A
few highlights are:
·
Grandchildren –
I now have five wonderful
Grandkids! YES! Three are in Hawaii (but soon to be
in Yuma just 3 hours away) and two in TX. We
· “The Rose of Whitworth” – American Publishing has published a book containing 16 fictional love stories. It was released in late 2010. If it goes well, I'll work with them to publish a fictional thriller called, "Man in the Shadows". I'm also working on a business book. We’ll see how this progresses.
- Children (in birth order) – Jason returned from Iraq maintaining aircraft as a US Marine and lives in Fort Worth. He's now a US Marine Recruiter. Jonathan is a US Marine Pilot, stationed in Hawaii, flew helicopters in Afghanistan and moving to Yuma soon. He'll be a flight instructor there. Dylan is in 12th grade and growing up into a great man. Sydney is in 10th grade and dancing her heart out. Se went to Nationals this year and placed well in several dances. We're so proud of ALL of them.
- Conferences - I'm leading training in the areas of Lean, Six Sigma and Quality. I'm speaking primarily at large business conferences but still speaking occasionally to churches, schools and youth Conferences. See my schedule below to find my a vailability and book your event. The schedule below does not include the global "virtual" Lean Events I lead for CSC and its clients.
|
||||||
DATE |
LOCATION |
SUBJECT |
DETAILS |
|||
| 1/1 | Los Angeles, CA | Rose Bowl Parade | Stayed up all night with members of Mara's family to watch the Rose Bowl parade. It was so much fun! What a way to start the new year! | |||
| 1/13-18 | Fort Worth, TX | See Son | See my my son, daughter-in-law Joie and two Granddaughters!!! | |||
| 1/23-28 | Wash DC | Six Sigma Greenbelt Class | Improving CSC and client processes at Pentagon City, VA | |||
| 1/31 | Los Angeles, CA | Keynote Speaker | Speak at a Lean/Six Sigma Conference at the LA Endowement Center | |||
| 2/1-3 | Los Angeles, CA | Lean Event | Leading a Lean Event for a major CSC client | |||
| 3/18 | Pasadena, CA | Keynote Speaker | Speak about Employee Engagment & Lean/Six Sigma at the CA Measurement Science Conference | |||
| 4/8-10 | Escondido, CA | Syd's Dance Competition | Sydney competes in a regional dance competition in 8 gruelling dances. | |||
| 4/23 | Los Angeles, CA | Family Event | Paint Gun War with 30 family members-it was bloody-LOL | |||
| 5/15-18 | Pittsburgh, PA | Keynote Speaker | Speaking at the Yearly American Society for Quality (ASQ) World Conference! Very large conference! | |||
| 5/20-22 | Portland, OR | Vacation | Weekend Getaway | |||
| 6/3-5 | Pomona, CA | Syd's Dance Competition | Sydney competes in a regional dance competition in 8 gruelling dances. | |||
| 6/5 | San Diego, CA | Padre Game w/Jason | Taking Jason to Padre game for his birthday as well as other family members | |||
| 6/16 | San Diego, CA | US Marine Recruiting School Graduation |
Attend Jason's US Marine Recruiting
School Graduation Ceremony - Awesome! |
|||
| 6/24-26 | Flagstaff & Prescott, AZ | Retirment Plans | Looking at acerage and property in AZ for potential retirement home in a few years | |||
| 6/27-7/2 | Las Vegas, NV | Syd's Dance Competition | Sydney competes in the National Dance Competition in 8 gruelling dances! | |||
| 7/5-8 | Riverside, CA | Jury Duty | Week of Jury Duty - Yuk! | |||
| 7/20 | Riverside, CA | Keynote Speaker | Speak about Employee Engagment & Lean/Six Sigma at the Riverside American Society for Quality (ASQ) Conference | |||
| 7/25-31 | Rocky Mt, VA | See Family | Visiting my mom, oldest brother and his family. | |||
| 7/29 | Fort Bragg, NC | Keynote Speaker | Spoke to over 300 soldiers in the US Army Wounded Warrior Program-very moving! | |||
