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“The Making of the J. B. Grinnell Class” Daniel Kisslinger, Grace Gallagher, Kesho Scott Mathew Brady, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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“The Making of the J. B. Grinnell Class” Daniel Kisslinger, Grace Gallagher, Kesho Scott Mathew Brady, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Mathew Brady, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons “The Making of the J. B. Grinnell Class” Daniel Kisslinger, Grace Gallagher, Kesho Scott

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Mathew Brady, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons “The Making of the J. B. Grinnell Class” Daniel Kisslinger, Grace Gallagher, Kesho Scott

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Mathew Brady, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons “The Making of the J. B. Grinnell Class” Daniel Kisslinger, Grace Gallagher, Kesho Scott

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* Mathew Brady, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons “The Making of the J. B. Grinnell Class” Daniel Kisslinger, Grace Gallagher, Kesho Scott

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What does it mean to be a change maker?

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Creating Change without Authority Veronica Erb | Designing for Digital 2018 @verbistheword

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What does it mean to be a change maker?

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Inspire change Sustainably Together

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Take small actions Support myself Broaden my perspective

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Take small actions

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“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” — Alice Walker

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Remote work culture

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I acted in a way that wasn’t normal to make it normal.

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Inclusive remote culture

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Inclusive remote culture

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Inclusive remote culture Address directly

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Inclusive remote culture Address directly Opt out

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Inclusive remote culture Address directly Divert attention Opt out

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Address directly Address indirectly Divert attention Opt out Inclusive remote culture

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Address directly Address indirectly Divert attention Opt out Work remotely myself Inclusive remote culture

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This. Is. Hard.

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Take small actions

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Support myself

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“It is untenable to go through life as an exposed wound.” — Roxane Gay “The Illusion of Safety/The Safety of Illusion” Bad Feminist

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Support myself ?

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Support thoughts, relationships, emotion

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Externalize my thoughts

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Habitual thought capture to understand and decide what to do

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Address directly Address indirectly Divert attention Opt out Understand and decide what to do Externalize my thoughts

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We need to externalize our thoughts so we can decide what to change and how to make it happen.

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Externalize my thoughts

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Build my relationships

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Regular two-way human interaction to help make and evaluate change

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“In 2006, a survey in the American Sociological Review famously reported... that the number of Americans who felt they had no confidants at all had more than doubled, from 10 [percent in 1985] to 24.6 percent [in 2004].” — Jennifer Senior, All Joy and No Fun

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Address directly Address indirectly Divert attention Opt out Make and evaluate change Build my relationships

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By building communities around ourselves, we can stay connected and motivated.

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Build my relationships

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Release my emotion

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Habitual emotional release to be able to take small actions

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Address directly Address indirectly Divert attention Opt out Be able to take small actions Release my emotion

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We need to release our stress so that we can live healthy lives and create change.

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Release my emotion

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Support thoughts, relationships, emotion

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Address directly Address indirectly Divert attention Opt out Take small actions Care for myself

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Address directly Address indirectly Divert attention Opt out Inclusive remote culture Care for myself

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Support thoughts, relationships, emotion

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Broaden my perspective

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“If you want to make the world a better place \ Take a look at yourself, and then make a change” —Glen Ballard & Siedah Garrett, for Michael Jackson, “Man in the Mirror”

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As we create change, we gain power.

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As we create change, we gain power.

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Avoid assimilating the compromises that we have made.

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` Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik Lynn Gilbert CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Lynn Gilbert CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik

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Lynn Gilbert CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik

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Lynn Gilbert CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik

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Avoid assimilating the compromises that we have made.

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Train ourselves to manage our biases.

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Maanvi Singh “So You Flunked A Racism Test. Now What?” npr.org

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“And, voila! When participants took the same implicit-bias tests after the nap, they were up to 50 percent less biased.” — Maanvi Singh, “So You Flunked A Racism Test. Now What?” npr.org

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Address directly Address indirectly Divert attention Opt out Work together Expand my perspectives

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Train ourselves to manage our biases.

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By noticing my power, avoiding assimilation, and managing my bias, I support the change we each seek.

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Create change without authority

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What does it mean to be a change maker?

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Inspire change Sustainably Together

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Take small actions Support myself Broaden my perspective

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Take small actions Support thoughts, relationships, emotion Broaden my perspective

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Mathew Brady, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons * “The Making of the J. B. Grinnell Class” Daniel Kisslinger, Grace Gallagher, Kesho Scott

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Address directly Address indirectly Divert attention Opt out Inclusive remote culture Externalize my thoughts Build my relationships Release my emotion Expand my perspectives Be able to take small actions Understand and decide what to do Make and evaluate change

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Lynn Gilbert CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik

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Even if when we don’t have a budget, a title, or a team, we can create change.

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With persistent small actions, self-care, and a broad mind, we can change the way things work.

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Together, we can even change the things that we may have thought “are just the way they are.”

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Veronica Erb @verbistheword Creating Change without Authority Designing for Digital 2018

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Thank you to all the people who supported this presentation! Anthony Pitale, Dan Newman, Erica Liao, Esmé Middaugh, Ijeoma Ezeonyebuchi, Janeen Williamson, Julie Rogers, Justin Lucas, Kaytee Nesmith, Libby Bawcombe, Liz Danzico, Mary Glendinning, Megan Williams, Tommy O'Keefe, Wanyu Zhang, Erin Teare Martin, Lauren Bracey Shiedt, McCaul Baggett, Anne Leyh, Millie Erb, Ron Erb, Tony Pitale, Durrie Bouscaren, LA Johnson, Sarah Knight, Willy Tekeu, Jason Alderman, Elissa Frankle Olinsky, and many more

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Veronica Erb @verbistheword Creating Change without Authority Designing for Digital 2018