Team Goals and LDE Time!

College Station was my next destination as I headed down to Aggieland. Now on our team we are all responsible for a certain team goal. Each member is held accountable for following through and making sure that our team goal is carried out. This year I am in charge of the team goal, Promotion of our program through website and video. Our team has come up with several ideas of how to promote the FFA through technology and through media. Throughout the year our team has been capturing video footage of our travel experiences as State Officers in hopes to compose a video at the end of the year. We are trying to establish a video that everyone will be able to view expressing our journey as State Officers. Making sure this goal is successful is not a one man job, so I have had the privilege of working with Texas FFA Foundation Director, Aaron Alejandro. We have been working on a new idea of putting the video on the FFA website so those interested in running for State Officer can see more of what we get to do as an officer, or the general public who is interested in what State Officers for the Texas FFA are able to do can view the material as well. This week I have been working on capturing and editing our video footage for the first half of the year. Other ideas of how we plan to implement video technology include video footage of contests and providing classrooms with a copy of a DVD of what each contest consists of. Whether we are traveling are sitting at a computer behind a desk there are always ways to promote our organization and look for better ways to improve the FFA. Allowing the general public to see actual material of what goes on in our travels as well as at contests, camps, and conventions draws more supporters, and allows for more knowledge of our organization. The weekend finally rolled around and I was headed back to Stephenville to Tarleton State University who was hosting the Area IV Leadership Development Event contests. I arrived Saturday at the contest site, and as I was sitting and talking with FFA members, there was a part of me that wishes I still had the ability to stand in that room full of judges and recite the FFA Creed, or compete in one more Chapter Conducting contest, or walk up to the front and receive that blue and gold banner just one more time. It was a humorous view but yet a joy getting to witness the numerous members chomping on their fingernails, and wiggling around in their seats nervously anticipating the results, as I could tell how passionate each student was about their contest. The nerves, excitement, and butterflies in your stomach shows just how much you care about what you are competing in.
Regardless of the results from your past competitions, I challenge each student to do one thing, plan your work, and most importantly work your plan. With all placings and banners put aside, I challenge each member to plan to have a successful year in whatever activities you might be involved in and to follow through with that plan and regardless if are are advancing to the next level of competition or not, if each member does that, I promise you will have a tremendous year!