{"id":173,"date":"2018-03-11T23:28:25","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T06:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/?page_id=173"},"modified":"2018-03-11T23:55:26","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T06:55:26","slug":"blog-post-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/blog-post-3\/","title":{"rendered":"BLOG POST #3"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance, and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0Oprah Winfrey<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Weekly Objectives<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-177\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/files\/2018\/03\/28580283_10214028521579990_1036578405_o-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/files\/2018\/03\/28580283_10214028521579990_1036578405_o-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/files\/2018\/03\/28580283_10214028521579990_1036578405_o-1-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compile and analyze all of our data collected<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Develop a customer loyalty program based on our data collected<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Begin drafting our project report, our project presentation, and our infographic<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consult with Tara and discuss the loyalty programs based on our data to help increase and retain the customer base<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Achievements<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-179\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/files\/2018\/03\/LFSdsj-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"321\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/files\/2018\/03\/LFSdsj-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/files\/2018\/03\/LFSdsj-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/files\/2018\/03\/LFSdsj.jpg 928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gained consent from respective authorities to survey in desired locations<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overcame a great degree of uncertainty between our initial version of the survey and its alignment with Tara\u2019s goals. We resolved our conflicts by collectively compiling our opinions and editing our questions accordingly.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The survey was not distributed according to our schedule due to the delayed feedback from our community partner regarding our survey questions. There are times when we may feel that our project is \u201cdefined and characterized by conditions of inherent and unavoidable uncertainty\u201d (Shulman, 2005, p. 18). Thus, it is important for our group to stay composed and adapt as challenges like these are valuable lessons in improving our skills. In this situation, we met with Tara in person and we were able to review and finalize our survey questions on March 5.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Went to the desired locations to conduct our survey using Qualtrics and took pictures between March 5 and March 10<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edited some of our questions that encountered complications with some participants during our surveying<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collected survey data of how individuals in Burnaby engage with the Farmer\u2019s market<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gained new experiences, skills and knowledge regarding communication and survey taking<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Moment of Significance<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-175 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/files\/2018\/03\/28958969_1878087532222304_8345234057285599232_o-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/files\/2018\/03\/28958969_1878087532222304_8345234057285599232_o-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/files\/2018\/03\/28958969_1878087532222304_8345234057285599232_o-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/files\/2018\/03\/28958969_1878087532222304_8345234057285599232_o-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The LFS 350 Moment of Significant Change workshop helped our team\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">identify where all of us stand regarding our happiness, skill and knowledge gained or lost from\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this class in an illustrative fashion. Among the peaks and the dips, we noticed a common trend of decreasing happiness after our first community partner meeting with the Artisans Farmers Market Society (AFMS).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-176 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/files\/2018\/03\/29026005_1878080398889684_2937715110287769600_o-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/files\/2018\/03\/29026005_1878080398889684_2937715110287769600_o-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/files\/2018\/03\/29026005_1878080398889684_2937715110287769600_o-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/files\/2018\/03\/29026005_1878080398889684_2937715110287769600_o-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upon this discovery, we took the initiative to collectively address why this negative trend exists and spoke about our own individual factors contributing\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the decline. We learned that the primary reason of concern is\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0uncertainty of how to proceed with the project by meeting the community partner\u2019s wishes while taking on the simultaneous incorporation of classroom-based concepts of asset-based community development. The approach delves on the principle \u201cthat a recognition of strengths and assets is more likely to inspire positive action for change in a community\u201d (Mathie &amp; Cunningham, 2003, p. 477). The community members are the center of development and any progression for our project should arise from this source. However, our group learned that many of the AFMS marketing attempts were unsuccessful in previous years. We were unsure unsure how our team could improve upon previous strategies that were creative and had high potential to attract customers. This moment of significance motivated us to work cohesively to curate a tactful intervention for the AFMS. As Tim Harford suggests, it is important to embrace potential setbacks and adapt from them (2015).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-180\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/files\/2018\/03\/LFSKDIS-264x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/files\/2018\/03\/LFSKDIS-264x300.jpg 264w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/files\/2018\/03\/LFSKDIS-768x873.