If you had told me 10 years ago that I’d be using words like “twitter” and “tweet” on a regular basis…I’d would have laughed at you. In fact, I’ll admit to you that I still get a little red-in-the-face when I try to explain to people why I believe Twitter is a valuable tool and try to describe the benefits …
Ran Out Of Time
I once heard a coach, who was very optimistic about his player’s abilities, respond to a loss by saying, “We didn’t lose the game, we just ran out of time.” Unfortunately, no matter how you view the game coach, you lost. Last night I was watching the 49ers play the Saints on Monday Night Football. I am a diehard 49ers …
Working On Our LEAD Retreat
In a couple of weeks, our students in leadership positions will return to campus a little early for our LEAD Retreat. LEAD Retreat is a chance for us to spend some time with these students – re-engaging, motivating, encouraging, and equipping them in preparation for the start of a new school year. This year will be our biggest LEAD ever …
5x5s – Five Minute Training Worksheet
Five by Fives (5x5s) Five Things To Think About For Five Minutes Note: This is a reposting of a resource I originally wrote for studentlinc.net. Running Effective Meetings. Brainstorming. Fundraising. Working With Advisors. Handling Conflict. Getting New Members For Your Organization. Publicity. Leading. Follow-Up. How do you effectively train for these things in short, bite-sized amounts of time? How can …
Updated My Resource Page
Some of you may know that I started out blogging and creating resources over at www.studentlinc.net. It’s a student leadership site I created that provides articles, tools, and resources for both student leaders and those who work with them. I’ve been transitioning some of my writing and resources from that site to this one. Today, I moved a number of …
How To Find Time
Sometimes I think that time is hiding from me. That throughout the day, a few hours here and there will sneak away and I’ll lose sight of them. So I end up with only 18-20 hour days. And I find myself asking, Where did the time go? I think busyness allows time to hide from me, and poor planning, and …
One Last Shot At Influence
I met with a group of student leaders last week. The group was mostly made up of Class Council members who were coming to the end of their leadership positions. At this point in the academic year, schools are working through the election and selection process of student leaders for next year. That put all of these students in a …
Categorically Speaking
Starting a personal blog requires one to think about the various roles and topics that one might write about. The way you organize all of the random thoughts into some type of organized resource is through categories. For me, I spent about an hour with my moleskine notebook writing down all of the various categories I felt like future posts …