Final Presentation CusterCounty

Tristan Powell Author

08/23/2019 Added

0 Plays

Description

Fellows Final Presentation Custer County

Searchable Transcript

Search:

[00:00:02.290]All right, thank you for that, Tristan.
[00:00:05.110]So, my name is Megan Coan and I got to work alongside
[00:00:09.040]with Hailey Wamsley, who's unfortunately not here today,
[00:00:11.600]in Custer County.
[00:00:15.350]So while we were in Custer County, we worked with
[00:00:18.110]the Custer Economic Development Corporation,
[00:00:20.190]which is called CEDC, and right away, when we were there
[00:00:23.720]in the community, we really noticed first-hand
[00:00:26.370]that their motto, "Rooted, but not standing still"
[00:00:29.810]definitely holds true.
[00:00:32.100]The county is always open to new ideas
[00:00:35.600]and they never want to say no and stop growing,
[00:00:37.840]so that's what we definitely took pride in there,
[00:00:40.790]in our time.
[00:00:41.910]So, like I said, my name is Megan Coan.
[00:00:44.450]I am from Platte Center, Nebraska.
[00:00:46.160]I am a senior here at the University of Nebraska Lincoln
[00:00:48.910]studying agriculture education
[00:00:50.670]with a focus in leadership and a minor in animal science.
[00:00:53.941]Hailey Walmsley is from Norfolk.
[00:00:55.970]She is a junior agriculture education major as well.
[00:01:02.949]Our impact on Custer County, looking at this,
[00:01:05.060]may be overwhelming, but, to me,
[00:01:06.920]it brings pure joy to me,
[00:01:09.290]because this is a list of nine projects
[00:01:11.980]that Hailey and I got the opportunity to work on
[00:01:15.060]and some of em were just words on a piece of paper
[00:01:19.430]and other ones that were already kinda started,
[00:01:21.920]their ideas were there, but we definitely
[00:01:24.410]did not shy away from any of em,
[00:01:25.900]and we took em on head on and started rollin' with em.
[00:01:29.040]So I'm gonna talk briefly about three of em in particular.
[00:01:31.860]The other group, they talked about The Barn,
[00:01:34.370]it's a visitor center in Broken Bow, Custer County,
[00:01:37.770]they take great pride in it.
[00:01:39.510]So when we first got there, Hailey and I
[00:01:41.590]looked at each other, immediately
[00:01:42.880]fell in love with The Barn.
[00:01:43.930]We're like, we wanna do something here,
[00:01:45.380]because there's so much potential there,
[00:01:47.830]and we want it to be utilized more.
[00:01:50.500]So we found out that this year The Barn
[00:01:53.310]is celebrating a 10 year anniversary,
[00:01:55.140]so we're like, let's plan something.
[00:01:57.160]We're like, let's make something inclusive for all ages,
[00:02:01.806]so that way they can be grandparents,
[00:02:06.210]all the way down to their grandkids,
[00:02:09.051]cause we really wanted to focus
[00:02:09.940]on inclusive leadership this summer.
[00:02:15.806]Course the summer, we contacted whole bunch of people
[00:02:18.740]and we create an event that I will talk about later.
[00:02:23.940]With the idea of inclusive leadership,
[00:02:25.830]I wanted to take that into interns,
[00:02:30.160]so I went with an intern connection project,
[00:02:32.740]which, I just went to Andrew,
[00:02:34.400]I was like, let's do something
[00:02:36.209]for the interns in Custer County.
[00:02:38.100]It was started from nothing and I just
[00:02:41.280]created different events because
[00:02:43.350]I wanted an opportunity for the interns in Custer County,
[00:02:46.420]not only to grow within the business
[00:02:48.160]that they were interning at, but also socially,
[00:02:50.920]and feel like they're part of the community.
[00:02:53.200]I wanted them to grow so much that
[00:02:55.190]they wanted to identify not only with Broken Bow,
[00:02:57.330]but Custer County, in hopes that,
[00:02:59.640]when they're done with college,
[00:03:00.800]they wanna come back and have their home
[00:03:02.910]be Broken Bow or Custer County.
[00:03:05.080]So that was really great getting to interact
[00:03:07.590]with the different interns and watching them
[00:03:09.870]grow and develop throughout the summer.
[00:03:12.630]Another solo project that I worked on
