OLS 399 Presentation 2 parts one, two, and three

Presentation Notes:

Transition notes

“It’s not the Change it is the Transition”

Agenda:

Transitions have a beginning, middle, and an end

· Losses and letting go

· Neutral zone

· Closure/ new beginning

Focusing on the behavior and keeping focus on what the people are going through allows leadership to feel and see what is really going on during transition periods and allows leaders to manage that transition effectively.

Key Points:

First: Identify the losses and learn to let go – power, status, access, office windows

From loss fear or resentment may arise, if loss is not compensated or if the loss is not changed to be viewed as an opportunity gain, then the individuals that are dealing with that loss will go through stages of grief that may hinder the organizations ability to manage the transition.

It is paramount that leaders show set an example of it being ok to “let Go” of what they have lost, if as a leader you can’t let go yourself it will be very difficult to expect your followers to do so as well.

Education, information, and reinforcement of the company vision is important.

Second: neutral zone – the middle is the neutral zone – work to be done

When the hype has subsided there is work to be done. Leaders must be seen to be working and must become the change they wish to see. Many uncertainties will be tested for leadership and the followers.

Upper management must expect and prepare for missed deadlines or quotas and must be actively involved in organizations learning process.

Those who have still not let go of the “old ways” must be identified, understood, and encouraged not singled out or become scapegoats.

· Intra-group relationships must be solidified or created if there has been a disassemblement of the old relationships.

· Provide boundaries to give strength in a time of uncertainty

· Leaders should draw on the creativity and innovation that is inherent within their organization, allowing flexibility for others to solve newly arisen problems

Third: closure/ new beginning –transitions do not stop at the end. Transitions are not a linear static process, it is dynamic and human. People have to adjust personally and uniquely to the organizational transition.

Closure does need to occur again and leaders must be aware of their followers and know if they are still dealing with any of the personal issues within the transition.

The 4 P’s

· Purpose

· Picture

· Plan

· Part

Is the purpose to the transition understood by all?

Is there a clear picture of where the organization is going and of its goals?

Is there a plan in place for people to look to for guidance during times of uncertainty?

Does everyone feel like they are part of the organization?

Agenda:

Transitions have a beginning, middle, and an end

· Losses and letting go

· Neutral zone

o Intra-group relationships

o Provide boundaries

o draw on the creativity and innovation

· Closure/ new beginning

o Purpose

o Picture

o Plan

o Part

Closing:

Finally when all this is made aware in the minds of an organization’s leaders and passed through the organization as it deals with the transition, leaders should not forget to celebrate what they and the people of their organization has gone through.

Personal Application:

The key to managing my own personal transitions that I have recently gone through are as follows:

· Organization

· Creativity

· Education

While the Purdue OLS curriculum that I have had experience with does a very good job at providing the education and creative opportunities, I feel that the Managing Transitions class missed out on an opportunity to provide a technical lesson that would improve the organization skills that we as future leaders will be expected to have.

· Organizational software

o We used 3 books

o Groove, Outlook, Visio, PDFs

o Google apps, workspaces, portals

It is my belief that OLS students should be required to learn more than how to create PowerPoint presentations and create single user papers using Word.

The creation of a class change to using a new software application could have allowed us classmates to undergo many of the transition phases and to apply what we learned in class to the transition issues of learning the new software. We would have also learned a new skill in application not just theory that we will be expected to know upon graduation.

OLS 399 Presentation 1 parts one and two

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Presentation Notes:

Global Leadership

What does it mean to be a leader?

· An influence relationship among leaders and followers who intend real changes and outcomes that reflect their shared purposed.

But what does that really mean? First some back ground.

Agenda:

· History – Past – Local, small nonmoving populations

· Present Global, large moving populations

· A breakdown of the Definition

First: 2 paradigms

· top down, stability, hero

· horizontal, crisis management, humble man

Management vs. Leadership conflict of today

First paradigm seems to imply that managers were needed to ensure that short term goals are met in an organized and predictable manner. People where seen as commodities and units to be managed. Management is understood as inflexible. This is the Old way.

Second paradigm seems to imply that there is a measure of unpredictability and that leading people (with all their human emotions) toward a long term vision and empowering them to solve short term goals is more appropriate for today’s economy. Leadership is understood to be flexible. This is the Modern Way.

· One hundred years ago the majority of people in western society just never left their county of residence, not for work and not for play. Today most statistics would tell you that the majority of Americans drive 30 -60 minutes to work easily taking them into the next county or across several. Today we can pick up a phone, boot up our computers, and travel in a digital environment across the world. This is in fact a common thing for people to conceive of, hear about, and even dream of as well as do, directly or indirectly. The best example of people’s indirect relationship to world travel is one’s trip to Wal-Mart.

