Positively Powerful Interview with Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, a leader with millions of fans.

May 6, 2020 | Business, collaboration, creativity

Positively Powerful Interview with Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, a leader with millions of fans.

The public is invited to join Triad West President, Dr. Joel P. Martin for a Positively Powerful Zoom conversation with Colleen Jennings-Roggensack this Friday, May 8th, at 6 p.m. MST. Register to receive Zoom information. https://bit.ly/ZoomMay8

Colleen Jennings-Roggensack has been presenting the performing arts for the past 35 years. She is the Executive Director of Arizona State University Gammage and ASU Vice President for Cultural Affairs with artistic, fiscal, and administrative responsibility for two cultural facilities, as well as additional responsibility for Sun Devil Stadium, the new ASU 365 Community Union, and Wells Fargo Arena.

“I am so proud to be able to lead ASU Gammage and have been fortunate to see our programs grow and audiences grow with us. We continue to present the best of Broadway as well as an array of artists from across the globe in all artistic disciplines through the ASU Gammage Beyond series and our programming at ASU Kerr Cultural Center.” Colleen Jennings-Roggensack

From Dr. Joel P. Martin, Host: I’m delighted that she’s taking the time to spend with us during these challenging times. I know that people will appreciate this special opportunity to be “up close and personal” with one of the leaders in the arts, culture, and theater. She’s a phenomenal person with millions of fans because of her many contributions. She’s changing the world for the better.

There will be much to learn from and be inspired by such as the 2020/2021 Gammage theater season that we can look forward to. With so many moving parts, how Colleen and her team bring productions to the stage, post-coronavirus. What it takes to create millions of fans and build a self-sustaining nonprofit organization. We will also learn how the other guests online with us are doing and what resources and support are needed.

This event is open to the public and you must register in advance to receive the Zoom password and meeting number. Register online at https://bit.ly/ZoomMay8

Dr. Joel P. Martin, PhD, MA is President & Founder of Triad West Inc. and Positively Powerful Woman Awards, Conferences, and Online Events. Diversity and Inclusion, Leadership and Team Building Creative Solutions Changing Lives and Businesses for the Better. To learn more visit website: www.positivelypowerful.com Twitter: @drjoelmartin

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How to be an Independent Thinker

Sep 6, 2019 | Business, Career Advice, Coaching, creativity, Diversity & Inclusion

How to be an Independent thinker

In American, we pride ourselves on the notion of our independence, while we actively seek out the safety of conformity. A contradiction.

Being independent in thought or any other human activity is hard hard work. You have to insist on challenging yourself to grow beyond the limits of who you were yesterday. There is so much we learn about ourselves and the rest of the world each day.

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. Margaret Mead

Starting at the beginning of this century, many of us have decided to define ourselves through mechanisms like politics, religions, and race, confining ourselves and our thinking to that of a group. But we are more complex than this.

“Birds of a Feather flock together” But we are not birds

Our growth as a society has everything to do with our exposing ourselves to new cultures and thinking.

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The future just doesn’t happen. You and I event it.

Sep 2, 2019 | Career Advice, Coaching, Coaching, conversation on leadership, diversity and inclusion, creativity, leadership, transformation

The future just doesn’t happen. You and I event it.

This is not entirely true. In our waking dream state, we at times are able to catch a glimpse of where we are heading and it is at this point of our dream that we are able to participate in the creation of what is next. It is believed that we spend 25% of active day daydreaming. Daydreaming is not slacking off, it is a part of the envisioning process that we all go through. Sometimes we discover new opportunities that support our vision of the future.

The future (tomorrow) as it comes to be for us is not inevitable. We have the choice to participate in creating our future or not participating and living in someone else’s version of what’s next.

When I am working with large groups of people, one of the questions that I am asked is “how can I become a better leader” and my answer almost always is to be a leader, have a vision that people want to support.

Do you have a question you need an answer to? Lets’ talk.

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Female inventors are breaking through.

Aug 10, 2018 | Careers, creativity, STEM, Women

Female inventors are breaking through.

“Numerous reports continue to confirm the impressive contributions of female entrepreneurs and inventors who are outpacing new firm creation at a rate of five to one versus men.”

As a child, I had a fascination with boxes and what one could do with them. For example, encouraged by my mother, I invented a guitar with a box and rubber bands. I still love boxes. This has progressed to an infatuation with smartphones, similar technological inventions, and to my invention of trainings and programs that embrace technology.

