Month: November 2020

TRACTION JOURNAL – week nine E4

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What did you see that you loved at pitches this week?

I was super excited for pitch day this quarter to see how our E4 levels would design slide decks on their own. I loved to see all our styles show up and our prefered pitching types shine. I think that Kayla did a really cool pitch because she has a super cool idea for an indoor dog park. I loved seeing her doggo in the slides and seeing her vision so clearly. I also really liked hearing about all the projects because within the last week I’ve shared so many with my friends such as Seans and Saras!

What went well this quarter?

I think the progress I made throughout the quarter was good. I made a TON of traction but now I’m realizing there is still room to make more traction which is great because I think a lot of our projects run out of steam pretty quickly but this one will sure as hell not end until spring.

TRACTION JOURNAL – WEEK EIGHT E4

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Between now and Final Pitches, what traction steps do you need to make?

Good morning and happy early Thanksgiving! I don’t actually celebrate the normal way (my mom hates this holiday) but my family came up with our own tradition of ordering Chinese food and watching a movie. It’s pretty awesome.

I really don’t have much more traction needed between now and the final pitches. I pitch on Monday and I have my slide deck prepared, I have the energy for the pitch on deck, and I have an evidence locker full of reasons why my music festival should happen! I’m so stoked to do more after winter break. I’ve been chatting with a buddy of mine who does INSANE graphic design videos and we’ve been chatting about how he could create an easy visual aid video to represent how the event should play out.

Hope you’re all doing well this quarter!

TRACTION JOURNAL – WEEK SEVEN E4

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What did you love this week?  – I loved how relaxed this past week has been. If I’m being completely honest, this past week I did very minimal work because I needed a mental break from school. I took this week to sleep, do art, and spend time with my pet. It helped me a lot and I think I will feel much more motivated this next week. 

What resonated with you in workshops? – The workshops in the class were cool because they worked directly with us to help us improve our ventures. They walked me through new ways to prototype and engage with my audience. Since I have an event, I want to make a tiny little cardboard prototype to show to people to help them and myself really understand the event and the rules for covid. OOOOooooo IDEA!! What if I created a video explaining the event and the way it will work through the little interactive floor plan I want to make. Would that be cool? Or I could make an interactive online image where you click on things and then it tells you what happens in the area and how it will all unfold.

What did you learn in shift and share- what did you love, what would you have loved to see? – I loved to do shift and share this week! I think Healni and I did wonderfully. I also really liked Drew, Evarosa, and Saul’s presentation because we had to ideate branding so fast that it was a ridiculous amount of fun. I had a great time. 

Change Leadership – E4 – AASK for change

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E4: Challenge #4—AASK for Change 

Zosia Sherwood 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zosia-sherwood-6622171a1/ 

Previous CL: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kQOsXu6CiOUNiNPc615-uRl5SzLeaPUK?usp=sharing 

 

PART ONE: AASK FOR CHANGE APPRECIATIVE REFLECTION

Interview with Healanie: 

 

 

  • How would you describe your attitude toward the learning and practice of making change happen through entrepreneurship and innovation?  What are the implications for you? 

 

      • I think for the most part I’m pretty excited about it. I’m excited to be a changemaker, it makes me really excited. I love connecting with that. So, overall, the learning of it and connecting with passionate people through piggy backing energy is awesome. It can be hard because of all the personalities in the program but I love it and it’s fun. 
      • I don’t want to be told what to do unless I know how what I’m doing is making change and that I’m able to make a good life and have a good impact. I also don’t want to be someone’s “underling”. I want to be in charge of my life. 

 

  • Where are you currently feeling high levels of ability related to important changemaking skills?  Where are you feeling lower levels of abilities?  What are the implications for you? 

 

      • I think I am doing really well with facilitative leadership to take control and facilitate groups to make a cool offering. I can also explain and do deep dives for my promise which doesn’t always lead to good interviews but I can get people interested in it. I do hate sales. 
      • I don’t think I’m good at finding the gap. When I’m asked to create a project even if I’m passionate. I have no idea! I have a lot of problems with that and feeling so overwhelmed. I also struggle to connect to markets. The gap just isn’t immediately known to me. 
      • It means that once I’m going I can control the process but the first steps is when I need someone to stay with me and help me. I am not good at that beginning part. 

