Podcasts about Noblesville High School

All Home Care Matters and our host, Lance A. Slatton welcome Yati Patel as guest to the show. About Yati Patel: Yati Patel is OTTI's Senior Student Ambassador and Team Captain for this school years HOSA, Future Healthcare Professionals, competition. She is currently a second-year student at Center for Sight and a Senior at Noblesville High School. After graduation she will be entering college as a Pre-Med student with the intent of joining the field of Ophthalmology. Yati's end goal is to be a surgeon, although she does not know which specialty Yati would like to focus her practice around, she is leaning heavily into the ever-growing need in the world of eyes. Yati has been working closely with Center for Sights, Austin Lifferth OD FAAO, on a Glaucoma study around the effects on eye pressure response, and correlation with weight lifting versus low-impact exercise. Yati will be presenting her results at the Indiana 2024/2025 HOSA competition in April of 2025, and hopes to continue developing the study for publication.

This week on Cultural Manifesto, listen to an interview with jazz bassist and educator Bethany Robinson. Robinson earned national recognition as a music teacher at Noblesville High School and was recently appointed as leader of the Purdue jazz program. Also hear a selection of notable new Hoosier music releases from artists including Airport People, Los Aptos, Hanna Benn, Jordan Munson, Jlin and more.

This week on Cultural Manifesto, listen to an interview with jazz bassist and educator Bethany Robinson. Robinson earned national recognition as a music teacher at Noblesville High School and was recently appointed as leader of the Purdue jazz program. Also hear a selection of notable new Hoosier music releases from artists including Airport People, Los Aptos, Hanna Benn, Jordan Munson, Jlin and more.

Corya Channing is a retired college professor teaching communication and drama courses in her career, spending more than 20 years at Purdue Northwest. She joins her nephew Jimmy from Miller Beach in Gary, Indiana to talk about her experiences in the classroom, how communication has changed over the years, and what that means for the survival of American democracy. Corya documents her role as editor of Noblesville High School's newspaper, working many late nights alongside her mom & Jimmy's grandmother Beba to complete it. Beba's popularity as the journalism instructor was part of what inspired Corya to become a teacher. Both Jimmy & Corya provide methods to prevent stage fright and the fear of public speaking. Finally, Corya shares the best advice she has received in her career for anyone thinking about becoming a teacher. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jbkonair/support

Bio 19 years (18 seasons) as head coach at Noblesville High School 1 state championship 4 conference championships 2final fours 4 sectional championships Probability & Stats Teacher at noblesville high school.  Member of the Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association leadership Council.   Time Stamps 01:00- Sustained success at Noblesville 06:00- Standards 22:00- Summer Wrap Up and Fall Training 38:00- Player meetings  48:00- Post Season Play 53:00- Player/Parent Meetings 58:00 -Quick Hitters 1:09:00- Contact Information

This is Season 1, Episode 9 of FocusED, and it features guest, Don Wettrick. It was originally recorded live for a studio audience in Delaware, provided as a professional development experience for Delaware teachers and leaders. Don't miss what Don has to say about the future of schools, innovation, and project-based learning. “This is as simple as doing relevant things and then taking it a little bit higher.” ~ Don Wettrick ________________________________________ Don Wettrick Brings Tons of Experience to FocusED Listeners Don Wettrick is the founder of The STARTedUP Foundation, author of Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level and Innovation Specialist at Noblesville High School, central IN. Don is known for his award-winning work as a middle school and high school teacher; educational and innovation consultant; and educational speaker. ------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for listening to FocusED, an educational leadership podcast brought to you by TheSchoolHouse302 @ theschoolhouse302.com. FocusED is your educational leadership podcast where our mission is to dissect a particular focus for teachers and school leaders so that you can learn to lead better and grow faster in your school or district with more knowledge, better understanding, and clear direction on what to do next. This episode was brought to you by GhostBed, a family-owned business of sleep experts with 20+ years of experience. With 30K+ 5-star reviews, you can't go wrong with GhostBed. Their mattresses are handcrafted, and they come with a 101-night-at-home-sleep trial. For a limited time, you can get 30% by using our code — SH302 — at checkout. And, even if you tell someone about GhostBed, you can earn a $100 referral reward. Go to Ghostbed.com today and use SH302 at checkout.

In this fantastic episode of The EdUp Experience, sponsored by The Evolllution, we talk with Don A. Wettrick CEO, President at the STARTedUP Foundation. Don talks us about how (and why) we can incorporate entrepreneurship in middle and high school. He also discuses his take on the difference between being clever and innovative. Listen in to hear a very innovative practical example of a win, win, win scenario that a few of his students created! Don Wettrick is the founder of The STARTedUP Foundation, author of “Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level” and Innovation Specialist at Noblesville High School, central IN. Don is known for his award-winning work as a middle school and high school teacher; educational and innovation consultant; and educational speaker. Thanks so much for tuning in. Join us again next time for another episode! Contact Us! Connect with the hosts - Elvin Freytes, Elizabeth Leiba, and Dr. Joe Sallustio ● If you want to get involved, leave us a comment or rate us! ● Join the EdUp community at The EdUp Experience! ● Follow us on Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Twitter | YouTube Thanks for listening! We make education your business!

Don is the founder and president of The STARTedUP Foundation & StartEdUp Innovation, LLC, the author of “Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level”, host of his own podcast “Learning by Doing”, the Innovation Specialist at Noblesville High School, and an exceptional, sought after keynote speaker for schools and companies. Don is globally recognized and appreciated for his award-winning work as a middle school and high school teacher; educational and innovation consultant; and educational speaker. Without doubt, Don is the quintessentialy smart, funny and caring teacher/educator, we all wish we had for ourselves, and have for our children. Don posts great content on Linkedin, and you can can follow Don (along with 40,000+ humans) on Twitter @DonWettrick. Learn more about Innovate withIN Connect with Don on Linkedin Connect with Don on Twitter  Listen to the STARTedUP  podcast Buy Don's book, Pure Genius Sponsors: Talevation Ninety.io Straticos Buy your copy of Level-UP To Professional: Second Edition

Luka, Lennon, and Kyle are a group of 3 boys that attend Noblesville High School. 2 Seniors and 1 Junior share what it is like to grow up in 2019, from a child's prospective, talking about all sorts of topics.

Our guest challenges us to reexamine our thinking about the value and cost of college. Are there valid alternatives, and what does this view mean to those of us who work every day to prepare students for higher education? Follow on Twitter: @gustafsonbrad @benjamingilpin @donwettrick @bamradionetwork Don Wettrick is the Innovation Coordinator at Noblesville High School and author of Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level. He has worked as a middle school and high school teacher; educational and innovation consultant; CEO, and podcast host; founder StartEdUp. Brad Gustafson is the principal and lead learner at Greenwood Elementary in Minnesota and author of Renegade Leadership: Creating Innovative Schools for Digital Age Learners. Ben Gilpin is currently the principal at Warner Elementary School in Spring Arbor. He has a Master’s in education from Spring Arbor University and has an Educational Leadership Certification through Eastern Michigan University.

Don Wettrick is the founder of the STARTedUP Foundation, author of “Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level” and was the Innovation Specialist at Noblesville High School in central Indiana. Don is known for his award-winning work as a middle school and high school teacher; educational and innovation consultant; and educational speaker. During our conversation, you'll hear about Don's experience inspiring teens both in and out of the classroom and about the important work the STARTedUp foundation is doing. You won't want to miss Don's advice to teens about the steps they can take NOW to get started on their journey to discovering their path to a happy and fulfilled life.

