed eventcreativity
• No duplication of themes or activities

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Assigned Tasks

• Activity Plans
• 1 week in advance
• 2 goals 2 objectives
• Equipment Requests
• Check equipment list
• Purchasing equipment
• 4 Forms of evaluation
• Class form
• Group paper
• Individual paper
• Online eval
• Timeline

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Assigned Tasks

• Class evaluation 4 forms
• Class evaluation form, tally narrative
• I copy
• You distribute, tally write a summary
• Build this into your activity plan

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Assigned Tasks

• Class evaluation 4 forms
• Narrative group evaluation of the entire event
• What went well (strengths)
• What went not so well (weaknesses)
• How would you make it better in the future
  (improvements)
• 2 pages in length

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Assigned Tasks

• Class evaluation 4 forms
• Narrative individual evaluations
• 1 per group member
• 3-4 pages per person
• What to include..

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Individual evaluation

• Leadership styles
• What leadership styles emerged from the group
  members? 
• What is your leadership style? How did it fit
  into the group?
• At what phase of GROUPD was your group?
• What are your own leadership strengths
  weaknesses? 

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Individual evaluation

• Group performance
• How would you make your group better in the
  future?
• What did you learn about group work and
  leadership? 
• This section should evaluate the group
  performance more than the activities.
• The information provided in this paper will be
  kept strictly confidential.

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Assigned Tasks

• Class evaluation 4 forms
• Online individual evaluations

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Assigned Tasks

• Timeline for the event
• List everything to be done
• What to include
• Date to be accomplished
• Tasks
• Who is responsible
• Date accomplished

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Assigned Tasks

• What you will find online
• Gradesheet for the leadership experience
• Sample goals objectives
• Activity plan template
• Timeline template sample

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Activities Journal

• Due 11/17/05

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5 pieces

• Phase 1 select 2 activities
• Phase 2 turn in corrected copies to be linked
• Phase 3.

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5 pieces

• 75 activities
• Themes
• 3 activity plans
• 2 must use activities in the journal
• Resources
• 10 books APA format
• 10 websites
• Age groups

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Tips for the Journal

• See webpage description
• Table of contents
• Activities page numbers
• Have an organizational system
• Format
• Electronic
• Hard copy
• 1-2 per page
• Correct errors
• Start early!

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Brainstorming
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How do you get good ideas?
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Brainstorming Rules

• Quantity over quality
• Never judge an idea
• 1 person records.also contributes
• Build off of each other

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Task.

• Brainstorm as many ideas for special event themes
  as possible in 10 minutes

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Task.

• Select your 7 best ideas list them on the board.

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Your Task Today

• Brainstorm ideas for the special event
• Select a theme for the special event
• Begin work on your activity plan
• Assign who will turn in electronic list of ideas
• Excel file
• First letter capitalized

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Special Event Portfolio

• Flyer
• Activity Plan
• Goals Objectives
• Class evaluation
• Individual evaluation
• Timeline

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Special Event Portfolio

• Flyer
• 1 week in advance
• Send via e-mail
• What, when, wherecreativity