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How to Write a Reflective Paper Following Events
A key way to improve your leadership skills, is to reflect on what went well and what could be improved following an event that you actually lead. No matter how well you think your event went, there are always ways that you could improve…sometimes there are MANY ways you could improve or many things that you could have done differently, sometimes, there are just small 'tweaks' that would make the event run more smoothly in the future. It is so important that we learn from our mistakes and our successes!

Following your event, and to begin your reflective paper, you must:
1. brainstorm: have 2 sections - what went well and ways you could improve, in point form, jot down everything you can think of that would fit into each section.

2. Write the actual paper (see below):

Following all of your major leadership events (spirit day, winter carnival and individual event), you will submit a reflective paper. Your paper should: - be in paragraph form - discuss what you feel went well and what did not go so well/what needs to be changed - discuss what you gained or learned about yourself from running this activity

Some ideas to discuss:
- How prepared were you? - How was the event set up? - Did you have enough/the proper equipment? - How did you group teams (number, actual technique for grouping etc.)? - How did you control the group? - Time allotted for each session - staff involvement/support - feedback from the students in your session (could include actual comments, or "vibes" - i.e. students seemed bored and rowdy and got off topic…)