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So appreciate this excellent article! Note the table that distinguishes what constitutes involvement versus authentic partnership. Important insights Ari Gerzon-Kessler!

Stepping into the vibrant tapestry of Ugele, with a mission to foster growth and opportunity. We engage with community leaders to discuss our collaborative tomato training program, igniting hope and empowering the youth for a brighter future. 🍅 #RuralIsCool #Ruralnigeria #ruraldevelopment #Duriannigeria #UgeleCommunityEngagement #YouthEmpowerment #TomatoTrainingProgram"

Interested in learning practical steps on how we can move from conventional family involvement strategies to more authentic school-family partnerships? Here is a brand new article I just published with Solution Tree, which includes a graphic you can share with colleagues as you launch into the new school year, which will help you harness family engagement as a powerful strategy for so many of the student outcomes that you care about. #familyengagement #teachers #schools #education #schoolleadership #students

Trust is an intrinsic part of the foundation of social interactions. So much so that we can observe it in action in the behaviors of other animals. As humans, see this played out in our personal relationships, our businesses, and with our government. When the people can no longer trust their institutions, the society they live in becomes unstable and in dire need of unity. What do you do to build trust and unity in your business? What would need to happen to restore some trust in your government? #stayfree #patriotpreneur #legionofpatriots for #thecause

Exciting news from the Carnegie Corporation! 🎉 They are returning to their roots by awarding millions in grants to public libraries. Libraries can be common ground for people despite their differences. Let's celebrate this commitment to empowering communities through libraries! 📚 💡 Your Part-Time Controller, #LibraryJoy #CarnegieCorporation #LibraryLeadership #Library #LibraryLove #LibrariesTransform #LibraryAdvocacy #RuralLibraries #SmallLibraries #CommunityLibraries

What is the Joe Family Foundation and how do they help individuals and families connect and heal.

I was in a unique position last spring as a successful advocate for change at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, leveraging AI in strategic ways to save time and close the gap on my lack of experience. But as summer came I faced the challenge of passing the torch. How could we preserve our knowledge for future generations of advocates with so many of us graduating? It turns out we could clone ourselves. Kind of. Not only did AI help us write a playbook of detailing our strategies of influence (thanks Anthropic), but it allowed us to create institutional intelligence through adaptable, custom GPTs. Even a simple example shows how a revolutionary this is: Instead of writing a lengthy section of the playbook on crafting the perfect note to administrators, I trained a GPT with our expertise. Now, future student advocates don't need to be incredible writers - they have an AI copilot to guide them through the process. What began as a project for the next generation of Jewish advocates at UW-Madison quickly evolved into something I knew I had to share more broadly. We need to lower the barriers to advocacy for Jewish students and community members. That's why I'm excited to introduce Maccabee.ai

"A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm." ⚓️ 🚢 Share your thoughts below and tag your fellow captains! 🌊 #CommunitySailing #TogetherWeNavigate #tusharmangl #TakeTheHelm #CommunityEngagement #ShareYourThoughts #CommunityConnection #StrengthInUnity #NavigateWithFriends #ShareYourVoice #InspireOthers

Ants, with their vast population, exemplify collaboration as they share resources and food among insects and animals, fostering cooperation within their tribe. In contrast, despite human cognitive abilities, our actions often harm nature and our own communities. Capitalistic competition will kill the winners of the competition today in another day after today. There is no permanent winner even if you are a king or a dictator/a dominant person over others! #CollaborativeNature #AntCommunity #HumanImpact #SustainableLiving #EnvironmentalConsciousness #CooperativeSociety #CapitalismConcerns #EcologicalAwareness #TribeUnity #LongTermThinking

A fascinating look at future thinking, taking in some previous work, a huge number of relevant trends to explore, plus integrating the existing data landscape for things like library visits (limited but that’s all there is). Great work by all involved. It’s a reminder that we do need to do more to understand those library services with increased visits (though still declining loans). Is it Events, WiFi, other services, colocation, or dodgy data?! Only suggestion is that the library sector need to fund making work more accessible, and more widely available! Publish as web content, allow people to bookmark it rather than save the file somewhere where they’ll lose it. Make every section optimised for search engines, make it easy to find and easy to consume on any device. In the library sector there are a mass of PDF reports metaphorically sitting on a dusty pile in a locked away room, and it doesn’t do the work justice.