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In this episode of Teach Me How To Vegan we discuss a new study that examines what factors help people stay vegan or vegetarian. This episode is also a great review of many topics that we've discussed on the podcast thus far, regarding how to support yourself and your loved ones on your vegan journey. The contents of this podcast are not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and does not constitute medical or other professional advice. Resources Mentioned: Going Vegan or Vegetarian: Many Paths To One Goal https://faunalytics.org/going-veg-many-paths/ Going Vegan Overnight – Podcast Episode https://apnm.org/what-we-do/promoting-plant-based-eating/podcast-teach-me-how-to-vegan/podcast-going-vegan-overnight/ Baby Steps to Veganism – Podcast Episode https://apnm.org/what-we-do/promoting-plant-based-eating/podcast-teach-me-how-to-vegan/podcast-baby-steps-to-veganism/ The Stages of Change – Podcast Episode https://apnm.org/what-we-do/promoting-plant-based-eating/podcast-teach-me-how-to-vegan/podcast-stages-of-change/ Getting The Family Onboard – Podcast Episode https://apnm.org/what-we-do/promoting-plant-based-eating/podcast-teach-me-how-to-vegan/podcast-getting-the-family-onboard/

Organizing for Change Podcast - Episode 29 Show Notes   Goal: “to equip coalitions, organizations, and individuals to bring change to their community”   It is amazing to continue to see this podcast grow, and that would not be possible without all of you sharing and getting the word out. Thank you so much for your support!   Join Us on Facebook!! A new resource for all of you is our new FaceBook group simply called Coalition Coordinators. The group is designed as a resource for Substance Use Prevention Coalition Coordinators. We hope you join us and other Substance Use Prevention Coordinators around the globe for ideas, discussion and support!   Shout Out! Shoutout to Kristen from the Lakes Area Community Coalition in Michigan for her idea to have a podcast around coalition recruitment where there is some role play around how to recruit a potential member and what are some suggestions to recruit specific sectors. I love this idea and we will follow up on it! Thanks for leaving us feedback.   If any of you have other suggestions for an episode, we would love to hear from you. Please join the facebook group or leave us a review on itunes! You help make this podcast a better resource! ___________________________________________________________________ Host, Amanda Decker joins Jamie Comstock and Robin Carr, founders of Info Inspired.   Jamie and Robin have been been where you are – charged with creating presentations (written or verbal) as part of their job with no training about what makes a great presentation or keeps an audience engaged. Their  work has been primarily in the nonprofit and public sectors.   Essentially, people working in the these fields are expected to accomplish a lot with very little and they’re incredibly good at it.  However, if there is one exception to this rule it’s probably in the presentation arena. We have a tendency to do things like get very excited about our data, schedule a three hour presentation to share it, and then attempt to explain it using a series of complicated graphs and hieroglyphics.  Jamie and Robin both admit, they are guilty!   To make a long story short, after many years of putting people to sleep with these methods, Jamie & Robin thought it was time to make some changes.  And so their journey began. Together, they have spent the last several years researching and testing ways to not only capture and hold an audience’s attention, but to inspire audiences.  They have also spent countless hours refining the presentation planning process, identifying free resources, and learning how to maximize the tools they already had. It’s also important to know they aren’t graphic designers, artists, or especially tech savvy.  Everything that they do, you can do too.   They say their high point – the point we knew we they on to something – was when people told them their presentation about logic models (yes, logic models) was the best presentation they’d ever seen!   And after having some presentation successes, they started to get requests to provide tips and assist others. This conversation was amazing, and I hope you find it a great resource for your work!   As always If you find this episode helpful, would you please help us get the word out by sharing it with a friend or colleague? And please leave a review. That is the best way to make sure other folks can find out about the podcast.   Welcome to Episode 029 of the Podcast: Guest: Jamie Comstock and Robin Carr, Founders- Info Inspired   Info Inspired Website: http://infoinspired.us/   Info Inspired Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/infoinspiredus/   Jamie and Robin’s Contact Information: robin@infoinspired.us   jamie@infoinspired.us   Organizing for Change Website: https://organizing4change.podbean.com/   Organizing for Change Twitter: @organizing4chng   Insights from This Episode:   Jamie & Robin Give (4) Steps to Remember when Creating a Presentation!   Define it: First you need to define your presentation. Here are some questions to help: What is your goal? Who is your audience? What do you want them to remember?   Refine it: Once you have defined your presentation, refine it. Brainstorm until you come up with 3-6 main key points. If you have too many points, your audience will not remember what you said. Make sure you refine your presentation to make it as concise as possible. If you don’t edit your presentation, the audience will edit it for themselves, and not in a way that you would want. Align it: Bring your content alive with stories and data, images or video. Match them to your points in a way that makes them stick. Brain science tells that we remember things that are shiny and sticky - story images video activity (make data come alive - different)   Design it: Save your design for the last step. Jamie and Robin talk about places to get images for free to make your presentation more interesting. One helpful tip is to NEVER USE 12 point font on your powerpoint. If the audience can’t read it, don’t use it on a slide. Try your presentation out on a few people before you actually do it live. Trying it out and giving room for feedback will make your presentation better. Next Episode: Subscribe now for free and you won’t miss episode 030

