Make Awesomeness and Celebrate IT

Presentation given at Tennessee Women in Computing conference on October 15, 2011 in Falls Creek Falls, Tennessee.

Passion. Purpose. Promise. Pursuit. These are the 4 P's that create a Map for Awesomeness. Discover how to: embrace your passion, define your purpose, foster your promise, and engage your pursuit. Learn how to do this in a creative environment that encourages collaboration.

Questions Answered:
• How do we create opportunities that allow us to live the lives we want while being successful and happy at work?
• How do we build opportunities to connect with others and collaborate with the community?
• How do we align what we value with the actions that we take?
• How do we make awesomeness?
• How do we do good?

Links for videos included in presentation:
• Liberty Mutual Ad: http://bit.ly/otHE1B
• Waiting for Superman: http://bit.ly/nQoRd6
• CreateAthon onCampus, Pep Rally: http://bit.ly/j1Drpt

Transcript

1. MAKE AWESOMENESS AND CELEBRATE IT. LESLIE JENSEN-INMAN twitter: @jenseninman
2. GOOD MORNING
21. A LITTLE STORY ABOUT A YOUNG GIRL
22. FOUR YEARS OLD
23. Underoos [Digital image]. (n.d.). Retrieved April 12, 2011, from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/74/WWUnderoos.jpg
25. THANKS MOM & DAD THERE’S NO PROOF THAT THIS HAPPENED
26. AWESOMENESS Flickr. (2008, December 20). Retrieved April 12, 2011, from http://www.flickr.com/photos/jambina/3121397809/#/
27. SUPERHERO SCHOOL WHAT!? IT DOESN’T EXIST?
28. K. (n.d.). School bus [Digital image]. Retrieved June 14, 2011, from http://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/2474926476/ I WOULD HAVE SKIPPED THE BUS IN FAVOR FOR A CAPE
29. SAVE THE WORLD WHAT’S AN ASPIRING SUPERHERO TO DO?
30. MAKE A DIFFERENCE RANDOM ACTS
31. RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS ARE ACTS OF RESPONSIBILITY
32. H. (Adapter). (2006, July 9). Liberty Mutual ad (1st edition): "Half Acre" Retrieved June 17, 2011, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMwoexR1evo
33. ARE SIMPLE RANDOM ACTS
34. WORDS ACTIONS DO GOOD
35. INTEND GOODNESS AMP IT UP
36. AKA SUPERHERO CODE OF CONDUCT MAP4 AWESOMENESS
37. PASSION > PURPOSE > PROMISE > PURSUIT > 4 P’S 1
38. PASSION > PURPOSE > PROMISE > PURSUIT > 4 P’S 1
39. PASSION > PURPOSE > PROMISE > PURSUIT > 4 P’S 2
40. PASSION > PURPOSE > PROMISE > PURSUIT > 4 P’S 2
41. PASSION > PURPOSE > PROMISE > PURSUIT > 4 P’S 3
42. PASSION > PURPOSE > PROMISE > PURSUIT > 4 P’S 3
43. PASSION > PURPOSE > PROMISE > PURSUIT > 4 P’S 4
44. PASSION > PURPOSE > PROMISE > PURSUIT > 4 P’S 4
45. PASSION > PURPOSE > PROMISE > PURSUIT > 4 P’S
46. PASSION > PURPOSE > PROMISE > PURSUIT > 4 P’S
47. PASSION > PURPOSE > PROMISE > PURSUIT > 4 P’S
48. PASSION > PURPOSE > PROMISE > PURSUIT > 4 P’S
49. PASSION > PURPOSE > PROMISE > PURSUIT > MAP4 AWESOMENESS
50. PASSION 1 EMBRACE IT
51. WHAT IS IT? PASSION
52. DENIS DIDEROT FRENCH AUTHOR, ENCYCLOPEDIST, & PHILOSOPHER (1713 - 1784) “ONLY PASSIONS, GREAT PASSIONS, CAN ELEVATE THE SOUL TO GREAT THINGS.”
