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I’m Tran Nguyen, a rising sophomore who majors in Political Science at Berea College. After participating in the Entrepreneurship for Public Good Program at Berea College, I have a better understand of entrepreneurial leadership. ”Make a difference: A tale of two counties” highlights different aspects of my summer. It is one of most animated presentation I ever made.
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- 1. PRESENTATION NAME Company Name Tran Nguyen Presentation EPG Cohort 11 Dr. Hackbert Reality show - Adventure | Comedy - 3 July 2014 (USA) 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 1
- 2. 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 2
- 3. Episode 1: Once Upon A Time… “…the paucity of honest and creative leadership added an additional barrier to systemic reform.” “The growing popularity of ecotourism and heritage tourism, on the other hand, contained the potential for building an alternative… At least 115 million Americans lived within a day’s driving distance of Appalachia.” “During the last two decades of the twentieth century, the number of coal mining jobs throughout all of Appalachia declined by 70 percent, falling from 59,000 to 46,000 Miners.” 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 3 Source: Eller, Ronald D. Uneven Ground: Appalachia since 1945. Lexington: University of Kentucky, 2008. Print Salstrom, Paul. Appalachia's Path to Dependency: Rethinking a Region's Economic History, 1730-1940. Lexington, KY: U of Kentucky, 1994. N. pag. Print “In 1920, the mines of West Virginia and Kentucky supplied only 23% of the country's bituminous coal, but by 1927 they were supplying 41%.”
- 4. Wolfe & Lee County 7,887 24,908 12.6 37.3 186 7,355 25,968 14.4 31.8 343 Population size, 2010 Median Income Unemployment rate, 2010 Poverty rate, 2011 Number of farms, 2007 An excerpt from Rural Atlas Lee County Wolfe County The Friendliest Town in the Mountain 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 4 Source: Google Imagines
- 5. 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 5 Director of Tourism Commission Episode 2: The puzzle Julie Hendrix Tourism Commission member Chairman of Tourism Commission Executive Judge Dennis Brooke Mayor Gay Campbell Daniels Wilkes David Terrill Steve Johnsons Tom Yangers Trail town?
- 6. 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 6 (1*) Source: Personal Photos taken June 2014 Conducting researches Interviewing people Visiting businesses Discussing as a team
- 7. Team Work (2*) 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 7 Source: Employer statistics are taken from Raising the Bar: Employers’ Views on College Learning in the Wake of the Economic Downturn, a survey of employers conducted for AAC&U by Hart Research Associates and published in 2010. 71% of employers want teamwork in diverse groups Divergence vs Convergence thinking (3)
- 8. Team Work (2*) 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 8 Source: Employer statistics are taken from Raising the Bar: Employers’ Views on College Learning in the Wake of the Economic Downturn, a survey of employers conducted for AAC&U by Hart Research Associates and published in 2010. 71% of employers want teamwork in diverse groups When in doubt, freak them out… with QUESTIONS!
- 9. What we found Have vision and expertise, but no time Have time, but no experience and expertise Have expertise, but no power to execute Chairman of Tourism Commission Daniels Wilkes Director of Tourism Commission Julie Hendrix Support, but have no expertise Support, establish new trails, but terms will end soon Judge/Executive Dennis Brooke Mayor Gay Campbell Tourism Commission Have time and expertise, but no motivation Tourism Commission member David Terrill … 9 members Attorney at law Steve Johnson Rescue team Tom Yangers Advocates: 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 9 Problem: Eligibility Private ownership
- 10. *Key experience 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 10 (4) Head + Heart = Hustle (5) Shrink the change Source: Personal Photos taken June 2014 Episode 3: Lessons from entrepreneurs The consequences of the coal mine industry *The most significant new insight (6) Take Perspective… Someone Else’s
- 11. Mobilizing the resources Chairman of Tourism Commission Daniels Wilkes Director of Tourism Commission Julie Hendrix Tourism Commission member David Terrill … 9 members 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 11 Problem: Eligibility Private ownership Problem: Eligibility Private ownership
- 12. Build trust Focus on Festivals Trail town 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 12
- 13. Appalachian civic leadership insights: Community is What Matters 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 13 Source: Google Imagines, Facebook Photos Episode 4: To be, or not to be Know What You’ve Got – Know What You Need (7) Intersection?
