
Thank you for stopping by the “Swap Shop.” I believe you will find many useful and wonderful things here to enhance your co-curricular activities program. These pages are offered free of charge. Each “giver” has done so in hopes that young people all over the world will benefit from their generosity. Some of what is offered has been “borrowed” from the general literature of Leadership and the original authorship may well have been lost. If you find something you know to have come from a specific source we have not credited, please let us know so we may correct it here. When you use these ideas please credit the authors when appropriate.
Thank you and enjoy!
– Mike
- Installation Banquet (Melba Murphy) Leadership Class Code of Conduct (Karen Dawson), PDF Leadership Development Inventory (Karen Dawson), PDF
- The Wall (Mike Smith), PDF
- The Wall, Part 2 (Mike Smith), PDF
- Executive Leadership Handbook (Mike Smith & Norm Hull), PPT
- Flash of Light (Cynthia Bader), PDF
- No Rain, No Rainbows (Cynthia Bader), PDF
- Walking the Talk (Cynthia Bader), PDF
- Smile Passes (Mike Smith), PDF
- Veterans Day Observance (Melba Murphy), PDF
- Leadershops Checklist (Mike Smith), PDF
- Staff In-Service (Cynthia Bader)
- Song Themes (Ann Knell), PDF
- Leadership Song Presentations (Karen Dawson), PDF
- Song Form (Karen Dawson), PDF
- Making Effective Posters (Mike Smith & Gene Nye), PPT
- Begin It (Cynthia Bader), PDF
- Gum Art (Cynthia Bader), PDF
- Extreme Makeover for YOUR Leadership Opportunity (Mike Smith), PPT
- Scavenger Hunt (Denise Vaniadis), PDF
- Motivational Moments (Denise Vaniadis), PDF
- Friday Wrap-Up (Denise Vaniadis), PDF
- Fire in the School (Denise Vaniadis), PDF
- Video Assignment (Denise Vaniadis), PDF
- Fundraising (Mike Smith), PDF
- Valentine (Melba Murphy)
- Valentines Day/Orange Crush (Beverly Chester)
- Christmas-Grams (Melba Murphy)
- Fundraising (Melba Murphy)
- Seven Steps for Brainstorming (Mike Smith), PDF
- Languaging For Leadership (Mike Smith), PPT
- Fighting Words (Mike Smith), PPT
- Boundary Breaking (Jim Fitzgerald)
- Group Travel Etiquette (Melba Murphy)
- Leading Tips (Mike Smith)
- Four-Step Hello (Stu Shaffer), PDF
- Approaches to Handling Conflict (Stu Shaffer), PDF
- Problem Solving (Stu Shaffer), PDF
- The Fine Line Between People-Respecting and People-Pleasing (Scott Greenberg), PDF
- Make Criticism About Them (Scott Greenberg), PDF
- Personal Qualities Needed in the 21st Century Worker (Mike Smith), PDF
- Leadership Development Inventory (Karen Dawson), PDF
- Leadership Life Lessons (Karen Dawson), PDF
- Who Makes a Difference? (Karen Dawson), PDF
- Nine Reasons to Embrace Failure (Scott Greenberg), PDF
- The Most Powerful You is the Most Authentic You (Scott Greenberg), PDF
- The Fine Line Between People-Respecting and People-Pleasing (Scott Greenberg), PDF
- Be a Chore-leader, Not Just a Cheerleader (Scott Greenberg), PDF
- Getting the I Should’s Off Your Shoulders (Scott Greenberg), PDF
- Go for the Goals You Control (Scott Greenberg), PDF
- 10 Things That May Be Holding You Back (Scott Greenberg), PDF
- Making Change (Mike Smith), PDF
- Languaging For Leadership (Mike Smith), PPT
- Meeting With The Principal (Stu Shaffer), PDF
- Making Better Posters (Mike Smith & Gene Nye)
- Microphone Tips (Stu Shaffer), PDF
- Telephone Tips (Stu Shaffer), PDF
- 5 Basic Components of a Good Marketing Piece (Mike Smith & Gene Nye), PDF
- Grabber Ideas (Mike Smith & Gene Nye), PDF
- Marketing Campaign/Poster Design Form (Mike Smith & Gene Nye), PDF
- WSIC Ideas (Mike Smith & Gene Nye), PDF
- Seven Steps For Brainstorming (Mike Smith), PDF
- ASAP Planning Arrow (Mike Swift & Mike Smith), PDF
- Tips for Conference Planners (Stu Shaffer), PDF
- Project Action Areas (Mike Smith), PDF
- Checklist for an Event (Mike Smith), PDF
- Making Effective Posters (Mike Smith & Gene Nye), PPT