[00:03:15.080]was the Custer County Passport.
[00:03:17.120]Some of you may be familiar with the Nebraska Passport.
[00:03:21.060]This is a spinoff of the Nebraska Passport,
[00:03:23.060]and this is actually one side of,
[00:03:25.340]it's a postcard, of the Custer County Passport
[00:03:27.940]that I created.
[00:03:29.100]So what I did is, one of my very first weeks there,
[00:03:32.160]I went and toured Custer County,
[00:03:33.690]and I was beyond amazed when I saw
[00:03:35.990]all the different hidden gems
[00:03:37.660]that Custer County has to offer,
[00:03:39.710]and they do a good job about highlighting them,
[00:03:43.050]but I wanted to take it to that next step.
[00:03:46.075]There's a lot of historical landmarks in Custer County,
[00:03:49.120]and I picked a few spots in each community,
[00:03:53.200]and I highlighted em.
[00:03:55.220]That is gonna be something that is gonna be
[00:03:57.330]a long term thing that Custer County can go with.
[00:04:02.290]So, growth and development for me personally,
[00:04:06.790]so I'll just start off with this picture.
[00:04:09.110]That's Andrew, and yesterday was actually
[00:04:12.190]The Barn celebration, so take great pride in it.
[00:04:18.100]One thing I struggled with actually this summer,
[00:04:20.260]was I was like, okay I'm gonna start all these projects,
[00:04:23.060]but I'm not gonna be able to see the finished product,
[00:04:25.950]but as the time went on I was like,
[00:04:27.700]it's okay, somebody's gotta be the one
[00:04:30.090]to get the ball rolling,
[00:04:31.290]but I went back yesterday and it was so incredible
[00:04:34.390]to see something that, I started with nothing,
[00:04:37.300]that was just an event, this was the date set,
[00:04:39.810]and gotta see it be so successful,
[00:04:43.080]and see my ideas be carried out,
[00:04:44.980]and have the community just be there and so excited.
[00:04:52.100]I work at Horn T Zoo, and one of my ideas was
[00:04:55.411]to bring the zoo to Broken Bow.
[00:04:58.720]So just the experience that I could be the one
[00:05:01.410]to help the kids, the grandparents, parents,
[00:05:05.070]just take all these different experiences
[00:05:07.090]that they wouldn't have had if we wouldn't have
[00:05:09.380]done this Barn celebration.
[00:05:11.610]Also, awareness is just like being open
[00:05:15.090]and understanding why people think the way they do,
[00:05:17.590]whether they're from Callaway, or they're from Arnold,
[00:05:20.250]or Broken Bow, just like what drives their thought process
[00:05:24.220]and the actions that they do?
[00:05:26.040]Networking was really huge for me.
[00:05:28.960]Before I was coming into this internship,
[00:05:33.240]I'm like, okay I'm just kinda gonna be like,
[00:05:35.460]go through the motions, I was super scared
[00:05:37.690]and intimidated to talk to anybody
[00:05:39.130]that either was a business owner,
[00:05:41.210]somebody that was a CEO, a president of a company,
[00:05:44.380]or that held a doctorate, or a job title.
[00:05:47.550]I was like, okay I'm just a 21 year old
[00:05:49.770]from a small rural community,
[00:05:51.510]why are they gonna listen to my opinions?
[00:05:53.090]But I just realized that over time,
[00:05:56.750]after every interaction, I realized that each person
[00:05:59.980]was a huge asset in making sure that all my projects
[00:06:03.390]were able to carry out and be successful.
[00:06:05.970]And I learned that, live in the moment of the conversation,
[00:06:09.400]because you never know when that person's
[00:06:11.870]gonna be an asset to you in the future,
[00:06:13.330]and it was amazing.
[00:06:16.110]So also like diversity, that went with awareness aspect,
[00:06:19.640]because I was so amazed that somebody
[00:06:22.340]from Arnold or Callaway or Sargent,
[00:06:24.970]or whatever community I was at,
[00:06:26.510]that they were all similar, but yet so different.
[00:06:29.750]And it was incredible to actually
[00:06:32.120]get to know the individuals and sit down
[00:06:34.150]and talk with em and just to understand them,
[00:06:37.960]and the pride that they take in their community,
[00:06:39.240]and their family, and their values,
[00:06:40.920]really put life in a different perspective for me.
