Final Report

Mike Burks - I created the powerpoint presentation for the final report assignment. I commented on groups...

Spencer Matheny (Group Leader) - I completed the 1 page summary and reflection portion for the final report assignment. I commented on the blogs of groups #1, #2, and #4.

Kelly Neal - I created the video presentation for the final report assignment. I commented on groups #1, #2 & #4

Organizing Adult and Community Education Programs

Final Report

Mike Burks

Spencer Matheny

Kelly Neal

Ball State University



Summary

          Over the course of this semester there have been ups and downs but overall great success. When you plan something as big as this, you have to prepare for failure. One way to define who you are as a person is how well you can pick yourself back up when failure comes your way. We, as a group, hit a few bumps along the road but we were able to overcome those obstacles to find success in the end. To be successful, we had to follow a set of assignments or as we like to call "checkpoints" to make sure we could host a successful workshop for The Big Read. The first was the group plan. This is where we as a group divvied up the different roles and duties for each member. This is important because you can rotate different roles so that each member is getting the same amount of work and one member isn't doing more work than another. Another reason why this step is important is because you can see which member has certain skill sets for an assignment so that you can have the most success possible. For example if someone is great at marketing and reaching out to people then you might want to have them as the marketing group leader. The next step was the organization section. This is where we wanted to pick out a certain area of the community and start locating different organizations who might want to help with our workshop. We also made sure that we were able to connect with personal contacts who might have been able to help. The third step was our marketing section. After we had established connection with our organizational partners, we then decided how to involve them in helping us promote our workshop. Bringing different organizations together from one community and working in unison is one step in making the world a better place. The final step was conducting the workshop itself. From all of the work that we put in, it paid off to see participants show up and have a great time fellowshipping with one another. During the actual workshop, we wanted to use different methods such as instrumental rewards, specifically rewards for performance, as well as group acceptance (Tompkins, 2005). We had games during our workshop where different groups competed against each other. Prizes were given to the winners. This gives the participants a sense of success and accomplishment in earning something that they worked for. Also, having group discussions was a huge success. Sometimes people just want to be involved or accepted. Splitting into small groups gave participants that chance to be involved. Overall this workshop and project was a huge success. Not only for us but as a class, group, and even community. As a class we have been able to connect with over ten different organizations and work together in promoting The Big Read. I know group 3 has had a wonderful time working on this project!

Demonstration

          Please click below to see our Workshop in full gear!

Reflection

          The Final Report assignment is one of the most important aspects. In any planning, a final report or evaluation is something you can look at to take away key points and things you could improve on in the future. This assignment was conducted by creating a summary of the entire project, creating a power point presentation which showed results of how our workshop was conducted, and then a video was set up to give a little creativeness to show the excitement of the workshop. 

Tompkins, J. R. (2005). Organization theory & public management. Belmont, CA:

Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.