Archive for April 2016
So what if an NFL team won’t draft you. A school district might! – SCN Encourager
Are you SPR (School PR) Draft Ready? What a spectacle! Wouldn’t you love to have a school event in your district every year that generates the excitement of the NFL Draft? I would! What buzz! But in truth, the glitz and wildly hyped-up predictions obscure the months of hard work leading up to draft night. The pressure is incredible. Pro football…
Read MoreHere’s the visual that reflects the help we typically get from our politicians – SCN Encourager
What more can I say? Just keep giving our cause your best. You and our tribe of other school communicators are the best “untanglers” I know! And no, this photo doesn’t represent something I had a hand in. (But I still have to live with the fact that…
Read MoreHow many times have you heard this Jim Rohn quote? – SCN Encourager
You can’t miss it. It’s as popular as ever. Leadership coaches love Jim Rohn quotes. This one in particular. “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” These 14 words rarely fail to get their clients thinking about who’s impacting – their values, their choices, and their future direction. Just like a checkbook can…
Read MoreHold your head high. Our fabled “edu-speak” represents something wonderful – SCN Encourager
Did you ever imagine our dynamic assortment of acronyms could be a source of pride? I sure didn’t. I’m usually embarrassed by them. ELL, FERPA, STEM, IEP, OCR, MDE… You know what I mean. But I like the way Kingman Brewster, Jr., the President of Yale from 1963-1977, put all of them in context for us. (And context is king,…
Read MoreAll is well… just as long as you stay on the “Most Stressed” list – SCN Encourager
Yeah, I realize this wasn’t my message last week. But I pivoted. Or as they’d say in politics – I flip-flopped. And now I feel like a knucklehead. Because for about 72 hours there, I was quite proud of Thursday’s Encourager and Friday’s Encourager and my two-part spotlight on the real-world STRESS that we share. They were winners in my book. I…
Read MoreThere’s no change. You’re still on the Top Ten “Most Stressed” List (The Sequel) – SCN Encourager
Guess how many decisions (little, big, & in-between) you make in a day. It’s shocking! Research confirms we make about 35,000 decisions per day. And no, that’s not a typo. That’s 35,000. Admittedly, an old guy like me (… a wife, three daughters, and a dog that somewhat tolerates me) could accurately say that the number of decisions he’s…
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