Podcasts about extrovert ideal

I'm very introverted. I truly enjoy (and need) time alone. Too much social contact drains my energy. One misconception about introverts is that they lack confidence. People falsely assume that we don't want to be around others for that reason. In her book, Quiet, psychologist Susan Cain calls that concept the “Extrovert Ideal.” It's the widespread belief that being outgoing, assertive, and socially proactive makes a person successful. As it turns out, introversion has its own set of strengths and advantages. According to Cain, some of these strengths include better problem-solving skills, more creativity, empathy, and the ability to work independently. In my experience, we can all benefit from cultivating the introverted side of us. When we nurture that by spending more time alone, we actually become more self-confident. We no longer look for external validation. We gain more appreciation for ourselves. More on that in my new article. Pre-order The Stoic Path to Wealth My new book is coming out July 16th. It shows you how to build enduring wealth in the stock market. Learn more: ⁠⁠stoicpathtowealth.com⁠

The Science of Introverts: Explore the Personality Spectrum for Self-Discovery, Self-Awareness, & Self-Care. Design a Life That Fits. By Peter Hollins00:11:04 The Extrovert Ideal.00:23:45 What Lies Between00:33:51 Introvert or Highly Sensitive?Hear it Here - https://adbl.co/3S4Z79whttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L9C77YJ Discover the hidden causes behind your behaviors and habits. Stop trying to impersonate someone you're not.We use the terms introvert and extrovert constantly. We use them to label ourselves and everyone we know. But what do they really mean? How much of so-called common knowledge is misconceptions and stereotypes?The Science of Introverts will uncover everything you never knew about yourself and others, and will teach you how to take advantage of who you are and capitalize on your unique strengths.Feel comfortable and confident in your own skin.Think of The Science of Introverts as the most actionable textbook you've ever come across. It is filled with breakthrough and fascinating studies regarding introversion, extroversion, and personality in general -- and the lessons we can take and use to enrich our lives and feel more comfortable in our unique identities. You will begin a journey of self-discovery and find practical knowledge about yourself.The backbone of the book is a deep dive into the science of personality, with over 30 studies synthesized, including the most recent and up-to-date research on the biology of introversion and personality.Learn self-care and how to strategically manage your social capacity.Peter Hollins has studied psychology and peak human performance for over a dozen years and is a bestselling author. He has worked with dozens of individuals to unlock their potential and path towards success. His writing draws on his academic, coaching, and research experience. He's also a massive introvert – this book is written for introverts by an introvert.Stop feeling pressure or obligated to be someone you're not .•An analysis of the major personality types and the difference in habits and behaviors they create. Also covers the concept of the HSP.•The scientific basis for introversion and extroversion - and how they affect you.•How to change your personality to be happier. Yes, really.•An action guide for introverts to succeed socially even when they want isolation.•Countless scientific discoveries about how introverts see the world and function differently.Find solitude in our loud world without becoming a social hermit.When you can understand what is pulling you in different directions, you can take charge and design a life that suits your needs, whims, and desires. This goes beyond social situations and into every aspect of your life. Knowing yourself is the key to moving towards a life you want.Learn The Science of Introverts TODAY by scrolling up and clicking the BUY NOW button!This is the second book in the “Understand Your Brain Better” series as listed below:1.Brain Blunders: Uncover Everyday Illusions and Fallacies, Defeat Your Flawed Thinking Habits, And Think Smarter (Or Just Less Stupidly)2.The Science of Introverts: Explore the Personality Spectrum for Self-Discovery, Self-Awareness, & Self-Care. Design a Life That Fits.3.Psychological Triggers: Human Nature, Irrationality, and Why We Do What We Do. The Hidden Influences Behind Our Actions, Thoughts, and Behaviors.4.Think Like Einstein: Think Smarter, Creatively Solve Problems, and Sharpen Your Judgment. How to Develop a Logical Approach to Life and Ask the Right...

