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Step by step action planning: what step are you on?

Aaron

I really liked a recent afternoon of teaching about action planning in which we looked at this drawing and talked about how every goal we aspire to, are working on or have accomplished can be put on these steps.   It was a very fun conversation and people really seemed to like the idea that we’re never nowhere, we’re always somewhere.   Gosh I hope that doesn’t turn out to be my quote for posterity, Yogi Berra style.   But it can be really easy to get very down on ourselves about what feels like a lack of progress, when really it’s just … Continue reading Step by step action planning: what step are you on?

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Dancing with Community Webinar Series

Aaron

I’ve been very excited about a recent project, a fund-raiser for TASH, for a few reasons.  It gave me a chance to work with some of the new information I’ve been learning about online training; I got to work with some people I really like, who were excited about a topic that excites me; I got to use LOTS of graphics in my parts of the webinars, and I got to “give back” to TASH,  which has been so important player in my own development. At Spectrum We give TASH a lot of credit for what we’ve done well. Here … Continue reading Dancing with Community Webinar Series

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Standing-Beautiful-Like-The-Sun at Wanuskewin

Aaron

I’ve been spending a great deal of time questioning the idea of teaching and traditional education lately (though this is really the theme of most of my working life), and part of what’s been interesting for me in this is approaching a couple of events in which I’ll prepare curricula with teaching partners and then spend a few days presenting, teaching, learning.   I’m also at the end of completing a graduate degree in adult education and equity studies and, as they should be, a number of things are falling into place – perhaps as questions and ideas about processes rather … Continue reading Standing-Beautiful-Like-The-Sun at Wanuskewin