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Association Brain Food Weekly: 12.20.19

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Your plans for the holiday season are probably like mine: feast. If you’re in North Carolina, please consider supporting the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina. A new episode is posted every Monday by 1 p.m.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.1.20

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… For the last six weeks, virtual events have been the focus of my reading and writing time—which is why you’ve seen the topic popping up so frequently here and on my Twitter stream too. Chapter virtual education. Does the world need it anymore?”

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 3.5.21

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Laura Cappelle, New York Times ). The nerdy dopamine pathway: a well-traveled route if, like me, you get excited and energized by the possibility of learning something new. On Sunday, India by way of North Carolina.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 2.12.21

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. In uncertain times, stay focused on your mission and explore new ways to deliver on that mission.”. Online education nimbleness. WBT Systems describes several other options for delivering online education. Accepting reality.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 12.4.20

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Quick hits before we get to the list of next week’s free education: Lots to chew on here… ten, really eleven, big changes for events coming in the years ahead. Wow oh wow, I love my new approach to shrimp cocktail. More info/register.

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Out of Bloom: Lessons from a Nonprofit’s Demise

Associations Now

A nonprofit startup called inBloom, backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, was supposed to change the education landscape by embracing big data. But the organization, founded as the Shared Learning Collaborative in 2011 , ended up announcing its shutdown this week, after parents and educators raised privacy concerns.

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Associations Respond to School Officer’s Treatment of Student

Associations Now

Video of a North Carolina high school student being physically removed from a classroom last week went viral and became a flashpoint for public discussions about race and school policing. A viral video of a 16-year-old girl manhandled in a classroom opened a discussion on special training for officers who work in schools.