Focusing on the change process, this document presents five papers given at a regional EPDA inservice education program. Papers included are (1) Underlying Dimensions of the Change Process, by William Hull, which presents guidelines for planned change; (2) Alternative Organizations for Producing Innovation, by Daniel Koble, which describes participative decision making as it relates to alternative organization structures for the identification and selection of innovations in vocational education; (3) Techniques for Influencing Others to Accept Change, by William Hull, which discusses types of techniques that may be used to propose changes in vocational education; (4) Strategies for Funding Innovative Projects, by Daniel Koble, discussing the allocation, dispersement, and use of vocational education funds to produce program innovation; and (5) Statewide Diffusion Networks: Their Establishment and Evaluation, by Earl Russell and N.L. McCaslin, focusing on the concept of statewide diffusion networks as encompassing any new product, idea, practice or program showing promise for improvement in vocational education. (LRA)