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Importance of Leadership and Civic Responsibility

About the Leadership and Civic Responsibility Assignment.

In this module, you will demonstrate your mastery of the leadership and civic responsibility learning outcome.

For this assignment, you need to:

Question 1) Identify a time when you participated in a leadership or civic responsibility activity.

Question 2) Prepare a minimum 6-slide PowerPoint presentation - title page, introduction, at least 3 content slides, and summary/conclusion - detailing your work as outlined below.

Question 3) Be specific about the purpose of the activity, your role and contributions to the activity, any outcomes from the activity, and what you learned about yourself and others by participating.

Question 4) Discuss factors such as how you became involved with this activity, how you found out about it, and communication. Refer to the previous topic in this module for an example of behaviors that could show you have the knowledge and skills to demonstrate mastery of this learning outcome.

Question 5) Students have used work activities, athletic activities, student organizations, church activities, and volunteer work to demonstrate mastery of this learning income. Contact your instructor if you have any questions about appropriate activities for this assignment.

Question 6) Use a professional template and appropriate font. Use more bullet points rather than paragraphs to make your presentation easier to read and understand. Please review the Rubric for the assignment for detailed information regarding how this assignment will be assessed.

Leadership and civic engagement is an important learning outcome for all CPLS graduates. As a graduate of the University of Memphis, you are expected to use your education not only to benefit yourself but the wider community around you. The world needs educated people to take the lead and engage with their communities to solve problems and make the world better for everyone.

Leadership is a process of social influence that maximizes the efforts of others toward the achievement of a goal (Krause, 2013). As a CPLS graduate, your coursework and other collegiate opportunities have given you the knowledge and skills needed to lead others, not only professionally but in ways that improve civil society.