- 14. 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 14 Source: Google Imagines, Personal Photos
- 15. 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 15 Beattyville = The next trail town!
- 16. Appalachian Quilt: What does it take to make a difference? 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 16 Find the bright spot (8) Source: Google Imagines, Personal Photos taken June 2014 ? Future Episode 5: Appalachia and ME Grow your people (9) ? Future
- 17. Appalachian Quilt: What does it take to make a difference? 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 17 Find the bright spot (8) Source: Google Imagines, Personal Photos taken June 2014 Episode 5: Appalachia and ME Grow your people (9)
- 18. Tay Nguyen vs Appalachia 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen Source: Google Imagines My Hometown: Da Lat – the City of Flower
- 19. Tay Nguyen vs Appalachia 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen Mountaintop Removal Mining in KentuckyBauxite Mining in Bao Loc, Lam Dong Source: Google Imagines
- 20. Tay Nguyen vs Appalachia 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 20 Population (2009 Census): 5.107.437 (5.95%) of Vietnam: 85.789.573 Estimated population (2009): 24,993,391 8,14% of US (307,006,550) Source: Google Imagines, Personal Photos Poverty Rate (2008–2012):16.6% (US: 14.9%) Poverty rate (2010): 22.2% (Vietnam 14.2%)
- 21. Tay Nguyen vs Appalachia 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 21 Source: GENERAL STATISTICS OFFICE of VIET NAM; - Service - Industry and infrastructure - Agriculture and forestry Central Highland Economic Sectors
- 22. Tay Nguyen vs Appalachia 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 22 Source: GENERAL STATISTICS OFFICE of VIET NAM; - Service - Industry and infrastructure - Agriculture and forestry Central Highland Economic Sectors
- 23. 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 23 A chapter ending, but the stories only just BEGIN…
- 24. Entrepreneurial Leadership Engaging Complexity and Uncertainty Exploring Values and Ethical Structure Mobilizing Resources Advocating Change Recognizing Opportunity Facilitating Group Decisions Managing Time (10*) 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 24 Personal Hunches
- 25. My Toolkit Ask Questions Write reflections Write a compelling email 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 25 Before and After
- 26. Write an compelling email 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 26 • Before
- 27. Write an compelling email Dear Julie, Thank you very much for meeting with us last week. I apologize for not getting back to you earlier. My team and I have been busy in the last couple of days trying to meet with people and gathering information in the exploration of a network of interconnecting multi-county trails that will connect Eastern Kentucky communities, state parks, federal recreational properties, and forest lands, that, in the end, will create additional jobs and stimulate economic growth and development through heritage and adventure tourism related opportunities. We wanted to see you on Monday, but we only had your cell phone number at the Adult Learning Center and was not the day for your time in Campton. We met with Dennis Brook and Steve Johnson on Monday, and Dave Terrell today. In general, they seem supportive of the Trail Town discussions. In the conversation with Dave today, we heard from Dave that he would be willing to talk to the private land owner who holds “the last missing piece of the proposed trail.” We discovered in conversations in Letcher County that K.R.S. 411.190 is the law that protects land owners. Are you interested in going with him? We discussed tonight in our All Hands Meeting that the Trail Town plans here in Eastern Kentucky have received a lot of support in Letcher, Owsley, Knott, Leslie, Perry, Breathitt and Lee Counties recently. Judge Dennis Brooks and Mayor Gay Campbell appear positively inclined. We plan to be in Eastern Kentucky through the end of this week. On Thursday we travel to Prestonsburg to attend the SOAR Conference “listening sessions.” On Friday we will be in Lee County testing the Zip Line as adventure tourists and travelers. Next week we meet with the Executive Judge of Madison County to advocate for a Trail Town application in Berea on Monday. Tuesday we train the Hal Rogers Scholars at Alice Lloyd College. We return to Hazard on Wednesday and plan to spend the last three days of the week in Lee and Wolfe Counties. If we can be of any further assistance to you as you prepared for the Tourism Commission meeting on July 2, please feel free to let us know. Thank you very much. I am looking forward to seeing from you. Tran7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 27