Don Wettrick is the President and Founder of StartedUP, an organization dedicated to help transform the school culture toward innovation and enable student-led entrepreneurship. He’s also Innovation Coordinator at Noblesville High School, and author of "Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level." Wettrick has worked as a middle school and high school teacher; educational and innovation consultant; CEO, and podcast host. Don has lectured across the US, Europe, South America and Africa about collaboration, social media use, and work environments that enable innovation. Through his travel, he has worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley to Ghana, and seeks to bring that entrepreneurial mindset into our classrooms. His podcast, StartEdUp, has featured some of the most successful entrepreneurs, authors, and thought leaders in the world- focusing on educational change. Given my work with the Lemonade Stand program, I really enjoyed my conversation with Don, as we riffed on all things student entrepreneurship. We covered myriad topics, including: The difference between teaching entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial thinking Why the current tendency to play the victim card instead of take ownership is limiting the potential of today’s students and their contributions to the world; and Where today’s K12 school system falls short, and how to plug these gaps This only scratches the surface of what was discussed, so sit back, and enjoy my conversation with the one and only, Don Wettrick. Topics Discussed: Don’s mission Today’s jobs that didn’t exist 20 years ago The hedgehog theory Skills v attitude Conflicts of interest in the school system, often between parents and their children’s interests Open-source learning in the K12 classroom Creative ways to work within the constraints your current budget and system Collaborating with experts and mentors to augment the K12 learning experience Is STEM overrated? Can teachers only teach children to become teachers? Developing emotional fortitude and moving kids away from entitlement The school system often prepares kids to be compliant and execute set procedure, but not to challenge the status quo and adapt to changes Trojan Horse thinking Always be testing Create value for others first if you want to create value for yourself Strong opinions, weakly held The folly of standardized testing Why giving our youth comfortable upbringings can be their undoing in adult life  Show notes: StartEdUp: www.startedupinnovation.com StartEdUp Foundation: https://startedupfoundation.org/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donwettrick Don’s book, Pure Genius: https://amzn.to/2BjSMQB  ------- Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts  goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski Instagram: www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski Steve's book: www.employeetoentrepreneur.io NEW Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/

Don Wettrick is the founder of The STARTedUP Foundation, author of “Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level” and Innovation Specialist at Noblesville High School, central IN. Don is known for his award-winning work as a middle school and high school teacher; educational and innovation consultant; and educational speaker. Don boasts a notable audience an following of fellow modernisers who care passionately about the future of education such as Seth Godin, JT Mccormick, Jeff Hoffman, Gary Vaynerchuk and Tom Bilyeu. Don talks to Ed Andrew on Human Impact about the future of education, parenting, innovation and entrepreneurship for kids and college students and the challenges of building a foundation.

Don Wettrick is President of the StartEdUp Foundation, where he and his team are on a mission to help students 14-18 develop and nurture an entrepreneurial mindset.   It has been anything but a direct path for this award winning middle school and high school teacher who decided to step away from the classroom after more than two decades. He puts the blame on Gary Vee, who challenged Don to see the world as his classroom.  The origins of the STARTedUP Foundation evolved from the work Don undertook in the classroom at Noblesville High School, his book “Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level,” his tireless efforts as host of the StartEdUp Podcast, and his own efforts at entrepreneurship. It’s rare to find someone with Don’s level of passion and commitment that is combined with the courage to act and step outside of his comfort zone. In this episode Don talks about: The origins of the StartEdUp Foundation How working with people like Seth Godin and J.T. McCormick attracted the attention of potential funders The foundations focus on creating eco systems that support student entrepreneurship Why he loves the first touch points when meeting with new students Why the biggest hurdle is also around teaching young people to change their mindset His love/hate relationship with organizational vision and mission statements His love for shiny objects and why he is blessed to have such a great support team His thoughts about the differences between GenZ and Millenials And why he decided it was time to go all in with the foundation Don was guest number 1 on Screw the Naysayers. I’m so honoured to have him back to help us celebrate episode 150. Enjoy… You can reach Don at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donwettrick/Website:  https://startedupfoundation.org/   Please do not hesitate to reach out to me. I’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, and stories, or just make a connection.Email-  tim@screwthenaysayers.com Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/stnwithtimalison/ Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/screwthenaysayers/ LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-alison/ Screw The Naysayers- www.screwthenaysayers.com  iTunes: https://apple.co/2LkWSPV Screw the Naysayers Episode Page: https://screwthenaysayers.com/podcast                         Google Play Music: https://bit.ly/2NBgqMv Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2MF5T6g Stitcher: https://bit.ly/2uYCsRC Podbean: https://screwthenaysayers.podbean.com/e/150-Don-Wettrick/ 

Don Wettrick is the founder of StartEdUp (a company focused on developing future-ready kids and not just good test-takers), he's the author of Pure Genius, and he taught a class called "Innovation and Open Source Learning" at Noblesville High School in Indiana. Don is known for his award-winning work as a middle school and high school teacher; educational and innovation consultant; and educational speaker, being featured in several major media publications like Forbes along the way. He's talked with Gary Vaynerchuk, Seth Godin, Robert Greene, and Alex Banayan on his StartEdUp podcast to talk about the noble cause of education. Visit Don: https://startedupfoundation.org/ | @DonWettrick on Twitter | StartEdUp Podcast | https://www.futurereadyu.com/

This episode is all about mindset and how Don Wettrick the founder of StartEdUp, author of “Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level” and Innovation Specialist at Noblesville High School, central IN is shaping high school kids who want and have the drive to find their purpose and create new technology and innovation. During this episode Don and I share our view on the current state of education and how important it is nurture talent for the sake of protecting our future generations mental health.

As we honor high school and college graduates in the congregation, Pastor Jerry Rairdon and Noblesville High School senior Josh Kozicki share a message on what the church of the future should look like.

Our guest today is Don Wettrick. He is the Innovation Coordinator for Noblesville High School, the founder and President of The STARTedUP Foundation, and the author of "Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level." The STARTedUP Foundation empowers student entrepreneurs and innovators with collaborative, immersive experiences, accelerator programs, and seed funding for students under 20 years old. As a public speaker, Don specializes in educational development with a focus on innovation and entrepreneurship. He also helps groups understand and utilize blogging and collaboration in social media integration.In this episode, Don delivers a strong message about the prospects facing today’s students in tomorrow’s heavily automated employment market and urges schools to take a stand now for creating an innovative, entrepreneurship culture. He details the mindset, strategies, and key players needed to make change happen in the education community. Listen and take note of how schools can step-up to the challenge of preparing students for a market that we cannot yet even imagine from the chairs that we occupy today.In our discussion, we cover:3:10 Don offers the insight that up until about 10 years ago, traditional education had a pretty good track record for success, but that has dramatically changed. 7:20 Andrew asks if Don has any advice for school leaders who are seeing competition pop up in their immediate area. 9:35 Don responds to Andrew’s question about whether parents seem to be willing to consider a future job market where 50% of jobs will be freelance. 11:50 Andrew asks Don to help school leaders visualize the beginning stages of the shift toward implementing innovative opportunities in schools. 16:10 Don talks about the necessary mindset change in schools from chasing grades to creating a culture of innovation. 18:30 Don responds to Andrew’s question about whether school leaders should brand their product and sell. 21:00 Andrew asks Don if every school is becoming a media school.21:50 Don talks about what his foundation is doing to help create innovation. 24:30 Don responds to Andrew’s question about what will happen if colleges begin to change their admissions requirements. 26:45 Andrew and Don discuss the ways that innovation can happen very quickly when the market responds to change.Quotes:1:50 “The future is looking very automated.”5:10 “Social media is a windfall opportunity for students if they treat it professionally.”7:30 “The hardest part is getting a school to see that doing well on the SAT is not preparing kids for the future.”17:10 “Cool idea; now, what do you do with it?”17:50 “We’re entering this new economy where new ideas are worth something.”19:28 “Everybody is stealing great ideas, and that’s awesome.”26:45 “Forbes tells us that by next year, half the nation’s jobs will be freelance.”Here are some resources mentioned in our discussion:Seth Godin, This Is Marketing - https://seths.blog/tim/Gary Vaynerchuk at VaynerX - www.garyvaynerchuk.com/Do we want to mention him since this is an advertising agency?Where to learn more about Don Wettrick:Don’s Foundation - https://startedupfoundation.org/Email - dwettrick@startedupfoundation.orgTwitter - https://twitter.com/DonWettrickLinkedin - linkedin.com/in/donwettrick/

Don Wettrick is currently the Innovation Coordinator at Noblesville High School, and is the author of "Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level." Wettrick has worked as a middle school and high school teacher; educational and innovation consultant; CEO, and podcast host. He is also the founder of StartEdUp, an organization dedicated to helping transform the school culture toward innovation and enable student-led entrepreneurship.   His podcast, StartEdUp, has featured some of the most successful entrepreneurs, authors, and thought leaders in the world- focusing on educational change. Most importantly Don works with educators, students, and entrepreneurs to bring innovation and collaborative skills into education.   In this episode, Shane Haggerty talks to Don about all of this work he does, we learn about the future of the StartEdUp Foundation, and hear a great story about the time he landed an interview with Gary Vaynerchuk...and about how it went awry, but led to some other great opportunities.    StartEdUp Foundation: https://startedupfoundation.org/   Google Plus Hangout On Air: https://youtu.be/NF13CUSHzlQ   Don Wettrick on Twitter: Twitter.com/donwettrick  

Don Wettrick is the founder of StartEdUp (a company focused on developing future-ready kids, not just good test-takers), author of “Pure Genius," and he's an Innovation Specialist at Noblesville High School. Don is known for his award-winning work as a middle school and high school teacher, being featured in several major media publications like Forbes along the way. He's spoken with Gary Vaynerchuk, Seth Godin, Robert Greene, and Alex Banayan on his StartEdUp podcast to talk about education. Please, help me in welcoming, the man who is transforming students into young entrepreneurs … my education superhero … Don Wettrick. Visit Don: startedupinnovation.com | Twitter | Podcast Feel free to send me an email to Jordan@JordanParisHealth.com

