How to Become a Change Agent Creating Opportunity

How to Become a Change Agent Creating Opportunity for Change: One Life at a Time Keith Swayne- Swayne Foundation Shelley Hoss- OC Community Foundation Robert Santana- Boys & Girls Club of Santa Ana Santa Monica Room February 4, 2016 1: 00 pm – 2: 30 pm

Creating Opportunity for Change: One Life at a Time Wheel of Change

Creating Opportunity for Change: One Life at a Time Wheel of Change PURPOSE: WHY we want to make change is critical INTENTION: Unclear intent will not lead to change INSIGHT: What beliefs do we hold that block change? How do we shift them? SELF-COMPASSION: Change is slow and hard; when we get impatient with ourselves, or demoralized on the process, we can give up. SELF-RESPONSIBILITY: Tied closely to insight, holding yourself accountable to your goals helps you face both internal and external obstacles.

Creating Opportunity for Change: One Life at a Time Wheel of Change GOALS: Once you have clear intentions, turn them into goals. COMMITMENTS: Only make commitments you can keep; so keep them small and manageable to facilitate success, as success sustains motivation and builds confidence. PRACTICES: Change requires the conscious repetition of new behaviors…until they too become habit. FEEDBACK: Provide yourself regular feedback and track progress SUPPORT: Don’t do it alone – mobilizing support networks, utilizing training and coaches helps shape new habits

Creating Opportunity for Change: One Life at a Time Wheel of Change ACTIVITIES: What activities support or inhibit your goals? SCHEDULE: Are you in control of your calendar? Or does it control you? Set the pace. RELATIONSHIPS: Invest more (or less) in the relationships that support the changes you seek to make. PROCESSES: What processes are in place in your life that may undermine the changes you seek? Make new ones. TOOLS: Do you have the resources you need to make the changes you wish?

Creating Opportunity for Change: One Life at a Time Personal Change Plan Change starts close to home…

Creating Opportunity for Change: One Life at a Time Table Discussion Which “system” will be hardest for you, personally, to address? How would you translate this process into your own organization to effect change?

Creating Opportunity for Change: One Life at a Time REFLECTION AND CONCLUSION