WHERE YOUR
Leadership Position CAN TAKE YOU
Examples of transferable skills you are gaining through your involvement: COMMUNICATION • Leading or contributing at meetings • Communicating with University administrators • Public Speaking at general body meetings, rallies, programs, interacting with guests, and speaker introductions • Facilitating small group conversations at events • Professional email etiquette TEAMWORK IN DIVERSE GROUPS • Recognizing differences in identities and cultural backgrounds as it relates to representation in decision making • Navigating multiple perspectives within an identity group • Using consensus as a framework for decision making • Understanding how people work together CRITICAL THINKING AND ANALYTICAL REASONING • Balancing advocacy, activism, and bureaucratic systems • Recognizing the benefits of advocacy from outside and within a political system • Making tough decisions for the benefit of your organization APPLIED KNOWLEDGE IN REAL WORLD SETTING • Navigating bureaucratic systems • Thinking about issues and consequences from a broader perspective • Listening civilly and acting with civility, especially to people who you disagree with ETHICAL JUDGMENT AND DECISION MAKING • Being good stewards of student allocated funds (Activity & Service Fee funds) • Utilizing feedback from constituents and campus community in programmatic choices and organization governance • Voting based on your ethics, morals, values, and benefits to the student body COMPLEX PROBLEM SOLVING • • • •
Determining course of action in a dilemma Making quick decisions during programs and events Thinking through ideas in a clear and concise manner Following up on department and university processes while planning events
EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT • • • • •
Delegating tasks and following up with group members Managing multiple perspectives and ideas Improvising when situations arise Creating and maintaining a budget, Minute by Minute, and submitting event permits and purchase requests Organizing office space, communicating with stakeholders and other officers
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