Organizing for Change Podcast - Episode 28 Show Notes Goal: “to equip coalitions, organizations, and individuals to bring change to their community”   Thank you all so much for your support! You all have helped this show grow into reaching people in every state and now over 40 countries! ______________________________________________________________________   Host, Amanda Decker joins Prevention Solutions at EDC Director, Carol Oliver. A certified prevention specialist, Carol Oliver directs, designs, and provides substance abuse prevention training and technical assistance activities that build national capacity to advance the Strategic Prevention Framework of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). With more than 20 years of experience in the field of substance abuse prevention, Oliver specializes in translating research into innovative, evidence-based, and culturally appropriate prevention programs. She skillfully builds relationships with colleagues at the national, state, and community levels to facilitate program planning, coalition development, and training design and implementation, fostering systems-level change. Oliver is an experienced instructional designer who has developed curriculum, virtual learning events, and in-person trainings for prevention professionals across the country. Oliver is the former manager of a Massachusetts regional substance abuse prevention center. She holds an MA in teaching from Boston University. As always If you find this episode helpful, would you please help us get the word out by sharing it with a friend or colleague? And please leave a review. That is the best way to make sure other folks can find out about the podcast.   Welcome to Episode 028 of the Podcast: Guest: Carol Oliver,  Prevention Solutions at EDC website:  https://preventionsolutions.edc.org/ EDC Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/edc.worldwide Carol’s Contact Information: COliver@edc.org   Organizing for Change Website: https://organizing4change.podbean.com/ Organizing for Change Twitter: @organizing4chng   4 Insights from This Episode: 1. Is your community ready? You may know the policy that needs to change to make things better in your community, but your community may not be ready for it. Carol talks about taking the time to do your homework, find out who the key players are, and lay the groundwork before you move forward. Make sure it’s the right time for your policy change. 2. Get fresh eyes to observe your coalition. It is always helpful to have someone who has not been part of the coalition for a long time, to give fresh perspective. Invite in other people to give you a different viewpoint. Coalitions are fluid, they are made of people, so it is important to regularly assess where your coalition is at. Coalition leaders often make the mistake of seeing the issues in their coalition and trying to fix it themselves. Carol says this often leads to more issues. 3. If you are stuck, you might be experiencing growing pains. Sometimes when a coalition is growing, it will come across as if it struggling. Carol talks about leading coalitions through a process when they seem “stuck”, but by using facilitated activities, the coalition finds its story and where it is ready to grow. Using a facilitative process helps the coalition discover the solutions they need. 4. Is your coalition ready to grow? Is your coalition ready for new members? You may think yes, but you might not actually be ready. Carol talks about helping the coalition reflect on who they are. Are they open? What kind of personalities are in the coalition? Are you a visionary? Are you a processor? Are you a doer? Check out episode 24 for more on this!       Next Episode: Subscribe now for free and you won’t miss episode 029

Organizing for Change Podcast - Episode 27 Show Notes   Goal: “to equip coalitions, organizations, and individuals to bring change to their community”   Thank you all so much for your support! You all have helped this show grow into reaching people in every state and now over 40 countries! ____________________________________________________________ Today's episode is brought to you by the Montana Institute: http://www.montanainstitute.com/montana-summer-institute   There are so many reasons for HOPE! This year the theme for the annual MONTANA SUMMER INSTITUTE is Reasons for HOPE: Building Positive, Healthy, Resilient Communities.   This fantastic event will be held June 25th-28th in Big Sky, Montana. Participants will hear Dr. Jeff Linkenbach and the dynamic Montana Summer Institute faculty  share cutting-edge science, tools and resources for building healthy, resilient communities. The 2019 Institute will focus on how Science of the Positive, Positive Community Norms, and Health Outcomes from Positive Experience (H.O.P.E) are creating new opportunities in prevention and driving community transformation on a wide range of health and safety issues.   Join them in Big Sky to learn how positive, norms-based approaches can power up your public health and prevention practices, improve your leadership skills, and increase the effectiveness and sustainability of your projects. ____________________________________________________________   Host, Amanda Decker joins Mercer County WV, Commissioner, Greg Puckett. A native southern West Virginian with a passion for prevention, Greg Puckett has worked tirelessly to bring special projects and initiatives to the area in the hopes of preventing the use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs amongst youth.   As Executive Director of Community Connections, a community based 501(c)(3) non-profit, he advocates for strong public policy, and leads others to combat the addiction epidemic and community revitalization/stabilization efforts. He currently serves on several state committees including the Governor’s Committee on Crime, Delinquency and Corrections: Juvenile Justice Subcommittee, and serves on the Board of Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA), where he is a past recipient of CADCA’s National Advocate of the Year award.  In 2010, Puckett also assisted CADCA in securing funds to host the first-ever, statewide National Youth Leadership Initiative.   On this episode we discuss changing the look of a community to change how people act in the community, the importance of the media and the value of having coalition "events".   As always If you find this episode helpful, would you please help us get the word out by sharing it with a friend or colleague? And please leave a review. That is the best way to make sure other folks can find out about the podcast.   Welcome to Episode 027 of the Podcast:   Guest: Greg Puckett, County Commissioner, Mercer County, WV   CADCA Website: https://www.cadca.org/team/gregory-puckett   Greg Puckett Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gregpuckettwv   Greg’s Contact Information: Greg.puckett@mercercountywv.org   Organizing for Change Website: https://organizing4change.podbean.com/   Organizing for Change Twitter: @organizing4chng   4 Insights from This Episode:     Community Coalitions have a lifespan. Don’t keep a coalition going “just because”. Greg explains how his coalition became stale and stagnant. The group had done some significant work in the community and now did not have new momentum for the future. The coalition was shut down, and a new coalition emerged within 6 months and was energized to take on new initiatives to reduce substance use.      Understand the culture of your community, not just the statistics. If you can change the way a community looks, you can change the way a community feels, and if you change the way it feels, you will change the way it acts.       Speak “Hope” into your community. Change starts with you. Take some time as a coalition to think about what each of you are saying about your community. Are you reinforcing the positive or the negative?   “If you want disease in your community, promote disease, but if you want hope, promote hope” -Dr. Jeff Linkenbach     Events are not evil.Policy work can take a long time and although it is the most effective in reducing substance use, it can be tough for people to stay involved in your coalition during the process. Holding events that rally the community together and keep them engaged, can bring momentum to your coalition and keep the work moving forward.   Next Episode: Subscribe now for free and you won’t miss episode 028