Don Wettrick is an Innovation Coordinator at Noblesville High School, just outside Indianapolis, IN. He is the author of "Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level." He is also the President of the STARTedUP Foundation, which is the first nonprofit that supports high school entrepreneurs with mentorship, money, and media. Links • Website: http://www.startedupinnovation.com • StartEdUp Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/startedup/ • StartEdUp Podcast: http://www.startedupinnovation.com/podcast • Intro Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUuDGGyUQ9s • Forbes Article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/robynshulman/2018/08/21/teacher-and-students-visit-new-york-to-pitch-and-learn-from-leading-entrepreneurs/#62a7d7e92127 • Boston Dynamics Atlas Robot: https://www.bostondynamics.com/atlas • JT McCormick: https://jtmccormick.com • Dan Pink TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation?language=en • Innovate WithIN: https://innovatewithin.org • Simon Sinek on Millennials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hER0Qp6QJNU You can find all our episodes on SoundCloud, the iTunes Store, Google Play, and Spotify. Subscribe to our Newsletter at: www.schoolofthoughtproductions.com/contact/ We would love to connect with you! Please email us at schoolofthoughtpodcast@gmail.com to tell us who you are, what you think about the show, and who we should talk to next. Connect with us and the rest of our tribe by searching for School of Thought Podcast on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Don Wettrick is an Innovation Coordinator at Noblesville High School, just outside Indianapolis, IN. He is the author of "Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level." He is also the President of the STARTedUP Foundation, which is the first nonprofit that supports high school entrepreneurs with mentorship, money, and media. Links • Website: http://www.startedupinnovation.com • StartEdUp Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/startedup/ • StartEdUp Podcast: http://www.startedupinnovation.com/podcast • Intro Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUuDGGyUQ9s • Forbes Article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/robynshulman/2018/08/21/teacher-and-students-visit-new-york-to-pitch-and-learn-from-leading-entrepreneurs/#62a7d7e92127 • Boston Dynamics Atlas Robot: https://www.bostondynamics.com/atlas • JT McCormick: https://jtmccormick.com • Dan Pink TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation?language=en • Innovate WithIN: https://innovatewithin.org • Simon Sinek on Millennials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hER0Qp6QJNU You can find all our episodes on SoundCloud, the iTunes Store, Google Play, and Spotify. Subscribe to our Newsletter at: www.schoolofthoughtproductions.com/contact/ We would love to connect with you! Please email us at schoolofthoughtpodcast@gmail.com to tell us who you are, what you think about the show, and who we should talk to next. Connect with us and the rest of our tribe by searching for School of Thought Podcast on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

In this episode,  Innovation Specialist Don Wettrick shares insights from his nationally-recognized Innovation Class at Noblesville High School near Indianapolis, IN and reflects on why his students are "enterprising, creative and opportunity driven" as they learn real-world skills through the power of networking and open source learning. He also discusses his book, Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level, and how his StartEdUp Network empowers students and teachers to actively change education through employing innovation and entrepreneurship in the classroom. Twitter: @DonWettrick. Websites: www.startedupinnovation.com.  Become A Supporter You can now help keep the conversation going by supporting the Reimagine Schools Podcast with a small monthly donation to help sustain future episodes. Thanks for your support! anchor.fm/greg-goins/support  About Dr. Greg Goins As the Founder/Host of the Reimagine Schools Podcast, Dr. Greg Goins has emerged as one of the nation's leading voices on visionary leadership and the path to transforming our schools. He currently serves as the Director of the Educational Leadership Program at Georgetown College (KY) and previously spent 15 years as a school district superintendent in Illinois. Dr. Goins is a passionate keynote speaker and is available to speak at your next education conference or school PD day. To book Dr. Goins, please send inquiries to drgreggoins@gmail.com.  Twitter: @DrGregGoins. Website: www.reimagineschools.net.  Become a supporter of this podcast: anchor.fm/greg-goins/support  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/greg-goins/support

Don Wettrick is the Innovation Coordinator at Noblesville High School, and is the author of "Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level." Wettrick has worked as a middle school and high school teacher; educational and innovation consultant; CEO, and podcast host. He is also the founder of StartEdUp, an organization dedicated to help transform the school culture toward innovation and enable student-led entrepreneurship. Don has lectured across the US, Europe, South America and Africa about collaboration, social media use, and work environments that enable innovation. Through his travel, he has worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley to Ghana, and seeks to bring that entrepreneurial mindset into our classrooms. His podcast, StartEdUp, has featured some of the most successful entrepreneurs, authors, and thought leaders in the world- focusing on educational change. Most importantly Don works with educators, students, and entrepreneurs to bring innovation and collaborative skills into education.StartEdUp is a global network of the most renowned innovators, educators and entrepreneurs. We define and employ the tactics of real innovation and leave the buzzwords in the dust.Please do NOT hesitate to reach out to me on LinkedIn, Instagram, or via email mark@vudream.comLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/Twitter - https://twitter.com/markymetryMedium - https://medium.com/@markymetryFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/Humans.2.0.PodcastMark Metry - https://www.markmetry.com/Humans 2.0 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Humans2Podcast

Don Wettrick is the Innovation Coordinator at Noblesville High School, and is the author of "Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level." Wettrick has worked as a middle school and high school teacher; educational and innovation consultant; CEO, and podcast host. He is also the founder of StartEdUp, an organization dedicated to help transform the school culture toward innovation and enable student-led entrepreneurship. Don has lectured across the US, Europe, South America and Africa about collaboration, social media use, and work environments that enable innovation. Through his travel, he has worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley to Ghana, and seeks to bring that entrepreneurial mindset into our classrooms. His podcast, StartEdUp, has featured some of the most successful entrepreneurs, authors, and thought leaders in the world- focusing on educational change. Most importantly Don works with educators, students, and entrepreneurs to bring innovation and collaborative skills into education.StartEdUp is a global network of the most renowned innovators, educators and entrepreneurs. We define and employ the tactics of real innovation and leave the buzzwords in the dust.Please do NOT hesitate to reach out to me on LinkedIn, Instagram, or via email mark@vudream.comLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/Twitter - https://twitter.com/markymetryMedium - https://medium.com/@markymetryFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/Humans.2.0.PodcastMark Metry - https://www.markmetry.com/Humans 2.0 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Humans2Podcast