53. PASSION QUESTIONS
54. WHAT MAKES YOU THE HAPPIEST? PASSION QUESTIONS
55. WHAT EXCITES YOU THE MOST? PASSION QUESTIONS
56. PASSION QUESTIONS WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SPEND YOUR ENERGY DOING?
57. WHAT DO YOU DREAM ABOUT DOING? PASSION QUESTIONS
58. LET IT FLOW BRAINSTORMING
59. PASSION KEYWORDS
60. Dooley, K. (2008, April 5). Explore [Digital image]. Retrieved June 15, 2011, from http://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/2438734076/in/photostream
61. SECURITY B. (2009, February 4). Links [Digital image]. Retrieved June 15, 2011, from http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1142304
62. FUN Photo by: Leslie Jensen-Inman, Dominican Republic
63. DIVERSITY I. (2007, November 10). Roller coaster at the fair [Digital image]. Retrieved June 15, 2011, from http://www.sxc.hu/photo/903386
64. FREEDOM S. (2009, September 6). Outstretched [Standing in the desert in the middle of nowhere, literally.]. Retrieved June 15, 2011, from http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1224442
65. PUT THE LIST ASIDE PASSION KEYWORDS
66. PURPOSE 2 DEFINE IT
67. PURPOSE PASSION + PURPOSE = POWERFUL
68. WHAT IS IT? PURPOSE
69. WASHINGTON IRVING US ESSAYIST, HISTORIAN, & NOVELIST (1783 - 1859) “GREAT MINDS HAVE PURPOSES, OTHERS HAVE WISHES.”
70. PURPOSE QUESTIONS
71. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES? PURPOSE QUESTIONS
72. WHAT DO YOU VALUE MOST? PURPOSE QUESTIONS
73. WHO DO YOU WANT TO SPEND TIME WITH? PURPOSE QUESTIONS
74. WHO DO YOU DREAM ABOUT BEING? PURPOSE QUESTIONS
75. LET IT FLOW BRAINSTORMING
76. PURPOSE KEYWORDS
77. LEARNING © Copyright Leslie Jensen-Inman
78. COMMUNITY © Copyright Leslie Jensen-Inman
79. FAMILY © Copyright Leslie Jensen-Inman
80. EDUCATION © Copyright Leslie Jensen-Inman
81. CITIZENSHIP © Copyright Leslie Jensen-Inman
82. PUT THE LIST ASIDE PURPOSE KEYWORDS
83. FOSTER IT PROMISE 3
84. WHAT IS IT? PROMISE
85. A COMMITMENT TO OURSELVES, TO OTHERS, AND TO THE WORLD PROMISE
86. AYN RAND (1905 - 1982) “HAPPINESS IS THAT STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS WHICH PROCEEDS FROM THE ACHIEVEMENT OF ONE'S VALUES.”
