leadership in action
For my LEAD certificate, my leadership focus was mainly on psychological research. I wanted to develop my leadership skills by meeting with my mentor after attending various leadership work shops that mostly focused on professionals presenting their research that had been conducted in some field of psychology. I learned a lot about the process of conducting research, creating a final project, and presenting to the public. In my opinion, presenting to and educating the community about factual research that has been done on a subject that is passionate to myself, is a form of leadership.
Therefore, for my final project, my team and I took the data that we had collected, analyzed it, and created a poster that we presented during the poster session at the Western Psychological Association (WPA) conference in Sacramento, California. Leading up to our presentation at WPA, I utilized my leadership to continue to ensure that our team was on track to complete out project on time. I assisted with the creation of calendar of timelines for our poster as well as initiating additional meetings for us to catch up on. I was a leader by consistently showing up on time to all lab meetings as well as actively contributing the creation of our poster as well as the success of our poster session. Our team as a whole demonstrated leadership by giving constructive feedback and accepting feedback on our different assignments. Finally, my dedication and hard work was an aspect of my leadership in order to complete my final project to the best of my ability.
Our poster presentation at WPA went great! My team mate and I worked well together and had a great system of presenting to others so we were both equally and actively involved.
Attached are my project proposal and project reflection.
Therefore, for my final project, my team and I took the data that we had collected, analyzed it, and created a poster that we presented during the poster session at the Western Psychological Association (WPA) conference in Sacramento, California. Leading up to our presentation at WPA, I utilized my leadership to continue to ensure that our team was on track to complete out project on time. I assisted with the creation of calendar of timelines for our poster as well as initiating additional meetings for us to catch up on. I was a leader by consistently showing up on time to all lab meetings as well as actively contributing the creation of our poster as well as the success of our poster session. Our team as a whole demonstrated leadership by giving constructive feedback and accepting feedback on our different assignments. Finally, my dedication and hard work was an aspect of my leadership in order to complete my final project to the best of my ability.
Our poster presentation at WPA went great! My team mate and I worked well together and had a great system of presenting to others so we were both equally and actively involved.
Attached are my project proposal and project reflection.
Upon our return from WPA, I was asked to present our research project at the Psychology Research Seminar Series on campus. The Psychology Research Seminar Series usually has two professors a month present their research to students and faculty. However, for the last session of the academic year, they ask two student research assistants to present the research they have recently conducted. This was an excellent opportunity for me to continue with my vision of presenting research as a way of building community knowledge about our area of research. This was also an perfect leadership opportunity to perhaps inspire students in the audience to reach out to faculty members in order to join a research team next fall. I am passionate about research and I think that this presentation was great way to show other students what kind of research we do on campus. For this particular project, I think that I was also a leader for myself. I had never done a presentation this big or serious before so I immediately was hesitant to agree to present. But with the help from my research mentor, I was able to create a timeline for myself to follow so it did not seem as overwhelming. Additionally, I told myself that opportunities like this do not come around often, so isn't it better to put myself out there and gain some experience? I knew I would regret it if I played it safe and declined to present, so I pushed myself to step out of my comfort zone. Since presenting, I am extremely proud of myself and I am glad to have this experience to look back on while preparing for similar presentations.