Note: Length of paper 3 – 5 pages not including the cover or reference page. Use 3-5 references to support your background research and related information. Submit (upload) as a Word document in the assignment area.

Webinars are an effective way to obtain on-demand information regarding issues and challenges that leaders face. This assignment is designed to help students learn about various resources available for professional development, as well as engage in the thoughtful examination of pertinent leadership topics.

Some suggested links are listed below. Remember to choose only those that are free.

• Center for Creative Leadership Webinars: https://www.ccl.org/webinars/Links to an external site.
• ASCD (Educational leadership): https://www.ascd.org/search?refinementList%5Btype%5D%5B0%5D=webinar&refinementList%5Bfeatured%5D%5B0%5D=trueLinks to an external site.
• Harvard Business Review webinar archive: https://hbr.org/webinars

Many of these seminars are accompanied by power point presentations so you can “view” them as you listen to the speaker. Some seminars are not accompanied by graphics. After you have listened to your chosen seminar, prepare a 3-5 page narrative paper which addresses the following areas:

1. Rationale for your selection
2. Summary of the speaker’s key points
3. Describe how this content is or is not reflected in your present work.
4. Explain what ideas, strategies you would implement or apply into your own setting.
   1. Describe How applying the speaker’s message can change your work place

Be sure your paper is in correct APA style (7th ed.), and there are no grammar or spelling errors. Please refer to your APA manual or see http://rasmussen.libanswers.com/faq/32858Links to an external site. for how to properly cite webinars within your paper (in-text) and reference list.

Rubric:

Rubric
Element	Accomplished	Good	Satisfactory	Needs Improvement
Rationale and Appropriateness of selected seminar	Rationale stated clearly and topic selected relates to issues and concepts relevant to organizational leadership	Rationale provided Topic related to organizational leadership	Rationale for selection is somewhat stated Topic is somewhat related	Rationale and Topic are unrelated to organizational leadership
Discusses how the key points can be used to change the current workplace	Succinct and clear summary of speaker’s topic	Includes a summary of key points	Summary is included though somewhat long and vague	Summary is missing
Includes a discussion of seminar content in present workplcae	Provides a specific discussion of how content relates or not to present worksite	Discusses relationship of content to worksite	Provides some discussion on relationship of seminar contern to current worksite	Discussion of seminar content relationship to worksite is missing
Discusses how the key points can be used to change the current workplace	Provides specific  points on how topic points may apply to cause change at workplace	Provides points on how topic points may apply to cause change at workplace	Provides some points on how topic points may apply to cause change at workplace	Comments on how key points may change current workplace are missing
APA and Writing Style	Paper is free of errors and appropriately adheres to APA	Paper has a few errors and appropriately adheres to APA	Paper has some errors in APA format and grammar	Paper has multiple APA and grammar errors
Total points possible: 25