- 28. If this were a movie…. 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 28
- 29. Script the critical moves The next 1 month - Update my online profile. - Print my business card - Research for studying aboard/internship next year. - Prepare for Cosmo club, Debate club next year The next 3 month - Focus on my major/figure out my major. - Apply for studying aboard/ internship The next 6 month - Final preparation for study aboard/ internship. - Form a group of people who care about Da Lat, my hometown study about economic development opportunity. 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 29
- 30. References Centre for International Economics, Canberra and Sydney. Vietnam poverty analysis. 9 May 2002. New York: Web. 3 July. 2014. Eller, Ronald D. Uneven Ground: Appalachia since 1945. Lexington: Uof Kentucky, 2008. Print. Galinsky, Lara, Kelly Nuxoll, Lance Armstrong, Doug Ulman, Geoffrey Canada, and Tony Deifell. Work on Purpose. New York: Echoing Green, 2011.Print Hackbert, P.H. Rural Atlas Database for the 2013 EPG Program. A modification of the Atlas of Rural and Small Town America download data of people, jobs, agriculture, and county classifications from 2010 Census data, and 2011 American Community Survey. Le, Van T. "Tái Cơ Cấu Kinh Tế Quốc Gia Và Một Số ý Kiến Về Phát Triển Tây Nguyên Bền Vững." Tia Sang. Bo Khoa Hoc Va Cong Nghe, 18 Jan. 2012. Web. 3 July 2014. Salstrom, Paul. Appalachia's Path to Dependency: Rethinking a Region's Economic History, 1730-1940. Lexington, KY: U of Kentucky, 1994. N. pag. Print Seufert, Robert L. "Economic Advances and Disadvantages in Appalachia: Occupation, Labor Force Participation, and Unemployment." Journal of Appalachian Studies 10.3, Appalachia Counts: The Region in the 2000 Census (2004): 331-39. Appalachian Regional Commission. Regional Planning and Research Division. Web. 3 July 2014. Taulbert, Clifton and Gary G. Schoeniger. Who Owns the Ice House?: Eight Life-Lessons From an Unlikely Enterpreneur. Publisher: ELI Press, LLC. Tran, Nhat. "Cong Bo Tong Dieu Tra Dan so Nam 2009." Bao Moi 31 Nov. 2009: n. pag. Print. World Bank. 2012 Vietnam Poverty Assessment. 16 Aug. 2013. Web. 3 July. 2014. 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 30
Editor's Notes
- Good morning Lady and Gentlemen, welcome to my Reality Show: “Make a Difference: A tale of two counties,” featuring a lot of famous BereWood superstars. I’m Tran Nguyen, a rising sophomore major in Political Science at Berea College. I’ll guide you through my adventurous and educational summer. So, sit back relax. Let me explain a little about the title. ”Make a difference” is the key insight I gained from participating in this institute. We all see problems in our community: the quality of food service, visitation, supporting local businesses, but how do I make a change?
- After this summer, EPG shows me a couple of ways I can advocate for a change in a community. One of simplest way is using social media. I write rewrite for everything because: Not everybody has the same problem Build seniority. Social media is great but please don’t think it is all we did. Episode 1
- Appalachia used to produce 41% of the country coal. During the last two decades of the twentieth century, 70% of coal mining jobs was lost . The paucity of honest and creative leadership added an additional barrier to systemic reform. Knowing this, I thought to myself: it sounds more like an tragedy, not comedy, but a possibility revealed Appalachia has great potentials for ecotourism and heritage tourism. 115 million American lived within a day’s driving distance of Appalachia. So the question is: how do we bring these money in? Appalachia is too big, let’s zoom in the picture a bit more
- Campton – the friendliest town in the mountain and Beattyville – the heart of the Kentucky River. Wolfe and Lee County. They are not very different in terms of population, median income, unemployment rate, poverty rate. The only different is the number of farms in Wolfe is twice as many as Lee. We found this factor most evident as the UK Extension Office in Wolfe mainly works on advancing agriculture. We choose to work with Wolfe County as we already knew Daniel from Torrent Falls Rock Climbing. He is in the Tourism Commission of Wolfe. We are so excited and opmistic.
