COMMUNITY COLLABORATION PROJECT Drew Evans, Bob Johansen, Isak Yoon November 8, 2010

COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP  Raise the bar with a challenge  Embrace change  Collaboration is key and it develops ownership

INDIVIDUAL IDEAS  Drew: “I would find a way to use sports to impact kids across the world and spread the gospel”  Bob: “Would find a way to surgically help children with a birth defect”  Isak: “I would organize a hands-across- the-world rally.”

COLLABORATIVE PROCESS  We each had 3 very different ideas  Wanted a project that was practical and feasible, but challenging  Brainstormed using our common interests and resources

BRAINSTORMING  Individual ideas coming together  Sawyer (2007) p. 61  Osborn’s study: Increase effectiveness from individual brainstorming ideas collaboratively put together  We adopted that approach to our project.  We had our own ideas and met together to make our grand idea work  “Brainstorming is the most popular creativity technique of all time” (Sawyer, p. 60)

BRAINSTORMING  We gravitated toward a common interest of athletics, connecting people and building community, and influencing the youth… in the good way  We brainstormed for new ideas & the best solution looking at our resources  Our best resources were:  Bob possessed a contact with Homework House  Drew is a coach for APU’s baseball team  Isak is the athletic trainer for APU’s volleyball team

OUR GOAL  Organize community service based sports outreach clinics for local neighborhood students.

CLINIC OBJECTIVES  God & Sports  Character Development  Skill Development  New Experiences  Create a new partnership

APU BASEBALL  Golden State Athletic Conference winners in 2007 and 2008  NAIA College World Series appearances in 2007 and 2008

APU VOLLEYBALL  NAIA # 8 Volleyball team  2 Consecutive NAIA national tournament berth 2008 and 2009  3 in last 4 Seasons

HOMEWORK HOUSE  After-school program for city of Azusa community.  Mission is to establish and sustain neighborhood based learning centers in Azusa for at-risk children.  Reflect a holistic, neighborhood based approach to empowering at-risk children to thrive  Academically  Socially  Spiritually 

THE CLINICS  2 Different Clinics  Baseball and Volleyball  October 7 and October 21  Kids from the Homework House participated  Baseball  Base-running, Outfield Drills, Infield Drills, Batting Practice, Homerun Derby  Volleyball  Serving, Passing, Attacking, Games to 15

OUR COLLABORATION  We connected with our respected contacts individually  Stayed in contact with each other through  Met during Monday night classes to discuss our progress  We discussed how we were going to bring together the clinics and even the presentations

CHALLENGES  Availability and willingness of Homework House to participate  Would they allow for their kids to participate on 2 separate dates  Availability and Scheduling with the teams  Location of clinics: APU vs. Homework House Campus  Logistics of getting kids to campus or bring players to kids  Availability of facility  Suitable equipment  Weather

TRUST  We trusted the respective collaboration organizations to come through for us.  Homework House to fulfill commitment to bring kids to the clinics  Trusted each other to connect with our organizations to make the project possible.  We trusted that the teams would organize the clinics.  Did not know the extent the activities  We trusted each other to complete the project with the power point presentation and video.

Who’s Line Is It Anyway?  Improvised selecting which sports and clinics to organize  Gave full rein of the running of the clinics to the athletics teams  Rain became a factor as far as bringing the kids to APU  No solidified contingency plan was made because weather was unpredictable based upon 5-day forecast  Impromptu transportation was devised

GROUP FLOW  All members participating in the clinic, the athletes, the kids, the directors and organizers, bought into the objective behind the clinics and fully engaged  Blending egos  Constant communication through or in person  Equal participation  We all took a part in organizing the project

TESTIMONIES  Bob  Drew  Isak

COMMENT FROM HOMEWORK HOUSE DIRECTOR  Adrian ……