The Heart of Change

For a leadership and change class this semester I read The Heart of Change by John P. Kotter. I learned a lot, wrote a paper and made a visual presentation. I decided to share my visual presentation with you.

I could have done a power point presentation or some such thing, but let's face it- power point may be the leading cause of mortality among college students and professionals who attend business meetings... at least at this point in the semester.

Instead, I did an infographic with the help of Piktochart.

First, you must know that the heart of change is an 8-step change process, as follows:

Step 1: Increase Urgency
Step 2: Build the Guiding Team
Step 3: Get the Vision Right
Step 4: Communicate for Buy-in
Step 5: Empower Action
Step 6: Create Short-Term Wins
Step 7: Don't Let Up
Step 8: Make Change Stick

Of course, my paper went into more detail and explanation, but that is what the paper is for. The visual is for intrigue, or attention grabbing, or perhaps just to make you curious.

Reporting in...

The National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) has kept data on phone calls since 2008. The first year (2008) has the total call volume to the Hotline; it is not broken down by state. The annual total nationwide is indicated on the chart, but not in the graph. From 2009 forward, the nationwide volume is broken down by state and then by type of call.

The NHTRC receives a variety of calls. They field calls from people who provide tips, ask questions and are victims. This graph indicates the total number of calls received from Arizona. The graph illustrates how many of those calls were trafficking cases or highly probable trafficking cases. It then specifies the number of calls that were specifically Sex Trafficking cases. The sex trafficking figures do not include calls that were “labor and sex trafficking

Here, I made a chart. And I graphed it.

Pioneer Living History Village

Sophia and her friend at Pioneer Living History Village north of Phoenix, AZ

There is something fabulous about being able to "step into the past".  I love to see, touch, use, and learn about items that are no longer used but were so integral to lives in another era. The structures, furniture, clothing, daily "routine"- it is like a time travel. I love living history "museums".

My girls and I have traveled to several historic sites around the nation, some of them have been the type where docents dress in period clothing and do the daily activities that would have been done as if they are living life in that time period. We have been to the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center near Bakersfield, Or.

Kirtland Saw Mill

We spent a a couple of days at the Kirtland OH Historic Sites- including the Kirtland Ashery (this is fascinating- an ashery is part of a whole industry relegated to the history books!), Kirtland Sawmill, Newel K. Whitney General Store, Isaac Morley Farm House, the John Johnson Home (we decided the recreated painted floor was fabulous), the Kirtland Temple (This is not a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and is not used in the same way as it was when it was first built nor how LDS Temples are used today. It is historically significant for many reasons and is open for tours. More about temples here), the school house, and all the other sites that have been rebuilt there.

Laura Ingalls Wilder Home in Mansfield, MO

We have visited the Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum. There are two homes on the property that the author of the "Little House on the Prairie" books lived in. It is also the home she lived in when she wrote the books.

Heber C. Kimball Home in Nauvoo, IL

One of the best living history towns ever is Nauvoo, IL. If you go to this website, you will find links to the many historic homes and shops you can tour there. We spent a week and could have stayed longer. There are also many activities there every day throughout the summer. Each day there are free "mini-plays" in various historic buildings around the town. There is a live, outdoor, theatrical performance ("pageant") every night for a week (it is free) that tells the story of the town of Nauvoo. Prior to the pageant there is a country fair every night. The town has a blacksmith, wainwright, boot shop, bakery, school house, post office, several beautiful period homes (one of our favorites- they are all wonderful, so it is hard to say "favorite!), Stoddard home and tin shop, printing office, and the home and gun shop of Jonathan Browning, of Browning Guns fame. And, the reconstructed temple overlooks the town. We also went about half an hour away to Carthage Jail, where Joseph Smith, Jr. was martyred.

Mormon Trail Center in Omaha, NE

We have been to the Mormon Trail Center in Winter Quarters, NE (Omaha, NE) and Winter Quarters, IA- the town has a river that divides it between the two states!

Another super fantastic living history village is in Indiana, where I grew up. It is called Conner Prairie, and it is comprehensive!

Overview map of Conner Prairie. It depicts an 1863 Prairie Town, a Lenape Indian (Native American) Camp, an 1863 Civil War Journey, and the Conner Homestead. 

The docents were "living" life in 1863; men were building a cabin-  sawing with the two-man saw that would have been used at the time, a woman was sitting in "her home" hand sewing a new dress because "her daughter" (a fellow docent) needed some help making a "school dress" (her clothes to wear when she is a docent). The man in the general store told us all about the new items, dry goods, and new fashions that were coming in from London. It was pretty stellar. 

