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Teaching Kids Leadership
- Problem Solving Checklist
- Adjusting Leader Style to Personality Types
- Plan Do Check Adjust (PDCA)
- So what can adults do to help kids learn leadership?
- A rose by any other name is still a rose
- Natural Consequences Versus Coaching and Correcting
- Help Kids Develop Improved People Skills
- Five Year Old Laments 'My sister is making me mad!'
- Socratic question-based discussions
- Have the child report on what they saw that day'
- Great question for the adults trying to teach kids
- Teach Kids How to Deal With Stress Well
- Teach Kids the Pareto Principle, the 80/20 Principle
- Maslov Pyramid Perspective on Kids
- Reading Partner Questions
- Watching Examples and Discussing with the Youth to Help Them Process What They Saw
- Trust is crucial to leadership
- Teenage Decision Making
- Character Development - What is character anyway so kids can develop it?
- Defining Leadership
- Blog Vocabulary Not at Child's Level
- Encouragement for the Single Parent
- Giving children opportunities to lead
- Habits of Mind from Project 2061
- Horizontal Leadership-There are more chances to practice this type for children
- How young is too young to start?
- Introduction for those new to leadership
- Producer or Consumer of Leadership?
- Scouts provides opportunities to practice leadership
- Set High Expectations
- So why should anyone take on the challenge of leadership?
- The Beginning of My Journey of Discovery
- The Paradox of Service to Others
- The Well Trained Mind
- Vertical Leadership is not where kids typically start out
- What about cultural differences?
- What can children pick up about leadership anyway?
- What is age-appropriate for teaching kids leadership?
- What is the Payoff for the Hard Work of Leadership?
- What lessons did I learn trying to develop leadership in my own children (so far)?
- Who cares about leadership?
- Character Development - How do we grow strong character and help children do the same?
- How do we measure our current character?
- Character Development - Fairness as a Character Trait
- Children Can Learn Leadership
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Blog
- Gallons of Ink
- Got Yubikey Setup
- Experimenting with Ink Containers for Travel
- Cigar Case Pen Protector
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- MacOS Sandboxing can Impact Reuse
- Python Programming
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- How to Make Family History Website and Book with Same Data
- Further Adventures Making DIY Fountain Pen Ink
- Cursive Writing
- Have Pens. Now I Need Paper
- eBook Conversion
- My Copper Metal Pen Arrived
- Do It Yourself (DIY) Mixing Fountain Pen Inks
- Microlearning
- Emergency Preparedness with Mobile Devices
- The Nature of Lisp and Writing with Pollen
- Fountain Pens
- Learning Simulation
- I Wish Familysearch.org Exported Data
- Raising Chickens in Florida
- Climbing the Learning Curve
- Gardening
- Dont Give Up
- The One Thing
- Opportunity Management
- Quote About Questions
- Mindset - Be sure you encourage kids toward 'growth' not 'born talent' with its fixed limits
- Demonstrating Respect and Choice versus Force and Coercion
- Behavioral Styles
- Applying Precepts
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Family History
- Author's Contact Information
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- Family History
- Family History Frontmatter
- Family History Introduction
- Historical Timeline
- Note to Future Family History Maintainers
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Our Lanham Paternal Lineage
- Josias Lanham Family 1628 (Not our direct line)
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the Curtis Harden Lanham Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the Hiram D. Lanham Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the John Lanham (1661) Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the Jonathon Lanham (1630) Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the O.S. Lanham Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the Robert Lanham (1560) Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the Sylvester Lanham Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the T.B. Lanham Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the Thomas Lanham (1701) Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the Thomas Lanham (1757) Generation
- Our Lanham Line - The Paternal Lineage
- The Amanda Francis Lanham Family
- The Andrew Shepherd Family
- The Archibald Lanham Family 1751
- The Benjamin Garfield Lanham Family
- The Burress and Ida Roberts Family
- The Calvin Powell Dorsey Family
- The Charles Selby Family 1762
- The Clifford Wayne Lanham Family
- The Curtis Harden Lanham Family 1813