In this second episode of a two part series, CEO and Founder of StartEdUp, Don Wettrick continues on how innovation in the classroom creates disruption in the business world. He's also a Noblesville High School teacher and host of The StartEdUp Podcast. ---- Do you have a question? Looking to get help on a business decision? Know a great guest for our show? Email roipod@iupui.edu so we can help your organization make better business decisions. ---- Ready to take your next step? Check out if a Kelley MBA is right for you: https://bit.ly/35aeAfZ ---- Show Notes: MATT: Welcome to another episode of the ROI Podcast presented by the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, I'm your host Matt Martella joined by, as always, Associate Dean of Academic Programs, Phil Powell. Before we dive into this episode, I just want to say, thank you to everyone who has shared our podcast on social media and with friends. We work hard to help organizations make better decisions through our weekly content. And if this is your first time joining us, we just want to say welcome. If you enjoy our podcast, we would really appreciate it if you left us a review on iTunes. ||ROI PODCAST MUSIC|| On this episode, we're continuing with part two of this two part series with CEO of StartedUp, Don Wettrick who is working to change education by leading and inspiring teachers and students with innovation and entrepreneurship. PHIL: Last week Don took us inside his classroom where he carefully teaches students to think for themselves. It's not about receiving a grade in his class to graduate, it's about creating innovation among his students. He also shared some incredible success stories from his students. If you missed the first part, I highly recommend you go back and take a listen because Don sets the foundation for today's topic. Today, Don's helping us apply what he teaches his students – innovation as the breeding grounds for success. It all starts with educating ourselves well past graduation. Don Wettrick: Refocus on what your education even is; even if you're 46, I'm 46, right? That's the one thing I love about being in this class, on most days, I'm the dumbest person in this room. My students, collectively, know way more than I ever will. So I'm constantly... we use this term way too much, but I'm a life-long learner. And I also spot trends. And I want to be a part of that. Therefore, and I'm not bashing people, like, I'm mortified that people will brag about the fact that they've binged watched a season of, fill in your favorite show over a weekend. I'm like, why? Why? So I'm looking to improve or get left behind. Watching Game of Thrones, season one through five is just stupid, in my humble opinion. If you're filling your brain with positive things and things that are going to move you forward, you're going to be ahead. And that's not compliance based, that's just me wanting to be better. But the whole.. my thing I can't stand when you hear this around graduation, "I'm outta here!" That's signalling that you are done learning. There is nothing more toxic in our society than you being done learning. Right? So if you are 46, if you are 56, you can constantly upgrade, you can constantly re-invent yourself, and by the way you should. Because there are a lot of things that are scarily going to go away. And if you are than, you are going to be ahead of the game. MATT: Yet, innovation and education cannot thrive without failure. Don Wettrick: This is my favorite thing to talk about. I'm going to give a metaphor. Asking a kid, if they had to buy a video game, a video game now costs $75 bucks unless it's Fortnite, which is free, which it's not free but... If they spent $75 bucks, and they beat the game on the first try, they would hate the game. Because there's no failure! People like failure. Like, when we ask a girl to dance, and every time we got a yes, that's just straight up boring. There's no challenge in that. We like failure - we just don't like it in school. And this is my whole point of the whole compliance thing, are we here to learn? Or are we here to comply? I remember when I was in college, there were two types of professors. There was one professor that, he was a little bit free-spirited, let's say and that everybody got an "A" and you were there to learn. Or there was the guy that said, "hey, this class is going to be tough but it's going to be worth it." The drop/add period, no one wanted the professor that challenged you! Because you weren't there you learn, you were there to get a grade and just get a degree. That's scary! Now again, I got away with that in 1995. That's different. So the whole approach failure I then, again that culture build? Hey, what are you here for? By the way, my grading is based on their reflections. They tell me what they deserve. And they usually don't B-S me. By the third or fourth week, they know you're not going to B-S me out of it. So if you're like, I deserve an "A," why? And then you tell me why. But that failure has got to be a part of it. No one ever first released a product on their first iteration. Actually it wouldn't be an iteration if it's their first try, but you get my point. It's got to be a part of it. And once you get that off the table, like okay, let's all breath, it's ok if this first line of code doesn't work or if your first event didn't get 100 people to show up to it, that is version number one, it's cool. MATT: For some, we wrestle with, “well, I was not born an entrepreneur, therefore I cannot start…” fill in the blank. But Don disagrees. Don Wettrick: There are some born entrepreneurs, I'm sure. And there are risk takers. But I'm going to quote Adam Grant. I really liked Adam Grant's book, Originals. Opening chapter is the kids, the college students that started Warby Parker. They all had backups. They were all going to take really cool jobs if this Warby Parker thing didn't work out. And I think that there's this misnomer that the total "Maverick," the total screw it all, I'm going all in, putting all the chips in the middle of the table as an entrepreneur. The measured, careful, "I'm going to be prudent about this" is also an entrepreneur. So it can always be trained. I shudder when people think, "I was a born entrepreneur." They're made as well. There's a difference between imagination and creativity, but then there's a difference between creativity and innovation. Imagination you think it, creativity you start doing it, right? If it's really creative and totally new or at least totally new to you, now it's innovative. That is our priority one. Starting them to see opportunities and starting to see things in a different light, that is needed in today's workforce. Workforce, as in you're working for somebody else. I'm cool with that. However, in that innovation process, if they're like, "Wettrick, I'm onto something." That is when the pressure's off. I don't force them to be entrepreneurial, but that's when we have some time to say, "okay, now let's go through lean start up, let's go through a canvas method, let's go through Gantt charts," you know, pick your poison. Once they have that entrepreneurial mindset and some skills, then they I gently encourage them to pursue it. And then that's kind of what our foundation does, I can get into that later, but you know I started looking into, alright, let's look into seed funding or see if you can boots strap this or etc. But again, I don't force them to be entrepreneurial, I just encourage it if they get to that level. The fun part is that sometimes they're in the later stages of life and they have some capital and they can hire my students. One of the things we have coming up here we will run an analytics and several other things. We're going to go out and help small businesses. I'm actually getting small businesses approaching us, which is a great thing to have. But I'm like, "okay, be on standby. I would rather my students go and find you." I don't want to like, "you get this company, and you get that company." I'm telling them, go out and find it. Just the other day, I went to a restaurant in Indianapolis, which I won't say who they were. It was a fantastic experience and no one was in there. I'm like, what the literal hell. And they're like, "we hope more people will talk about it." I'm like, "what's your Facebook page? What are you branding? How are you marketing? Do you incentive anybody that checks in on Snapchat?" - "What's Snapchat?" - Oh my God, come on! $5 in ads will increase your traffic. My kids can go and help that business right now. So I'll get in these strike-up conversations and I'm like, "Here's my number, call my students." But I'm trying to train them to do that. So they can start reaching out to the place that makes the wonderful cupcakes but they're in their 70s or the new business that just opened down the street and they sell whatever. I want my students to go, "Hey, I've been working on this stuff in class. Can I put it to use?" And that's a great thing. Again, I don't expect them all to be in business or be entrepreneurial, but just helping them just gives them and insight and awareness on how to make things better.    MATT: And it's up to us, organizational leaders, to identify innovators, then come alongside them in mentorship. Don says we also need to knock down the walls that hinder innovation. Especially in the education world. Don Wettrick: My first instinct would just say, get them out into the real world while they're in class. I think that there's a lot to be learned in theory. There are certain things you have to learn, but there's also a lot of the experiential that isn't going to be in the classroom, ever. So the more you can find mentorships, the more you can collaborate, the more you can help other, smaller businesses in Marion County, Monroe County, wherever would be beneficial in my opinion. And then also, and I don't know what your guys's policy is, take away the I-P thing. That is one of the things that have changed here in my 2nd year of this class. And for full disclosure, this wasn't at Noblesville. But the high school where I was at, our students wrote a book and put it out on Amazon. And it wasn't going to be a best seller, but it was starting to sell some books. And they were like, "hey, where's our royalty check?" I'm like, "what do you mean?" And they're like, "well, the students wrote it on the school's computers, right?" - "Yeah" - "On school time, right?" - "Yeah" - "By interviewing other students, right?" - "Yeah" - "That's our check." Legally they're right. So Noblesville, man I'm living the dream here, anything the students come up with here, it's their I-P. So that's my beef, I don't know the policies of Kelley, but that is my beef with a lot of colleges. If you come up with something on university time, the university owns it. That's gotta end. And by the way, a lot of times when your students go on to be really successful, they'll write a nice check anyway.   MATT: Innovation is not simply inventing the next best product. Innovation happens within our branding – both organizationally and personally. Don Wettrick: And lastly, everybody, and this is my Gary V. moment, every company is a media company. Every person is their own media brand. I think if you are 56 you can re-invent yourself. You can stand for something. Whether that's through your church, whether that's through your works, your hobbies, your passions. If you're really into smurfs comic books, you could be one of the most authoritarians on smurf comic books, seasons one through eight, if all of a sudden you wanted to grow and brand that. You can stand for something and there's never been an easier time than now. So if you're 56, 66, 76, 26, you can still start learning and pursuing those passions. PHIL: (CLOSING REMARKS) ||ROI PODCAST MUSIC|| MATT: So let's recap. As leaders, Don says we need to refocus our education – we need to stay hungry to learn and looking to re-invent ourselves because we will either improve or get left behind in this world. Next, people enjoy failure – not all the time, but in doses. We want the challenge of learning how to succeed. Videogames are dull if they don't have moments of failure. Just like success is not sweet if we don't have that hero's journey of overcoming obstacles. Don then explains that entrepreneurs and innovators are not simply, “let's go all in” minded. Some very successful innovators have amazing back up plans in case their ideas fall through. And great news, one is not simply born an entrepreneur, we all have the ability to learn how to innovate. Finally, our organizations and individual likeness are brands. No matter our age, no matter our organization, we possess the tools to re-invent ourselves and stand for a deep held belief. As always, we want to thank you for listening. Our goal with each episode is to help organizations make better decisions. This has been another episode of the ROI Podcast presented by the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. I'm your host, Matt Martella alongside Phil Powell. We'll see you next week.