87. BY OUR POWERS OF PASSION AND PURPOSE COMBINED
88. CORE VALUES DISTILL
89. WE BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE WITH PASSION CAN CHANGE THE WORLD FOR THE BETTER. APPLE
90. 1. DELIVER WOW THROUGH SERVICE ZAPPOS
91. 1. DELIVER WOW THROUGH SERVICE 2. EMBRACE AND DRIVE CHANGE ZAPPOS
92. 1. DELIVER WOW THROUGH SERVICE 2. EMBRACE AND DRIVE CHANGE 3. CREATE FUN AND A LITTLE WEIRDNESS ZAPPOS
93. 1. DELIVER WOW THROUGH SERVICE 2. EMBRACE AND DRIVE CHANGE 3. CREATE FUN AND A LITTLE WEIRDNESS 4. BE ADVENTUROUS, CREATIVE, AND OPEN-MINDED ZAPPOS
94. 1. DELIVER WOW THROUGH SERVICE 2. EMBRACE AND DRIVE CHANGE 3. CREATE FUN AND A LITTLE WEIRDNESS 4. BE ADVENTUROUS, CREATIVE, AND OPEN-MINDED 5. PURSUE GROWTH AND LEARNING ZAPPOS
95. 1. DELIVER WOW THROUGH SERVICE 2. EMBRACE AND DRIVE CHANGE 3. CREATE FUN AND A LITTLE WEIRDNESS 4. BE ADVENTUROUS, CREATIVE, AND OPEN-MINDED 5. PURSUE GROWTH AND LEARNING 6. BUILD OPEN AND HONEST RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNICATION ZAPPOS
96. 1. DELIVER WOW THROUGH SERVICE 2. EMBRACE AND DRIVE CHANGE 3. CREATE FUN AND A LITTLE WEIRDNESS 4. BE ADVENTUROUS, CREATIVE, AND OPEN-MINDED 5. PURSUE GROWTH AND LEARNING 6. BUILD OPEN AND HONEST RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNICATION 7. BUILD A POSITIVE TEAM AND FAMILY SPIRIT ZAPPOS
97. 1. DELIVER WOW THROUGH SERVICE 2. EMBRACE AND DRIVE CHANGE 3. CREATE FUN AND A LITTLE WEIRDNESS 4. BE ADVENTUROUS, CREATIVE, AND OPEN-MINDED 5. PURSUE GROWTH AND LEARNING 6. BUILD OPEN AND HONEST RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNICATION 7. BUILD A POSITIVE TEAM AND FAMILY SPIRIT 8. DO MORE WITH LESS ZAPPOS
98. 1. DELIVER WOW THROUGH SERVICE 2. EMBRACE AND DRIVE CHANGE 3. CREATE FUN AND A LITTLE WEIRDNESS 4. BE ADVENTUROUS, CREATIVE, AND OPEN-MINDED 5. PURSUE GROWTH AND LEARNING 6. BUILD OPEN AND HONEST RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNICATION 7. BUILD A POSITIVE TEAM AND FAMILY SPIRIT 8. DO MORE WITH LESS 9. BE PASSIONATE AND DETERMINED ZAPPOS
99. 1. DELIVER WOW THROUGH SERVICE 2. EMBRACE AND DRIVE CHANGE 3. CREATE FUN AND A LITTLE WEIRDNESS 4. BE ADVENTUROUS, CREATIVE, AND OPEN-MINDED 5. PURSUE GROWTH AND LEARNING 6. BUILD OPEN AND HONEST RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNICATION 7. BUILD A POSITIVE TEAM AND FAMILY SPIRIT 8. DO MORE WITH LESS 9. BE PASSIONATE AND DETERMINED 10. BE HUMBLE ZAPPOS
100. BECOMES MANTRA PROMISE
101. MAKE IT AND KEEP IT PROMISE
102. ENGAGE IT PURSUIT 4
103. WHAT IS IT? PURSUIT
104. HOW WILL YOU TAKE YOUR PASSION, PURPOSE, AND PROMISE AND PUT IT TO WORK? ACTION
105. YES, I HAVE ONE LESLIE’S LASSO OF TRUTH Yeehaw! [Digital image]. (2007, January 1). Retrieved June 14, 2011, from http://www.flickr.com/photos/brunkfordbraun/340534729/