I could say lots more, but I intended to write about the Phoenix Pioneer Living History Village; and so I shall. After I tell you that Sophia have also been to the Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott, AZ. I have to be honest- I was not expecting much. It was much bigger and more comprehensive than I had expected by a long shot. Look at this list of historic buildings! The first Governor's Mansion is there; it's quite neat. 

Governor's Mansion, view 1

Governor's Mansion, view 2

Alright. I get it. You have been waiting to find out about Pioneer Village in Phoenix. But, remember- all of these places are really fabulous. I could even tell you about more. But- I won't.

Isabel in front of the Dress Shop in the Pioneer Living History Village north of Phoenix, AZ

The Pioneer Village has so much potential. There are several really fabulous buildings that have been relocated to the site. There are four different cabins or homes; all originals relocated to the site. They are all different representations of early Arizona life. Most needed some maintenance and repair. I think it needs more support- volunteer docents and (of course) funding. 

Map of Pioneer Living History Village. There are really quite a few things to see there. The catch is if there are enough docents working that you can get inside the structures....

It's worth a visit. We went on a saturday, and several of the structures were not open for viewing because there wasn't enough staff there to man them. We were told that during the week is the best time to visit because they have more docents to facilitate school groups, which means you can see more of the structures and learn about them from the docents.

We were still able to go into most of the buildings- or at least look in the open door. And, there was a goat- which sophia and her friend loved. Sophia is already planning goat pens in "her backyard" that she will have when she "grows up."

They loved the goat.

 The yellow house was really pretty fabulous. But, it needs considerable restoration work. Some of the wallpaper is just falling off the walls... They need volunteers and money; that's what Pioneer Village needs!

The "big" house. It was very lovely, although in need of repairs.

A frontier cabin

The church house. I think you can have your wedding here. That'd be quaint.

Inside the school house. Cute.

Scary criminal Isabel!

Yikes. I really don't want to mess with Sophia.

Aw. She's just too sweet to be scary!

It was fun, nonetheless. Especially since everyone got their photo taken as a "wanted criminal"!

Time Travel: SB 1062

At the Arizona Capitol for the "peaceful mobilization" against SB1062; I saw my friends, Brennan & Jordan Hays and their dad, Kirk. Brennan is right– SB1062 is crazy, even for Arizona!

Certain Arizona Senators and Representatives have proven time travel is possible; they have taken Arizona back to pre-Civil Rights Era legislation with SB 1062 / HB 2153. 

Here's a run down of the legislators (to vote out of office):

courtesy of Steve Marmel's FB page

Here's an overview of the bill: 

flow chart courtesy of Geoff Coffey

If you think I am exaggerating, listen to the Senator who authored the bill, Al Melvin. He thinks Anderson Cooper asking,  "If someone gets fired because they are gay or lesbian, is that discrimination?" is a "set up". Watch here.

And, continuing the series, "Can CNN find supporters of this bill who aren’t obvious homophobes", when we see the reaction of the director of Christian Business Networking when asked if gay business owners would be welcome to join the network we are left to wonder how this is NOT directly aimed at marginalizing and excluding based on sexual orientation. Watch through 60 seconds here. (I really wish I could embed these vids.; don't skip watching them- they are worth it.)

You may have noticed in the clip they showed protesters, or "Peaceful Mobilizers" in front of the state capitol (around 30 seconds). I was among them friday afternoon after the bill had passed both legislatures. All we can hope for now is that Governor Jan Brewer VETOS this bill. 

There were several people holding the signs I created. They looked basically like this:

"I don't serve REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS" as in- it is against my religious beliefs to provide services for lawmakers who pass bigoted, persecutory and discriminatory legislation.

I was the one holding the really big sign that (basically) looks like the one above. I printed extras to hand out in case anyone needed a sign because a protest is much more fun with a sign. You can see the corner of my head in the photo below.

This photo is taken from the article written in The Christian Science Monitor

 In fact, three senators who voted FOR the bill are now urging Governor Brewer to Veto it. I guess they are having a case of "signers remorse"; if that isn't an indication of poor legislation, I don't know what is.

3 GOP senators’ about-face

On Monday, three Republican senators who have been Brewer’s allies changed course and asked her in a letter to veto the legislation.

They had voted for SB 1062 on Wednesday, but said they grew to regret the vote, especially after seeing the firestorm of negative publicity it had created for Arizona.

Sen. Bob Worsley of Mesa, a co-sponsor of the bill, signed the letter along with Sen. Steve Pierce of Prescott and Senate Majority Whip Adam Driggs of Phoenix. Worsley said the bill would not change state law in any material way, yet would harm the state’s business climate and reputation.

You can read the article "Brewer pressed to veto SB 1062" and watch a news clip at azcentral.com.

Now that you know how I feel about this bit of discrimination, erh- legislation, what do you think about it?