- The Curtis Harden Lanham Family 1875
- The David Lanham Family 1595
- The Edward James Holt Family
- The Edward Lanham Family 1685
- The Elmer Harn Family
- The Emmitt F. Welborn Family
- The Eugene WILLIAMS Family 1855
- The Frank Robinson Family
- The Gideon Wilburn Ashley Family
- The Hiram Demarcus Lanham Family 1845
- The Issac Elam Family 1803
- The Jacob Shepherd Family 1812
- The James Bedford Ray Family (Cliffie M. Lanham)
- The James Kennedy Family
- The Jasper Shipman Family
- The Jeremiah Lanham Family 1755
- The Jesse Elam Family 1782
- The Joe A. Madden Family
- The John Hendrickson Corely Family
- The John James Roberts Family
- The John Lanham Family 1661
- The John Lanham Family 1690
- The John Nicholas Jacks Family 1740
- The John T. Scott Family
- The Jonathan Hammer Cook Family
- The Jonathan Lanham Family 1630
- The Josias Lanham Family 1590
- The Oran Stroud Lanham Family 1916
- The R.J. Craighead Family 1907
- The R.J. Craighead Family 1907
- The Richard Lanham Family 1697
- The Robert Lanham Family 1584
- The Roger Lanham Family 1560
- The Stephen Lanham (1726) Family
- The Stephen Lanham Family 1760
- The Stephen Lanham Family 1784
- The Sylvester Lanham Family 1790
- The Thomas Benton Lanham Family
- The Thomas Berry (T. B.) Lanham Family 1882
- The Thomas Lanham (1757) Family
- The Thomas Lanham Family 1700 or 1701
- The Thomas Sisk Family 1858
- The W.T. Lanham Family 1850
- The Walter Lee Ray Family
- The William Curtis Lanham Family
- The William Lanham Family 1699
- The Willie Green Scott Family
- The Wortha Leon Lanham Family 1907
- Reference Materials
- Rockwall Cemetery Listing, Rockwall, Texas
- The 2006 Journey to Find Thomas Lanham's Grave Site
- The Lanham family of Wortham (Research Details)
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The Maternal Side of Our Family Lines
- The A. Sion Wheeles Family
- The Aaron Jones Family
- The Abednego Chandler Family 1752
- The Adrian Alford Colbath Family 1893
- The Alex L. Baker Family
- The Alford Nolen Jones Family
- The Andrew Jackson (Jack) Kitchens Family
- The Beall Family
- The Benjamin Colbath Family 1758
- The Chisel True Baker Family
- The Daniel Horne Blackmore Family
- The David Amick Family
- The George Henry Slattery Family
- The J. E. Sisk Family
- The James McHale Family
- The John C. Colbath Family 1820
- The John Chandler Family
- The John Jones Family
- The John Lacey Family (bef 1778)
- The John Patrick Carmody Family
- The John Sappington Family 1723
- The Larkin (Lark) Patrick Williams Family
- The Lazarus Rufus Jones Family
- The Leah Unknown Family
- The Luther Jason Head Family
- The Luther Troup Baker Family
- The Mason Jones Family
- The Michael Gonzales Family
- The Michael Yost Family
- The Patrick Joseph Merrick Family
- The Patrick Merrick Family 1883
- The Patrick Williams Family
- The Perry Rufus Jones Family
- The Peter Logan Yost Family
- The Quirke Family
- The Richard Head Family 1802
- The Richard Merrick Family
- The Robert Chandler Family 1687
- The Stephen Grey Family 1894
- The Thomas Edmonson Head Family
- The Thomas Lacey Family 1808
- The Thomas Winthrop Colbath Family 1851
- The William Estes Family 1785
- The William J. Roberts Family
- The William Milton Jacks Family
- The William Patrick Williams Family
- The Willis Ashley Family
- The Winthrop Colbath Family 1786
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- Frequently Asked Questions
Plan Do Check Adjust (PDCA)
Plan
Planning = a process of anticipating and decision-making, and assigning responsibility for tasks
WHAT
- What is the activity?
WHY
- Purpose or Intent? Intent guides as the situation changes
- Desired outcome?
- Target group of people?
- What goal or objective does the activity support?
WHO
- Who is participating in the activity?
- Availability? Capacity? Commitment?
- How many people to be accommodated?
- Communicate details to who? How early? How often?
- Information and invitations sent to members?
- Who presides at this event?
- Key people (experts, etc.) needed?
WHEN
- When is the activity? Date? & Time?
- Date conflicts? Near major holiday? Other activities?
- How much time available before START?
WHERE
- Where will the activity happen?
- Permissions needed for the space?
- Venue booking reservations needed?
- Where will people meet before START?
HOW
- What did we decide to change from our last activity?
- Identified success measures?
- Desired specific measures we seek to achieve?
- Success criteria?
- Backwards plan from the END back to the START
- Visualize the activity (a testable prediction or hypothesis)
- Essential task assignments?
- Dependencies of one task on another?
- Sequence actions
- Options? Courses of action?
- Comparison of each option/course of action
- Decide which way to do the activity
- Criticality?
