Horticulture 2
Unit A: Leadership
Program Components
Objective:Develop leadership qualities through participation in the small animal instructional program
Components of the Program
• Supervised Agricultural Experience– explore interest– gain work experience
• Classroom Instruction• Laboratory Instruction• FFA Student Organization
FFA Student Organization
• Club or Student Organization• Develops Citizenship & Leadership• Communication
– Developed through CDE• public speaking• creed (freshmen only)• agriculture sales• poultry, dairy and livestock oral reasons• parliamentary procedures
FFA Student Organization
This class develops Leadership, so what is Leadership?
What is Leadership?
• Lead and inspire people. Don't try to manage and manipulate people. Inventories can be managed but people must be lead.
- Ross Perot
• Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.
- Jesse Jackson
What is Leadership?• The task of the leader is to get his people from
where they are to where they have not been. - Henry Kissinger
• Where there is no vision, the people perish. - Proverbs 29:18
• Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
- Abraham Lincoln
Leadership Qualities
Objective:Identify leadership qualities desired by the small animal industry
Leadership Qualities
• Integrity– Honesty
• Courage– Willing to go forward under difficult
circumstances
• Management– Using people, resources, process to
reach a goal
Leadership Qualities• Unselfishness
– Placing the desires and welfare of others above yourself
• Loyalty– Reliable support for an individual,
group or cause
• Enthusiasm– Energy to do a job and the inspiration
to encourage others
Leadership Qualities
• Plan– Able top think through, determine
procedures
• Knowledge– Awareness, understanding
• Tact– Enjoying and doing the right thing
without offending
Leadership Defined
Leadership is influence- the ability to obtain followers.
- John C. Maxwell
Public Speaking
Objective:Describe the major types of speeches and the variables to be considered when presenting speeches.
Parts of a Good Speech
IntroductionBody Conclusion
Types of Speeches
• To inform• To persuade• To integrate
– introductions– welcome speeches
Things to consider...
• Purpose– why are you giving the speech
• Analyze the audience• Occasion• Content• Composition
Delivery
• Voice– pitch– quality– articulation– pronunciation
• over pronounce each word
– force• may the force be with you
Delivery• Stage presence
– appearance– poise– attitude
• always positive
– confidence• but not over confident
– personality– posture
Delivery
• Power of expression– fluency– sincerity– emphasis– directness– conveyance of thought and meaning
Delivery
• Response to questions– accurately– ability to think quickly– If you can not answer a question:
• “That is an interesting question, however, I am not sure of the answer at this time.”
Delivery
• General effect– interesting– understandable– convincing– pleasing– holds attention
Conducting a Business Meeting
Objective:Analyze the role of Robert’s Rules of Order in conducting a business meeting
Conducting A Business Meeting
• Objective– Analyze the role that Robert’s Rules
of Order plays in the orderly conduct of business
What is Parliamentary Procedure?
Parliamentary procedure is a systematic way of organizing meetings.
Parliamentary procedure is governed by Robert’s Rules of Order.
Parliamentary Law
• Robert’s Rule of Order– Rules for conducting a meeting– Assures that all sides are treated
fairly and that everyone has the opportunity to discuss and vote
Parliamentary Law
• Main Objective:– Focus on one item at a time– Extend courtesy to everyone– Observe the rule of the majority– Ensure the rights of the minority
Methods of Voting
• Voice• Rising• Secret Ballot• Roll Call
Voting
• Single majority– one vote more than 50% of the votes
cast
• Two-thirds majority– 2/3 of the members must be for the
motion– usually used when the rights of the
members are limited
Voting
• Quorum– number of members required to
conduct business
Gavel
• Symbol of authority• Meaning of the taps
– 1 tap means to be seated– 2 taps means the meeting is called to
order– 3 taps means that members should
stand– Series of taps
• “be quite and orderly”
Table of Motions
• Privileged• Incidental• Subsidiary• Unclassified
The Gavel
• The president uses the gavel to control aspects of the meeting.
• The number of taps determines the meaning.
Presiding Officer• Chapter FFA
President• Must be fair and
impartial• Must relinquish the
chair when the president desires to discuss business
Motions
Main Motion
• Used to get group approval for a new project or some other course of action
• Wording: “I move” NOT “I make a motion”
Main Motion
• Requires second• Debatable• Amendable• Majority vote required• Can be reconsidered
Amendments
• Used to change a main motion
• 3 ways to amend: addition, substitution, striking out
• Wording: “I move to amend the motion”
Amendments
• Requires second• Debatable• Amendable• Majority vote required• Can be reconsidered
Adjourn
• Used to end a meeting
• Wording: “I move to adjourn”
Adjourn
• Cannot be debated• Cannot be amended• Cannot be reconsidered• Requires second• Requires majority vote
Appeal
• Changes a decision made by the chair
• Wording: “I appeal the decision of the chair”
Appeal
• Requires a second• Debatable• Can be reconsidered• Not amendable• Majority vote required
Point of Order
• Used when one believes a parliamentary error has been made
• Wording: “I rise to a point of order”
Point of order
• Not debatable• Amendable• Does not require
second• Cannot be
reconsidered• No vote required
Division of the House
• Calls for a counted vote
• Wording: “I call for a division of the house.”
Division of the House
• Not debatable• Amendable• Does not require second• Cannot be reconsidered• No vote required
Lay on the table
• To postpone a motion to the next meeting
• Motion must be taken from the table at the next meeting to be discussed
• Wording: “I move to lay this motion on the table”
Lay on the table
• Requires second• Not debatable• Not amendable• Cannot be
reconsidered• Majority vote
Previous question
• Used to stop debate and vote
• Wording: “I move to previous question”
Previous question
• Second required• Not debatable• Not amendable• Can be reconsidered before vote• 2/3 vote required
Refer to committee
• Used to gain more information on a motion before voting
• Wording: “I move to refer this motion to a committee to report at our next meeting.”
Refer to committee
• Second required• Debatable• Amendable• Can be
reconsidered• Majority vote