Today there is an increased potential for a diversity of situations

· occur in marketplace economics

· at work

· our own communities

First paradigm – western ethnocentric and self centered

Second paradigm – recognizes cultural influences and embraces them

This requires the recognition of the Roles that are required to complete a job or task and effective leadership needs to be able fill these roles within a cultural context that is no longer guaranteed to be western.

Example:

· There are emerging leaders in “self built” housing on the outskirts of Nairobi in East Africa, Mexico City, and Sao Paulo in Brazil. In Sao Paulo and the urban area surrounding boast a population that exceeds 16 million people. The streets in these make shift neighborhoods are complete with non-government regulated markets, black market power distribution, and self organized sanitation policies and structures.

With half of the world’s population earning a dollar a day or less it is probable that the future leaders of the world will come from a more diverse background than currently existing today. An understanding of this diversity will play a great part in the “influence relationship among leaders and followers” that is within our definition of a leader.

Conflict Dynamic:

New paradigm conflict is natural and healthy, this was not always so.

Often leaders have a shared purpose but culturally different ways to achieve this purpose or reasons for having this shared purpose. In order to achieve this shared purpose compromises and understanding must occur. Leadership as opposed to management is open to these compromises and understandings.

Example:

· Everyone would like for world poverty to be alleviated. In India the Grameen Bank http://www.grameen-info.org/ has brought micro financing to the impoverished and globally ostracized. If they did not have an understanding of the socioeconomic conditions and gender roles of women in Indiana society the success would not have been possible for non-profit Grameen Bank and for the many women in rural India who are now contributing to the uplifting of many of India’s poorest people.

Agenda:

· History – Past – Local, small nonmoving populations

· Present Global, large moving populations

· A breakdown of the Definition

Conclusion:

Hopefully the definition of what it means to be a leader is clearer.

First it implies that there are human relationships involved between leaders and followers that must be understood personally and culturally.

Second it implies that for shared purposes to be achieved and thus change to be made the person(s) who understand these relationships and helps to achieve these shared purposes is using the skills of leadership.

A leader is one who effects change for the benefit of more than just him or herself, by understanding those that he or she is affecting.

Fall DLC African Naturalists, Nairobi, Cameroon

I tried to learn from them instead of having them learn from me.

If I could have changed anything in the course it would be to work into the curriculum a project with students from another country.

· There is diversity in the US, but not enough to create real conflict

· It would have also added technical skills that are lacking within the OLS curriculum

Career Rookie Online Career Fair

First post since my internship at the Indiana Dunes Learning Center which has kept me busy the last few months. But man more on that later.

Unisfair's CareerRookie Online Carreer Fair is going on today September, 29th and boy is it an Epic Success! The fair on Facebook click here for registration and event info

Let me explain why because I have no idea how many people are actually attending. I think it is a sucess because it is a revolutionary way to interact on the web. Now not revolutionary in that it is a new concept, but revolutionary in the fact that they are doing the concept.

They have created a virtual campus so to speak with pavillions and booths within the pavillions for an enduser to visit based on thier needs. There is an engineering pavillion, sales pavillion, and an internship pavillion. The navigation is very intuitive and the ability for the involved companies to share themselves with you using chat, commercial type video, and flash animated information boxes works pretty good on this average machine that I have.

My only disappointment is the booths for which I can visit, my apologies, but I walked out of a career fair at Purdue University because they are only offering jobs with large comppanies who I feel do more harm than good on this planet. Companies such as Dow Chemicals, Kellogs, and Sunoco are the ones present at Unisfair's CareerRookie Online Career Fair. (disclaimer: this is only my opinion and values here which may or may not be valid or important to others, but i think they are)

Personally I want to work for Unisfair and persuade them to bring in smaller more environmentally responsible and socially responsible companies. I am also wondering why in the world are they not doing it in Silverlight! And who is. Quite personally I imagine Bono doing music concert in Africa being smoothstreamed live over the internet with all kinds of local African community groups sharing with the world their projects and the impact that U.S. decisions are indirectly or directly having on their welfare. And also sharing with the world thier success stories and innovative spirit.





Now let me share with you a quick photoshopped images of what it looks like to be in the CareerRookie Online Career Fair so you can see for yourself why you should check out Unisfair's CareerRookie Career Fair if only to see how it should be done.





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Three Heads Company Picnic - review

First maybe I am a bit biased because I just love live music and jambands, but i just have to say that the Three Heads Company Picnic was awesome.