- Rehearsals needed? Small scale pilot test?
- Any weaknesses in the planning?
- Confidence to be gained?
- Skill drills needed?
- If automatic, fast responses needed
Constraints / Limits
- Budget?
- Time limits?
- Organizational policy limits?
- Eligibility requirements (age, skills)?
- A resource with capacity limits?
- Supports goals/objectives?
- Tradeoffs?
Bounding Assumptions
Be Prepared
- Prerequisite Skills needed?
- Training needed? How far in advance?
- Resources needed?
- Who assigned for each?
- Lead time to get resources?
- Contracts required?
- Porta-potties, dumpsters?
- Fees
- License fees?
- Equipment needed?
- Who will buy it? Who already has it?
- Who will bring each item?
- Binoculars?
- Knives, axes, saws?
- Shovels
- Food prep
- Pots, pans, cooking utensils, forks, knives, spoons
- Water container, bladder, canteen
- Audio visual needs?
- Consumable Supplies needed?
- Water? How much? How transported?
- Fire related: Firewood or charcoal? Fire starter?
- Food?
- How much? How many people served food?
- Who assigned to purchase which food?
- How transported?
- Cooling required?
- Sanitation?
- Hand cleaning? Alcohol wipes? Soap?
- Toilet paper
- Personal Toiletries
- Presentation
- AV equip, flipcharts / stands / markers / notepaper/ pencils / copies of all exercises / Blue tape
- Will weather impact the activity?
- If yes, what is the forecast?
- Weather related clothing needed?
- Visibility
- Will it be day or night?
- Portable lights needed?
- Communication / Coordination plan
- Cell coverage sufficient?
- Phone numbers with each group?
- All kept informed of changes
- Travel required?
- Vehicles needed?
- Who has this type?
- Who assigned?
- Routes? Maps? GPS?
- Communication between vehicles? Radio? Signals?
- Reconnoiter actual location?
- Any changes to plans based on seeing the actual location?
- Planned stop points (breaks for fuel, restrooms)
- Lodging needed?
- Tents, bedding, ground cloth, stakes, rain fly
- Motel/Hotel?
- Designated Loading/Unloading Area needed?
- Clean Up Plan
- Clean up plan?
- How to leave the site better than you found it?
- Who assigned clean up?
- Rotation schedule?
- Risks and Mitigating Actions
- Risks/hazards identified?
- Handling actions to reduce probability and impact? Triggers?
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Probable adverse events?
- Root cause? Handling actions address root cause?
- Medical physicals required?
- Liability issues?
- Safety brief?
- Emergency Procedures?
- Emergency contact information for each person?
- First-aid kit available?
- Obstacles?
- Workarounds?
Do
- Get set
- Leader arrive early
- Participants show up
- How will you deal with early and late participant arrivals?
- Set up tasks
- Leader briefs planned actions to the group
- Current situation
- Review purpose / intent
- Give direction or context for the activity
- Explain process to participants
- Review assignments
- Assign someone to take pictures
- Priority of work
- Describe rules, boundaries
- Check for understanding
- Check everyone understands objectives
- Coordinating instructions
- Inspections (critical gear)
- Equipment, weather clothing, personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Food, water, food prep equipment
- Safety brief
- Go
- Engage, Get it done, Have fun, Run activities
- Respond to unfolding interaction with the environment
- Assigned prep tasks done?
- Expected vehicles arrived?
- Make assignments
- Outside information?
- Apply previous experience
- Contingency / backup plan in case of no-shows, etc.
- Issue management
- Degree of flexibility built-in?
Check
- WHEN
- Immediately after activity
- Timeliness helps learning process / improvement / progression
- Closed loop, feedback to participants
- Evaluate actual against plan
- Review purpose/intent
- Gauged effectiveness?
- Met success measures?
- Achieved the desired outcome?
- Closer to or further from goals/objectives?
- Before-and-after comparison / Plan versus actual
- Facilitate lessons learned reflection (Agile retrospective)
- What went well?
- Key events
- How well did backplanning predict what actually happened?
- Knowledge or skill gained?
- What didn't go so well?
- Any surprising results emerged?
- What can we do better next time?
- NOT a lecture, NOT to embarrass anyone, NOT a gripe session
- What went well?
- Report to stakeholders
- Assignment of report to who?
- Who attended? Impact to participants? Pictures?
- Thank you notes to volunteers?
Adjust
- What 1 thing will we do differently next time?
- Adopt, Adapt, Abandon (Pivot)
- Disposal of leftover food, materials, supplies
- Submit any receipts
- File any accident reports
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