Kids are incredibly creative and inventive when they are encouraged to use their imaginations and receive the positive reinforcement to build on what fascinates them. With imagination, they can take a space, confine it in a container, and transform that space into…something special, that matters to them, that they have invented. The self-esteem that this builds can last a lifetime and lead to other ways of making a difference.

We look at science as something very elite, which only a few people can learn. That’s just not true. You just have to start early and give kids a foundation. Kids live up, or down, to expectations. Mae Jemison, The First African American Woman in Space.

Young Inventors

We have known of young boys and men who have invented products. And of females of all ages who are being encouraged, inventing and breaking through with product development and engineering. The time has come when there are more and more platforms that are supporting their businesses and financing their products. #girlswhocode #womeninventors #womenleaders

Photo from https://www.facebook.com/GirlsWhoCode/ and their celebration of National Book Lover’s Day girlswhocode.com/books

How to handle the word “No” when it’s something you really wanted.

Jul 25, 2018 | Coaching, creativity, empowerment

How to handle the word “No” when it’s something you really wanted.

“Losing” a job you really wanted can take you down if you let it. (“Losing” in quotes because you can’t lose a job you never had or just weren’t right for.) Nevertheless, I’ve been there. I once really wanted to work for X company and their answer was, “No.” I went through a mini-spiral of denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance, the five stages of grief Elisabeth Kubler Ross & David Kessler talk about. Their work applies to people. And, I know from that personal experience and the struggles I help clients work through that these 5 stages also apply to important situations, relationships, coveted jobs – where there is a high expectancy for a favorable outcome in one’s favor or where there is an outcome that is not understood or desired. Another way of saying this is you see yourself thriving and contributing there but “they” don’t.

“Losing” a job you really wanted can take you down if you let it. Here are some ways to stop a potentially downward spiral.

My advice, do whatever it takes to get through stages 1 through 4 quickly. Just accept it. You heard “No”. Be accountable for your part in what happened. Whether you think about the short term (a job interview) or long-term (you were employed there) situation before you were told “No”, what did you do or not do? What did you pretend? What cues did you miss? And here’s the big one, what did you not know then? Those are the money questions. You are not in control of other’s decisions but this process of self-awareness will get you feeling more in-powered by that outcome.

So, get a grip. Begin preparing for the next situation. Be a detective, analyze what came before the “No”. Learn what you didn’t know then but do now and go learn it. Do some googling. If you choose to stay in the valley of the doomed, you are sacrificing the precious talent you have that some other company is hungry for and that you are now uniquely prepared to provide. If I can be of service to you, let me know.

6 Tips that will keep you vital.

Jul 24, 2018 | creativity, Goals

6 Tips that will keep you vital.

Be Vital: Absolutely necessary or important; essential. Full of energy; lively. Concerned with or necessary to the continuation of life.

I asked a good friend after he’d finished a big project, “Are you going on a vacation now?” His answer was, “No why should I? Sit around and do what?”

Here’s what’s working for him, for me and could for you too:

Shorten/eliminate the time you spend with resentment, envy, anger, resignation, worry, self-pity, Make a difference. Give a compliment. Make what’s new and wonderful in the world you! Spend some of your time being busy at something you love doing. Really busy. Lose yourself in it. Be in your zone about it.
Work with people you want to be around, want to get to know and build a community of sister/brothers, friends, colleagues, thinkers and be inclusive – it’s fun! However, you describe them, whatever they look like, whatever their background, there are people that you get to know and like being around. If you want to always be vital, surround yourself with diverse folks who lift you up not bring you down.
Rest and renew (R&R) yourself. This will stop any burnout and keep you productive and resilient. Take a break every 2 or 3 hours. Walk around. Read a travel magazine. Meditate. Practice Tai Chi. Call a friend. And as long as you keep healthy, which R&R will help you do, you will look younger, be more engaging and feel more excited about what’s ahead and life in general. And that is very attractive.
Also get some sleep… a comfy mattress does wonders for a tired body.
Continue to be one of those people who amaze others by how great you look. If you don’t like the clothes you are wearing, don’t wear them. Get something that is new or renewed. I’ve re-discovered consignment shops for example.
Last tip: Watch the good stress, new client. Great date. It can burn you out too just like the bad stress if you don’t watch out and get your R&R and ZZZZzzzs…..

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