Organizing for Change Podcast - Episode 26 Show Notes   Goal: “to equip coalitions, organizations, and individuals to bring change to their community”   Host, Amanda Decker joins Jason Anderson, trainer for the Montana Institute. Upon his discharge from the United States Army, Jason obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice (Minor in Psychology) at Moorhead State University. He has worked in the field of probation since 1998 – spending a decade as an adult felony probation/parole agent and 5 years as an Evidence-Based Practices project manager/trainer for the MN Dept. of Corrections.   Jason became the Director of the Itasca County Probation Department in 2013. In addition to his duties as a probation officer and manager, he has served as a trainer of various topics including Motivational Interviewing since 2001. He is an active member of 2 school-based substance abuse prevention coalitions in his community.   Jason began curriculum development and training delivery for The Montana Institute in 2016. A father of 2 boys (ages 15 and 17), he enjoys spending time outdoors with his family, singing in his church choir, community theater and running an occasional race.   On this episode we talked about the reason why we do this work.   Why does your why matter? Jason breaks down discovering your why and how it can motivate your community to change. We also talked about changing our approach in communication to create change in your community.   This is one of my all time favorite episodes and I think it will be one of yours too.   As always If you find this episode helpful, would you please help us get the word out by sharing it with a friend or colleague? And please leave a review. That is the best way to make sure other folks can find out about the podcast. Welcome to Episode 026 of the Podcast:   Guest: Jason Anderson   Montana Institute Website: http://www.montanainstitute.com/   Organizing for Change Website: https://organizing4change.podbean.com/   Organizing for Change Twitter: @organizing4chng   3 Insights from This Episode:     Your Why Matters. Most people are not motivated by facts, they are motivated by an emotional tug. This is why your “why” matters. If your coalition is stuck, remind them of the why. If you are stuck, remind yourself of the why. It’s not always about “what is in it for us.” Appreciate and Understand Someone Else’s Perspective. Even though you may disagree with someone else’s perspective, it is important to have empathy and understand where someone is coming from. Just being willing to hear where someone is coming from and to express and acknowledge their perspective, can open the door for communication.       Don’t Be the Expert. We obviously know a lot about our field, or we wouldn’t be in it. But, our attitude of approach matters. If we come across as the “expert”, people tend to be defensive and shut down. Instead, Jason talks about having a curiosity and engaging people in the solution as a better method and approach to getting results.   Next Episode: Subscribe now for free and you won’t miss episode 027

In this week's collaboration with The Theory of Change Podcast, Alfredo Palacios and Dr. Fred Hanna discusses existential anxiety and its relevance to counselors. As a follow up to EP98 (Existentialism in Counseling) Alredo and Dr. Hanna take a deeper dive into existential philosophy and ways that one can overcome anxiety and experience the thrill of being alive. They discuss techniques and resources counselors can use to learn more about these ideas and incorporate them into their practice. The Theory of Change Podcast Episode 98: Existentialism in Counseling For more about Fred, links and references from the conversation, and the APA citation for this episode visit www.thethoughtfulcounselor.com

Organizing for Change Podcast - Episode 25 Show Notes   Goal: “to equip coalitions, organizations, and individuals to bring change to their community”   Host, Amanda Decker joins Tom Vega, leadership coach, and change consultant trained in the areas of Strategic Management and Leadership Effectiveness.Tom offers individuals and teams a complete continuum of skills and solutions in areas of relationship management, process improvement, problem-solving, change awareness, and execution.  He does this by combining emotional awareness techniques with contemporary change and process analysis methods that other folks may not even be aware of.   If you are sitting with people at your table who are not fully engaged, or who are tough to work with, I really think this episode will help you out!   If you find this episode helpful, would you please help us get the word out by sharing it with a friend or colleague? Welcome to Episode 025 of the Podcast:   Guest: Tom Vega   Tom Vega Consulting Website: https://www.tommvega.com/   Book Tom Mentions: Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves http://www.talentsmart.com/test/   Organizing for Change Website: https://organizing4change.podbean.com/   Organizing for Change Twitter: @organizing4chng   4 Insights from This Episode: Explain the why. Help people understand why you are asking for information before you ask. Judge the idea, not the person. As a facilitator, help the ideas be the item that is evaluated, not the person. Ask questions like: why do you have this idea? Where did you get this idea from? Lack of emotional intelligence equals a decrease in profit and outcomes. Often times, leaders can thing emotional intelligence is silly and too “touchy feely”. Tom talks about communicating with leaders about the importance of emotional intelligence by connecting it to something the leader cares about. (Such as profit and outcomes)     Leaders inspire. It is crucial to tell a story in a way that inspires action. Most people know how to do a task, but you need to give them the inspiration to motivate them to actually do the task. Next Episode: Subscribe now for free and you won’t miss episode 026