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/files\/2018\/03\/LFSKDIS-901x1024.jpg 901w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/files\/2018\/03\/LFSKDIS.jpg 921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subsequently, we designed a comprehensive set of surveying questions that would encompass both food security concepts and assess consumer interest in the AFMS. We then met up with Tara, our community partner, once more to review our survey. This helped us articulate and refine the questions. Moreover, the condensed survey had a stronger focus on our research question and better addressed the population of interest. This moment of significance helped us not only build stronger team dynamic, but also fostered a stronger working relationship with Tara. This demonstrates the importance of capacity building, which values the long term benefits of continuous learning growth within the group and favors the growth of our community partner\u2019s confidence and ability to make effective decisions in future projects (University of Memphis, 2017). \u00a0We hope that as an outcome, the AFMS will gain stronger insight of their customers and how to best cater to their interests, and that as a group we have learned more about working alongside community stakeholders. Furthermore, we learned how to better utilize communication skills among group members to discuss our concerns and how to openly accept criticism for our ideas. As a result, our happiness and skill levels increased. After surveying, our knowledge increased as well after speaking with community members about their perceptions of farmers markets and from assessing local food security levels.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Describe your groups strategy for successful project completion (the Graceful Dismount).<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-182\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/files\/2018\/03\/kid-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/files\/2018\/03\/kid-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/files\/2018\/03\/kid-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/files\/2018\/03\/kid.jpg 925w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the term is coming to an end, our group all mutually agree that it is important that we ensure everyone is still on the same page. Looking back, the process of completing our survey and getting feedback from Tara was indeed a hurdle that had put a lot of stress in our group. As a result, as our project is coming to an end, we have decided to conduct an internal anonymous feedback survey so that we can identify our areas of strength and areas that require improvement. Our reason behind this survey is to create a sense of awareness of what our group\u2019s thoughts were so far and to establish areas that may need more consideration. The results of the survey allow us to enhance our strengths and to bring about a mindful mentality for the last couple of weeks of our journey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since now we have all our data collected, for the upcoming weeks, we will be organizing the data into categories based on each location that we visited. To accomplish this, we will be assigning a location to each team member to increase efficiency. Katheryn will be our info-graphics designer, while Adrian and Albert will be responsible for analyzing the data. Lily and William will be responsible for writing our results. Finally, we will all work together to write up, edit and finalize our report.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lastly, we strongly believe that a mindset shift to \u201ccapacity building\u201d is essential if we are to achieve a \u201csustained\u201d and meaningful change within the food system (Memphis, 2017)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Rather than solely focusing on the immediate problem of our project, we will also be giving attention to building everyone\u2019s confidence, knowledge, and skills for further development regarding our professional goals in life. Therefore, our graceful dismount that will lead us to successful project completion will consist of capacity building and delegated roles to achieve efficiency. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Table 1: Group Internal Anonymous Feedback: Areas of Strength and Areas that Require Improvement<\/b><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Strengths <\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Needs Improvement <\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dependability &#8211; We were able to rely on each other to get assigned tasks finished <\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Staying on track &#8211; not losing focus every so often on task at hand <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adaptability- We were able to switch between different roles when needed<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preparedness &#8211; did not put enough effort into thinking about what specific concerns or questions we had for Tara<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teamwork &#8211; Everyone was understanding and willing to help others when needed<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avoiding multitasking so that we can accomplish one task to it\u2019s best ability (e.g. focus on making the survey more valid and relevant rather than simultaneously focusing on the appearance. <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fluent, responsive, and effective communication within the team to ensure that everyone knew what they were suppose to do<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHow Messy Problems Can Inspire Creativity. TED, Tim Harford, London, 2015.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YouTube<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, YouTube, 17 Jan. 2016, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Jd_j_kw_jZQ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Jd_j_kw_jZQ<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mathie, A., &amp; Cunningham, G. (2003). From clients to citizens: Asset-based community development as a strategy for community-driven development.<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Development in Practice, 13<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(5), 474-486. 10.1080\/0961452032000125857<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shulman, L. S. (2005). Pedagogies of uncertainty. Liberal Education, 91(2), 18\u201325. Retrieved from <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/files.eric.ed.gov\/fulltext\/EJ697350.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/files.eric.ed.gov\/fulltext\/EJ697350.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The University of Memphis, (2017). Benefits of Capacity Building. Retrieved from <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.memphis.edu\/ess\/module5\/page7.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/www.memphis.edu\/ess\/module5\/page7.php<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance, and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning. \u2013\u00a0Oprah Winfrey Weekly Objectives Compile and analyze all of our data collected Develop a customer loyalty program based on our data collected Begin drafting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/blog-post-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BLOG POST #3<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46391,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-173","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":187,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/173\/revisions\/187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfs350team24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}