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 1:00pm – 2:30pm

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

Wheel of Change PURPOSE: WHY we want to make change is critical 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?

Personal Change Plan Change starts close to home… 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?

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