Organizing for Change Podcast - Episode 23 - Creatively Sharing Your Message Show Notes Goal: “to equip coalitions, organizations, and individuals to bring change to their community”   Welcome to episode 23 of the podcast. In this month’s episode; Amanda talks with Kendra McLaughlin about the work she is doing in her community of Garrett County, Maryland. Kendra’s group did an awesome viral PSA and they are working hard to get accurate information out surrounding marijuana.  You can find the PSA and more information at their website; www.spreadthefacts.com.       If this episode helps you in any way, would you consider sharing with a colleague or friend and help us to continue to share these messages? That would mean so much to us!   Guest: Kendra McLaughlin   Organizing for Change Website:  https://organizing4change.podbean.com/ Organizing for Change Twitter: @organizing4chng   We love getting feedback from you! If you have any feedback or have an idea for an episode, email us at organizing4change@gmail.com   Next Episode: Subscribe now for free and you won’t miss episode 024  

Organizing for Change Podcast - Episode 22 - Leading Yourself Show Notes Goal: “to equip coalitions, organizations, and individuals to bring change to their community” Welcome to episode 22 of the podcast. I just want to take a moment to thank each one of you for listening to the podcast and for sharing it. We now have listeners in 49 states and 23 countries. Wow. You all are amazing. Also, we wanted to Thank everyone who has taken time to give us feedback and write a review! If you haven’t done so, it would really mean a lot and would help other coalition leaders find us on spaces like itunes. I am so excited to bring you this episode today with Jim Trick, coach, consultant for That Life, author and musician to talk about creating personal change. Jim Trick has overcome morbid obesity, turned a freelance consultancy into a six figure income and helped to build a million dollar small business, but Jim’s ultimate passion is working with people who want to personally and professionally live with greater freedom, fulfillment and success. Jim was trained by the prestigious Coach Training Institute and certified by the International Coach Federation. Along with his work as a coach/consultant, Jim is also a professional musician and speaker. He has traveled all over the country teaching high-level executives the fine art of collaboration with Banding People Together, and is a frequent guest speaker at the Berklee College of Music. Jim was featured alongside American Idol’s Alex Preston, by Berklee for a performance entitled, “An Evening with New England’s top songwriters” and his latest album was fully crowd funded in under four weeks. A life-changing trip to a Central American refugee village in 1993 prompted Jim to start two inner city food outreach programs in the U.S., one of which served the local homeless community by candlelight with classical music and table service. Jim Trick knows what it’s like to swim frantically across the alligator riddled Belize river and how it feels to share the stage with a young Katy Perry. One of those experiences was terrifying. The other involved alligators. If this episode helps you in any way, would you consider sharing with a colleague or friend and help us to continue to share these messages? That would mean so much to us!   Guest: Jim Trick That Life Website: https://www.thatlife.com/ Organizing for Change Website: https://organizing4change.podbean.com/ Organizing for Change Twitter: @organizing4chng   4 Insights from This Episode:   Core values are essential to make change. Jim talks about being a slave to our feelings, however values are much more reliable for healthy and powerful decision making. This is true for a community as well. Helping a community identify its values, can help it overcome its negative feelings to create community level change and creates  buy in for a community.     There is a leader in everyone. Leadership starts with leading yourself.     People have their best answers inside themselves. People are way more likely to follow through on change they have discovered themselves, instead of change they have been prescribed.     When a person has a voice, they can contribute. When a person sees how their contribution fits the bigger picture, they have purpose. And, when they have purpose, they are engaged.     We love getting feedback from you! If you have any feedback or have an idea for an episode, email us at organizing4change@gmail.com Next Episode: Subscribe now for free and you won’t miss episode 023

Organizing for Change Podcast - Episode 21 Show Notes Goal: “to equip coalitions, organizations, and individuals to bring change to their community”   Host, Amanda Decker joins ROBERT SEGE, MD, PHD, Co-Director, Stakeholder and Community Engagement; Interim Lead Navigator Tufts CTSI Robert Sege, MD, PhD is a Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, where he directs a new Center for Community-engaged Medicine. Dr. Sege is nationally known for his research on effective health systems approaches that directly address the social determinants of health. He is a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Social Policy in Washington and serves on the boards of the Massachusetts Children’s Trust and Prevent Child Abuse America.   He has served on the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect, and on its Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poisoning Prevention. He is a graduate of Yale College, and received his PhD in Biology from MIT and his MD from Harvard Medical School. Bob lives in the Boston area, where he and his wife Karen have raised three young adult children.   Welcome to Episode 021 of the Podcast: ACES with HOPE Study   Guest: Robert Sege, MD, PHD   Tufts CTSI Website https://www.tuftsctsi.org/people/robert-sege/   ACES with HOPE Study: https://www.cssp.org/publications/documents/Balancing-ACEs-with-HOPE-FINAL.pdf   Organizing for Change Website: https://organizing4change.podbean.com/   Organizing for Change Twitter: @organizing4chng   3 Insights from This Episode:     We are not just a collection of all the bad experiences we had. Dr. Sege talks about how he doesn’t deny the problems his patients have, but that he tries to view them in the best light and address them as a whole person, not just their struggles.       Our children are our future and the future of our communities. The overwhelming majority of people already have protective factors for their children in place. It is important to build on those protective factors in a community to help parents who may not have these protective factors in place. Teenagers have to feel like they matter. Dr. Sege talks about the importance of setting up opportunities in a community for a young person to realize they matter. If a young person feels like they don’t matter and what they do doesn’t matter increases their likelihood to use drugs and alcohol.   We love getting feedback from you! If you have any feedback or have an idea for an episode, email us at organizing4change@gmail.com Next Episode: Subscribe now for free and you won’t miss episode 022