Andrea Boerries, Consultant, Member of Society International Development, DGVN (United Nations Association Germany) and DGAP (German Council of Foreign Relations), terrific thought partner, joins Yo to discuss Susan Cain's book, Quiet. Andrea brings a global perspective to help us see being an introvert as a human phenomenon we can be proud to be. Because of the depth of our conversation and richness of the content, we decided to make this into two parts. Here's how the discussion went: Part 1 · What is the “Extrovert Ideal”? · How many introverts are there? · How did we rate on the introvert-extrovert spectrum? · What do we think of gender bias and a tendency to introversion? During the episode, Andrea mentioned a few additional sources that might be helpful: 1. German Book, English translation Jennifer B. Kahnweiler (2018) The Introverted Leader: Building on your Quiet Strength 2nd ed, Berrett-Koehler Publishers; Germany. 2. Aguas, J. (2019) Millenial and Generation Z's Perspectives on Leadership Effectiveness in Emerging Leadership Journeys Vol. 13, Issue 1, @Regent University School of Business and Leadership 3. Prof. Dr. Amarendra Bushan Dhiraj, (03/24/2022), Quote on Satya Nadella, CEO and Chairman, Microsoft, Redmond, WA. in CEO World Magazine, @ceoworld.biz. More about Andrea: Andrea grew up in Central Germany's beautiful Taunus area, close to Frankfurt. She spent her Senior year at Carlisle High School, PA. After graduation in 1981 and finishing her German diploma, she spent 2 years traveling the world as an air hostess with Lufthansa, went to Paris, France and received a language diploma, worked in a consultancy and got hired as an event manager in an advertising agency in Hamburg. She went on to work in the advertising business as a client consultant while pursuing a degree in Marketing and Communication. She started her family in 1994, moved to Silicon Valley and stayed for 10 years. In 2007, her daughter got very sick and she changed her life style completely to become healthier and strong to best support her family during this time. She became a yoga teacher but had a severe accident which led to numerous surgeries and couldn't continue teaching yoga. She always enjoyed following politics, and after participating in a few online classes (Women's Health and HR, Stanford, Sustainability, Columbia, Intro to Intl. Development, Cambridge), she settled for studying International Development at University of Cambridge, England. While in Cambridge, she volunteered as an intern for NGOs in Kenia, Myanmar and India. She also worked as a volunteer in the Hamburg refugee program for a year in school administration and founded and built a refugee camp library. She received an invite to further her education in Sustainability in a summer program at the UN Systems Staff College in Bonn. She graduated from Cambridge and went on to pursue a bachelors degree in Political Science at University of Hamburg, while working as an intern and then later as a student employee for a Federal German development project in Youth employment, SIFA (Skills Initiative for Africa) in Johannesburg in cooperation with eight African countries. She has three grown children 20, 25 and 28 yrs. old. Ways to reach Andrea: Email: aboerries904@gmail.com Ways to reach Yo: yo@yocanny.com https://girltaketheleadpod.com https://linktr.ee/yocanny/

At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their own over working in teams. It is to introverts—Rosa Parks, Chopin, Dr. Seuss, Steve Wozniak—that we owe many of the great contributions to society. In Quiet, Susan Cain argues that we dramatically undervalue introverts and shows how much we lose in doing so. She charts the rise of the Extrovert Ideal throughout the twentieth century and explores how deeply it has come to permeate our culture. She also introduces us to successful introverts—from a witty, high-octane public speaker who recharges in solitude after his talks, to a record-breaking salesman who quietly taps into the power of questions. Passionately argued, superbly researched, and filled with indelible stories of real people, Quiet has the power to permanently change how we see introverts and, equally important, how they see themselves. Now with Extra Libris material, including a reader's guide and bonus content. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pbliving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pbliving/support

Do you sometimes feel like we live in an extroverted world?  I've heard people say that, but I don't believe that's true. We live in a world full of both introverts and extroverts, and it is estimated to be about a 50/50 split.  Among introverts and extroverts, there is a great diversity of personality types and gifts.  We complement each other with our strengths. We don't need to act like extroverts to be successful, but rather embrace who we are as introverts to get what we want and need, and do things the way we do them best. Books referenced in this episode:Susan Cain - QuietGet my book: Minding Your Time: Time Management, Productivity, and Success, Especially for IntrovertsContact the host of Quiet and Strong :David HallAuthor, Speaker, Educator, Podcasterquietandstrong.comGobio.link/quietandstrongdavid@quietandstrong.comTwitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedInTake the FREE Personality Assessment:Typefinder Personality AssessmentYou may also like:Quiet & Strong Merchandise