[00:06:45.610]Here is a video from Hailey, can I just?
[00:06:49.945]K, no, okay.
[00:06:55.280]Good afternoon RFI supporters.
[00:06:57.840]My name is Hailey Womsley and I had the pleasure
[00:07:00.360]of serving as an RFI student fellow
[00:07:03.050]for Custard County, Nebraska this summer.
[00:07:06.320]I'm sorry I couldn't be there in person today,
[00:07:08.250]I'm in Alaska right now spending some time with my dad
[00:07:10.790]before the school year starts back up again.
[00:07:13.430]A little bit about me, I am originally
[00:07:15.410]from Norfolk, Nebraska and I am currently
[00:07:17.610]a junior agricultural education major here in Lincoln.
[00:07:21.760]This summer has truly been life changing for me
[00:07:25.420]and I've loved every second of this experience.
[00:07:28.880]I had the pleasure of working, in my opinion,
[00:07:31.160]one of the most beautiful places in Nebraska.
[00:07:34.300]I got to work with and under the supervision of
[00:07:37.370]some of the most inspirational people
[00:07:39.700]I've ever met in my life.
[00:07:41.550]And I got to work on projects,
[00:07:43.110]that not only played towards my interests
[00:07:45.460]and my passions, but also push me to become
[00:07:49.100]a better person professionally and personally.
[00:07:53.750]Custer County is a second home to me now.
[00:07:56.610]Leaving at the end of the summer was really hard
[00:07:59.328]to say goodbye for a little while.
[00:08:03.300]I have grown in so many ways over the summer,
[00:08:05.420]but one of the ways I feel like I have grown the most,
[00:08:08.010]is by stepping outside of my comfort zone
[00:08:10.490]and trying things that I never would have tried before.
[00:08:14.780]Andrew and Amber, our lead mentors in Custer County,
[00:08:18.210]were amazing at helping to push us outside of the nest,
[00:08:21.390]and also help us grow to new heights.
[00:08:24.760]I have also learned this summer
[00:08:26.700]how to become an inclusive leader.
[00:08:29.440]Before starting this program or any of it's training,
[00:08:31.750]I assumed that an inclusive leader
[00:08:33.690]was someone who didn't just define someone's leadership
[00:08:38.130]abilities based solely on their race.
[00:08:41.160]Well although race is a factor,
[00:08:42.800]there are also many other factors,
[00:08:44.550]such as how you grew up and many
[00:08:46.750]of your life experiences thus far.
[00:08:49.520]So one of the skills I have been working on,
[00:08:51.590]connected to this, is learning how to utilize
[00:08:55.540]other people's strengths and their skills,
[00:08:57.970]so that way I can fit those, adapt those people,
[00:09:02.160]to whatever team I am on at the time.
[00:09:06.140]This skill is still a work in progress,
[00:09:08.140]but this summer has been leaps and bounds
[00:09:11.430]in helping me reach this goal,
[00:09:13.160]being able to see the successes in other people,
[00:09:16.270]and utilize those strengths.
[00:09:18.820]Overall, I would highly recommend
[00:09:20.900]the RFI student fellow program.
[00:09:23.230]I got to work on projects that I was passionate about.
[00:09:26.290]For example, I worked on two specific marketing projects
[00:09:31.650]for the community of Custer County.
[00:09:33.950]First one was I took, combined my passion for photography
[00:09:38.330]with my work in RFI, and took some pictures
[00:09:40.970]around Custer County of different buildings
[00:09:42.880]and different assets that the communities
[00:09:45.100]could use on their Facebook pages and their websites.
[00:09:48.120]I also got to work on a couple of success stories
[00:09:51.030]around Custer County, to tell about the awesome people,
[00:09:54.480]that are in Custer County, and what they're doing.
[00:09:57.450]I made so many connections with amazing people
[00:10:00.160]in the community that are doing big things
[00:10:02.410]in rural Nebraska.
[00:10:04.310]Overall, this experience was absolutely amazing,
[00:10:08.330]and I would do it again in a heartbeat if I could.
[00:10:16.167](laughing)
[00:10:17.830]So, looking back at our journey,
[00:10:20.250]the RFI fellowship has taken us down
[00:10:22.906]this amazing journey that I never thought