Unfortunately I did miss all the music that I heard was great on Friday, however I was able to show up Saturday around 6pm and have a great evening and a lovely night camping at Duh Pond. I must say I am impressed with the local Chesterton area bands that played and the other northern Indiana bands of course.

I will try and keep this short because quite frankly I am not a good enough writer to give these musicians any credit. They are bands that you have to personally just go and see!!

However I could not have asked for a better sunset than the one I enjoyed at the Three Heads Company picnic. Here is how it went. Picture great music, a nice breeze, and me chilling with a group of campers that I just met (friendly as can be they were!) and lo and behold what do I see, but one of the most amazing hacky sack circles that I personally have ever seen. Maybe I just have not seen enough circles to be a good judge, but never the less I was just amazed at the skill and fun these folks were having.

As the sun started coming down and the stages light shows started to become more interesting in the growing darkness what else could go great with the music besides … throwing some Frisbee that lights up!! Again with some very cool people (every one I met was very kuul there actually).

Another highlight of the show was the drum circles and small atmosphere which made it possible to shake hands with some very friendly band members and even drum with’em once Chester Brown finished their set. Again all I can say is very awesome picnic. I would encourage any one that can to make it a priority to come see some of these bands and others at the Little Turtle Music and Arts festival on Labor Day. Hope to see you there.

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My Father’s Day Potato Creek State Park Trip Report

I can’t remember a more pleasant Father’s Day then the one that I had at Potato Creek State Park, located just east of New Liberty Indiana. No stranger to Indiana State Parks I was still just not sure what to expect before I actually got to the park. You never know by photos if the park really looks that good, you never know by maps if the park is really as big as it looks, and you never all the good stories of the park are the typical experience that one would expect.

The beginning of my trip started off superbly by actually exceeding my expectations right off the bat. The long drive into and through the beautiful south west quadrant of the park was just awesome. After spending some time out here at the Indiana Dunes I have really come to appreciate how important and just cool it is to have multiple ecosystems. Little pockets of wetlands almost bog like dot the beginning landscape as a wealth of birds fly around and as I found out later deer roam about.

Also while approaching the campground area the 3rd most common creature present reared their wheels, mountain bikers. As quickly found out while driving through the campgrounds biking is one of the most common activities found in the park. Unfortunately i was not able to investigate the horse camps or horse trail riding, as I do not have any horses, but it is quite evident that horse back riding is also a popular past time.

So let’s see if I can keep this trip from being to long, in short I was super impressed with the camping accommodations (really nice lots with trees and shade).  They also had a fabulous nature center with plenty of activities for children and young adults alike.

The only regret that I had was that I was not able to spend another day there and go kayaking. They have a super friendly lake with canoes and kayaks to rent for very reasonable prices. However, I did get to spend most of the day at the beach witch was very nice and clean. I was able to build a nice sand sculpture and avoided a serious sunburn by sitting in the plentiful nearby shade trees that surround the beach area. 

Following are some of my pictures that I had the pleasure of taking while I was there. I could have easily spent a another day just walking around taking pictures:

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First week at The Indiana Dunes Learning Center

So I have spent this last week training and preparing for the summer camp kids that will be visiting here at The Indiana Dunes Learning Center. I get the privilege to be a camp counselor and assist the naturalists in their duties of education and development here at The Dunes.

Kids will be coming here for a week of environmental education and social development. They will get to learn lots about The Dunes and also interacting with and in nature. Creating a bond with nature and learning how to actually connect with your natural environment is probably a skill that is lacking in much of today’s society. Making the connection with the land that surrounds us is important if we expect to be able to overcome many of the environmental challenges that are facing us today. Learning how to live sustainably and learning how ecosystems are built will teach us plenty as we humans grow in population.

With that said allow me to introduce to you a couple slide shows that show off some of this beautiful park here in northern Indiana and some of the great people that I am lucky enough to be with and learn from.

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Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Beach Water Quality Monitoring Report for June 4, 2008

(Page 1 of 3)

Full Report can be viewed here

Most Recent E. coli Monitoring Results

Beach Access Locations	Date Sample Collected	E. coli Value for yesterday	Notes:
Mt. Baldy	06-03-09	20 colonies/100 ml
Central	06-03-09	46 colonies/100 ml
Lake View	06-03-09	57 colonies/100 ml
Dunbar	06-03-09	44 colonies/100 ml
Kemil	06-03-09	36 colonies/100 ml
Porter	06-03-09	40 colonies/100 ml
West Beach	06-03-09	99 colonies/100 ml

Lake Temperature: 59° F

Test Result Comments

E. coli testing on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 indicated that bacteria levels at all national lakeshore swimming waters were within the water quality standards for swimming.

