Change of Hearts; Small Group Project Paper My group consisted of four other members-Chris, Dan, Brian, and Amy. When we were first introduced to the idea of a small group project we knew that our presentation had to entertain the audience, and at the same time inform them. At that point, we were functioning as individuals. Each of us tossed out a ton of ideas and some were shot down right away. That took about 5minutes. Then Dan mentioned that we can do a parody of the television show Change of Hearts, and it stuck to us like glue. Gradually we began to feed into his revelation, and started to add our personal touches. Each of us became elaborators. For about 15 minutes we took the idea and expanded it to see where it could lead the group. Before we got carried away a group member would a give us an objective opinion, and that kept us on track. We had used constructive criticism to guide us to the final presentation. So after we had reached a point where we felt confident and comfortable with the idea, we decided as a group that we had chosen our topic and it was time to start planning out meetings. To me the way we went about sorting though ideas and coming to conclusions was quick, concise, and simple. We didn’t have any miscellaneous things to cover or chat about. That day we walked out of class ready and motivated to have a good time and get our point across to the class.Chris emerged as the leader in the group at the very beginning. At first I saw it as him being pushy, but then he explained that he was the only child in his family-yada yada yada- so I let him have the spotlight. In my opinion, he did a better job at organizing the details in the presentation than I probably would have. For example, he got the camera and recorded the shots, made the applause sign, brought in the radio and the music, and even checked up on me when I was sick. Then again, Chris volunteered to do all those things. Group members asked him if h...