[00:10:25.410]I was ever gonna get the opportunity to do.
[00:10:27.930]And I know I can speak for Hailey and myself,
[00:10:30.740]saying that we had so much, not only self discovery,
[00:10:34.500]and also just the professional personal growth
[00:10:38.470]that we would have never had if it wasn't for RFI
[00:10:41.530]and this opportunity.
[00:10:42.790]So one big take away, the quote that I really,
[00:10:46.910]really set in stone into me this summer,
[00:10:49.780]is the good old quote by the Three Musketeers,
[00:10:52.577]"All for one and one for all."
[00:10:55.070]Thank you.
[00:10:59.389]Questions? (applause)
[00:11:08.455][Male Audience Member] So how did all of the
[00:11:11.620]student fellows across all the communities
[00:11:14.607]stay connected with each other over the summer?
[00:11:17.377]Can you talk about that?
[00:11:18.210]Yeah, so we had texts goin', group chat,
[00:11:23.800]and things like that, but one thing that,
[00:11:26.900]our day and age, we created a Snapchat actually.
[00:11:30.190]So a group Snapchat, and that was the best way.
[00:11:34.150]We always seen the highs and the lows,
[00:11:36.590]and we were there to give advice to one another.
[00:11:40.050]If you were having a bad day, okay I'm experiencing
[00:11:43.420]this struggle, has anybody else experienced this,
[00:11:47.060]that you could give me what worked for you,
[00:11:48.920]or what didn't?
[00:11:50.990]Good old Snapchat is our best way we stayed connected,
[00:11:53.700]and it was also a lot of good pick me ups.
[00:11:55.830]So if one group was down, we had another group
[00:11:58.140]to be there to pick us up.
[00:12:11.677][Female Audience Member] As RFI goes forward,
[00:12:13.424]and they are looking for students
[00:12:14.938]to go, to be the next group of interns,
[00:12:17.573]what would you say?
[00:12:19.240]How would you guys, in this stage,
[00:12:21.546]how do you market this?
[00:12:23.000]Because, I've heard it repeatedly that for some,
[00:12:27.870]that this has been kind of the best thing
[00:12:31.900]that's happened in your college experience
[00:12:34.220]in terms of your growth and opportunities
[00:12:37.250]to develop yourself personally,
[00:12:41.160]take on initiatives, and do all these things.
[00:12:45.394]So when recruiting other students,
[00:12:47.605]how do they do that and get the message out,
[00:12:50.620]to say this is an opportunity
[00:12:54.410]that all college students should have?
[00:12:56.690]Right, definitely, so each of us have
[00:12:59.190]a different story, a different experience,
[00:13:00.920]that we all went through, but the best key takeaway,
[00:13:04.020]or the advice that I would say,
[00:13:05.360]is we all need to be, we are advocates for RFI,
[00:13:08.460]and we need to be the one to share our story,
[00:13:10.700]and we all take pride in the community
[00:13:13.146]and the projects that we all did,
[00:13:14.730]and we're walking billboards for it.
[00:13:17.260]So whether it's social media,
[00:13:19.350]you post a picture, whatever it is,
[00:13:21.810]tell your friend, it's a ripple effect.
[00:13:24.120]So never stop sharing our stories,
[00:13:26.620]telling your friends and family,
[00:13:28.080]to me that's the best way, but also,
[00:13:31.308]I dunno, like a simple picture and things like that,
[00:13:34.750]it's the way to spread the word,
[00:13:36.670]but the one thing, the biggest marketing label,
[00:13:39.880]I would say is, don't put a cap
[00:13:43.210]on your growth and development in life.
[00:13:45.530]Never think that I'm good enough,
[00:13:47.858]I got this certificate, or I reached this goal
[00:13:51.250]that I had of confidence or whatever it may be,
[00:13:53.978]never stop growing and learning,
[00:13:56.220]because you'll be surprised at
[00:13:58.450]where life will take you, what opportunities you'll get.
[00:14:02.600]That's what I would say, always be open.

The screen size you are trying to search captions on is too small!

You can always jump over to MediaHub and check it out there.

Comments

0 Comments

Final Presentation CusterCounty

Description

Searchable Transcript

Comments icon comment

Related Channels

Comments