2017 Alaska Cross Content Conference

Come play the Making Change Happen or the Change game.  This research based game draws upon the Concerns Based Adoption Model, the Everett Rogers innovation diffusion research, and DESSI study.  After the game, we will take time to debrief what this means as a leader of change and how the game relates to the Concerns Based Adoption Model.

Here's how the Network, Inc. describes the Making Change Happen game:
"The foundation of the Change Leadership Series, Making Change Happen™, aka "The Change Game", introduces participants to the concepts of change for individuals.  Based on three streams of empirical research (the Concerns-Based adoption model – CBAM, Everett Rogers innovation diffusion research, and the DESSI Study). The engaging and thought-provoking learning experience leads to an understanding of the possibilities and pitfalls of improvement efforts, establishes a shared vocabulary about essential change steps, an appreciation of the differing perspectives of others, and challenges long-standing assumptions.  Used extensively throughout the United States and abroad, thousands of individuals have marveled at its ability to “make concrete and real” the ambiguous task of bringing about change in schools and organizations of all types"