Kennesaw State University

What do YOU lead?

August 13, 2012

Every now and then I take the opportunity to use my little corner of the internet to ask something (hopefully) provocative or otherwise “gut-checky.” As the summer of planning, designing, and coordinating transitions into duty, classes, workshops, advising, or events, it’s time to recall a pulse check around what you intend to get out of [...]

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Resources for “Social Media & Social Change: Frameworks for Connecting eCitizenship to Leadership”

June 6, 2012

Thank you for attending my session at the 2012 American Democracy Project conference in San Antonio, or for otherwise stumbling upon this resource page. Please feel free to contact me for more information/insight on this topic, or just to have a great conversation around Social Media and Social Change– I’d love to connect with you! [...]

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Leading by Example (Through Experience)

January 25, 2012

After an exciting announcement last week about my plans for the future, I’m excited to say that today I’m heading to the University of Southern California for my first on-site experience with the domestic exchange program I described in my previous post (read more about the program and some of the press it has received here and here). [...]

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The Next Step

January 21, 2012

“Yes, I accept.” Three words that immeasurably impacted my immediate future, and represent something much greater than their presumed simplicity. They are a sign of things to come, an acknowledgement of skills and goals accomplished, and the realization of a plan that began 5 years ago. Today I am extremely excited to announce that I [...]

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Using Social Media to Hit a Home Run!

September 26, 2011

While I shared this article with Campus Activities Programming Magazine, I wanted to also publish it to readers of my blog who are not subscribed, or who would like to add additional feedback in the comments section. I would love to hear your commentary! Social media has become a hot topic for student affairs professionals during [...]

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Finding Purpose in OUR Work

July 19, 2011

While I definitely haven’t done as much blogging week to week as I intended when the summer began, looking back I’ve found that the topics wrote about over the last several weeks were an accurate depiction of both the work relevant to my internship, and the reflection taking place. That being said, I’m really excited [...]

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Getting students “IN”volved: A view from outside the circle

July 9, 2011

Over the last few weeks I have been part of several conversations about the constant evaluation and evolutionary process of the leadership programs at my internship. Not only are we continuing to develop program and learning outcomes, but also evaluating the structure and format of the programs themselves, and the resources that are allocated to [...]

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What will I be doing in a year?

June 22, 2011

Okay, so while I can’t “build my dream job” with a start date to match, I can dream, right? As my first year of graduate school and papers, presentations (did I mention papers?) drift into the rearview, I am beginning to reflect more and more on my last year, the progress I have made, the [...]

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