In my honest opinion, I think that the leaders that were present that day were repeating things that were ‘common knowledge’. I think most, if not all, of our LC knew that clubs were where leadership started… Most of what the leaders there said were already known to our LC.
However, that does not mean that it’s not important. Rather, I feel like they were repeating it because joining a club is that important to them. It felt like the presenters were really stressing how important it is to join and be a part of a club (which I agree with). In that way, I guess the workshop wasn’t entirely a failure.
I felt like it would have been a better idea if the workshop was conducted in a smaller manner. It felt as if there were too many people in the workshop, and the message wasn’t as impactful as it should have been because there were too many people. Due to the enormous amount of people, there wasn’t really a connection with the audience; which I felt was needed in this case.
Overall, I wouldn’t say that I was thrilled about the workshop, but I don’t think it was a waste of my time either. Attending the workshop reinforced the importance of joining a club. It made me glad to be a part of a club. I also was kind of interested when the presenters announced that we would have an activity… but I was disappointed with the activity, it wasn’t very active at all. I would have liked it if the presenters incorporated more active activities.
~Kevin Lin