Findings

Our four tent experiments are completed and the results are in.

• In the first experiment, the leader and the group were all in pretty good moods. Although, the tests showed that they were all pretty tired. They completed 95% of the tent in 15 min.
• In the second experiment, the leader and the group were in very bad moods. They were only able to get the poles through the the sleeves in 15 min.
• In the third experiment, we had the leader act in random and 'bad apple' ways, such as being nonchalant and mean. In this experiment, an individual from the group took over leadership from the leader, even though he was blindfolded. This group finished the tent in 7 min.
• In the final experiment, the leader was in a very good mood while the group was in a somewhat lower mood. This group also completed the tent in under 7 min. and the moods of the whole group were significantly higher after the experiment.

12/9/09

Notes:
Our group came up against a barrier this week. We failed to think about the fact that our video camera is not digital and that we would have to transfer the mini dv tapes to a dvd so that we can edit and post it. Luckily, Emily's dad owns a computer repair shop and can help us with the process. The challenge is to get it done before the deadline. Emily is going to talk to her dad and as soon as it is done, I am going to pick up the dvd from her and drop it off at denise's house so that it can get edited. Finally, we will post it along with our findings.

Agenda:
Finish blog before deadline.

Attendance: Emily, Ola, Niro, Tony, Jessica, Denise, All here.

12/02/2009 Start time: 4:30p.m End time 5:15 pm

Roles:
Notetaker-Ola, Blogger- Niro, Time keeper-Denise,Peacekeeper-Tony, Devils Advocate-Jessica, Emily.

Attendence:
Here-Tony, Jessica, Ola, Emily, Niro,Denise (All Present)

Agenda:
Edits & post the videos of our present experiment as well as what we learned , complete all roles of our final leadership presentation.
Prepre for our final Leadership Presentation.

Attendance: HERE- Ola and Emily
NOT HERE- Denise, Jessica, Tony, Niro.

Agenda:

• Hustle up as many people as possible to be in the next two experiments.
• Write leadership handout in class with whole group and finish planning presentation.
• Talk to the rest of the team as to their availability for the experiments on Sunday and to see if they can bring some people.
  

Notes: More than half our team didn't show up today. Emily and I decided to get as many people as we could for the experiment and then try to get the team plugged in later. Our biggest concern right now is to get the last two experiments done so that we can post the video and our findings in time.

11/18/09 Start time:2:30, Ended at 3:30

Attendence:
Here- Niro, Jessica, Denise, and Ola
Not Here- Emely, and Tony

NOTES:
We decided to meet sunday again for the third time, we discusted what we should do and say in our leadership presentation. We also got the activity we will be doing in our presentation. We also have to pick a day we would like to do our presentation.

AGENDA:
-Meet sunday for the third experiment at ocean view park at 10am
-Continue reading book
-Plan leadership presentation

ROLES:
Denise: Note taker
Jessica: Blogger
Ola:Time keeper
Niro: Peace keeper

week of 11/11/09

Start time: 3:45 End time 4:30

Roles:
Notetaker-Emily
Blogger-Ola
Time keeper-Tony
Peacekeeper-Niro
Devils Advocate-Jessica

Attendence:
Here-Tony, Jessica, Ola, Emily, Niro
Not here-Denise

Agenda:

• Think about Leadership Activity; each tea member will bring three activities to class next week so that we can decide on one.

• Meet for 2nd and 3rd experiments.

• Get more people for experiments.

• Try to finish leadership book.

Notes:

This week our team discussed what kind of leadership activity we want to do. There was a debate around the type of activity. We finally decided that we wanted to do an interactive activity that was more hands on. Next, we talked about the best time and place to have our next experiment and what we could do if Denise was still sick since she has most of the important equipment. In the end, we agreed that the best way to do it would be to meet at a park on sun. at two and if Denise was still sick, Jessica would get the stuff we needed from her. Also, both Tony and Emily are going to bring the participants for this experiment so we were thinking that we could get more than a couple in.