Student Leadership 101 –What is your role?

• Why is leadership important for students?• What opportunities are available through

BOLD?• How can you contribute?

Our goals for today:

What is Leadership?

http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movement.html

• Is everyone’s business.• Is learned.• Is a relationship.• Development is personal development.• Is an ongoing process.• Requires deliberate practice.• Is an aspiration and a choice.• Makes a difference.

• Kouzes, J. & Pozner, B. et al. (2013). The Student Leadership Challenge - Facility and Activity Guide. San Francisco, CA 9104-4594: Jossey-Bass.

Leadership . . .

Why are student leadership opportunities important?

• What students have told us about leadership• Leadership is learned• Employment Advantage

Is “Leadership” a dirty word????

Describe a time when you or a student you work with saw leadership as a scary experience.

What are employers saying about leadership?

What sets two otherwise equally qualified candidates apart?

*NACE (National Association of Colleges and Employers, 2012 Survey. Naceweb.org

What else can set us apart?

*NACE (National Association of Colleges & Employers, 2012 Survey. naceweb.org

Why are student leadership opportunities important to the community?

• Our students are our future• Volunteerism and Civic Engagement• Our graduates are going into the workforce, sharing their

experience, and recruiting our next generation of students.

Who are today’s role models?

Civic Engagement and Volunteerism

Graduates going into the workforce

What does the BOLD Project currently offer?

• Information Cards• Current Program Offerings• Website Content:

http://www.uwstout.edu/campuslife/getinvolved/The-BOLD-Project.cfm

What can you do?

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVCBrkrFrBE

• Contribute to a culture of leadership• Recognize for students acts of leadership

you’ve observed• Share with students what employers are

expecting from graduates in terms of leadership

• Challenge students to take advantage of opportunities

• “Shoulder Tap” students for leadership experience

Sharing or Questions?