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7 Tips for Engaging in Social Media

7 Tips for Engaging in Social Media

1) What are people already saying about your organization on the web? Gather information, do your research, seek out the conversation. Listen FIRST. 2) Think about your plan of action. Which blogs will you want to follow? How much of the conversation has already taken place? Will you and how will you engage? Listen and [...]

A Sign for the Times

A Sign for the Times

“Imagine that everyone has an invisible sign hanging from his or her neck saying. ‘Make me feel important.’ Never forget this message when working with people.” Now imagine this invisible sign every time you meet someone new. Allow it to function as a reminder that everyone you encounter wants to know that they matter and [...]

No Child Left Behind and the next President?

No Child Left Behind and the next President?

A teacher, who has made it a career to be an educator, is now faced with the pressures of meeting curriculum goals and standards of learning. The United States implemented the No Child Left Behind Act to help counteract a decline in education among today’s students. States are required to test and analyze elementary, middle [...]