- Then, we got to know the people. Assumption: Chairman vs Director. Executive Judge Episode2 We found ourselves in a puzzle of complexity and uncertainty. What is the ethical structure. How to mobilize the resources. What is the values of this community and most importantly, how to advocate changes? From Lesson 4 in the Ice house program, we learn to cope with uncertainty by acquiring knowledge, which is my first concept among the 10. (1)
- To check our assumption, my colleagues and I use both formal and informal knowledge. We conduct researches, we visit businesses to learn about the community and interview related people to confirm our assumption about the relationship between the people in the puzzle. Then, we discuss as a team to proceed these information. Teamwork
- (2) (Hal Rogers) 71% of employers want teamwork in diverse groups, which means the collaboration among a group of people with different skillsets. It is never easy to reach an agreement among a group of people especially in a highly interdisciplinary diverse group. The point is not to have the same idea and no discussion. “Designing thinking” tells us that diversity helps the team as a whole advance divergence thinking. The goal is to reach an agreement from different ideas and perspectives. As for me, what I brought to the table is “When in doubt, freak them out… with questions.” I love to gather information and form a picture of relationship between people and things. As a member, I tried to contribute different ideas possible; as a member of a team, I try to discern between my personal preference and what would be the best for my team. In my team, one thing which really helps us work well together is that we all take EPG seriously and try to make the most out of our time and energy. Thus, although we have good clash among the team members, we manage to collaborate as a team and have a little kutie “dysfunctional family” in the car with mom, daughter, the quiet sister, Teddy Bear and our pet. Working hard on all the pieces of information we got, here is what we found
- (2) (Hal Rogers) 71% of employers want teamwork in diverse groups, which means the collaboration among a group of people with different skillsets. It is never easy to reach an agreement among a group of people especially in a highly interdisciplinary diverse group. The point is not to have the same idea and no discussion. “Designing thinking” tells us that diversity helps the team as a whole advance divergence thinking. The goal is to reach an agreement from different ideas and perspectives. As for me, what I brought to the table is “When in doubt, freak them out… with questions.” I love to gather information and form a picture of relationship between people and things. As a member, I tried to contribute different ideas possible; as a member of a team, I try to discern between my personal preference and what would be the best for my team. In my team, one thing which really helps us work well together is that we all take EPG seriously and try to make the most out of our time and energy. Thus, although we have good clash among the team members, we manage to collaborate as a team and have a little kutie “dysfunctional family” in the car with mom, daughter, the quiet sister, Teddy Bear and our pet. Working hard on all the pieces of information we got, here is what we found
- Explain the graph. The problem is Campton is eligibility. Landowner Appalachian civic leadership observation confirmed I learn in Uneven Ground: Corruption. All they have in common is a perspective that Public Good now is no longer Coal Mine, it has to be Adventure Tourism. This knowledge is what the Switch book called TBU: True But Useless. All we see is problem! When we are still uncertain of how we want to continue our work. A visit with a entrepreneur show us the way.
- Meeting Shad Baker, Eric Mathis, and Peter Hackbert is the key experience for me this summer because he shows me how an entrepreneur in real life is like and inspiring me to become one. (4) Head + Heart = Rustle (5) Shrink the change: Show people in his hometown the trails they already have. Encourage them to develop from there. What I value the most from meeting him is the most significant new insight of Appalachia he told me: the consequences of the coal mine industry: environmental, economic impacts. make people run from their culture and generate in them a hatred for outsiders. This understanding of the culture cultisympathy
- Now, have a better understanding. We start to mobilize the resources. We cannot go find the land owner ourselves, so we need people to do it for us somehow. - Conversation with David Terrill Email Julie We do what we can and hope that everything will turn out well.