| 8/1-5 | Fort Worth, TX | See Family | Spend time with my oldest son, wife and two wonderful Grand-Daughters!!! | |||
| 8/25-28 | Mammoth Lakes, CA | Mara's Executive Retreat | work virtually from Mammoth Lake, CA at the Westin Resort-WOW | |||
| 8/31-9/4 | Prescott, AZ | New House in AZ | Working on our new house and inviting relatives to spend the long weekend w/us | |||
| 9/9-9/13 | NYC, NY | Vactaion | Spend a long weekend in NYC, seeing the sights and a Broadway Play - YES | |||
| 9/14-16 | NYC, NY | 2011 Executive Recognition Summit | Learn more about Recognition as apart of one of my new duties | |||
| 9/19-21 | San Francisco, CA | Keynote Speech | Opening Keynote Speech at the Process Excellence Leadership Forum | |||
| 9/22 | Las Vegas, NV | Keynote Speech and working w/Leadership team | Speaking to Wyndham Consumer Finance, Inc.; | |||
| 9/23-25 | Prescott, AZ | New House in AZ | Working on our new house | |||
| 10/3-4 | Seattle, WA | Keynote Speech | Keynote Speaker for 2011 Service Quality Conference | |||
| 10/19-23 | Honolulu, HI |
See Son |
See my son, daughter-in-law April and three Grandsons!!! |
|||
| 10/24-27 | Prescott, AZ | New House in AZ | Working on our new house | |||
| 10/28 | Santa Anna, CA | Keynote Speaker | ASQ Quality Conference | |||
| 11/11 | Virtual | 24-Hour Conf Call | Hosting an exhausting 24-Hour Virtual Conf Call for World Quality Day | |||
| 11/18-22 | Prescott, AZ | New House in AZ | Working on our new house | |||
| 11/22-25 | Cachuma Lake, CA | Falmily Reunion | All 70 members of the Whitworth family will get-together for Thanksgiving | |||
| 12/5-10 | Ft. Worth, TX | See Family | See Jason's and brother Steve's families | |||
| 12/25-31 | Canyon Lake, CA | Christmas and New Years at Home | All 70 members of the Whitworth family will get-together at our house at various times for the holidays | |||
| 2012 Schedule | ||||||
DATE |
LOCATION |
SUBJECT |
DETAILS |
|||
| 1/15-18 | Prescott, AZ | New House in AZ | Working on our new house | |||
| 1/19-20 | Phoenix, AZ | Cancer Treament Centers of America | Lean Event Training | |||
| 1/21-23 | San Diego | Adventist Health Board Meeting | Joined Mara at a gorgeous resort. | |||
| 2/17-20 | Prescott, AZ | Meeting friends at our new house | Valentine's Day get away | |||
| 2/28-3/2 | Orlando, FL | Keynote Speaker, 2012 International American Society for Quality (ASQ) Lean/Six Sigma Conference | Speak about Employee Engagment & Lean/Six Sigma | |||
| 4/8-10 | Orlando, FL | Keynote Speaker for Wyndham Vacation Ownership | Second time for this org. | |||
| 5/15-17 | New Orleans, LA | Keynote Speaker | Speak about Employee Engagment & Lean/Six Sigma | |||
| 5/18 | Upland, CA | Sydney's Rainbow Dance Competition | So proud of her | |||
| 5/21-24 | Anaheim, CA | Lead Session concerning Employee Engagement | Speaking at the Yearly American Society for Quality (ASQ) World Conference! | |||
| 6/1 | Pamona, CA | CA Artistic Review | Sydney's Dance Competition | |||
| 6/27-7/3 | Las Vegas, NV | National Dance Competition | She's going for the second consecutive year! | |||
| 2011-2012 Trips | ||||||
# |
# Domestic trips/State |
State/Country |
||||
1 |
9 |
Arizona |
||||
2 |
23 |
California |
||||
| 3 | 2 | Florida | ||||
4 |
2 |
Hawaii |
||||
| 6 | 1 | Louisiana | ||||
9 |
3 |
Nevada |
||||
10 |
1 |
North Carolina |
||||
| 11 | 1 | Oregon | ||||
| 12 | 2 | New York | ||||
| 13 | 1 | Pennsylvania | ||||
14 |
4 |
Texas |
||||
| 15 | 1 | Virginia | ||||
| 17 | 1 | Washington State | ||||
| 18 | 1 | Washington, DC | ||||
# |
# International Trips/Country |
Countries |
||||
1 |
? |
? |
||||
|
52 |
Total Thus Far |
