Introducing the Summer 2k10 Leadership Team!
July 6, 2010 – 10:06 am
The holiday weekend is over – all three blissful days of it – and here at CKUMB, summer has officially begun and is kicking into high gear! We have not a moment to spare after lounging in the sun, sipping lemonade, and enjoying the late night fireworks; this change of pace is unsettling (and we’ve only been “relaxed” for one weekend). There’s nothing like a morning in the BLAZING humidity with 124 new campers to wake us up and get us moving! Today was our first day with Camp Shriver and overall, I’m pleased with the results. More on this tomorrow (including a fun lesson plan on fruits & veggies with pictures of our new friends). Let’s talk about last week and this…
While these lovely young men who demonstrate the Baby Shark activity are not part of CKUMB, Sherrod Williams, Director of the Office of Student Leadership and Community Engagement, did make an appearance at our leadership training to teach us this (he did a SPOT ON shark attack). See the pictures of this here:
We began the day with some name games (one of the dorkiest ones ever courtesy of Sherrod) and ice breakers. We then moved onto to leadership personalities via True Colors and Strengths Quest. I discovered that I’m a “gold” which means that I’m authoritative, responsible, and efficient (ahem, neurotic?) – in my personal life I like to whoop it up as an “orange”, but here with CKUMB, I like to organize and solve problems. The True Colors activity was helpful because it identified each of my volunteers and how best to communicate with them. I’ve already referred to their color personalities in several in person chats and e-mails. If you’d like to figure out which color you are, let me know. I’m happy to pass out this free guide to your inner-leader!
While leadership trainings can be dry and dull, I think our group of volunteers kept it lively and interesting. I’d never run a training like this before and I’m already looking forward to doing it again for my fall volunteers (get ready!). Be sure to check out our pictures in the Facebook link above and stay tuned for summer drama… I mean events…