- The results of our work in Campton That’s Campton – the friendliest town in the mountain. Let’s move to Beattyville with Episode 4: To be, or not to be
- Contrast to our experience in Wolfe County, Lee County is far ahead in becoming a trail town. How we meet Debra who illustrate “Know what you’ve got – Know what you need” – Echoing Green (7) The problem in Beattyville is the people on the other side of the spectrum. The majority who just wait to see what happen. Video Learning more about her community. I gain an Appalachian civic leadership insights: Community is What Matters. In order to build trust among people, get them together and start something that is beneficial to the children, the community. These kind of projects will win you more and more supporters. Festival
- This is why when they have the Three Forks River Festival on June 15. They have a lot of volunteers helping out. We didn’t have a chance to participate but everybody knows how our dear professor proudly won the first place. I have very high hope that Beattyville will be the next trail town in the KRADD region. Their task force is now formed. Elaine Wilsons visited the town last week on July 1 to meet with Dedra. It is a pity that our time with Lee County is over. We can just wish them the best luck! So, I collected a lot of pieces for my Appalachian quilt.
- My Appalachian Quilt. Episode 5: Appalachia and me. This quilt is made from a piece of coal mining from the past, a piece of hush puppy, corn bread, moonshine, a piece of doll from corn husks and baskets, a piece of corruption, a piece of magnificent and wonderful nature. How about the piece of the future? Eastern KY civic leader in the counties focus more on solving underlying causes by: Encouraging entrepreneurship: Find the bright spot (8) Grow your people (9) “Cultivate a sense of identity and instill the growth mindset.” By working forwards becoming a Trail Town, people will be able to transform not only their economy and environment, but also their identify. Eventually, they will have a more healthy and sustainable lifestyle and culture. Appalachia also reminds me of another place:
- My Appalachian Quilt. Episode 5: Appalachia and me. This quilt is made from a piece of coal mining from the past, a piece of hush puppy, corn bread, moonshine, a piece of doll from corn husks and baskets, a piece of corruption, a piece of magnificent and wonderful nature. How about the piece of the future? Eastern KY civic leader in the counties focus more on solving underlying causes by: Encouraging entrepreneurship: Find the bright spot (8) Grow your people (9) “Cultivate a sense of identity and instill the growth mindset.” By working forwards becoming a Trail Town, people will be able to transform not only their economy and environment, but also their identify. Eventually, they will have a more healthy and sustainable lifestyle and culture. Appalachia also reminds me of another place:
- Da Lat city – the city of love/ flower. Tourist attractions 2,1 million visitors 2009. 70 miles away Bauxite Mining in Bao Loc, Lam Dong Tay Nguyen is Central Highlands The more I learned about Appalachia, the more I learned about where I’m from.
- Da Lat city – the city of love/ flower. Tourist attractions 2,1 million visitors 2009. 70 miles away Bauxite Mining in Bao Loc, Lam Dong Tay Nguyen is Central Highlands The more I learned about Appalachia, the more I learned about where I’m from.
- “There is an Appalachia everywhere” – Dr. Chad Berry once said. I didn’t expect to learn this much about Appalachia, but now I feel really grateful and inspired. I feel like I found my passion and a path to move towards the future
- “There is an Appalachia everywhere” – Dr. Chad Berry once said. I didn’t expect to learn this much about Appalachia, but now I feel really grateful and inspired. I feel like I found my passion and a path to move towards the future
- How to make a change? After getting to know these three inspiring entrepreneurs this summer, I know that to make a change I have to use Entrepreneurial Leadership.
- If I were to describe my person theory about entrepreneurial leadership it would incudes Managing Time: Ice house (10) because time is a resource that is distributed equally but not refundable. Entrepreneurs are action oriented and they tend to focus their time and energy on things they can change rather than things they cannot.
- How am I different now? Ask a valuable question: It is good to ask a lot of question, but it is better to ask valuable questions at the right time in the right place. Write reflections: After actually write out the reflections in EPG model, I realize that I would make better decisions if I lay down everything in paper. When the elephant really wants something, the Rider can be trusted to find rationalizations for it.
- If I would get another turn, I would communication better: team members, mentors, people.