Tucked away inside the Nobilesville High School library, a room full of students make scribbles on a white, dry-erase board. Fired up from a live video-interview with Seth Godin, these teens start bringing their ideas to life as they collaborate in groups, answering the tough question, "why?" In this first episode of a two part series, CEO and Founder of StartEdUp, Don Wettrick demonstrates how innovation in the classroom creates disruption in the business world. He's also hosts The StartEdUp Podcast. ---- Do you have a question? Looking to get help on a business decision? Know a great guest for our show? Email roipod@iupui.edu so we can help your organization make better business decisions. ---- Ready to take your next step? Check out if a Kelley MBA is right for you: https://bit.ly/35aeAfZ ---- SHOW NOTES: MATT: Welcome to another episode of the ROI Podcast presented by the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, where we help organizations make better business decisions, I'm your host, Matt Martella, joined by, as always, Associate Dean of Academic Programs, Phil Powell. If you're tuning in for the first time, first off, thank you for joining us. It's an honor to spend this time with you each week. Normally we discuss practical business and leadership tips with the help of our faculty members or industry experts. However, this week, we have a special treat for you. We're doing a two-part series, featuring CEO and Co-Founder of StartEDup, Don Wettrick. His not-for-profit received recognition from progressive leaders, such as Seth Godin, Tim Ferriss, and Gary Vaynerchuk, just to name a few. He hosts a leadership podcast called The Started Up Podcast, which receives thousands of downloads per episode and they're no stranger to Forbes Magazine either. Forbes has featured Wettrick numerous times for his progressive style of teaching. Don Wettrick is also a teacher at Noblesville High School where he's disrupting traditional educational learning by letting students decide what THEY want to learn, then empowering them to do so. PHIL: (ADLIB) Don Wettrick: This is a class at Noblesville High School, called Innovation and Open Sourced Learning. It's called that because the first six... seven weeks it's an innovation course. Like we literally try to teach you how to think for yourself, how to re-frame problems, how to create seekers and peekers, not moaners and groaners, I'll get into that in a little bit. And the rest of the year then, is open sourced learning in a sense that some of the things that you specifically want to learn that I'm not good at, you should build a network and find those people. So, if you said I really want to get into coding Python, I can't do that. But I can sure as heck help you find people that do know that. And so therefore they open source their learning… I don't like it when people moan, "well it's not what you know, it's who you know," okay, let's know people.  MATT: The big draw for students comes from the open learning environment. Tucked away inside the Noblesville High School library, a few dozen students collaborate in pods, not desks, working together to find solutions to ideas THEY generated. However, getting to the point of passion for these students takes intentional conversations, early on. Don Wettrick: If you tell a student, "hey, go learn something." What? That is, and I'm going to call a timeout, because that's the hard part about this class, is that when I first started it, I set them free a little bit too soon. Because a lot of times kids go, "oh, finally a class where I can do what I want to do." What do you want to do? Oh, I don't know. And they're so used to being told sit down, shut your mouth and work on this. That's natural. So the freedom thing has to be released a little bit slower. Answering the fundamental question of why you're in school. And for years it was compliance. You know, I was just talking earlier before you came in. I didn't go... and I fully admit, when I graduated in 19-90-something, I didn't' go to learn. I went to go get a degree. Because in 1995, if you had a degree, you're good. That's dead! If you don't have skills, you're not employable. And that's mortifying to me because I think there are a lot of students that still have, because their parents, that worked for them... "Oh just go and major in anything, it won't matter." Yes it does matter! And if they don't come out with skills, it's hurting. So I think what's been resinating and I think two-thirds of the people on my show are entrepreneurs. They're rule breakers, they're let's try this my way. That is asking, "then why are we here? Why are we in this school?" Well it's to prepare our kids for the future.. okay, what is it about, what's futuristic about some of the things we do? And by the way, I think traditional education still has a place. You cannot be innovative if you do not know how to read. You cannot be innovative if you do not know how to communicate. You cannot be innovative if you do not understand or appreciate history or how it's going to repeat itself. So I still love education, but there has to be a time and a space where you are allowed to pursue some of your own autonomous interests and work for something that matters, to you. It has to have purpose. Because that whole B-S about, "why are we doing this?" "Because it's on the S-A-T." Oh God. That just doesn't matter in our modern world. We're never going to be smarter than a machine. If it can be automated, it will in the next five years. So what's truly important and what's truly being demanded is that people that are innovative, that have creative solutions. Because a machine can't do that. And I think that's starting to resonate with people. And I hate to be fear based, I really do. I'm a positive guy. But I think some of these things that are coming up, this train that is coming called machine learning A-I, whatever, that's starting to get people to go, "maybe there's something different here." So the curriculum is basically, we start the unlearning process? We start to look at... well first of all we build the culture. And that culture build includes some blogs, includes some things by Seth Godin, it includes a TedTalk here and there. We also go into the purpose. And we also start taking a look at where things are headed. Because I want them to see why they're here. Some of the kids signed up because their parents said they had read about it, or some of the kids heard from the other kids that it's a fun class, but I want to know fundamentally why you're here. So that why, we address first, Simon Sinek... hashtag Simon. So once we establish that why, then all of a sudden we start going into the nuts and bolts of how you break down problems. Collect and connect, which is not mine that was Tina Seelig at Stanford. We start going to little sprinkles of "D" school stuff, right? And then also, we start taking time like I just said, we just started on our social media profiles. How do you reach out to people? How do you collaborate with people? We were just talking earlier, we reached out to Ninja - you may not know who that is, but he's a famous streamer on Twitch and on YouTube and Twitter. And so we were talking about the power of social media. He got back with us in two minutes. A guy that's got millions of followers, and he starts sending us video messages. That's powerful. Because we're kind of demonstrating to the kids, please no middle fingers, no duck-face selfies, no "F" this, "F" that, you are professional. Treat yourself like a professional online. And if you do, people are like, "what the heck? This kids like 17-years old and building a business." And then we start teaching them, this is new this year, and I'm really excited about it, but we also teach them actual skills, especially in analytics. We're going to help them grow. And we're also going to keep the data on it and just show, no charge, because we have found that kids that can... they don't know what to work on quite yet, but boy are they experts at telling everyone else what to do. And then once they do, all of a sudden they're like, "you know what I should work on after this?" Same thing - we do that also with non-profits. We'll work with really small, we're talking a staff of three, kind of non-profit. Help them brand, help them gain awareness, help them raise funds. Then after I force them to work with a non-profit and a small business, now they're itching to go. And I should say with a clarification, this isn't an entrepreneur class, but it is. Again, it's innovation and open sourced learning. If something is truly innovative, and needed, I mean technically I could make a salt shaker into a punching bag and it doesn't mean its a good product. But if it's innovative and if it's needed you might as well take it to market, and then I promote entrepreneurialism.  MATT: The traditional model of education has a student complete a task, receive a grade, then based on your grade average, get your diploma. But Wettrick says, it's far more than your grade in his class – it's completing what you said you would do. Don Wettrick: One of the hardest things to do in the world, is the things that you said you want to do. Right? I told myself I was going to lose 20 pounds this year, it did not happen. Why? Because I didn't have an accountability partner. So that reflection process is the way we grade, in the sense that, the things that you said you're going to do, I'm there to have you backwards design it. We fell out of calendar. We have a list of things we want to accomplish. If you didn't accomplish those, in your reflection, tell me why. Don't give me this flowery essay laden, great answer, like tell me what you struggled with. Because that's how we're going to get through this. And so, therefore, every two weeks they either give me a podcast, a YouTube post or a blog. We live in the greatest time to document everything, it's free on YouTube. So I'm like, even if you just don't show it to anybody, I will grade you. Because a lot of times, when you start talking out loud, you start making connections. So you start telling me what you need to move forward. Secondly, if I've gotten to them, they do understand branding. People love that hero's journey. So if all a sudden you see a kid on YouTube or has their own podcast and they're like, "okay, here's what I'm moving towards. I really need to know more about this kind of coding language or I need to know more about this engineering thing." Then they'll start building an audience and adults will reach out and they'll go, "here's where you're going wrong." And they start offering help. They start building a network at 17/18! That is why I reflect and that is how I grade. And so it's kind of crazy, I know. And I've actually gone through several different variations I grade, but that's the one I've stuck with the longest. In that, they kind of start making their own connections and they tell me how they're going to move forward. I mean there are some students that still comply, just to comply. And by the way, this class is not for everybody. It's just not. I've noticed that. There are some people that like... case and point, there was a really, really nice student who, towards the first semester, it looks like she was going to start crying. I'm like, "what's wrong?" She's like, "this is the only 'B' I have." And I go, "okay?" And she was like, "Well, I'm just..." and there was this long pause, and I go, "Do you want an 'A'?" And she didn't know what to say. And I walked over to my computer, I logged in and I go, "It's done. You have an 'A'." - "Well now I feel guilty." I said, "okay, are you in this class to satisfy me? Or are you in this class to pursue things in your life?" And in that answer, she knew she was in this class to get a good GPA. She's not meant for this class. Nice girl, oh my gosh nice girl. But she was still under that old model, and that's fine. Then I have some kids, I had one of my most brilliant students, he had a "D". And I'm like, "could you please turn in your reflections?" - "Oh.. I'm too busy." Why? He was basically freelancing for two tech firms. He was making money. "Wettrick, I don't have time for your silly... I mean it's good for the other kids, but I'm busy." What do I say? Like at the end of the semester, I had to look at myself in the mirror and go, "this is my best student, and he's getting a 'D'." And I apologized to him and I'm like, "I gave you a 'C' because I felt guilty about it." He's like, "don't worry about it man, I don't care what my GPA is." Like he barely graduated anyway. That "C" ended up being his best grade. And so, learning? He was learning constantly. That other girl, she really hadn't taken away much from the class other than, she was doing all of her reflections and they were always very measured, she did it as a blog, and the grammar was perfect, and that's cool and all, but actual wanting to do better and do things outside of the school? She's doesn't want to do. MATT: And it's the students that push past simply getting an “A” who gain the most value. In fact, those are the students who make a tangible difference in the world. Don Wettrick: We've had some companies launched from the class. We've had, probably our biggest story of last year, we had two students who connected with a contact we know in Ghana, and they raised money to start a school in Ghana. Not hand over to the Red Cross, but they went out and left. And spent two months in Ghana. Like, that's crazy. And then also got to work with people like Scott Harrison. We've also had our e-sports team that has turned into their own business. They now consult for other schools that want to start e-sport leagues, so they charge now per-hour for other schools wanting to start an e-sports team. Matter of fact, they're working with some people at Atlantic Records, like they're big time now. I'll be asking them for money soon. And then, this is shameless, this is terrible of me, but even like my daughter having this mindset. I'll never forget this, this pivotal moment. We're in the car driving. I speak, here and there. And so one time we had one of those driveables in Illinois, and Ava and I are in the car. And some God awful celebrity gossip minute came on the radio, like what Kim said to Kanye or something stupid. And all of a sudden, before I could turn the channel, Ava goes, "This! This is the problem with my generation and Millennials. This right here." I'm like, "What do you mean?" And she's like, "Dad, more Gen-Z people take life instructions from what, you know, what Ariana Grande said last night and they don't even know who Tim Ferriss is. They don't know who Simon Sinek is." I'm like, "you're right." And she's like, "I swear to God, Gen-Z needs better mentors. That's what they need." And then she pauses and she has that light in her eyes, she's like, "Mentors.. mentors with a 'Z'.. mentors, I should start my own podcast called Mentorz. And then I would have an excuse to interview all these great leaders that mentors should know. It would be my excuse to talk to Tim Ferriss." I'm like, "That's a really good idea." And then her being my daughter, she's like, "And I don't need your help." I'm like, "Why not?" And she's like, "I'm not going to ride off your guests, I'm going to find my own." Her podcast is amazing! So that's shameless because I'm a dad and just promoted my daughter's... but even that moment, on full display was her new way of thinking. Sh was not like that a couple of months ago. MATT: So then, how does Wettrick define success for his students? Don Wettrick: That's the hard part. Sometimes you don't see success for another six months, eight months, a year. I dare say, a lot of times, our kids, our students come back and go, "Oh my gosh, I get it now." That's fine! Some of the measurables are very difficult and I hate the term soft skills because it sound less than. But some of the soft skill, some of the network build - when our students are building this great hub of collaborators, you may not see their product, their LLC for another year or two. But what you do see is them being able to think for themselves. To get out of the group think mentality. That is something we truly love and that we can also be opportunity seekers. That's what I was talking about earlier. That mindset of seekers and peekers not moaners and groaners. I think the biggest waste of human potential right now is that people are online looking for something that our president said that offended them. Or looking for something that Nancy Pelosi said that offended them - both sides. People will spend God knows how many hours looking to be bothered. Meanwhile, our seekers and peekers have this mindset difference of, "I'm going to go out and I'm going to seek opportunities." And when they start to congregate with each other, seekers start... like doers congregate with doers. And then once they're a community they can peek around the corner. They can see what's next. We've had some students pick out trends like 2-years in advance. Like, case and point, two and a half years ago, two of our students said we should get into E-sports game, it's going to be huge. And dag-gon if they weren't right. So the seekers and peekers mentality you do see fairly quickly once you break them out of that matrix, but the hard thing, again, is that sometimes the financial success might not come for another two, three, five years later. MATT: That's all the time we have this week. Come back next week as we continue with part two in this two-part podcast with Don Wettrick, CEO of StartedUp and teacher of the Innovation and Open Sourced Learning at Noblesville High School. If you enjoyed this podcast and want to hear more, hit that subscribe button on your favorite podcast app. While you're there, leave a review. We would greatly appreciate your feedback to bring you the best content we know how. This has been another episode of the ROI Podcast presented by the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, where we help organizations make better business decisions. I'm your host Matt Martella. See you next week.  

