Archive for May 2014

What does your personal library look like? – SCN Encourager 5/30/2014

It probably looks a lot like mine. I don’t know how many homes of school communicators cartoonist Tom Gauld has broken into, but he seems to know way too much about how we organize our bookcases. This cartoon could easily be titled Every School Communicators Library. He’s got my nine categories pegged perfectly! Sad but true. But at least…

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The missing words in Maya Angelou’s bio – SCN Encourager 5/29/2014

The depth of Maya Angelou’s talent and background is striking. And when you read her media bio, you will not find words like fans, followers, and personal brand. This is striking, too. I’m guessing that a theoretical tabulation of all of her “likes,” though, would be off the charts. Angelou was so much loved by so many.…

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Godzilla squashes more than buildings – SCN Encourager 5/28/2014

The dang thing also stomps on long-held notions. I’m not a big admirer of Tinsel Town, but I grew up thinking of Hollywood as a premier economic driver in our country – the madcap intersection where exciting adventures, creative special effects, and the “beautiful people” all intentionally collided to bring us our much desired escape-from-reality big screen entertainment. Of course, I thought the very same thing about…

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The audacity to serve. No choice involved. – SCN Encourager 5/27/2014

Just leave it to me. Not only am I routinely “a day late and a dollar short” – obviously, I also have the knack for asking a question that was definitively answered weeks earlier. Such was the case yesterday where I challenged us to ramp up our level of audaciousness. I’ve discovered this won’t be easy for…

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Your coke. Your schools. Just do it. – SCN Encourager 5/23/2014

Oh wait. “Just do it” has nothing to do with Coke. Sorry. But I’m not turning back to work on a rewrite. Fujitsu PA03641-B005 Document Scanner I’m too excited. Because an awesome user-generated video like the one below is definitely do-able. Take a look – and then tell me you can’t copy this concept, too! Even though I’ve yapped about…

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