Students leaders have tendency to commit to several activities during the semester.  On top of a class schedule, students will sign up for student organizations, volunteer, hold part-time jobs, and manage a social life.  Very enthusiastic leaders might sign up for too much that they can handle.  When setting your schedule, consider these tips:

Run through an example scenario of your day

Sometimes a schedule may make sense visually on your calendar, but can be physically exhausting when actually fulfilled.  Take a day or two to run through your day on that current schedule.  Did things pop up that you forgot to schedule?  Did you have time for homework, sleep, and mental breaks?  Keep in mind that you will have to manage that schedule for several weeks – sometimes up to five days a week, which can lead to burning out.

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Click here to register for the Wiggio Webinar on April 10th 2013 — SOLD OUT

New to Wiggio?  Not sure how you can use Wiggio to make group work easy?  Have questions about the application?

Join us for a Wiggio Webinar on Wednesday, April 10th at 8pm EST.  During this webinar, we’ll give a brief overview of the application then hold a Q&A session afterwards.  The webinar will run for one hour.

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Group projects are not easy to manage.  It becomes especially difficult to handle as a leader when the level of participation varies amongst individual team members.  Project leaders must assume all risks to bare the burden of finishing in a timely fashion and getting everything right. We must lead as an example and find creative ways to get the work done from our group members.  During this past month, I’ve figured out what it takes to make it all possible from experience as captain of my debate team.

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The March Wiggio group is Subtle Yoga!  We connected with owner Kristine Weber to talk about how she’s using Wiggio to train yoga instructors.

What groups are you managing?

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The Honors Student Advisory Committee (HSAC) is the student arm of the Honors Program at the City University of New York’s LaGuardia Community College. We are a very active grassroots, student-driven collective that aims to cultivate a community of students and alumni committed to providing academic, professional, leadership and civic engagement opportunities to the student body at our college.

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