The National Park Service provides this information for visitors so they may make informed decisions regarding contact with the waters of Lake Michigan within Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The National Park Service does not close its beach as a result of water conditions. The beach remains open and available for public use, and the public is advised to take precautions for their own safety based on water quality, weather conditions, and other relevant information.

Please note: West Beach is the only national lakeshore beach area where lifeguards are provided. For information on rip-current warnings visit the National Weather Service’s Web site: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/hazards/lot.

 

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Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Beach Water Quality Monitoring Report for June 4, 2008

(Page 1 of 3)

Full Report can be viewed here

Most Recent E. coli Monitoring Results

Beach Access Locations	Date Sample Collected	E. coli Value for yesterday	Notes:
Mt. Baldy	06-03-09	20 colonies/100 ml
Central	06-03-09	46 colonies/100 ml
Lake View	06-03-09	57 colonies/100 ml
Dunbar	06-03-09	44 colonies/100 ml
Kemil	06-03-09	36 colonies/100 ml
Porter	06-03-09	40 colonies/100 ml
West Beach	06-03-09	99 colonies/100 ml

Lake Temperature: 59° F

Test Result Comments

E. coli testing on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 indicated that bacteria levels at all national lakeshore swimming waters were within the water quality standards for swimming.

The National Park Service provides this information for visitors so they may make informed decisions regarding contact with the waters of Lake Michigan within Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The National Park Service does not close its beach as a result of water conditions. The beach remains open and available for public use, and the public is advised to take precautions for their own safety based on water quality, weather conditions, and other relevant information.

Please note: West Beach is the only national lakeshore beach area where lifeguards are provided. For information on rip-current warnings visit the National Weather Service’s Web site: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/hazards/lot.

 

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On Saturday, June 6,Canoe Trip with Friends of Sugar, in partnership with NICHES Land Trust

On Saturday, June 6, Friends of Sugar Creek, in partnership with NICHES Land Trust, will sponsor a family-friendly float trip from the Jim Davis Bridge to Deer’s Mill.

The two sponsoring organization will rent twenty canoes, allowing the first forty participants to paddle for free. Additional canoes and/or kayaks can be rented at a discounted rate. Those wishing to use their own watercraft will be provided with free shuttle service.

The trip starts at 10 am on Sugar Creek and will last approximately 2-3 hours, depending on water conditions and paddling speed. Bring your own drinking water, snacks or light lunch, and appropriate clothing. Youth participants under age 16 need adult supervision.
Contact Matt Williams to register (deadline is May 29) or ask for more information ( matt@friendsofsugarcreek.org or 765-376-5213). A detailed schedule is posted below.

June 6 Float Trip Schedule

For those using canoes/kayaks from Clements Canoes:
Meet at Deer’s Mill by 9:15. Shuttle service will be provided to our starting point at the Jim Davis Bridge at 9:30.

For those bringing their own watercraft:
If you plan to bring your own boat(s) and would like shuttle service, please drop off your equipment at the Jim Davis Bridge by 9:00 then proceed to Deer’s Mill. This will allow you to leave your car at the take-out and catch the 9:30 shuttle. A Friends of Sugar Creek board member will watch your equipment until you arrive.

A short safety and technique demonstration will be given at 9:50.We hope to be on the water by 10:00.

Directions to Clements Outdoor Center (Deer’s Mill)
From Crawfordsville:

Google Map

• Take Indiana State Road 47 South for 7 miles to Indiana State Road 234 West.
• Turn right and follow 234 West for 8 miles.
• Canoe office is second left after crossing Sugar Creek (1 mile past the turn-off for Shades State Park).

Directions to Jim Davis Bridge
From Crawfordsville:

Google Map

• Take Indiana State Road 32 West from Crawfordsville for 6 miles.
• Turn Left on 600 W. for 4 miles.

Contact Matt Williams to register (deadline is May 29) or ask for more information ( matt@friendsofsugarcreek.org or 765-376-5213).

Other Interesting Links:

http://www.in.gov/dnr_old/outdoor/canoe/sugarcre.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer%27s_Mill,_Indiana

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Canoeing and Kayaking on Sugar Creek through Shades & Turkeyrun State Park, Memorial day Weekend - 2009

I hope you enjoy the highlights of my trip through Shades State Park and Turkeyrun State Park. This was a fabulous Canoeing, Kayaking, and Camping trip on a super great weekend here in Indiana. I have been to the Indy 500 the last 2 years and quite frankly there is no place (other than maybe the Kankakee River in Northern Indiana) that I would have rather been this weekend.

