Fall Retreat: I Serve because…
This past Sunday, Council members got together to do service. We had the opportunity to clean up the beautiful Whipple Dam State Park, take a 3 mile hike (longer than planned!) and have some time to reflect on why we…
Followership and Retention
On September 13th, Council talked about this idea of followership and what followership had to do with retention and running a service organization. What are methods of best practice of retention and how does this relate to followership?More on followership…
Spring Retreat: Goal Setting Guidelines
GOAL SETTING GUIDELINES (Adapted from Alpha Phi Omega’s Chapter Assessment and Planning Session Handbook) What is a goal? A goal is a milestone to be achieved. Goal setting is a method of developing a plan to meet your objectives…
Words of Wisdom inspired by Chris Staley
As part of our activity last Friday after reflecting on the talk by Chris Staley, students were asked to write down words of wisdom (Limmerick or otherwise!) that they would give to a first year student coming into their organization….
“I am Nothing”
In our Council meeting this Friday, we will explore this video. How does what Chris Staley say pertain to your life? Service? Students were asked to pick out quotes and explore how these quote(s) pertained to their work in service….
Service and me
Recent at Council, we talked about how service has changed for us and how our attitudes haven’t always been the same towards doing community service. When I started doing community service in grade school, it was just something that I…
Rotaract defines “We Are…”
At a recent meeting, members of the Penn State Rotaract Club took time to record what the iconic phrase “We Are…” means for contemporary Penn State. The following are the responses collected from the reflection activity.WE ARE… – means together…
Why I serve: APO
*** taken from APO website*** please see the original APO’s blopost and consider doing a similar activity in your own organization. Great work, APO on leading a reflection activity!Why We ServeBy Abby Johnson and Christian Howard During last week’s meeting,…
Service and Philanthropy
During last Friday’s meeting, Council talked about the experience of serving and the experience of doing philanthropy or giving to therapy. We used the S.E.R.V.E. model to frame our thoughts regarding service (ass described by Mark Holbert in a past…
Reflecting about reflecting
We explored the importance of reflection and how it often gets lost. In order to refocus on the importance of reflecting in community service, we reflected on reflection best practices. Types of ReflectionIndividual, Pairing, and GroupHave something to do with…