This is so powerful. https://lnkd.in/eKpG-Yu if you want to commit to helping reduce gun deaths in the US by 50% by 2029, please visit https://lnkd.in/etGqH6h

"The reason you should care about the story of General Magic is that it involves something fundamental and that is: Failure isn’t the end, failure is actually the beginning… Did it fail? I mean, the company itself failed. The ideas didn’t fail. The people who worked there didn’t fail. So was it a failure?” https://lnkd.in/gKU9Cua #startup #founder #entrepreneurship …see more

If you are a caregiver or have been and are willing to share what you learned and how it impacted your life I would love to have you as a guest on my podcast. You can see upcoming topics and contact me at www.saintsomeone.com or email me at michelle@alska.com #caregiving …see more

Feisty podcast on reopening schools and whether trauma responsiveness is "coddling" or delaying responsibility in students. Short Answer: NO it isn't. Key is that we find ways to develop students achieve success; helping students so they become independent is NOT coddling. Trauma from pandemic is engendering student trauma; helping them cope is a positive, not negative. Goodness. Is helping someone with an illness coddling? Is helping someone cope with death coddling? Is helping someone deal with uncertainty coddling? Answers: NO. Podcast probes the content of my new book: Trauma Doesn't Stop at the School Door. TCPress. https://lnkd.in/eCgEc8J . https://lnkd.in/e7bXiEt …see more

S'well is growing again! Help us recruit our lucky 13th employee- looking for a spectacular sales person in NYC!

Registration for #CES2020 (January 7-10, 2020) is open. If you're wondering how to make the world's biggest technology show smaller, more manageable, more productive, and more focused on your needs... we can help.

How can you optimize your performance while a pandemic is raging? This is the question posed to Superbowl-winning coach Pete Carroll and high-performance psychologist Michael Gervais in the latest episode of Ten Percent Happier. 🏈And bonus! An invitation to a free 21-day meditation challenge. …see more

As “holiday” ends, are you feeling strangely? Are you struggling to identify your feelings? Me too. Together with Dr. Ed Wang of Harvard, we developed The Feeling Alphabet Activity Set. Try it. Do it as a family or with friends — remotely works. If you can name feelings, you can tame them. Available for download for $4.99 at: https://lnkd.in/ePJH6YN Family and friends across globe can each get one and share activities. Share positive and negative feelings (3 positives for every 1 negative). Share favorite activities. An activity for our time. Try it. It will help.... …see more

One of the great things about the current state of the Internet is that it allows us to hold moderated Socratic debates on important topics. So… What is your thesis? It’s time for a Socratic debate.

For those concerned about saving small colleges, read this. Given the massive admissions fraud, here’s a way to make lemonade from the many lemons.

You don't see this happen every day on LinkedIn. Thought I would share incase anyone has an opening that fits.

Consider Role Models and their absence. Consider trauma anniversary webinar at Rutgers Grad School of Social Work on Dec. 9th from 9–noon. Reasonably priced. And consider CAEOP annual conference Dec. 11 on .... you guessed: Trauma. It abounds. It sits in an invisible or visible backpack. Registration for CAEOP includes copy of Trauma Doesn’t Stop at the School Door, my new book published by Teachers College Press. Good deal: conference and book.... and one lucky person gets a holiday trauma toolkit from me!!!! Join me for one or both events! …see more

“They’re almost pushing people into financial dynamite.” Gamifying trading can have deadly consequences.

AI was the star of CES 2020. It was part of every sales pitch and on display in every booth. Think about this...

“The number one determinant of entrepreneurial success is persistence. If you are not prepared to go to superhuman levels that are beyond rationality to realize your dream, then your chance of finding success is virtually zero.” Chris Barton, Shazam https://lnkd.in/gueJMpt #founder #innovation # #entrepeneurship …see more

Join us to find out about the Sidewalk to Sofa Solution that everyone is talking about in MultiFamily and Student Housing. #studenthousing #multifamily

A piece to presage Trauma Doesn't Stop at the School Door launch today, appearing in Hechinger Report.

real time & accurate regulatory oversight (input, analysis, output) cannot come soon enough in financial services.

Consider signing up for my online course at Rutgers Graduate School of Social Work on how to create trauma responsive institutions. Useful for all administrators at non-profits -- educators, social workers, psychologists. Here's info for July 31 course ($60) and it will address my new book too: Trauma Doesn't Stop at the School Door. Strategies for Creating Trauma Responsive Institutions: Concrete Actions, Activities and Approaches This webinar is designed to provide individuals within organizations that serve traumatized individuals, with particular attention to clients/patients affected by COVID-19, with concrete strategies that will enable them to help their institutions become more trauma responsive. Attention will also recognize and address institutional reopening. Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.00 Date: Friday, July 31, 2020 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm Location: Zoom WEBINAR Online Live Webinar, Online , NJ …see more

How long does a digital file last? Think about this... Sit with 100 digital archivists and you will get 100 different opinions about how to save digital files for future generations.