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Don Wettrick is known for his award-winning work as a middle school and high school teacher; educational and innovation consultant; and educational speaker. Don is the CEO and founder of StartEdUp, author of “Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level” and Innovation Specialist at Noblesville High School, ...

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Don Wettrick is the Innovation Coordinator at Noblesville High School, and is the author of "Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level." Wettrick has worked as a middle school and high school teacher; educational and innovation consultant; CEO, and podcast host. He is also the founder of StartEdUp, an organization dedicated to help transform the school culture toward innovation and enable student-led entrepreneurship.   Don has lectured across the US, Europe, South America and Africa about collaboration, social media use, and work environments that enable innovation. Through his travel, he has worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley to Ghana, and seeks to bring that entrepreneurial mindset into our classrooms. His podcast, StartEdUp, has featured some of the most successful entrepreneurs, authors, and thought leaders in the world- focusing on educational change. Most importantly Don works with educators, students, and entrepreneurs to bring innovation and collaborative skills into education. Don Wettrick first appeared on the podcast back in Episode 017. Don Wettrick Show Highlights: The origin story of StartEdUp Learning by doing Where is the economy going? There are a lot of kids that shouldn’t go to college It’s okay to admit when you don’t know Now is the time for you and your students The themes Don has learned from extremely successful entrepreneurs What can we start doing to change? Don Wettrick Resources: Linchpin Don Wettrick Contact Info Website Future Ready U Twitter Podcast Upgrade Download the Steps to Creating a Successful Innovation Day here: https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/don-wettrick Show Some Love BECOME A PATRON OF THE SHOW FOR AS LITTLE AS $1/MONTH DID YOU LIKE THE SHOW?  iTunes SUBSCRIBE HERE! LEAVE A 5-STAR RATING AND REVIEW   Join my hybrid group coaching & leadership development community Text BETTERMASTERMIND to 33444 Grab your FREE 15 Phrases of Effective School Leaders Text PHRASES to 33444 or click the link above. Website :: Facebook :: Insta :: Twitter :: LinkedIn   SHOW SPONSORS: SCHOOL SPIRIT VENDING Hassle-free, year-round fundraising for your school. With School Spirit Vending, we do all the work, you just cash the check Increase school spirit with custom stickers for your school and raise funds at the same time -no upfront costs, no volunteers, no selling Sick of the same old ways of raising money for your school? Let School Spirit Vending's hassle-free, year-round fundraising program supplement the other fundraisers you're already doing. SSV is also giving away the Top 10 School Fundraising Ideas for 2018. Download the guide here.

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This week we are joined by genius innovator Don Wettrick who shares stories about rebranding himself from TV production teacher to Innovation Specialist, helping students find their passions beyond 20% time, introducing the world to those who inspire and motivate him (check out his podcast StartEdUp), and a recent interaction with the most famous Jedi of all time!Don gets real about what innovation is and imparts practical advice about starting our kid young when it comes to genius hour. We hope you enjoy our hour of genius with Don and then stick around to what we're listening to and learning.Featured ContentDon Wettrick is an Innovation Specialist at Noblesville High School, just outside Indianapolis, IN. He is the author of “Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level.” Don has worked as a middle school and high school teacher; educational and innovation consultant; and educational speaker. Don is passionate about helping students find their educational opportunities and providing them with the digital tools they need to give them a competitive edge. He has lectured across the US and Europe about collaboration, social media use, and work environments that enable innovation. He also creates and hosts a podcast, StartEDUp. But most importantly, Don works with educators and students to bring innovation and collaborative skills into education.Connect with Don:TwitterStartEdUp WebsiteFacebook PageYouTubeEmailLinks and ResourcesTina SeeligNew York Times ArticleXQ super schoolNaveen JainTim FerrisMark CubanElon MuskGary Vaynerchuck (link to Don's podcast episode with Gary Vee)Tucker Max (link to Don's episode with Tucker)Seth GodinIOT – internet of thingsWhat Are We Listening ToStacey: Just finished up a series on Hidden Brain called You 2.0 all about self-improvement. Episodes included Deep Work with Cal Newport, Dream Jobs, Embracing Chaos, WOOP, Making Decisions, and Getting Unstuck.Chris: School started – back to listening to podcasts each morning and afternoon on the drive!AJ: Revisionist History w/ Malcolm Gladwell: McDonald's Broke my Heart AND StartEdUp w/ DW Ep 78 – Monday Motivation – Do We Want Student Leaders or Well Behaved KidsWhat We Are LearningStacey: Instructional Coaching with Jim Knight-PEERS goals Powerful, Easy, Emotionally Compelling, Reachable, Student FocusedChris: Miles' loft bed is no more… Mom and Dad lost the ability to snuggle with their favorite oldest child.AJ: HyperDocs Kate Baker – 9-11 hyperdoc See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

