For those attending AERA meeting in San Antonio, hope to see you there for book signing of Breakaway Learners: Strategies for Post-Secondary Success for At Risk Students.

Parasitic worm infections – or helminthiases – affect more than one billion people and have a considerable public health impact in many parts of the world. On 7 – 8 December 2017, international experts gathered in Basel, Switzerland to discuss new strategies to control and eliminate parasitic worms. The scientific symposium was hosted by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute . Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases #UTCNTD #beatNTDs #ReachingTheLastMile https://lnkd.in/eh_EMZz … …see more

Perhaps this piece I just posted on LinkedIn will explain why I am so worried about our nation. Complaining is not enough. We need action -- non violent action to be sure. Here's why:

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, or UNCTAD ,has just released The Least Developed Countries Report  for 2017,  now available to download: http://bit.ly/2jkgy9c #globaldevelopment …see more

What is your biggest business challenge right now? What do you want to learn about? What could help you succeed more in your everyday job? I'd love to find out.

Coronavirus, Trauma and Children: that’s the title of this piece. If you are an educator, a parent, a physician, a guardian or caregiver of children, read this please. https://lnkd.in/eMzbdfe It looks at how the threat of the coronavirus can create or retrigger trauma in children and what can be done about it. Strategies are embedded within piece. Comments welcomed as always. …see more

Please enjoy this video from NYU Professor Johnathan Haidt who talks about how we can use the lessons from positive psychology to grow from the Covid-19 crisis.

I want to improve our messaging about the coronavirus. What we are doing now is traumatizing and we can and must do better.

"Now, in these months when the traffic has quieted, the busyness stilled, you might, if you try, hear yourself think. We have the rare opportunity, indeed the obligation, to confront who we actually are and to consider who we want to be, going forward." Writer Claire Messud invites the graduating class of 2020 to take a pilgrimage inward. …see more

Congratulations, Ancero. If anyone is looking to upgrade their phone services, or switch to managed IT, remote desktop or working in the cloud as their current software nears end of life (Windows 7, anyone?), contact me!

Lady Lucy giveaway on Amazon. https://lnkd.in/dwpWw6z . Enter and then give her away to a kid in need. Her message matters: Believe in the power of the possible. Good holiday gift; books and reading matter. Free online activities at www.ladylucysquest.com . …see more

Don't be deceived. Writing children's books is not easy. See: https://lnkd.in/evTx7pi . That said, they are hugely important. #Reading helps kids in a myriad of ways and low educational outcomes is a social determinant of #health . www.ladylucysquest.com . Upcoming giraffe holiday auction too. Many giraffes will be available -- and give and get: get a giraffe and kids in need get books and dollars go to Giraffe Conservation Foundation as well. …see more

Hey #Emergence fans! I had the opportunity to chat with producer Gail Barringer, and she shared some fun opinions about her take on AI/Piper. Check it out!!!

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Given the importance of words (post and pre-election), please look at Lady Lucy's Quest website later this week for a series of free, fun word activities for kids ages 6 -- 13. (Listed under EXTRAS.) Works in incremental steps (need Lady Lucy's Quest to be sure). Idea is to develop skills in word use, word meaning, word sound, pretend words, research, self-expression. www.ladylucysquest.com . Creating this seems like a better use of my time than complaining about the nasty rhetoric surrounding us. Trying to make lemonade from lemons. For the sake of our kids. …see more

So, with the election pending, I wanted to share two things w/ my followers in the US. Please vote. Many lives have been lost seeking that very right. Second, whosoever wins, please, no violence. We are, after all, a Democracy (one hopes). I will be in Virginia helping voters (who speak Spanish) -- it is my way (albeit limited) of insuring that everyone gets the right to exercise their power to vote .... and a power it is. Exercise that power.... it matters. …see more

Marie Kondo, who keeps a phone charger, reading glasses and a tuning fork on her desk, wants us to discover the joy of tidying up at work, and at home during a pandemic.

“I’m a believer in the ordinary and the mundane. These guys that talk about ‘quality time’ — I always find that a little sad when they say, ‘We have quality time.’ I don’t want quality time. I want the garbage time. That’s what I like. You just see them in their room reading a comic book and you get to kind of watch that for a minute, or [having] a bowl of Cheerios at 11 o’clock at night when they’re not even supposed to be up. The garbage, that’s what I love.” Jerry Seinfeld via Ryan Holiday https://lnkd.in/gHeYdmT #founder #entrepreneur …see more

Dealing with the coronavirus requires way more than soap and water and stopping the physical spread. There is a psychological toll too. Consider this piece discussing that toll in the context of higher education but the principles are transportable to the psychological trauma the threat of the virus poses. Comments welcome and hope the suggestions help students everywhere. https://lnkd.in/e48FcNC …see more

I wanted to share that I will be a correspondent for BBN Times at the upcoming HIMSS conference in Orlando from Feb. 11 -- 14th. Here is the piece I wrote describing the themes I will cover and write about. If there are others of interest, let me know and I will try to attend relevant sessions and interview relevant folks. Already, there is a request for a piece on telemedicine. …see more