Pod People

Pod People

Jul 6, 2018 | Coaching, collaboration, creativity, Diversity & Inclusion, transformation

I met a new culture and it was alien to me. So much so that I thought of the Pod People (also known as Body Snatchers, a species of plant-like aliens featured in the 1955 novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney and the 1956 movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers). It was one that I wanted to understand and quite frankly couldn’t ignore. Maybe you’ve felt this way too.

So how bring a new culture into your comfort zone from your discomfort zone? My thoughts…Take it on like a new course that you are studying – the beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors of the people of that culture and how they interact together. Approach it with the curiosity and intensity of a researcher. Ask questions. Watch and learn. Read. Listen and observe. Notice the way the people dress, talk and use words…their music, commitments, fears, challenges, use of technology and any other aspect that drives them. Your new cultural awareness could be about a generation, gender, race, industry, or corporation… If you are feeling those in that culture are alien to you, that they are using different meanings behind the same words – learn and appreciate their words and ways.

And as you learn more, do more, and sincerely question, you will be creating a bridge of empathy between you and “the others”. Your understanding makes you a truly unique person.

Take a chance. Try out that new idea.

Jun 26, 2018 | Coaches Corner, collaboration, Diversity & Inclusion, empowerment

Take a chance. Try out that new idea.

 

It was an awesome day to pivot to transformative leadership with joyful, vibrant, contributing women who are “paying it forward with intensity”. I “invented” a new way for women to connect, collaborate and be informed based on two models that inspired me. Yes, I was anxious since I’d never done this before. The vote is in. it worked! Truthfully, I am honored and delighted. 100% of the surveys said “Yes They would recommend attending the next Summit to others. When asked this question, here is what two of our guests said:

  • A million times yes! Raw conversations with real solutions, networking, breaking through the imposter syndrome. All ages and races – diversity. REMINDER THAT I ‘M NOT ALONE! Biggest ‘aha’ moment of the Summit, “To realize that the thing I’m being told is a pain is truly an asset to my development. It’s fine-tuning how I use it for good not evil.
  • (I) enjoyed the speakers and their diversity, the sub-groups and topics…(my aha was) that we are more alike than we are different. Every speaker was transparent.

Looking at this event “from a distance” here’s what I learned about taking a chance and trying out a new idea.

Just keep breathing!

  1. Have the end result you want in mind.
  2. Make it known – in public. Declare it.
  3. Ask for what you need, want, to bring it to life. You have a 50/50 chance of getting it.
  4. Let people know how important they are to you.
  5. Say what you care about. Don’t lose heart. Keep going.
  6. Trust that you are not alone in wanting to pass it forward with intensity.
  7. No matter what the result is, be happy. You did it!

I appreciate the AZ Diamondbacks, Heritage Center, ASU Center for the Study Race and Democracy, Jason’s Deli and Pauline Sandell who made sure we had more than enough food to eat, Co-facilitator Ilana Ruber Lowery, Photographer Elena Thornton, the best speakers ever Deborah Cox, Choo Tay, Anna Maria Maldonado, Angela M. Allen, Debbie Castaldo and Linda Walton. We love all of the guests who attended, in the first “two-part format” Positively Powerful Women’s Leadership Summit. (We are looking fierce with our D’back caps!)

The Positively Powerful Women’s Leadership Summit

The Positively Powerful Women’s Leadership Summit

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PPWA globeJoin Facilitators Dr. Joel P. Martin and Ilana Lowery, speakers and content-matter experts for a highly effective, dynamic, flexible, and interactive, women’s gathering. The World Café style multi-generational dialogs will include the issues and challenges we face and the solutions, resources, and information we need to deal with our health, businesses and nonprofits’ performance and $well being. Let your voice be heard! It’s new, fresh and we want you to be involved.

Positively Powerful Participant Guide and light refreshments are included.

The Positively Powerful Speakers who will lead off are:

  • Anna Maria Maldonado, Director of Sales & Marketing, Care1st Health Plan of Arizona, Inc. (Health Advocacy)
  • Dr. Angela M. Allen, Banner Alzheimer’s Institute and Dementia Care Initiative Coordinator (Care Giving, Alzheimer’s)
  • Debbie Castaldo, Vice President of Corporate and Community Impact for the Arizona Diamondbacks, also the Executive Director of the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation (Performance)
  • Linda Walton, Author, doctoral candidate and Founder of Achieving My Purpose (AMP – Personal Purpose)
  • Deborah Cox, Assistant Executive Director of ASU Center for the Study of Race and Democracy (Social Activism And Voting)
  • Choo Tay, CEO/President of media88 President & Publisher, AZToday (What you need to know about social media)

 

 

$35.00 Early Registration Ends June 7th – $50.00 Late Registration 

If you are a woman undergraduate or high school student 18+ years of age who would like to attend the Summit, please contact the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at csrd@asu.edu.