An education in innovative thinking can change a person’s life, opening the door to more fulfilling careers and better opportunities to make a real impact on the world. Unfortunately, it’s not something most people are likely to receive in a traditional academic setting—unless they’re a student of Don Wettrick. Wettrick is a teacher at Noblesville High School just north of Indianapolis, IN and the co-founder of StartEdUp, an organization that’s changing education by empowering innovation and entrepreneurship in the classroom. Wettrick has 20 years of experience as a middle school and high school educator, and for the past five years, he’s been developing and teaching a curriculum that encourages students to follow their passions and work on projects that truly excite and inspire them. I met with Don in Noblesville High School’s awesome Library/Innovation Center for this interview, and he shared his best innovation education secrets that learners of all ages can apply. In this episode, we discuss how to brainstorm and develop innovative ideas, how to connect with influential people through social media, and how to push through fear to do the work you're meant to do. We even speak with two of Don’s students for a closer look at how his innovation course is having a positive impact on their lives. When you’ve finished listening to this episode, I highly encourage you to check out the StartEdUp podcast, in which Don and his student co-host interview experts in education, innovation and entrepreneurship and discuss how anyone has the power to change the world and live life to the fullest. And for deeper insights into Don’s innovation course and what he’s learned from teaching it, read his book, Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level. In this episode with Don Wettrick, you’ll learn: -- Why and how he’s teaching innovation and entrepreneurship to high school students -- Proven strategies for encouraging innovative thinking in a classroom setting -- Practical tips for connecting with anyone through social media -- About his special “ROTH IRA” process for innovation education -- How two of his students have been positively impacted by his curriculum --- If you like this episode, please subscribe and leave us a review on iTunes. You can also follow us on Soundcloud or Stitcher. We have an incredible lineup of interviews we’ll be releasing every Tuesday here on the Powderkeg Podcast. Check it out at powderkeg.com/itunes

I learned a valuable lesson from one of my students. The learning process was ugly, embarrassing and hurtful, but in the end we both ended up in a better place. Follow: @jonHarper70bd @Donwettrick @bamradionetwork Don Wettrick is an Innovation Coordinator at Noblesville High School, just outside Indianapolis, IN. He is the author of "Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level". Wettrick has worked as a middle school and high school teacher; educational and innovation consultant; and educational speaker.

In this episode, Don and students from the Noblesville High School interview retired Navy SEAL, author and motivational speaker, Jocko Willink, on his insights to success, strength, discipline and living a more fulfilling life.

This episode is part of the disruption series. We're going to discover how incredible people disrupt their lives, their industries, and the world to create a powerful impact. Don Wettrick is an Innovation Specialist at Noblesville High School and author of Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level. He is disrupting the education system and teaching the next generation of entrepreneurs. Don teaches a class called Innovation and Open-Source Learning. They explore how to network, how to collaborate with intelligent people, how to market, and so much more. Businesses have been launched from his classroom. In one year, four patents were filed. The class has their own methodology. They call it R.O.T.H. I.R.A. Realization – Related to flow states, realization often comes about through movement. They start the school day by walking and talking. Open Discussion – The thoughts generated through realization will fade if they aren't discussed. Tussling – “I love a good fight.” Debate challenges people to think. Homogeneous Grouping – Kids split off to collaborate on the same projects, but coming from different perspectives. Ideation & Prototyping – “We jokingly call this the difference between December 31st and January 15th.” It's fun to brainstorm, but it's hard to actually do it. Reflect – Every project is two weeks, because that gives you enough time to know whether or not you are interested in the subject. Adjustment – This loops back to the ROTH for Realization #2.   Don started the class because he didn't see any passion for learning – or much of anything – in his students. They were being churned through a system that destroyed their interest in learning. Not only is the current educational paradigm passionless, it's just old. As a culture and a society, we are moving exponentially faster outside of education. What did your phone look like five years ago? Vastly different. What did your public high school look like in 1980? Roughly the same.   “Here's the cruel joke we're playing on a lot of our students: we're preparing you for a future that used to exist in 1970.”   Why is education innovating so slowly? We still measure success by test scores. You get into college largely based on your SAT score. They're accepting the kids who are best at not taking risks. We reward memorization far more than creativity. Some teacher unions have pushed back (not all).   Don can't disrupt the entire educational system on his own. If you are a parent, student, or teacher and you want to change something about your local school system, Don will help. You can head to StartEdUpInnovation.com for a podcast, consulting, teacher training, and all the core services necessary to start and strive with new educational initiatives. --   Don't be a podcast junkie… Resources: Connect with Don & his class: https://twitter.com/DonWettrick?lang=en (Twitter) | Facebook Learn more & Listen to the StartEdUp Podcast Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level by Don Wettrick TEDTalk - “The Puzzle of Motivation” by Dan Pink The Art of People by Dave Kerpen -- We are also brought to you by the Lawton Marketing Group, a full service advertising and design agency serving companies and entrepreneurs at all levels. The are your one stop shop for all your website, logo, social media, print, app design and reputable management needs. Visit LawtonMG.com for more info. Production & Development for The Impact Entrepreneur Show by Podcast Masters

Episode 124: Don Wettrick – Pure Genius: Learning From The Innovation Teacher Don Wettrick has become a great friend over the last three months.  I absolutely love what he is doing for the students he’s leading at Noblesville High School.  It takes a dynamic and fearless leader to create and implement his idea for an Innovation factory within a high school.  I love it!   Don Wettrick is an Innovation Specialist at Noblesville High School, just outside Indianapolis, IN. He is the author of “Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level”. Wettrick has worked as a middle school and high school teacher; educational and innovation consultant; and educational speaker. Don is passionate about helping students find their educational opportunities and providing them with the digital tools they need to give them a competitive edge. Don has lectured across the US and Europe about collaboration, social media use, and work environments that enable innovation. He also hosts an internet radio program, InnovatED, for the BAM! Radio Network.  Most importantly Don works with educators and students to bring innovation and collaborative skills into education. Episode 124: Don Wettrick – Pure Genius: Learning From The Innovation Teacher Subscribe on iTunes  or Stitcher Radio The Learning Leader Show “Students Have The Arrogance Of Belief” In This Episode, You Will Learn: Having a broader view of the journey leads to sustained excellence Why Prince is the definition of “sustained excellence” to Don (**Note – This conversation was recorded prior to Prince tragically passing away) How Don was inspired by Dan Pink’s TED Talk The students have the arrogance of belief – it’s great Learning can be a problem if the only destination is getting into college The art of non-conformity The heroes journey is life Don wants adventure – “Too many people are busy watching someone else’s and not doing it themselves” The importance of “Just Asking…” And what it can lead to Being a learning leader means you are embrace the failures and learn from them “Don Wettrick has incorporated a range of creativity-generating concepts into his teaching and turned his classroom into an innovation factory.” – Dan Pink Continue Learning: See why over 31,000 people follow Don on Twitter: @DonWettrick Read: Pure Genius Go to: TheInnovationTeacher.com To Follow Me on Twitter: @RyanHawk12 You may also like these episodes: Episode 001: How To Become A Master Connector W/ Jayson Gaignard From MasterMind Talks Episode 078: Kat Cole – From Hooters Waitress To President of Cinnabon Episode 082: Dan Pink – The Science of Motivation, Legendary Writer & Ted Talk Episode 086: Seth Godin – How To Become Indispensable & Build Your Tribe Did you enjoy the podcast? If you enjoyed hearing Don Wettrick on the show, please don’t hesitate to send me a note on Twitter or email me. Episode edited by the great J Scott Donnell Bio From The InnovationTeacher.com Don Wettrick is an Innovation Specialist at Noblesville High School, just outside Indianapolis, IN. He is the author of “Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level”. Wettrick has worked as a middle school and high school teacher; educational and innovation consultant; and educational speaker. Don is passionate about helping students find their educational opportunities and providing them with the digital tools they need to give them a competitive edge. Don has lectured across the US and Europe about collaboration, social media use, and work environments that enable innovation. He also hosts an internet radio program, InnovatED, for the BAM! Radio Network.  Most importantly Don works with educators and students to bring innovation and collaborative skills into education.

