PRESENTATION NAME Company Name Tran Nguyen Presentation EPG Cohort 11 Dr. Hackbert Reality show - Adventure | Comedy - 3 July 2014 (USA) 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 1

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Episode 1: Once Upon A Time the paucity of honest and creative leadership added an additional barrier to systemic reform. The growing popularity of ecotourism and heritage tourism, on the other hand, contained the potential for building an alternative At least 115 million Americans lived within a days driving distance of Appalachia. During the last two decades of the twentieth century, the number of coal mining jobs throughout all of Appalachia declined by 70 percent, falling from 59,000 to 46,000 Miners. 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 3 Source: Eller, Ronald D. Uneven Ground: Appalachia since 1945. Lexington: University of Kentucky, 2008. Print Salstrom, Paul. Appalachia's Path to Dependency: Rethinking a Region's Economic History, 1730-1940. Lexington, KY: U of Kentucky, 1994. N. pag. Print In 1920, the mines of West Virginia and Kentucky supplied only 23% of the country's bituminous coal, but by 1927 they were supplying 41%.

Wolfe & Lee County 7,887 24,908 12.6 37.3 186 7,355 25,968 14.4 31.8 343 Population size, 2010 Median Income Unemployment rate, 2010 Poverty rate, 2011 Number of farms, 2007 An excerpt from Rural Atlas Lee County Wolfe County The Friendliest Town in the Mountain 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 4 Source: Google Imagines

7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 5 Director of Tourism Commission Episode 2: The puzzle Julie Hendrix Tourism Commission member Chairman of Tourism Commission Executive Judge Dennis Brooke Mayor Gay Campbell Daniels Wilkes David Terrill Steve Johnsons Tom Yangers Trail town?

7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 6 (1*) Source: Personal Photos taken June 2014 Conducting researches Interviewing people Visiting businesses Discussing as a team

Team Work (2*) 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 7 Source: Employer statistics are taken from Raising the Bar: Employers Views on College Learning in the Wake of the Economic Downturn, a survey of employers conducted for AAC&U by Hart Research Associates and published in 2010. 71% of employers want teamwork in diverse groups Divergence vs Convergence thinking (3)

Team Work (2*) 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 8 Source: Employer statistics are taken from Raising the Bar: Employers Views on College Learning in the Wake of the Economic Downturn, a survey of employers conducted for AAC&U by Hart Research Associates and published in 2010. 71% of employers want teamwork in diverse groups When in doubt, freak them out with QUESTIONS!

What we found Have vision and expertise, but no time Have time, but no experience and expertise Have expertise, but no power to execute Chairman of Tourism Commission Daniels Wilkes Director of Tourism Commission Julie Hendrix Support, but have no expertise Support, establish new trails, but terms will end soon Judge/Executive Dennis Brooke Mayor Gay Campbell Tourism Commission Have time and expertise, but no motivation Tourism Commission member David Terrill 9 members Attorney at law Steve Johnson Rescue team Tom Yangers Advocates: 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 9 Problem: Eligibility Private ownership

*Key experience 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 10 (4) Head + Heart = Hustle (5) Shrink the change Source: Personal Photos taken June 2014 Episode 3: Lessons from entrepreneurs The consequences of the coal mine industry *The most significant new insight (6) Take Perspective Someone Elses

Mobilizing the resources Chairman of Tourism Commission Daniels Wilkes Director of Tourism Commission Julie Hendrix Tourism Commission member David Terrill 9 members 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 11 Problem: Eligibility Private ownership Problem: Eligibility Private ownership

Build trust Focus on Festivals Trail town 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 12

Appalachian civic leadership insights: Community is What Matters 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 13 Source: Google Imagines, Facebook Photos Episode 4: To be, or not to be Know What Youve Got Know What You Need (7) Intersection?

7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 14 Source: Google Imagines, Personal Photos

7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 15 Beattyville = The next trail town!

Appalachian Quilt: What does it take to make a difference? 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 16 Find the bright spot (8) Source: Google Imagines, Personal Photos taken June 2014 ? Future Episode 5: Appalachia and ME Grow your people (9) ? Future

Appalachian Quilt: What does it take to make a difference? 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 17 Find the bright spot (8) Source: Google Imagines, Personal Photos taken June 2014 Episode 5: Appalachia and ME Grow your people (9)

Tay Nguyen vs Appalachia 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen Source: Google Imagines My Hometown: Da Lat the City of Flower

Tay Nguyen vs Appalachia 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen Mountaintop Removal Mining in KentuckyBauxite Mining in Bao Loc, Lam Dong Source: Google Imagines

Tay Nguyen vs Appalachia 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 20 Population (2009 Census): 5.107.437 (5.95%) of Vietnam: 85.789.573 Estimated population (2009): 24,993,391 8,14% of US (307,006,550) Source: Google Imagines, Personal Photos Poverty Rate (20082012):16.6% (US: 14.9%) Poverty rate (2010): 22.2% (Vietnam 14.2%)