Organizing for Change Podcast - Episode 20 Show Notes Goal: “to equip coalitions, organizations, and individuals to bring change to their community”   Host, Amanda Decker joins Nick Adams, Planning & Implementation Grant Coordinator, Minnesota Department of Human Services Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division. Nick is a native of Minnesota and wanted to make a difference in his community. After interning with a local non profit in college, he was exposed to the Minnesota Department of Human Services Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division and secured a job working to reduce underage drinking. Nick is a huge fan of Dr. Jeff Linkenbach and the Positive Community Norms framework which you will hear all about in this episode.   Welcome to Episode 020 of the Podcast:   Guest: Nick Adams, Planning & Implementation Grant Coordinator, Minnesota Department of Human Services Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division   Rapids Rising Website: https://www.rapidsrising.com/   Rapids Rising Twitter: https://twitter.com/RapidsRising   Nick’s Email nadams@isd318.org   The Montana Institute http://www.montanainstitute.com/pcn/   The ACES with HOPE Study https://www.cssp.org/publications/documents/Balancing-ACEs-with-HOPE-FINAL.pdf   Organizing for Change Website: https://organizing4change.podbean.com/   Organizing for Change Twitter: https://twitter.com/organizing4chng   3 Insights from This Episode:     “If you want health, you have got to promote health. If you promote illness, you will get more illness.” -Jeff Linkenbach Perceptions become behaviors. Nick talks about correcting misperceptions around youth alcohol and drug use to help reduce and prevent youth use. Slow down and start from scratch. Nick talks about how the tendency to move quickly in coalition work is tempting, but in order to build capacity and have long term impact, you need to slow down and do the hard work of getting people on the same page.   Next Episode: Subscribe now for free and you won’t miss episode 021

Organizing for Change Podcast - Episode 19 Show Notes Goal: “to equip coalitions, organizations, and individuals to bring change to their community”   Host, Amanda Decker joins Michelle Merritt, President and CEO of New Futures, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that advocates, educates and collaborates to improve the health and wellness of all New Hampshire residents through policy change.   Michele has overall leadership and management responsibility for New Futures. With the Board of Directors, she establishes the strategic priorities for the organization. She leads the organization in advancing its mission by creating new possibilities for project initiatives and grants, fostering innovation, leveraging resources, establishing partnerships, and coordinating staff activities. In addition, she seeks to identify opportunities for collaboration between and among New Futures and public and nonprofit entities on policy and legislative issues of mutual concern such as public funding for treatment services and improving access to community-based supports for New Hampshire’s children and families.   Welcome to Episode 019 of the Podcast: Public Health and Policy Change   Guest: Michele Merritt, President and CEO of New Futures   New Futures Website: https://www.new-futures.org/   New Futures Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NewFuturesNH   New Futures Twitter: https://twitter.com/newfuturesnh   New Futures YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NewFuturesNHMedia   Organizing for Change Website: https://organizing4change.podbean.com/   Organizing for Change Twitter: @organizing4chng   3 Insights from This Episode: Michelle talks about the power that just one person can make when it comes to policy change. So often, people do not get involved in contacting their elected officials because they do not think their input will matter. Michelle explains that even a few phone calls or letters can have a powerful impact. It is important to define why you exist as an organization or agency so that you don't say "yes" to everything and spread yourselves too thin. Limited resources aren't always bad. They can force us to come up with solutions that we may never have thought of otherwise.   Next Episode: Subscribe now for free and you won’t miss episode 020

Organizing for Change Podcast - Episode 17 Show Notes Goal: “to equip coalitions, organizations, and individuals to bring change to their community”   Host, Amanda Decker joins Ben Cort from Cort Consulting. Ben has been part of the recovery movement in almost every way imaginable from a recipient of services to a spokesperson to a respected professional inside of the treatment industry. Sober since 6/15/96 he has seen the devastation that substance use disorder can bring first hand as well as the joy that is recovery.   Ben began his career inside of Human Resources and was a Director at an S&P 500 firm by 27. He left that position to help start the Colorado based non-profit Phoenix Multisport, an organization that provides pro-social activities that are primarily athletic in nature to those living sober lives.   As an original Board member and the first full-time employee Ben was instrumental in building an organization that still receives frequent national attention for its innovative approach to fighting addiction through sport and the community that surrounds sport.   In May of 2012, he left Phoenix Multisport to join the opposition campaign for Amendment 64, the constitutional amendment that would ultimately allow for the commercialization of marijuana in Colorado. Following that campaign Cort joined the University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) where he ran marketing, business development and admissions for their substance abuse treatment service line known as CeDAR. He left that role in January 2017.   Throughout his time with UCH Ben remained active in the discussion around marijuana, assisting several states in their efforts to hold back Big Marijuana and always advocating for recovery. These efforts kept him close to the national discussion and made him a frequent guest in the media. Ben has earned a reputation as being pro-logic and recovery rather than anti anything.   His direct and honest approach has made him a sought after speaker and respected voice in this national conversation.   Welcome to Episode 017 of the Podcast:   Guest: Ben Cort, CEO - Cort Consulting   Cort Consulting Website: https://www.cortconsult.com/   Organizing for Change Website: https://organizing4change.podbean.com/   Organizing for Change Twitter: @organizing4chng   Insights from This Episode:   Big "Marijuana, Tobacco, Alcohol, Pharma" targets those strugling with a substance use disorder. Ben talks about how he as a person in recovery stood up to Big Addiction in his state......   Next Episode: Subscribe now for free and you won’t miss episode 018

