PLMI Senior Year: Thursday

How do I feel about the challenges?

Hmmmmmmmm....................well, I think they are a great way to get us moving. I really sucked at the marble one, but for the most part I think they have been pretty cool.

PLMI Senior Year: Wednesday

Well, I feel pretty much the same way about group work today as I did on Monday. I think we have a pretty great group and we each have experience in certain areas, so splitting up the work has been quite easy and is going well. At this point we are typing up the reports and making promotional materials. Tomorrow the plan is to complete the presentation Prezi and work out our speaking parts. I think work will roll even more smoothly after our individual presentations are over and done tomorrow. But, I think we have a rather experienced group in terms of public speaking, so I have pretty high expectations for us on Friday.

Winning Friends and Influencing People

My comments on using Winning Friends as a tool in leadership:

I do think that this book (and Mary's presentation) had some really great ideas and philosophies to guide us in life and in work. However, I'm not sure I really buy into all of those things working so well. Maybe that is just my lack of actually reading the book at this point. One principle I'm uncertain about is the calling attention to mistakes indirectly. I think there are lots of people that might not catch on to that, and really only understand if you directly tell them. But, I do see the value in telling them a way to do it instead rather than telling them that they are "wrong."

PMLI Senior Year: Monday

Day One:

I feel very well about the group project as well as my individual project. My project needs some slight adjustments in light of the new info on infographics, but otherwise I think it's pretty good. I intend to use all of the information in it to better communicate about the library to the community as a whole. As for the group project, I think each of us brings our own strengths, and in the end it will work out very well. Our dynamic seems to be that we are a bit slow in the beginning, but once we get rolling we are great!