106. PASSION > PURPOSE > PROMISE > PURSUIT > MAP4 AWESOMENESS
107. PASSION 1 FUTURE OF EDUCATION, SPECIFICALLY WEB AND DESIGN EDUCATION
108. PURPOSE 2 WANT TO HELP CONNECT COMMUNITY, ACADEMIA, AND INDUSTRY.
109. Photo by: Laura Winn
110. PROMISE 3 MAKE AWESOMENESS. DO GOOD.
111. PURSUIT 4 CREATEATHON ONCAMPUS
112. WORK-AROUND-THE-CLOCK CREATIVE BLITZ 24-HOUR © Copyright CreateAthonCHA 2011
113. 34 UTC STUDENTS © Copyright CreateAthonCHA 2011
114. 45 PROFESSIONALS © Copyright CreateAthonCHA 2011
115. 320 DALEWOOD STUDENTS © Copyright CreateAthonCHA 2011
116. FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH 95% © Copyright CreateAthonCHA 2011
117. FOSTER CARE 50% © Copyright CreateAthonCHA 2011
118. WON’T GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL 80% + © Copyright CreateAthonCHA 2011
119. WHERE IS IT? HOPE © Copyright CreateAthonCHA 2011
120. WHERE ARE THEY? SUPERHEROES
121. B. (Adapter). (2010, December 1). Waiting for Superman: Geoffrey Canada clip. Retrieved June 17, 2011, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8KqIZ52D3E&feature=related
122. B. (Adapter). (2010, December 1). Waiting for Superman: Geoffrey Canada clip. Retrieved June 17, 2011, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8KqIZ52D3E&feature=related
123. ARE EVERYWHERE SUPERHEROES
124. ARE PRINCIPALS SUPERHEROES © Copyright CreateAthonCHA 2011
125. ARE TEACHERS SUPERHEROES © Copyright CreateAthonCHA 2011
126. ARE COLLEGE STUDENTS SUPERHEROES © Copyright CreateAthonCHA 2011
127. ARE PROFESSIONALS SUPERHEROES © Copyright CreateAthonCHA 2011
128. ARE COMMUNITY SUPERHEROES © Copyright CreateAthonCHA 2011
129. ARE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS SUPERHEROES © Copyright CreateAthonCHA 2011
130. © Copyright CreateAthonCHA 2011
131. SHARE STORIES. WE SHOULD, TOO. COMICS
134. STEVE JOBS (1955 - 2011) “YOUR TIME IS LIMITED, SO DON’T WASTE IT LIVING SOMEONE ELSE’S LIFE...”
135. STEVE JOBS (1955 - 2011) “DON’T BE TRAPPED BY DOGMA—WHICH IS LIVING WITH THE RESULTS OF OTHER PEOPLE’S THINKING...”
136. STEVE JOBS (1955 - 2011) “DON’T LET THE NOISE OF OTHERS’ OPINIONS DROWN OUT YOUR OWN INNER VOICE...”
137. STEVE JOBS (1955 - 2011) “AND MOST IMPORTANT, HAVE THE COURAGE TO FOLLOW YOUR HEART AND INTUITION...”
138. STEVE JOBS (1955 - 2011) “THEY SOMEHOW ALREADY KNOW WHAT YOU TRULY WANT TO BECOME. EVERYTHING ELSE IS SECONDARY.”
141. PASSION > PURPOSE > PROMISE > PURSUIT > 4 P’S 1
142. PASSION > PURPOSE > PROMISE > PURSUIT > 4 P’S 1
143. PASSION > PURPOSE > PROMISE > PURSUIT > 4 P’S 2
144. PASSION > PURPOSE > PROMISE > PURSUIT > 4 P’S 2
145. PASSION > PURPOSE > PROMISE > PURSUIT > 4 P’S 3
146. PASSION > PURPOSE > PROMISE > PURSUIT > 4 P’S 3
147. PASSION > PURPOSE > PROMISE > PURSUIT > 4 P’S 4
148. PASSION > PURPOSE > PROMISE > PURSUIT > MAP4 AWESOMENESS
150. TO BE STARTED. A NEW JOURNEY
151. TO BE FULFILLED. A NEW PROMISE
152. TO BE WRITTEN. A NEW PAGE
153. THIS WAITING WORLD, WITH PEN IN HAND, ALL YOU YOUNG SCRIBES, THE OPEN BOOK AWAITS. GO FORTH UNTO
154. BE CREATIVE.
155. BE ADVENTUROUS.
156. BE ORIGINAL.
157. GO FORTH AND
159. MAKE AWESOMENESS AND CELEBRATE IT. LESLIE JENSEN-INMAN twitter: @jenseninman leslie@makeawesomeness.com jenseninman.com