 

The World Café is a “structured conversational process that facilitates and encourages discussions in small groups and then links groups’ ideas within a larger group to access the collective knowledge and wisdom of participants in the room.”

Angela Hughey: A communicator keeping Arizona and the U.S. awake to the benefits of equality.

Apr 2, 2018 | Diversity & Inclusion, global, PPWA 2018, Women

Angela Hughey: A communicator keeping Arizona and the U.S. awake to the benefits of equality.

Angela Hughey is about equality

Angela Hughey and Sheri Owens co-founded ONE Community in the fall of 2008.

Angela Hughey and Sheri Owens co-founded ONE Community in the fall of 2008. The concept of an interactive web and events community came from over a year of research that they compiled on the LGBT community which included the diversity within the community, buying power and how to market to the community. 

Angela Hughey is Co-Founder and President of ONE Community — a member-based coalition of businesses and organizations that supports diversity, inclusion, and equality. In 2012, ONE Community launched “Your Vote is Your Voice” a collaborative multi-organization push for civic engagement and announced a multicultural business advisory board. In 2013, Angela Hughey and the ONE Community team launched The UNITY Pledge, a concerted effort by Arizona businesses and individuals to advance workplace equality and equal treatment in housing and hospitality for the LGBT community. Today, the Unity Pledge is the largest equality pledge in the nation.

“It is all of our responsibilities to mentor everyone…to help one another dream. Being a business owner is not for the weak of heart. We have to support one another entrepreneurial.”

On May 17, she will receive the Positively Powerful Woman Award for Equality Leadership. She says, “We shouldn’t see “opposition” when it comes to LGBT equality issues, we should see “opportunity”.  Not just in Arizona, but all across the country. (Source)” Angela is a dynamic leader, speaker, connector, and recipient of many awards; some of which she received as an independent filmmaker.  She is a passionate storyteller who tells the stories of local heroes.She says, “The good thing is we are awake. And…we have more work to do.” You can bet she and her One Community team will do all that they can to have these next years be breakthrough years to keep people awake to the benefits of this for Arizona and beyond.

A woman who dares to be powerful…creates success.

Dec 20, 2017 | Business, Coaching, collaboration, conference, Diversity & Inclusion, global, leadership, positively powerful woman, PPW Awards, STEM, techology, transformation, Women

powerful womanBeing a powerful woman has many faces. May 17, 2018, Dr. Pamela Williamson will receive the Positively Powerful Woman Visionary Leadership Award. Dr. Williamson is the President of WBENC West where she facilitates beneficial procurement opportunities between women-owned businesses and corporations across the US. She is a powerful servant-leader. She is a customer-focused visionary. And, she means business.

“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid” Audre Lorde.

 

“Being Positively Powerful is more than a title. Every human being has the capacity to live a successful fulfilling life like Dr. Williamson and our previous 50 honorees. It may not always be easy, but it is possible.” Dr. Joel P. Martin, Triad West Inc. Awards Founder.

Being positively powerful means:

  • Resilient in the face of challenges or obstacles. It is not just what we do, it is how we do it.
  • Focusing on diversity and inclusion. Being a champion of an inclusive environment that embraces everyone.
  • Having a healthy mindset and body, which may take reinventing oneself, an exciting and worthwhile adventure.
  • Being financially educated for personal and professional success.
  • Sharing what we know and who we know in collaboration with others.
  • Owning our personal power as the author of our life and legacy.
  • Being powerful also means living a life of deep and meaningful relationships. In the case of Dr. Williamson, she is the wife of Ben and mother of two daughters, Alexandria ages 17 and Skyler age 12.

WBENC Members and Corporations: Sponsor the 11th Annual Positively Powerful Woman Awards. Share your commitment and advocate for women leaders. The founder of this program is WBENC Certified Triad West Inc., Dr. Joel Martin, President. For more information on the event, previous recipients, marketing opportunities, who we are, and the success we stand for, please click here. To become a WBENC Corporate Member or Certified Women Business Enterprise, click here.

The 2018 Positively Powerful Woman Awards will be Thursday, May 17, 2018, at the renowned Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, AZ. Reception: 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Awards presentation: 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The event is open to the public.