- The DifferenceMaker Calendar/Planner (Mike Smith)
- Time Management: Setting Up Your Schedule for Success (Scott Greenberg), PDF
- The Group Growth Model (Mike Smith), PDF
- Laying the Foundation for Group Motivation (Mike Smith), PDF
Directing & Delegating
- Approaches to Handling Conflict (Stu Shaffer), PDF
- Deliberately Delegating (Mike Smith), PDF
- Directing vs. Delegating (Mike Smith), PDF
- Mixer (Bob Burton)
- 5 Good Mixers (Susan Fortin), PDF
- Making Connections (Susan Fortin), PDF
- Attribute Rummy (Susan Fortin), PDF
- Energizers (Mike Smith), PDF
- Amazing…Ideas for…Leadership Class Instructors (Bob Tryanski), PDF
– Activity Advising
- A Librarian’s Guide to Advisors (Helen Fitzgerald), PDF
- Thoughts on Leadership (Dr. Earl Reum)
- The Executive Leadership Handbook (Mike Smith & Norm Hull), PPT
- Amazing…Ideas for…Leadership Class Instructors (Bob Tryanski), PDF
- Fantastic Resources for Anyone Who Works With Kids (Bob Tryanski), PDF
Teacher/Staff Appreciation & Motivation
- Helping Hands (Mike Smith)
- Class Pictures (J. Peter Cahn)
- Clever Ideas Using Food (J. Peter Cahn)
- More Ideas with Candy (J. Peter Cahn)
- Rules of Remembering for Real Recognition (J. Peter Cahn)
- Staff Survival Kits (J. Peter Cahn)
- Student/Staff Secret Pals Activity (Cindy Bader), PDF
- Star Teacher (Melba Murphy)
- Secret Pals (Melba Murphy)
- Turkey Teacher (Melba Murphy)
- Faculty Children’s X-mas Party (Melba Murphy)
- What a Teacher Believes In (Dr. Earl Reum)
- Education In Bloom (Melba Murphy)
- Mug a Teacher (Beverly Chester)
- How Sweet It Is (Beverly Chester)
- Gopher Day (Ann Knell), PDF
- Hero Ceremony (Ann Knell), PDF
- Faculty Friday (Ann Knell), PDF
- Teacher Liaisons (Ann Knell), PDF
- Special Days or Weeks (Ann Knell), PDF
- Assemblies: Helping Them Win (Mike Smith), PPT
- Building Community (Mike Smith)
- Leadershops: Planning Your Workshop (Mike Smith), PPT
- Transitions (Mike Smith)
- Personal Responsibility In Daily Effort (Mike Smith)
- Inclusion Strategies
- Freshman Mentor Program (Dolores Fischer), PPT
Student Recognition & Motivation
- Building Community (Mike Smith)
- Great Kick-Off Meetings (Mike Smith), PDF
- VIP List (Mike Smith), PDF
- Checklist for a Printed Program (Mike Smith), PDF
- Making Effective Posters (Mike Smith & Gene Nye), PPT
- Building Community (Mike Smith)
- Personal Inventory Survey (Mike Smith), PDF
- Diversity Lesson (Mike Smith)
- Smile Passes (Mike Smith), PDF
- Building Community (Mike Smith)
- Assemblies: Helping Them Win (Mike Smith)
- Male Beauty Contest (Melba Murphy)
- Christmas-Grams (Melba Murphy)
- Turn Your Dances Into Parties (Don Shaffer)
- Leadershops: Planning Your Workshop (Mike Smith)
- Laying the Foundation for Group Motivation (Mike Smith), PDF
- Amazing…Ideas for…Leadership Class Instructors (Bob Tryanski), PDF
- Assemblies: Helping Them Win (Mike Smith)
- Tips for All-School Assemblies (60-60 presentation) (Mike Smith), PDF
- Transitions (Mike Smith)
- Education in the 21st Century (Mike Smith), PPT
- Freshman Mentor Program (Dolores Fischer), PPT
- Ethics (Mike Swift), PPT
- Ethics, Morals, Character, Discipline…Defined (Mike Smith), PDF
- Character Words Defined (Mike Smith), PDF
- Southern York County School of Character (Brian Cashman), PDF
- Dilemma Preview (Mike Smith), PDF
- Ethics/Leadership Bibliography (Mike Swift), PDF
- Responsibility Quotes (Mike Smith), PDF
- Defining American: Service & Responsibility (Mike Smith)
- Defining American: Ethical Decision-Making (Mike Swift & Mike Smith)
- Defining American: Citizenship (Mike Smith)
- Examples of Ethical Delimmas (Karen Dawson), PDF
- Process Guide for Making Ethical Decisions (Karen Dawson), PDF
- The Most Powerful You is the Most Authentic You (Scott Greenberg), PDF
- Be a Chore-leader, Not Just a Cheerleader (Scott Greenberg), PDF
- Making Tough Choices After You Gather All The Facts (Mike Smith), PDF