Archive for November 2016
Now I really know what they mean by election fatigue – SCN Encourager
Is it Friday yet? I’m exhausted. So today’s Encourager will be short. But I’ll make it up to you tomorrow. Trust me. (As we’ve all heard the politicos say about a million times.) On Friday I’ll share the link to the recording of yesterday’s worthwhile Lunchinar with Don Taylor and Holly McCaw. Don sure knows how to crank…
Read MoreBoy, oh boy… tough choices make life difficult – SCN Encourager
But wouldn’t it be nice to somehow repeal Murphy’s Law today! It’s Election Day 2016. And whether you view casting your ballot as your right, a privilege, or simply one’s civic duty, you know today is big is in the grand scheme of things. It’s why 99.9% of everyone who reads this will participate. We school folks vote. It sure…
Read MoreHere’s more proof that our world is going topsy turvy – SCN Encourager
And feel free to “fact check” me if you like! It’s easy enough. Just visit your local bookstore. You’ll be in for a shock. There are tons of books on teaching, curriculum, and educational leadership. If you poke around around a bit, you’ll see topics range from student achievement, standards, cyber-bullying, technology, change, gaps, managing stress, and all…
Read MoreIf only I had Hillary’s and Donald’s attention for 15 seconds – SCN Encourager
I’d tell them something they really need to hear. Just two words. “Thank you.” No lie. I’m truly appreciative for the effort Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are expending on our behalf. They’re giving us a choice on election day and are absorbing all kinds of personal attacks, ridicule, and scorn just to give us the opportunity to decide…
Read MoreLooking for a worthwhile post-election day event? Sign up for our SCN Lunchinar! – SCN Encourager
We hope you can join us Wednesday, November 9. Get ready to make visual magic both online and offline! Don Taylor will show you several tools and “hacks” worthy of a place in every school communicator’s toolbox. Don is the communications specialist in Worthington Schools in Columbus, Ohio. He wasn’t always a member of our school PR tribe. In…
Read MoreWant to be a cutting-edge innovator? Be grateful for these. – SCN Encourager
Creative types and outside-the-box thinkers are dependent on them. Perhaps you’re not surprised. But I was. (Like always.) I never realized innovators, creative types, and outside-the-box thinkers need the predictability of universal tools and devices like door knobs. I know this news is hardly earth-shattering. But door knobs (and other mundane things) actually give our crazy ideas and notions a…
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