Week 10 Post May 30, 2011

Hello Brothers! For our last Exec blog of the term, I thought I’d end on a positive/inspirational note, and share a video that my favorite time-wasting website, stumbleupon, gave me one day. I think it has a good overall message, and whether or not you can buy into inspirational speakers, I think it’s especially pertinent [...]

Week Six: Motivating People! April 29, 2011

Hello! This week I thought we could discuss how to motivate our brothers to be more involved and intrinsically motivated to step up and help Exec. members out more, in the case of, for example, Potluck. I found an article on a website called “Change Factory”, which provides an interesting view of motivation (which is [...]

Week 4 April 18, 2011

Hello Exec! Continuing along the lines of Daniel’s entry last week about leadership, I thought I’d tackle our third cardinal principle: friendship. Video 1 Video 2 Questions to consider: Who of you were attracted to the friendship aspect of APO in addition to its service, and perhaps joined as a way to meet new people? [...]

Spring ’11 week three holla atcha boiiiii April 10, 2011

http://www.wbaltv.com/r/27401410/detail.html Hey all, This blog is about leadership and more specifically LeaderShape. It talks about how Baltimore’s LeaderShape program operates and what impact it has on the students. My questions are: 1. Do leadership camps such as LeaderShape actually make an impact? 2. For those who haven’t been, what draws you to go to these [...]

Week 9 Article February 25, 2011

The article for this week deals with incorporating community service into academics, like a more focused version of what we consider service learning. http://www.newsrecord.org/mobile/living/spotlight/pay-it-forward-1.2479732 Some questions to consider: 1. What do you think about having classes that include service as part of the learning process? 2. One of the classes, “Diversity and Health,” did service [...]

Summer Service February 20, 2011

1. First Lady Michelle Obama talks abut the importance of service and serving over the summer. Do you think it is important for the government and people in power/celebrities to promote community service? 2. What do you think the long-term positive effects of this program will be? 3. How can we as APO continue service [...]

Week 7 February 13, 2011

Hello Exec, and Happy Valentine’s Day!!   Article   Questions to Consider: Why is it that most people seem to need the motivation of a national holiday to perform community service rather than making it a consistent lifestyle habit? What do you think the long term benefit of this type of community service will be? [...]

APO week 6 blog post February 5, 2011

Hey everyone! for this weeks blog post, I thought it would be cool to talk about one of the organizations that we work closely with, Committed Partners for Youth,Big brother/big sister. This is their informational video, that talks about the work that they do, and the impact they have on  our community. Questions: 1. Do [...]

Winter 11 Week Five Service Blog! January 30, 2011

Hey guys! Sorry for the delay on this! -Service Article Link- Questions/ Things to Consider: Last week, Daniel’s article touched upon community service’s function as a form of punishment. This week, it is presented almost as a leisure activity. How might we explain the dualistic approach we as a nation have towards volunteering? Voluntourism has [...]

Week 4 Winter ’11 Blog…Hollaaaa January 23, 2011

Hey Guys, Here’s the link: http://www.oregonlive.com/west-linn/index.ssf/2010/07/former_west_linn_mayors_community_service_sentence_benefits_rescue_dogs.html 1. Is community service even really a punishment? 2. What does it say about people to do community service voluntarily? 3. What does it say about community service? In LFS, DBI