{"id":13514,"date":"2017-06-21T14:48:34","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T21:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dminlgp\/year-in-review-norwood\/"},"modified":"2017-06-21T14:48:34","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T21:48:34","slug":"year-in-review-norwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/year-in-review-norwood\/","title":{"rendered":"Year in Review Norwood"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_8729\"<\/a>It seems like is was forever ago that I boarded a plane to go to Hong Kong.\u00a0 Fortunately, I knew I was meeting friends in this foreign country to start a new journey.\u00a0\u00a0 One we had agreed to do together.\u00a0\u00a0 But we were going to be meeting new people, meeting new professors and new advisors.\u00a0\u00a0 This was the start of a new adventure to become a doctor of leadership and global perspectives.\u00a0\u00a0 Who knew what in the world that meant?\u00a0 I remember getting off the plane in Hong Kong and seeing things in English and was really surprised at how easy it was to navigate to the city center and take in the sights and sounds of this new place for me in the world.<\/p>\n

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Meeting all of the people who I had met on the phone was really pleasant.\u00a0\u00a0 I had spent plenty of time on the phone with Cliff and through Skype with Glenn.\u00a0 But there is just something energizing about meeting new people in person.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Meeting up with Jason and Loren and the rest of the facility only confirmed that I had made a good decision to change doctoral programs.\u00a0 This was going to fit who I am and who I want to be.\u00a0 Spending the hours together learning Hong Kong and their dilemma was really refreshing and eye opening.\u00a0 Encountering the rest of our cohort and starting to develop a relationship with them in a Starbucks and walking along the peer was exciting.\u00a0\u00a0 Navigating some of the staff that thought we were undergrad students was really surprising but hey some things you just have to roll with.\u00a0 This was probably the most surprising thing in our interaction.<\/p>\n

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\"IMG_8725\"<\/a>The highlight for me of the trip to Hong Kong was to get the privilege of going to dinner with Chuck Conniry and his lovely wife.\u00a0 The knowledge of leadership that I learned in that amazing couple of hours together was priceless.\u00a0 (The food was as amazing as the view) Learning people\u2019s stories is one of the things that I have learned over this past year and a half.\u00a0 Learning about the back story and the development of a person or an idea is so crucial.\u00a0 \u00a0His journey to leading this innovative educational experience helped me to know this was the journey for me.<\/p>\n

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How have I been changed?\u00a0\u00a0 I believe the greatest change that has happened for me is to think deeper and to bring so many more questions to anything that I am reading.\u00a0\u00a0 I have changed the books that I am reading and the amount of information that I am absorbing.\u00a0 It has sharpened my ability to think critically and globally. \u00a0(Ironically going to London for a summer during my junior year was the start of viewing the world differently.)\u00a0 What Dr. Clark has challenged me to do that again.\u00a0 What he has challenged me to read and to write about has started to transform how I communicate and how I think.\u00a0\u00a0 I find it in the smallest things.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Visual Ethnography for example, I had no idea what in the world this crazy book was going to be about but now I feel so comfortable with that idea that I embrace it more and more in what I do.\u00a0\u00a0 Social media is always expanding in what I do and I see Pink as a guide for how to benefit the most from it.<\/p>\n

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The weekly conversations have been really engaging and have helped me to see things from other people\u2019s perspective.\u00a0 Sometimes I am not challenged in what I think in the role that I am in or the position that I am in. \u00a0This environment has been good to make me sharper and to think a bit more before I write.\u00a0 After hearing all of these elements introduced by Cliff on the phone I now see that not everyone could manage all of these different platforms that this education journey is hosted on.\u00a0 Keeping all of it organized and straight takes work and even sometimes help from others.\u00a0\u00a0 All of this is really healthy because it encourages communication and it encourages involving others in your work and journey.<\/p>\n

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As I have read and researched my problem and idea for my dissertation, I feel like I have taken huge strides in understanding the problem.\u00a0 I have not arrived at any solid answers yet but I do know that I see and perceive the issue clearly now and I am starting to understand the problem Some of the problem is the environment and I can even contribute to the problem because of familiarity and because of longevity.\u00a0\u00a0 It takes a fresh set of eyes<\/strong> to see certain things and I believe this year\u2019s journey has been exactly that for me.\u00a0\u00a0 Opening my eyes to see things differently than I ever have.<\/strong>\u00a0 This leads to thinking differently than I ever have and that makes the landscape of life really exciting and engaging.<\/p>\n

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How has it shaped my ministry?\u00a0\u00a0 I believe my youth ministry is healthier because of the changes in my thinking.\u00a0\u00a0 I have learned to clearly communicate, not just counting on people to see things.\u00a0 \u00a0I must take the time to develop the language to say what I want them to do.<\/p>\n

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Language<\/strong> is the greatest thing that I have taken away this year.\u00a0 It is a vital part of leadership.\u00a0 If you can\u2019t find the right words to describe what you are wanting to say, it might be time to create your own language.\u00a0 So many people have done that to be effective in their field.\u00a0 It has made me incredibly aware of what I say and how I say it. \u00a0In one our our reading assignments I found Dee Hock.\u00a0\u00a0 One little quote by him in a paper by someone else has taken me on a leadership journey that is incredible.\u00a0 He will shape how I communicate from here on.<\/p>\n

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