Organizing for Change Podcast - Episode 15 Show Notes Goal: “to equip coalitions, organizations, and individuals to bring change to their community”   Host, Amanda Decker joins Carol Read, Certified Prevention Specialist and former Director of the Needham Coalition for Youth Substance Abuse Prevention and a Drug Free Communities grantee to talk about the role of Public Health in Substance use prevention.   Welcome to Episode 015 of the Podcast: Public Health and Prevention.   Guest: Carol Read M. Ed., CAGS, CPS   Needham Public Health Substance Abuse, Prevention & Education Website: http://www.needhamma.gov/index.aspx?NID=2124   Organizing for Change Website: https://organizing4change.podbean.com/   Organizing for Change Twitter: @organizing4chng   3 Insights from This Episode:     When communities work to reduce stigma about substance use disorder by educating the community about health, those who need treatment are more likely to get it. Carol speaks about how their community (Needham MA) worked to educate people that addiction is a disease of the brain and that the disease can be treated.         Education alone is not enough to make change. Over the recent years, the United States has seen a dramatic decrease in tobacco use. Although many people were aware that smoking was bad for your health, that knowledge did little to change behavior. It wasn’t till there were major changes in policy (banning indoor smoking, smoking on planes, increasing taxes) that tobacco use began to decline. Carol talks about how these changes affected youth use of these products, and how communities need to continue to think of ways to limit access to youth. The community where Carol works (Needham MA) was the first to raise the age of purchasing tobacco to age 21.       Prevention of substance use doesn’t happen by engaging just one group. Carol talks about engaging different sectors of the community and educating them about what we know about substance use to encourage sectors to support policy to keep communities healthy.  A healthy fish living in a polluted pond will still be unhealthy.   Next Episode: Subscribe now for free and you won’t miss episode 016

Organizing for Change Podcast - Episode 14 Show Notes Goal: “to equip coalitions, organizations, and individuals to bring change to their community” Host, Amanda Decker joins her husband, Pastor Loren Decker of LifeHouse Church in Middleboro Massachusetts to talk about the Faith Community and working with coalitions. Pastor Loren was a founding member of Middleboro Youth Advocates, a substance use prevention coalition in Middleboro MA.  He also founded a youth mentoring agency (called the JAIRUS agency) to work with at risk youth, pairing them with mentors and meaningful community service opportunities. He also shares on this episode his encounter having dinner with the late Reverend Billy Graham and the impact Dr. Graham had on his life. Welcome to Episode 014 of the Podcast: The Faith Community and Coalition Work Guest: Pastor Loren Decker, Senior Pastor of LifeHouse Church, Middleboro MA   Organizing for Change Website: https://organizing4change.podbean.com/ Organizing for Change Twitter: @organizing4chng   3 Insights from This Episode:   Ask what you can do to help. Pastor Loren shares a great agenda for the faith community is to go to community leaders and ask what can be done to help. Usually community leaders are asked to help, and not offered help. Pastor Loren shares his personal story of how his agency was able to fill a need in the community by providing youth with meaningful community service opportunities.   Faith Community- You have more in common then you think. Often the faith community is hesitant to get involved with coalition work because they think they will be forced to compromise their values or change their beliefs. By asking for ways you can serve the community, you will find that there is a respect for the clergy and a willingness to work together in most communities even if there can be differences in values or beliefs.     Coalition Community- You have more in common then you think. The coalition community can be hesitant because they think the faith community will try to push their agenda on the coalition. Research the faith leaders in your community and do some homework to find out about their beliefs and traditions. Look for things you have in common and offer to meet with them to explain the commonalities and ways you can partner together.     Next Episode: Subscribe now for free and you won’t miss episode 015

Organizing for Change Podcast - Episode 13 Show Notes Goal: “to equip coalitions, organizations, and individuals to bring change to their community”   Host, Amanda Decker and Producer, Ed Rand of the Organizing for Change Podcast sit down to talk about Vision and Mission and why it is so important to coalitions and organizations.     Welcome to Episode 013 of the Podcast: Vision and Mission   Organizing for Change Website: https://organizing4change.podbean.com/   Organizing for Change Twitter: @organizing4chng   3 Insights from This Episode:   Vision and Mission statements can help your coalition focus on what is really important. Although your coalition knows what you are trying to do to improve your community, it's easy to lose sight of this when dealing with the day-to-day hassles that plague all coalitions. Your vision and mission statements help members remember what is important as you go about doing your daily work. These  statements let other individuals and coalitions have a snapshot view of whom your group is and what it wants to do. When your vision and mission statements are easily visible (for example, if they are on the letterhead of your stationary), people can learn about your coalition without having to work hard for the information. Then, those with common interests can take the time necessary to learn more. Clearly, this can be very helpful when you are recruiting other people and coalitions to join in your effort. These statements are also very helpful in having members who are focused and bound together in common purpose. Not only do the statements themselves serve as a constant reminder of what is important to your coalition, the process of developing them allows people to see the coalition as "theirs." It's common sense: people will believe in something more completely if they had a hand in developing it.   Resources Amanda Mentions: Community Toolbox: https://ctb.ku.edu/en   Key Differences Chart: http://keydifferences.com/difference-between-vision-statement-and-mission-statement.html#ComparisonChart Next Episode: Subscribe now for free and you won’t miss episode 014

