How Planning A Program Has Brought Me

Participating in group activities have never really been my thing, but this project was a great experience. I got the chance to meet individuals with different problem solving solutions than I, and the people I communicate with daily. This project helped me gain communication skills amongst others when trying to make a decision, and the process of coming to an agreement. The knowledge, skills, and abilities I demonstrated throughout the weeks have grown and boosted my confidence when partaking in a group setting. I learned that people are easily offended and it may be hard to steer away from it, but it can be done. Teamwork has always been easy for me because I offer more help than needed to my teammates. The panel discussion taught me that not everyone one wants help, but the opportunity for their opinions to be considered. Each tool I have gained from this experience will make it easier for me to engage with others in the near future in a mannerly way whether it is for a grade or not.

First of all, to be put in a group of individuals that I had never met or interacted with before was always going to be difficult. The process of getting to know them better and finding the strengths and weaknesses of each team member was hard at first but the more we worked on the presentation, the better we became at communicating and getting the

Next time I think I would like to push a little harder with the collaboration and have more of a deadline set with the other group members as to when things have to be finished by . It felt like the most collaboration we had was via email instead of on the group wiki, which was a little disappointing. A lot of the time I felt like I was talking to myself on the wiki and discussion board.

Effective planning involves feedback from the community, clients, and staff, outlining plans, setting goals and strategies that will guide the program on a productive course.   Program planning involves gathering information, making recommendations for a plan, and working with others to develop a plan. Next is to provide funding sources with plan goals and objectives to

Contact the Event Adviser or Chapter Council Adviser with suggestions that would improve the next event.

This was an issue because some of the group members did not live on campus and could not meet up as easily as others. Our group tried to meet up around once a week so that we did not fall behind on anything or leave something till the end. Also, the times that some members were able to meet, others had class. Some group members also had other assignments that required a significant amount of their time. This hindered their ability to meet up during the free time that they had. The confusion caused a lot of excess work in having to plan around peoples schedules in order to find an ideal time for all group members. We were able to overcome this by meeting on more than one occasion instead of all at once. This allowed for each group member to figure out the next step with another group member. We also created a Facebook group chat to be able to communicate with each other. We used this platform to message about any questions or to discuss anything and to plan meet up times. As it was discussed during lecture, this issue is a result from the barriers of communication. When the assignment was introduced, we were forced to answer the question of what barriers of communication we might see. We thought that for sure we would encounter physical barriers. The major physical barrier we encountered was people living off campus and having trouble meeting up. When looking at how our group worked with each other, what must be considered is our utilization of the four functions of management. These four functions are: planning, organizing, controlling, and leading. When our group first met up, we realized that in order to be successful in this assignment we would need to effectively follow these four functions. Another barrier of communication that was encountered was language barrier. One of my group members was still learning

A program that is oriented around illuminating the complex problems that surround our world on a daily basis really connects to what I hope to receive in my college experience. This program incorporates progressive ways of teaching principal

Anyone who has ever put on so much as small birthday party understands how much planning even the smallest get together can be. Think back to a time that you planned something. There were questioned that had to be answered; How many people are coming, will there be food, if so what kind? Now imagine planning a party for 7,000 people, throw alcohol in the mix, and the affect that country music has on people and you got yourself a music festival. Trying to plan everything out all by myself, which was essentially what I was planning on doing when I started my project, seemed extremely daunting once I actually started doing it. I’ve learned two things throughout my project so far; team work is the key to success and that for big things to happen you might have to think small.

The PAAS tool entails surveys, observation, and random group interviews of the participants. The data from One City Summer Initiative was a survey on satisfaction. Thus, the

I am currently involved with the Rebel Events Board (REB) and I chose to join this group because I had prior event planning experience while I was on student government in my high school. I take pride and enjoyment into the groups that I am committed to, but I do notice that this group lacks in certain aspects and abilities towards being a well-established group. Based on the group emotional norms box from chapter 8 (Johnson), I notice a big lack of interpersonal understanding. The areas that are lacking within the interpersonal understanding norms, I notice the group leaders could improve on incorporating more time towards getting to know all the members well. Sometimes the group just dives into discussions or announcements without really

In this program, I will take the initiative to better myself and my knowledge as well as help the research

Were there any areas for improvement that you would have changed? Please explain with details.

For the first time ever I was doing a volunteer project where I had to be responsible for planning and coordinating an event, which was made more difficult because of the amount of people in the group. In my most recent volunteer experience, I was told exactly what to do, and how to do it; however, not I was the one who had the control. While we had control over what we had to do, we needed to coordinate times with the other groups. Although choosing a specific time we would do each event was easy, the hardest part was choosing a day that worked for everyone. Once we finally picked a day that

The things I will have done differently in the group was to use my time wisely. I believe because we were on a time frame, I tended to rush things just to say okay where done. Also, more support and trust at a point of time I was kind of second guessing another idea. I feel that you have to have trust in your group member to make it effective.

Upon reading and reflecting the insight and knowledge gained from this case study my three values for a program development and strategic analysis would be: a personal connection with the local population, minimizing hierarchy, and enforcing accountability and transparency in the organization.