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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Leadership Quotes 3Characteristics of Leadership 4Operations of a Student Council 5What is my job? 6Sample Meeting Minutes 7Form for taking minutes at a meeting 8Sample Student Council Budget 9Publicity report 10Conducting an effective meeting 11The importance of evaluation 12Evaluating your Student Council 13Parliamentary Procedure tips 14Brainstorming 15Project planning 16Meeting with the Principal 17Project ideas I have learned about at camp

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Project ideas I have learned about at camp

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Public relations evaluation 20Basic rules of poster design 21Evaluation of Student Activities 22Team building 23Basic etiquette for leaders 24Microphone etiquette 25Conflict management 26Humor awareness 27Goal setting 28Character 29Public speaking 30Student Council member self-evaluation 31AASC 2014-15 Event Calendar 32

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Inspirational Quotes on Leadership“Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and actions”.

Harold S. Geneen

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” John F. Kennedy

“Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.”

Thomas J. Watson

The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.Ray Kroc

True leaders understand that leadership isn’t about them but about those they serve. It’s about exalting themselves but about lifting others up.

Sheri L. Dew

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.Ayn Rand

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.Helen Keller

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.

Epictetus

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.Barack Obama

Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.George Edward Woodberry

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I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Maya Angelou

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