Better Leaders Better Schools guest Ryan Bruick has been teaching for 12 years and instructional coaching for 4.  He taught 3 years at Wheaton Warrenville South High School in Chicago's west suburbs where he learned to teach physics using Modeling methods.  For the past nine years Ryan has taught at Noblesville High School in a northern suburb of Indianapolis.  He currently use Modeling methods to teach three sections of Chemistry I Honors and am an instructional coach when he does not teach.  This is his second year practicing standards-based grading with his students, and his first year coaching other teachers in SBG.  Ryan coaches distance runners and learners, and for two years each, long/triple jumpers and pole vaulters. Ryan’s experiences in chemical research and development influence the way he approaches teaching and coaching.  His first job out of college was serving at an Outback Steakhouse.  His second was a "Flavor Technician" in the Sweets division for an international flavor-engineering company where he worked with Flavorists to develop artificial flavors for companies like Yoplait, Coca-Cola, and Diageo.  He left that job for his first teaching job. Later in his career, he worked as a research assistant to brother in Golden, CO.  There he worked largely on developing solutions for companies to turn waste into profit while reducing environmental impact.  He got to see and do so much cool stuff in that job, but most importantly his immersion in the industry gave him a better perspective as to what skills his students really need to compete.  Ryan loves teaching, loves coaching, and loves science.   In this episode you will learn: Quit or get better How to lead by example Humility is key It's okay to admit you're not an expert The problem of saying yes to everyone Over-promise and Under-deliver vs Under-promise and Over-deliver The importance of piloting before school wide implementation Are you assigning meaningful work? The power of getting ready   Resources   Ryan's Blog   Ryan's Progress Report    Rethinking Grading   Canvas - Learning Management Website   Notability - app   Contact Ryan   Do you need accountability? Text BETTERMASTERMIND to 33444 Daniel wants to work with you and help you accelerate your leadership development and increase your impact.   Follow Me and Get Behind the Scenes Access on SNAPCHAT!!!   BECOME A PATRON OF THE SHOW FOR AS LITTLE AS $1/MONTH DID YOU LIKE THE SHOW?  iTunes SUBSCRIBE HERE! SHOW SOME LOVE: PLEASE LEAVE A 5-STAR RATING AND REVIEW Grad your FREE 15 Phrases of Effective School Leaders  Text PHRASES to 33444 or click the link above.   Website :: Facebook :: Twitter :: LinkedIn

Coach Clarke is in his 8th year at Noblesville High School. He is a native of the northwest side of Chicago and graduated from Butler University (Bachelors Degree: Secondary Education/ Exercise Science and Masters Degree: School Administration EPPSP). This is Coach Clarke’s 14th year as a head strength and conditioning coordinator. Coach Clarke came to Noblesville in the summer of 2008 after highly successful stops at Warren Central (IN) and Pike High School (IN). In all he has been taken part in 11 Indiana High School State Championships. Lastly, he was named a semi-finalist for the National High School Strength Coach of the Year in 2007 by, American Football Monthly. Coach Clarke is a strength and conditioning specialist who is responsible for over 650 students daily, and has trained over two hundred collegiate athletes and numerous NBA, MLB, and NFL players. Clarke teaches Noblesville’s Athletic Weights class and is responsible for developing and implementing pre/post season strength and conditioning programs for all athletic teams. In addition, Coach Clarke is Noblesville High School’s Wellness Department Chair. The goals of Noblesville Strength and Conditioning Program are to enhance athletic performance, prevent injury, improve confidence, and develop a championship mentality/attitude. Coach Clarke is married to Michelle who is a Middle School Guidance Counselor and has 3 children: Jack (7 yrs), and Allie (4 yrs) and Kellan (16 months). My info: My name is Dane Nelson. I am a former college and high school strength coach. I created this podcast for strength coaches at any level but more specifically for High School Strength Coaches. I want strength coaches to be able to connect to each other and learn more about the growing field of full time high school strength coaching.  Thanks for checking out the website.  It would be great to connect with other strength coaches and talk about what works and what doesn’t work when training high school athletes.  This is why I created this podcast. I hope  you find it useful and valuable!  Website: www.hsstrengthcoach.com  Contact me at hsstrengthcoach365@gmail.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/strengthcoachHS Thank you so much for listening and I would appreciate it greatly if you could leave a 5 star review in iTunes as this really helps boost the show rankings and spread the word about the High School Strength Coach Podcast. That way other Strength Coaches like yourself can find the show and benefit from it too.  Thank you very much if you have already left a rating and feedback, I appreciate it greatly!

  Better Leaders Better Schools guest Don Wettrick is the Innovation Coordinator at Noblesville High School, just outside Indianapolis, IN. He is the author of "Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level." Wettrick has worked as a middle school and high school teacher; educational and innovation consultant; and educational speaker. Don is passionate about helping students find their educational opportunities and providing them with the digital tools they need to give them a competitive edge.   Don has lectured across the US and Europe about collaboration, social media use, and work environments that enable innovation. He was was honored by Centric for the Indiana Innovation Award for his work in innovation and education. Most importantly Don works with educators, students, and entrepreneurs to bring innovation and collaborative skills into education. In this episode you will learn: how to use “don’t touch the stove-top” leadership why not adopting failure is at your own peril school shouldn’t be about “the grade" 2 powerful questions to ask our students - What do you love? … What bothers you? why inviting others to the table matters how to run a ROTH IRA class the importance of doing what you said you would do   Don’s website   Don’s Twitter   Don’s interview on Inside Quest   Books/Resources:   Pure Genius by Don Wettrick   Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek   Bold by Peter Diamandis   UnCommon Learning by Eric Sheninger   Brain Rules by John Medina   Drive by Daniel Pink   DID YOU LIKE THE SHOW?  iTunes SUBSCRIBE HERE! SHOW SOME LOVE: PLEASE LEAVE A 5-STAR RATING AND REVIEW Website :: Facebook :: Twitter :: LinkedIn Grad your FREE 15 Phrases of Effective School Leaders  text PHRASES to 33444 or click the link above.

Pre-Conference Keynote 2015: Don Wettrick is an Innovation Specialist at Noblesville High School, just outside Indianapolis, Indiana. He is the author of “Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level”. Wettrick has worked as a middle school and high school teacher; educational and innovation consultant; and educational speaker. Don is passionate about helping students find their educational opportunities and providing them with the digital tools they need to give them a competitive edge. This video provides a look inside Don’s Innovation class. He begins with how the class started started, and goes into the “ROTH-IRA” method of innovation. Lastly, several of Don’s students discuss the Innovation class and the impact it has had on them as students and learners. Presentation supporting documents: http://theinnovationteacher.com/blog/

Many talk about the importance of freeing teachers and students to be innovative, but how do we do it? Stop struggling with students’ personal technology and motivation. Learn to create time to fuel creativity and boost passion for teaching and learning in this interview with innovation expert Don Wettrick. About today’s guest Don Wettrick is an Innovation Specialist at Noblesville High School, near Indianapolis, IN. He is the author of “Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level.” He is a high school teacher, educational and innovation consultant & speaker, and host of InnovatED on Bam Radio. Don is passionate about working with adults and students to bring innovation and collaboration skills into education.   Guest Links: www.theinnovationteacher.com   The Edspiration Inbox Answers: “How do we get parents as school allies in bullying prevention?”   Connect with Us Connect with the show at www.Edspirationpodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/impactschoolclimate Twitter: Follow us @schoolclimates Newsletter: Sign up on sidebar at www.Edspiration.org   Questions / comments for John in the Edspiration Inbox: Edspirationpodcast@gmail.com   Show Sponsors   International School Climate Institute – Provides practical training, workshops, coaching, and speaking to create positive school climates. Contact us about school climate improvement, planning and climate survey support, bullying prevention and upstander intervention training, restorative justice practices, school safety, youth development, and more.

Don Wettrick joins Justin Baeder to discuss his book, Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level.Interview Notes, Resources, & Links Purchase Don's book, Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level.Creative Confidence by Tom KelleyinGenius by Tina SeeligLinchpin by Seth GodinThe Lean Startup by Eric RiesDrive by Dan PinkDownload Seth Godin's pdf "Stop Stealing Dreams"About Don WettrickDon Wettrick is an Innovation Coordinator at Noblesville High School, just outside Indianapolis, IN. Wettrick has worked as a middle school and high school teacher; educational and innovation consultant; and educational speaker. Don is passionate about helping students find their educational opportunities and providing them with the digital tools they need to give them a competitive edge. Don has lectured across the US and Europe about collaboration, social media use, and work environments that enable innovation. He also hosts an internet radio program, InnovatED, for the BAM! Radio Network. Most importantly Don works with educators and students to bring innovation and collaborative skills into education. Don lives in Greenwood, IN with his wife, Alicia, and three children: Ava, Anna, and Grant. You can find him on Twitter @donwett