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Sometime Never Comes

Matt Fortney wrote 1 month ago: Who makes the statement, “let’s get together sometime” and really means it?  If th … more →

Tags: Leadership, professional improvement, Business + Communication, leadership

Self-Refection Leads To Self-Improvement2 comments

Matt Fortney wrote 2 months ago: All great leaders look for continuous improvements.  Improvements in their business, their staff and … more →

Tags: Leadership, professional improvement, inspiration can come from anywhere, Inspiration, Self-Reflection

Get Out Your Pen, Pencil or Crayon!

Matt Fortney wrote 4 months ago: Many years ago my high school health class teacher would announce “get out your pen, pencil or … more →

Tags: professional improvement, inspiration can come from anywhere, Inspiration, leadership

Polls: Reflection or Creation?

Matt Fortney wrote 6 months ago: With the Presidential election in a few days, we have been inundated with polls: taking them and hea … more →

Tags: Leadership, professional improvement, Inspiration, leadership

Start with the Big Stuff

Matt Fortney wrote 7 months ago: Teacher fills a container with large rocks and asks the class if they think the container is full.  … more →

Tags: professional improvement, inspiration can come from anywhere, Inspiration, Time Management

What Have YOU Learned from the Incredible Hulk?1 comment

Matt Fortney wrote 10 months ago: I watched The Avengers with my son. After the movie we talked about different scenes on the drive ho … more →

Tags: professional improvement, inspiration can come from anywhere, Avengers

Guest Post on Chris LoCurto's Blog1 comment

specializingintheimpossible wrote 11 months ago: Hey, everyone! I’ve had the honor of guest posting on Chris LoCurto’s blog. You can chec … more →

Tags: Business, Dave Ramsey, Chris LoCurto, Leading, Live Events, Dale Carnegie Award for Highest Achievement, on the go, Missions, lake tahoe

Common Ground

Leah R. Kyaio, M.Ed. wrote 1 year ago: As we begin conversation and dialog, particularly when it may become difficult, it is important to h … more →

Tags: Playing Nice in the Sandbox, Relationships, Education, Teachers, engagement, respect, Best Practice, Cultural Competence, Self-Improvement

Relationships and Education

Leah R. Kyaio, M.Ed. wrote 1 year ago: Education is all about relationships.  We pretend we can assess student success with test scores but … more →

Tags: Playing Nice in the Sandbox, Relationships, Education, Teachers, engagement, respect, Best Practice, Cultural Competence, Self-Improvement

R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

Leah R. Kyaio, M.Ed. wrote 1 year ago: Respect is at the core of all healthy relationships.  But what is it exactly?  It is a word we throw … more →

Tags: Playing Nice in the Sandbox, Relationships, Education, Teachers, engagement, respect, Best Practice, Cultural Competence, Self-Improvement

Let's Talk About Relationships!

Leah R. Kyaio, M.Ed. wrote 1 year ago: How many relationships are you involved in every day? Lots! From the momentary relationship with a s … more →

Tags: Playing Nice in the Sandbox, Relationships, Education, Teachers, engagement, respect, Best Practice, Cultural Competence, Self-Improvement

How to Improve your presentations

Joao Rui Alveirinho Correia wrote 1 year ago: After being present at this Webinar, we can really inprove our presentations so much due to the qual … more →

Tags: Uncategorized

Are You In Control?

Matt Fortney wrote 1 year ago: In all areas of our lives, both personal and professional, it is very important to retain control. W … more →

Tags: Communication, Business + Communication, Control?, Emotional Control

I've Fallen and I CAN Get Up - Part 22 comments

Matt Fortney wrote 1 year ago: In our current political environment, I could easily write about the candidates that are falling. Bu … more →

Tags: Business Management, Management, Business management, professional improvement, Keep your eyes open!, inspiration can come from anywhere, Inspiration, Sanchin-Ryu, Kárate

Teach or Learn? Why Not Both?3 comments

Matt Fortney wrote 1 year ago: Recently I had a conversation with Josette Rider, Executive Director & CEO of Big Brothers Big S … more →

Tags: Business Management, Management, Business management, Keep your eyes open!, inspiration can come from anywhere, Inspiration, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Seth Godin, Seth's Blog

I've Fallen and I CAN Get Up - Part 1

Matt Fortney wrote 1 year ago: We have all fallen before. We fell off our skateboards as kids and we have even fallen over the stra … more →

Tags: professional improvement, inspiration can come from anywhere, Sanchin-Ryu, Kárate, OK to fail

Listening to the Quiet1 comment

Matt Fortney wrote 1 year ago: Sometimes we all need to stop, regroup and recharge our professional batteries.  I was at a Cubs gam … more →

Tags: Cubs, Chicago Cubs, meditation, professional improvement, carlos marmol, Marmol, Mike Quade, Quade, silence is deafening

Standard L: Meta Reflection

Greg Nelson wrote 2 years ago: This standard centralizes around building a relationship with each student to the point where the te … more →

Tags: L1 - Learner Centered, L2 - Classroom/School Centered, L3 - Family/Neighborhood Centered, L4 - Contextual Community Centered, Differentiation, Relationships, family involvement, classroom diversity

Youth Professionals Gather to Share & Learn

Professional Youth Development wrote 2 years ago: The Youth Development Institute will offer workshop sessions within several different program areas … more →

Tags: youth development, 4-H, volunteer lead programs


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