Pathways Paths and Projects
Motivational Strategies
This path helps you build your skills as a powerful and effective communicator. The projects focus on learning strategies for building connections with the people around you, understanding motivation and successfully leading small groups to accomplish tasks. This path culminates in a comprehensive team-building project that brings all of your skills together—including public speaking.
Level 1: Mastering Fundamentals
LEVEL 1 PROJECTS (Required)
Level 2: Learning Your Style
LEVEL 2 PROJECTS (Required)
Level 3: Increasing Knowledge
LEVEL 3 MEETING ROLES (Required)
This project addresses elements of emotional intelligence. It is designed to help you understand your own emotions and the emotions of others.
Purpose: The purpose of this project is to cultivate an understanding of how your emotions impact your relationships. It is also designed to help you identify how others’ emotions impact your emotional state.
Overview: For a minimum of two weeks, keep a journal about your emotions and how they impact you and others. Discuss the impact of tracking your emotions in a 5- to 7-minute speech at a club meeting. (Note: You are not required to share the intimacies of your experience.) Finally, submit the signed Project Completion Form to your vice president education to indicate you completed your journal.
This project includes:
- A journal you maintain for a minimum of two weeks
- The Project Completion Form
- A 5- to 7-minute speech
LEVEL 3 PROJECTS (Required)
Level 4: Building Skills
LEVEL 4 MEETING ROLES (Required)
This project focuses on how people are motivated. It is designed to help you build your leadership skills by effectively motivating team members.
Purpose: The purpose of this project is to practice the skills needed to motivate team members through the completion of a project.
Overview: Build a team of three to four people to help you create and complete a project to benefit your club. Use the information in the project to develop motivational strategies for each team member. After the project, you may choose to ask team members and at least one club officer to complete a 360° evaluation to give you feedback on your communication and leadership. Deliver a 5- to 7-minute speech at a club meeting about your experience. Your speech is not a report on the content of this project.
This project includes:
- Building and motivating a team to complete a project that benefits your club
- The Team-Building Activities resource
- The 360° Evaluation resource
- A 5- to 7-minute speech