Organizing for Change Podcast - Episode 12 Show Notes Goal: “to equip coalitions, organizations, and individuals to bring change to their community” Host, Amanda Decker joins Jennifer Rowe, Assistant District Attorney for the Norfolk County District Attorney’s office.     Welcome to Episode 012 of the Podcast: A Champion for Change Guest: Jennifer Rowe, Assistant District Attorney for the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office Norfolk County District Attorney Website: http://www.mass.gov/norfolkda/ Organizing for Change Website: https://organizing4change.podbean.com/ Organizing for Change Twitter: @organizing4chng   3 Insights from This Episode: Find a Champion. The District Attorney’s Office had credibility and relationships with many diverse partners. They are champions for change, leveraging this influence to address gaps in information sharing around Rx prescribing (due to things like HIPPA,) by bringing people who do not traditionally work together to share information and create change. One of these ideas was to put on a conference for safe prescribing of medication. During this conference, medical prescribers (nurse practitioners, doctors, dentists etc), state officials, law enforcement (both local and national), educators, parents, and coalition members were able to talk about different experiences and realize how they were all connected to each other and were trained in their role how to prevent over prescribing. There is Nothing Like the Power of the Personal Story. In Norfolk County, any one is supposed to be able to get naloxone (the opioid reversal drug) from their pharmacy. Due to a number of circumstances, a number of people who try to pick up naloxone for their loved one are met with negative experiences. When Jen and the team wanted to talk to pharmacists about what the person getting naloxone experienced, they made a video with people’s actually experiences with attempting to obtain naloxone. This video was eye opening to everyone at the safe prescribing conference. A first hand experience that details the problem, has incredible power to create change. Identify the Right People. Jen and her team worked to find people who had the right information, resources and motives and put them to the task of mentoring other starting coalitions in Norfolk County. The DA’s office leveraged their influence to give credibility to other voices in the prevention field to create community change. Today, almost every community in Norfolk County has a Substance Use Prevention coalition (despite many of these coalition not having funding) and the DA’s office serves as a connector to provide ongoing training for coalitions.   Off air insight from Jen: Although HIPPA does not allow doctors to talk to someone other than the patient (without a waiver), this does not prevent the parent (spouse, grandparent etc) from talking to the doctor and giving them information. Many people do not understand that HIPPA does not prevent them from calling their loved ones doctor. Although the conversation will be a “one way street”, a “one way street” is still better than a “no way” street.   Next Episode: Subscribe now for free and you won’t miss episode 013

Organizing for Change Podcast - Episode 11 Show Notes Goal: “to equip coalitions, organizations, and individuals to bring change to their community”   In this episode we feature Dr. J. David Hawkins, Endowed Professor of Prevention Emeritus and Founding Director of the Social Development Research Group. Delivered as a Ted Talk style presentation, this recording was taken with permission at the 2017 Massachusetts Statewide Conference for Substance Use Prevention. Dr. Hawkins research focuses on understanding and preventing child and adolescent health and behavior problems. He seeks to identify risk and protective factors for health and behavior problems across multiple domains; to understand how these factors interact in the development of healthy behavior and the prevention of problem behaviors. He develops and tests prevention strategies which seek to reduce risk through the enhancement of strengths and protective factors in families, schools, and communities. He is principal investigator of the Community Youth Development Study, a randomized field experiment involving 24 communities across seven states testing the effectiveness of the Communities That Care prevention system developed by Hawkins and Richard F. Catalano. He has authored numerous articles and several books as well as prevention programs for parents and families, including Guiding Good Choices, Parents Who Care, and Supporting School Success. His prevention work is guided by the social development model, his theory of human behavior. Welcome to Episode 011 of the Podcast: Unleashing the Power of Prevention   Guest: Dr. J David Hawkins, Endowed Professor of Prevention Emeritus and Founding Director of the Social Development Research Group. Website: https://socialwork.uw.edu/faculty/j-david-hawkins Slides for presentation: http://edc.adobeconnect.com/p3ai7al0dlx8/?OWASP_CSRFTOKEN=7814175d80d0b9e3718de1b578b36ff27f2993a16a358be150f3aa94de7aae66 Organizing for Change Website: https://organizing4change.podbean.com/ Organizing for Change Twitter: @organizing4chng   4 Insights from This Episode:   Untested good ideas can make things worse. Dr. Hawkins speaks about prevention efforts of the past, which were untested. These efforts sounded good at the time, but were not effective and some even caused more harm than good. Use good ideas, but test them. Bonding provides the motivation for youth to live up to the standards. Dr. Hawkins says that street gangs understand bonding better than we do. He speaks about the power of bonding and how this protective factor makes youth more likely to embrace our message.     We can promote healthy development of young people. We have over 70 tested effective preventive programs now to reduce and prevent alcohol and drug addiction. Use the resources and tools that are tested and proven.     We will not solve the opioid epidemic unless we invest seriously in prevention. Dr. Hawkins talks about proven programs that reduce opioid use and how implementing them in our communities will address the opioid epidemic. Website Resources Dr. Hawkins mentions: Blueprints Programs: http://blueprintsprograms.com/ (University of Colorado) Surgeon General's Report: Effective Policies to Prevent Substance Use Disorder: https://addiction.surgeongeneral.gov/key-findings/prevention-programs Washington State Institute for Public Policy: (Cost Benefit Analysis of Prevention): http://www.wsipp.wa.gov/BenefitCost?topicId=7   Programs Dr. Hawkins mentions: Botvin LifeSkills: http://lifeskillstraining.com/ Strengthening Families: https://www.extension.iastate.edu/sfp10-14/ Prosper: http://evidencebasedprograms.org/prosper Communities that Care: https://www.communitiesthatcare.net/   If you found this helpful, share this episode with a coalition member, colleague or friend! Next Episode: Subscribe now for free and you won’t miss episode 012  

