Please read the following articles and write a personal reflection on them (the word file has suggested questions and sources to use).

Showing critical thinking, moving from experience to critical reflection on ideas and issues.

- Approximately 3-4 pages, double spaced (about 700 words).

- Make sure to use the proper citations (source).

- No Plagiarism.

Journals are a learning tool, a powerful way for you to clarify your own experiences and observations and connect them to new concepts.

Journal is an opportunity to explore hunches, questions, and associations with less emphasis on meeting the polished standards of formal writing.

Some starting points for personal responses & critical responses:
- An example from my own experience of one of the key points here is...
- Some questions raised for me are...
- A quotation that is important for me is... because...
- A new insight I had is...
- A pattern I notice is...
- It is ironic that...
- Some things I didn’t understand are...
- A point I particularly disagree with in this article / our discussion is... because...
- I agree that... because...
- One assumption that... makes is... evident in...
- Some limitations and problems I see are...
- This material is similar to or different from... because...

Suggested questions:
- What is (are) the main point(s) of the article? What are the key ideas?
- What ideas were new / startling / changed your thinking about non-profit organizations?
- What questions did the article raise for you – things that you want to understand or discuss?