 

  • Where do you feel you have a high level of important knowledge related to changemaking through entrepreneurship and innovation?  Where do you have lower levels?  What are the implications to you? 

 

      • I have a lot of knowledge for the steps and the tools. I love the tool box! It really does organize. I know how to use those and dive deeper with those. I have those things to help me. I can’t always put them together in the most efficient way. Can I use a test card well? Not at all. 
      • Test cards haha. This makes me think “I don’t know what I don’t know”. I think I need more help on keeping an interview going. Especially when we leave my set of questions. How do I keep them interested? How do I get the information that I need and use it and then put it all together? 
      • It means I have to keep learning and I have a ways to go. I can get started and learn to fail. I need to realize that the point of this is to learn from failure. I get stuck in perfectionist mode. That’s not what it’s about and I appreciate that. It’s okay to say this idea had some things I learned and then throw it away. 

 

  • Where do you feel you can grow this quarter? Is it personal growth or more entrepreneurial business growth? 

 

      • I think it’s a little bit of both. By personal I mean using my connections and network as something to lean on. They can all be connected to me in different ways. Its been fun to make friends in this class. BUt yeah how do I use those for making a business and an event. Its all becoming connected. Thats what I want! It gets to evolve with you. 

 

  • What is your true north? How do you hope to achieve it? 

 

      • Mine is changing. Now its something along the lines of creating space for people to be happy, healthy and whole in the manner that they need at that time. Really diving into do I want to create business connections across the globe? Diving into creating an event for creating community! Anything that is people oriented. I want to help them be positive and move forward with themselves. I think bad situations drive us to be better and do better. 

 

  • What has been your favorite memory in the minor? Do you have a moment in the minor when you felt you truly met a goal you were passionate about? If not, how could you do this? 

 

      • My favorite would be when we were with seraphima in a room as E4’s when we were all talking about how we were all kinda dead and couldn’t think. We all shared space and time to say we were exhausted and others were there to ask how they could help. I ‘ve been feeling like these people are my people! I’m so excited to see where we all go! I would really love to have a moment like that in person. 
      • Since my true north has changed I think i’m moving towards what I want but I’m not there. I learned a lot in spring quarter for my true north. I’m growing towards it with every project. 

 

  • Where do you see yourself after graduation? How will you use the skills we’ve developed to help you?

 

    • My goal, if the world isnt on fire and dying, is to travel the world and spend time in a small town across the world to experience life in how others live it. I want to build connections and learn about community gaps. How can I connect solutions from one place to a gap in another? Realistically I’ll need to make money first and I have no connections outside of WWU so that’s scary. 

Reflection: I think the interview went really well. I was able to ask her all the questions that were important to me when I reflected on my journey this past year. I enjoyed learning about her past pathways and future pathways. I love Healani, she’s super motivated and I know she will accomplish awesome things. 

PART TWO: TEST AND DEEPEN YOUR CONNECTION IN THE BROADER COMMUNITY 

Activity #1: I’ve been doing work with Bellingham Community Meal Program to help them design a website. I started this over the summer but really was able to dive deeper into their goals through website design this quarter. I chose this activity because the non-profit represents something I really care about and it helped me build skills I need for my future. 

Activity #2: Activity #2: I went to see a speaker on 11/09/20 who was doing a talk on his research regarding black youth and “the talk”. The talk in this instance is not about sex. Instead this conversation is about racial socialization (ex. Explaining black history to your child or explaining to black youth that there is a high probability of them being shot by a police officer). His research was on how parents go about disussing this between each other, how they talk about it, why they talk about it and how often they talk about it with their kids. It was very engaging and relates to my psychology major.

PART THREE: WORKSHOP DESIGN  AND EXECUTION

 

In teams of two you will teach an elective workshop during one of the elective workshop times.  It can be done with one other person.  This needs to be pitched to the coaches in advance (Meg is the default person) to get the thumbs up and to get scheduled.  Use the storyboard template here.

BE SURE TO RECORD YOUR WORKSHOP and include recording in submission.