Growing and Nurturing Ideas from the Grassroots Level

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Growing and Nurturing Ideas from the Grassroots
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• Lake Land College, Mattoon, IL
• Chris Kramer
• Dr. Deborah Hutti

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Growing Ideas

• Seed - Personal Quest
• Fertile Soil Working Environment
• Sun Rain - Leadership

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Looking for Benchmarks

• Seek out similar opportunities
• Within your organization
• Outside your organization
• Use the Internet

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Know when to hold em, know when to fold em!

• Easy to shoot down the unknown
• Avoid, weve always done things this way
• The wisdom to know when to ask, not bust!

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Parking Lot

• Be aware of issues
• Be smart
• But allow progress to continue

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Important Ingredient

• Excitement?
• Resume?
• Perks?
• PASSION!
• PASSION!
• PASSION!

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Funding, what funding?
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Networking

• Co-Workers
• Internal Contacts
• External Contacts
• Connecting with Supporters

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Assuming the Best

• My Title
• My Experience
• My Length of Employment
• That IS MY JOB!

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Turning EVERY Stone

• Inside the box
• Outside the box

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One last word..passion!

• Without passion, the idea or activity will be
  derailed upon facing the first great barrier.
• Without passion, creating or generating the idea
  or activity will feel more like a hardship rather
  than the pleasure it should be.

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Questions? Discussion