Seeing my 7yr old son take off on a kayak for his very first time was the best part of my trip. Nothing made me prouder than seeing him run his first Sugar Creek rapid and taking some initiative; while learning how to judge the currents and make it through. His arms raised with paddle held high in excitement flowing as fast as the creek was almost too much for my joyful heart. With that note let us get to watching some footage.

If you would like me and my son to come to your campground, visit your favorite creek or river, or check out your livery and services just send me an invite via Facebook, Twitter, or email! I would be more than happy to come with my cameras, joy, and maybe even a GPS. I can even bring a GEO Cache!

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Canoeing and Kayaking on Sugar Creek through Shades & Turkeyrun State Park, Memorial day Weekend - 2009

I hope you enjoy the highlights of my trip through Shades State Park and Turkeyrun State Park. This was a fabulous Canoeing, Kayaking, and Camping trip on a super great weekend here in Indiana. I have been to the Indy 500 the last 2 years and quite frankly there is no place (other than maybe the Kankakee River in Northern Indiana) that I would have rather been this weekend.

Seeing my 7yr old son take off on a kayak for his very first time was the best part of my trip. Nothing made me prouder than seeing him run his first Sugar Creek rapid and taking some initiative; while learning how to judge the currents and make it through. His arms raised with paddle held high in excitement flowing as fast as the creek was almost too much for my joyful heart. With that note let us get to watching some footage.

If you would like me and my son to come to your campground, visit your favorite creek or river, or check out your livery and services just send me an invite via Facebook, Twitter, or email! I would be more than happy to come with my cameras, joy, and maybe even a GPS. I can even bring a GEO Cache!

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A Greener Indiana Presents The Little Turtle Music and Arts Festival

What exactly will be going on here?

Who: 5,000 to 15,000 or so of our closest friends, lovers of music and the arts, those who are environmentally conscious and those who support a grass roots approach to bettering our community, our state and our country.

What: A two day music, camping and art festival featuring a wide range of professional musical entertainment on two stages along with a focus to providing a platform for education, demonstrations, and presentations on an array of pressing environmental issues from alternative power and fuel sources, to watershed management, green legislation, the importance of reducing waste, and our ecological footprint. We would like to see a weekend long effort to reduce landfill waste through zero waste concepts like recycling and composting while providing a large platform for nonprofits, grassroots groups, education organizations, and green businesses to reach the masses and parlay the benefits of such a large gathering.

Where: Porter County, IN Fair Grounds

When: Labor Day Weekend 2009

A Greener Indiana Presents Little Turtle Music and Arts Festival

• Brings revenue to the area

• Helps local businesses and merchants by bringing business awareness, and an opportunity to vend at the festival

• Makes the community an attractive place to live, stay, and visit

• Works as an educational tool and supports education (environment, arts, music, community importance)

• Provides a platform for Professional/Diverse Arts

• Provides a platform for nonprofits working in sustainability, environment, and conservation.

• Provides a platform for green businesses to present and solicit their products and programs.

• Provides exposure to the arts and environmental stewardship for young and old

• Provides social influence

• Provides employment opportunity locally for the week of the event

• Provides funding to sustain A Greener Indiana as an organization

• Provides funding and gift donations for charitable environmental programs and projects

Main Goals of Little Turtle Music and Arts Festival\A Greener Indiana

• Present the premier environmental entertainment/education event for Indiana

• To gather together a large mass of citizens.

• Leave No Footprint

• Present the first Zero Waste Music Festival in Indiana

• Builds towards being able to present an “Off-The-Grid” Indiana Festival.

• Raise environmental awareness through art, education, speakers, information booths, and demonstrations of green BMPs, products, and programs.

• Fund raise money to put back into local communities and the Indiana green movement.

Other Community Interactions

• Farmers Market

• Shakedown Street of Vendors

• Provide an Eco-Village area made up of environmental nonprofits, educational groups, and grassroots initiatives.

• Local Flea Market

• Get unsustainable businesses involved and retrofit them to become more environmentally conscious and sustainable.

• Give local artists, farmers, nonprofits, and business owners access to large numbers of new patrons to purchase their goods and services

• Give participants the ability to garner new membership, supporters, and stakeholders

Direct Marketing

• Space available for over 100 vendors and educators.

• Over 16 slots available for demonstrations/seminars/presenters/speakers

• Sponsorship tags available on banners/promo spots/merch/etc

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