Tay Nguyen vs Appalachia 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 21 Source: GENERAL STATISTICS OFFICE of VIET NAM; - Service - Industry and infrastructure - Agriculture and forestry Central Highland Economic Sectors

Tay Nguyen vs Appalachia 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 22 Source: GENERAL STATISTICS OFFICE of VIET NAM; - Service - Industry and infrastructure - Agriculture and forestry Central Highland Economic Sectors

7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 23 A chapter ending, but the stories only just BEGIN

Entrepreneurial Leadership Engaging Complexity and Uncertainty Exploring Values and Ethical Structure Mobilizing Resources Advocating Change Recognizing Opportunity Facilitating Group Decisions Managing Time (10*) 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 24 Personal Hunches

My Toolkit Ask Questions Write reflections Write a compelling email 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 25 Before and After

Write an compelling email 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 26 Before

Write an compelling email Dear Julie, Thank you very much for meeting with us last week. I apologize for not getting back to you earlier. My team and I have been busy in the last couple of days trying to meet with people and gathering information in the exploration of a network of interconnecting multi-county trails that will connect Eastern Kentucky communities, state parks, federal recreational properties, and forest lands, that, in the end, will create additional jobs and stimulate economic growth and development through heritage and adventure tourism related opportunities. We wanted to see you on Monday, but we only had your cell phone number at the Adult Learning Center and was not the day for your time in Campton. We met with Dennis Brook and Steve Johnson on Monday, and Dave Terrell today. In general, they seem supportive of the Trail Town discussions. In the conversation with Dave today, we heard from Dave that he would be willing to talk to the private land owner who holds the last missing piece of the proposed trail. We discovered in conversations in Letcher County that K.R.S. 411.190 is the law that protects land owners. Are you interested in going with him? We discussed tonight in our All Hands Meeting that the Trail Town plans here in Eastern Kentucky have received a lot of support in Letcher, Owsley, Knott, Leslie, Perry, Breathitt and Lee Counties recently. Judge Dennis Brooks and Mayor Gay Campbell appear positively inclined. We plan to be in Eastern Kentucky through the end of this week. On Thursday we travel to Prestonsburg to attend the SOAR Conference listening sessions. On Friday we will be in Lee County testing the Zip Line as adventure tourists and travelers. Next week we meet with the Executive Judge of Madison County to advocate for a Trail Town application in Berea on Monday. Tuesday we train the Hal Rogers Scholars at Alice Lloyd College. We return to Hazard on Wednesday and plan to spend the last three days of the week in Lee and Wolfe Counties. If we can be of any further assistance to you as you prepared for the Tourism Commission meeting on July 2, please feel free to let us know. Thank you very much. I am looking forward to seeing from you. Tran7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 27

If this were a movie. 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 28

Script the critical moves The next 1 month - Update my online profile. - Print my business card - Research for studying aboard/internship next year. - Prepare for Cosmo club, Debate club next year The next 3 month - Focus on my major/figure out my major. - Apply for studying aboard/ internship The next 6 month - Final preparation for study aboard/ internship. - Form a group of people who care about Da Lat, my hometown study about economic development opportunity. 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 29

References Centre for International Economics, Canberra and Sydney. Vietnam poverty analysis. 9 May 2002. New York: Web. 3 July. 2014. Eller, Ronald D. Uneven Ground: Appalachia since 1945. Lexington: Uof Kentucky, 2008. Print. Galinsky, Lara, Kelly Nuxoll, Lance Armstrong, Doug Ulman, Geoffrey Canada, and Tony Deifell. Work on Purpose. New York: Echoing Green, 2011.Print Hackbert, P.H. Rural Atlas Database for the 2013 EPG Program. A modification of the Atlas of Rural and Small Town America download data of people, jobs, agriculture, and county classifications from 2010 Census data, and 2011 American Community Survey. Le, Van T. "Ti C Cu Kinh T Quc Gia V Mt S Kin V Pht Trin Ty Nguyn Bn Vng." Tia Sang. Bo Khoa Hoc Va Cong Nghe, 18 Jan. 2012. Web. 3 July 2014. Salstrom, Paul. Appalachia's Path to Dependency: Rethinking a Region's Economic History, 1730-1940. Lexington, KY: U of Kentucky, 1994. N. pag. Print Seufert, Robert L. "Economic Advances and Disadvantages in Appalachia: Occupation, Labor Force Participation, and Unemployment." Journal of Appalachian Studies 10.3, Appalachia Counts: The Region in the 2000 Census (2004): 331-39. Appalachian Regional Commission. Regional Planning and Research Division. Web. 3 July 2014. Taulbert, Clifton and Gary G. Schoeniger. Who Owns the Ice House?: Eight Life-Lessons From an Unlikely Enterpreneur. Publisher: ELI Press, LLC. Tran, Nhat. "Cong Bo Tong Dieu Tra Dan so Nam 2009." Bao Moi 31 Nov. 2009: n. pag. Print. World Bank. 2012 Vietnam Poverty Assessment. 16 Aug. 2013. Web. 3 July. 2014. 7/9/2014 Make a Difference: A Tale of Two Counties Prepared by Tran Nguyen 30