Linh Hoang

 For the Introduction to Honors course, we were tasked to write journal entries on five different topics. The following document reflects on my personal experience as a co-event coordinator for my floor and how it demonstrates my leadership. Along with the rest of the Community Council, I helped with planning activities for the floor and helped set-up for events if necessary. This position was one of the first leadership roles I took when I entered college and was a great way to practice my leadership skills and learn to effectively work in a team to be a reliable council member.

 

 Through being a co-event coordinator, it helped fulfill levels 1,2, and 3 in Teams.

 

 Being the co-event coordinator taught me many things about how to be a good team member. When working with a large group of people, there will be times in which you will have to compromise. There have been events in which some parts of my idea would have to be changed or certain ideas would be chosen over others. There is also the importance of making sure you fulfill your role. That meant that for me, whenever I walked into Community Council meetings I would have ideas ready or when tasks were assigned to me I would finish them in a timely manner or enlist help when needed (Teams 1). A large portion of the responsibilities of the Community Council is to put on events to help build a community on the floor, and if I am not walking in with the required tasks done by the time of the meeting, it makes it much harder for the council to move forward effectively (Teams 2). This position also taught me to be adaptable. There would be events that we would think would have a great turnout but end up being low. It is very discouraging when an event we would put on have a low turnout, but I learned to take it as a learning experience to improve future events (Teams 3).  When I was part of Community Council, we were able to put on various events, and for my first year, it was a great way to continue to improve my skills on how to effectively work in a team.

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 Being part of Community Council was a great starting point for me in terms of being a part of a team and taking upon myself to step into a leadership role. The experiences I gained here helped me be an effective team member and leader in my later experiences, like being part of Dr. Brown's research team and when I became the Student Experiences Coordinator.

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Below is my reflection:

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