Organizing for Change Podcast - Episode 10 Show Notes Goal: “to equip coalitions, organizations, and individuals to bring change to their community”   Host, Amanda Decker joins Larissa Swenson of the Greater Boston Tobacco Free Community Partnership Program. For those working with Drug Free Communities funding, this sector fills the role of “Other Organization Working to Reduce Substance Disorder” Larissa engage stakeholders/organizations to increase community capacity and builds support for local tobacco control policies and regulations. She also partners with individuals and community coalitions to raise awareness about health issues related to tobacco use and serves as a liaison between the program and the program’s funder, the Massachusetts Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Program/Department of Public Health.   Welcome to Episode 010 of the Podcast: Changing the Landscape of Smoking Guest: Larissa Swenson of the Greater Boston Tobacco Free Community Partnership Website: http://makesmokinghistory.org Facebook:  https://m.facebook.com/MTFCP/   Organizing for Change Website: https://organizing4change.podbean.com/ Organizing for Change Twitter: @organizing4chng   3 Insights from This Episode: Ask Youth What They See. Larissa says when working to reduce you tobacco use, talk to youth and ask them what they see in their community. When making any type of change, asking questions is the best place to start. Build Partnerships. Look for people and groups who can support what you are looking to do. There are people who have the same goals in mind as you and will want to help. Support your efforts with data. Do your homework and back your efforts to create change with data. Larissa speaks about collecting data to reduce youth tobacco use and creating strategies around that data.     Upcoming event: November 16th Every year, on the third Thursday of November, smokers across the nation take part in the American Cancer Society Great American Smokeout event. Encourage someone you know to use the date to make a plan to quit, or plan in advance and then quit smoking that day. By quitting – even for 1 day – smokers will be taking an important step toward a healthier life and reducing their cancer risk. For more information: https://www.cancer.org/healthy/stay-away-from-tobacco/great-american-smokeout.html   Next Episode: Subscribe now for free and you won’t miss episode 011

Organizing for Change Podcast - Episode 09 Show Notes Goal: “to equip coalitions, organizations, and individuals to bring change to their community” Host, Amanda Decker joins the youth from the Ashland's Decisions at Every Turn (DAET) Coalition to talk about engaging youth in creating change. If you have questions about how to get more youth involved, what to have them do in your coalition and how to keep them engaged, this is the episode for you.   Welcome to Episode 009 of the Podcast: Empowering Youth Guest: Youth Members of the Ashland Decisions at Every Turn Coalition The DAET coalition is a community-based group with stakeholders from many organizations throughout Ashland. The group is dedicated to creating a safe and healthy Ashland by working as a community to prevent, reduce, and solve the problems that can lead to youth substance abuse. The coalition was awarded the Drug Free communities grant in 2013. DAET Website: http://www.ashlanddecisions.org/ DAET Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/ashlanddecisions/ Organizing for Change Website: https://organizing4change.podbean.com/ Organizing for Change Twitter: @organizing4chng   3 Insights from This Episode: Empower your youth. If you are making decisions in your organization, agency or community that affect youth, it is important to have youth involved in the process. Give youth real leadership roles. Empower youth to have real decision making authority. Often adults are hesitant to give youth authority when decision making because they are worried they will not make a great choice for their coalition or agency. This results in tokenism of youth (just having a youth at the table because you are supposed to). Train your youth. How do you increase the likelihood that youth will make a great choice for their coalition or agency? Train them. The DAET invested funds and time in training youth by sending them to the National Leadership forum put on by CADCA. This training for youth helps them to understand the process of change and breaks things down so the youth were able to put their knowledge to work in helping create their coalition's action plan for the next year. When the DAET youth were trained, they understood what needed to happen in order to create a working plan for their community. It is so important to regularly train your youth. When youth have the good training to make an informed decision, they can be a powerful asset to the coalition. Support your youth. Youth need to be valued and advocated for. Not every adult will believe youth are capable of working with your organization or coalition to make change. Having adult supporters to make sure the youth voice is heard and valued will make a big impact.   Next Episode: Subscribe now for free and you won’t miss episode 010

Organizing for Change Podcast - Episode 8 Show Notes Goal: “to equip coalitions, organizations, and individuals to bring change to their community” Host, Amanda Decker joins Holly Wehde, the CEO of Trades of Hope to talk about leadership and its importance when creating change. Welcome to Episode 008 of the Podcast: Community Change and Leadership   Guest: Holly Wehde, CEO Trades of Hope Holly is a visionary, a church planter, pastor’s wife, speaker, and Missional Entrepreneur. Whether it’s helping the hurting, starting Trades of Hope, mentoring leaders or helping marriages and families, her passion is helping people live with passion and purpose. Trades of Hope helps women in desperate places by selling their fair trade products through the party plan model. This creates a dignified partnership empowering women out of the sex industry, slums and sweatshops and extreme poverty. Holly talks to us today about creating trades of hope and the importance of leading and bring her company from a start up to five years later employing women all over the world. Trades of Hope Website: http://www.tradesofhope.com/ Trades of Hope Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/Tradesofhope/ Holly Wehde: http://mikeandhollylife.com/ Organizing for Change Website: https://organizing4change.podbean.com/ Organizing for Change Twitter: @organizing4chng   3 Insights from This Episode: Remember why you began. Holly speaks about crunching numbers late into the night and getting an email at 3am that told a story of a person that was deeply impacted by her organization. She says this really reminded her why she was putting in the long hours to make a difference. It is important to remember why you began the work and to communicate change stories to the team of people you are working with. Don’t be afraid of failure. Failure paves the way to success. If you have a dream, don’t be afraid to fail. Anybody who has ever done something truly great in this world, has failed multiple times. Be realistic. Sometimes our emotions get too attached to the cause and we make decisions based off emotion that are not the best for the organization. It is important to thoughtfully make decisions that are based on reality and not emotion.   Books Holly recommends: Hustle: The Power to Charge Your Life with Money, Meaning, and Momentum by Neil Patel, Patrick Vlaskovits, Jonas Koffler Winning with People by John Maxwell Cool technology Holly is using these days: “Basecamp” https://basecamp.com/ Next Episode: Subscribe now for free and you won’t miss episode 009