Posts Tagged ‘School PR’

Is an “unexamined life” really such a bad thing? – SCN Encourager

Was Plato right about it being “not worth living?” You gotta wonder. Sure… his words and teachings have been admired for more than 2400 years. But I’m going to wait and see how he trends over the next few decades before seriously worrying about them. There’s no need to make a snap decision. Besides I’m the one who has to…

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What “organizational” lessons could you learn from a cult? –  SCN Encourager

Okay, maybe the word “cult” is a stretch. The word “commune” is more like it. I’m not talking about the flower-power-hippie communes of late 1960s and early 1970s, though. Rather, the research by sociologist Rosabeth Moss Kanter focused on various groups in the U.S. who lived in closed communities about 125 years earlier. As a professor of business…

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How can you tell when a recommended strategy will really work? – SCN Encourager

Just remember why the chicken crossed the road. Take a look from “the other side.” Yesterday I wrote about one of our major self-induced stressors. And I hauled out some unnamed (er, uncompensated) experts to help us deal with it. Apparently it’s common for us to believe that by shoehorning way-too-many items onto our calendars, we can have it…

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Two phrases guaranteed to boost your popularity – SCN Encourager

These two little gems will work wonders at home and work. And now is the perfect time to haul them out. With the excitement of the Super Bowl starting to wane, we’re in a rare calendar lull when big time sporting and media events are few and far between. You couldn’t ask for a better window for dusting off your…

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Surprise. Sometimes my low standards lead to a higher place. – SCN Encourager

This roundabout is a fantastic way to start the day. Granted. It’s doesn’t happen all that often. But once in a while, the convoluted path I take in writing a daily Encourager for you and other school communicators actually leads to somewhere worthwhile. Want proof of this miracle? (Yeah, I figured you would.) My roundabout began here – with the…

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