Where my fellow introverts at?! Time for us all to come together, while staying apart, comfy in our own houses! This weeks episode of The Den I talk all about one of my favourite books of all time, Quiet: The Power of Introverts In a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain. This is a wonderful look at what it is like for an introvert in North American society, how our society got to become the Extrovert Ideal and all about harnessing your inner introvert power!If you are a quiet, cerebral type and are looking for your clan, come hang out! If you have an extrovert hoping for some insight into your fellow man, come hang out! If you are a stoner that just needs a place to chill for a bit, absolutely come hang out and bring your weed! Come find me on the socials and let me know what you thought! The Stoner Den is on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. I also post links to all the episodes on each platform, so you can always find links there!Also make sure to go give Susan Cain a follow on Twitter.The other sites I mention here are:Introvert, Dear - a great website/blog with articles about what life is like for introverts, career opportunities and relationship adviceHighly Sensitive Refuge - a place to find lots of awesome info on being a highly sensitive personIntrovert, Dear and Susan Cain both have older podcasts. They haven't been running for quite a while but I still found the episodes really interesting to listen to.Intro and Background Music:Funkorama by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkoramaLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Episode 10 - Book Review of Quiet, by Susan CainEpisode Notes:Quote: “If there is only one insight you take away from this book…I hope it’s newfound sense of entitlement to be yourself.”TED Talk: The Power of Introverts Website: quietrev.com The Rise of the Extrovert Ideal - We went from being a “culture of character in the 19th century to becoming a”culture of personality” in the 20th…In a big city full of strangers, making a good first impression was a necessity for success. A magnetic, out-going personality was how you got your foot in the door.Downsides of the Extrovert Ideal:1. We marginalize a large and valuable segment of our population.2. We devalue traditional virtues3. We equate extroversion with good leadership.4. We lose the benefit of large number of good ideas.5. We practice methodologies which blunt our ability to think creatively and problem-solve.6. We have neglected historic and rewarding practicers of the spiritual life.Free-trait Theory - “Fixed traits and free traits coexist…we can and do act out of character in the service of ‘core personal projects.’ In other words, introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important, people they love or anything they value highly.”Our society is best served when we respect and give honor to both sides of this temperament spectrum.Some Take-aways:1. Operate outside your comfort zone but find ways to recharge in a “restorative niche.”2. Invest in quality friendships with those you like and respect. It’s not quantity but quality that counts.3. Find work where you can use your natural gifts and strengths - persistence, concentration, problem-solving and creativity.4. f you’re a manager, remember that 1/3-1/2 of your work-force is probably introverted. Think twice about how you design your office spaces…ask employees to solve problems alone before sharing their ideas.5. In conflict, tap into your empathy. Listening with understanding is the most natural place to start.6. If your children are quiet, help them make peace with new situations and new people, but otherwise, let them be themselves.7. Teachers, quiet kids do not need to be “cured.” Balance teaching methods.8. Spend your free time the way you like, not the way youth you’re supposed to.Note: In the back of the book there is Reader’s Discussion Guide and additional tips: Public Speaking for Introverts and Tips for Parents of an Introverted Child

This episode questions why society rewards extroversion and is it really valid? It also dives into explore the social and personal self, and how introverts & extroverts can find environments which are most suited for them. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/adya-singh/message

A solo episode and book talk on feeling introverted in a world that often celebrates and idealizes extroversion. The book 'Quiet' by @susancainauthor really helped me to understand certain traits — scientifically and emotionally + and gave me valuable advice on how not to succumb to nor neglect my introverted needs. Hope you enjoy. Tell me what you think

Get the book, A Quiet Education: Challenging the Extrovert Ideal in our Schools Listen to The Well Teacher podcastAbout the AuthorJamie Thom is an English teacher in Scotland and the host of the Well Teacher podcast. He's author of two books, including A Quiet Education, which we're here to talk about today.

Sarah Levy and Mark Parmet are the co founders Einstein Academy in Colorado. K–5 and building out to 8th grade Four components of the school: for kids, family, community, today and the future. I got sick of hearing people say, “It’s school, kids shouldn’t have fun.” Setting an environment where kids can be the best they can. While working on things they’re good at, we can also work on things they struggle with. What do you love? What do you enjoy? What gets you excited? Until we’re feeling good, we’re not going to push ourselves. You gotta get to know your kids and their families! Parents have fears also. As educators, we’re the deciders. We tell kids what is important to learn. Teaching students and not teaching curriculum. How can we integrate hockey into the curriculum? Packaged curriculum. We’re really trying to build a program around our students. Curriculum adheres to Colorado state standards so it does provide some framework. Personalized learning profile. Private school instead of charter school. Only about 160 students in K–8 The way we get to the content. Can’t lose sight of teachers. How do we get the best out of the teachers without overwhelming them? Teaching the student means you’re also taking the social emotional growth of the student into consideration. Hiring school teachers and not classroom teachers. All teachers will have a role and responsibility to the whole school, and not just their classroom. Teachers all need something different. What teachers want is to feel heard, cared for, and supported. Planning every morning to talk with teachers and talking with teachers every day after school. I wanted to know that my administrators had open lines of communication. Creating a culture where teachers want to collaborate. How to be a transformative principal? Sarah: Think about where you can be more clear and transparent in your communication Mark: Make a list of things you’ve been afraid to do and just start knocking them off that list. Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, has been publishing high quality guidebooks, magazines and educator-focused professional development books since 1959. John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s schools.   John Catt amplifies fresh voices on timeless topics, with a list of authors recognized around the world for their fresh perspectives and proven strategies to drive success in modern schools and classrooms. Learn more about these professional development publications that are easy to implement for your entire faculty, and are both quickly digestible and rigorous, by visiting https://us.johncattbookshop.com/.    Visit this page to learn more about bulk orders and how to bring John Catt’s research-based materials to your school: https://us.johncattbookshop.com/pages/agents-and-distributors   Learn about some of John Catt Educational’s newest publications: What the Academy Taught Us: Improving Schools from the Bottom-Up in a Top-Down Transformation Era by Eric Kalenze Be More Toddler: Leadership Lessons From Our Little Learners by Emma Turner A Quiet Education: Challenging the Extrovert Ideal in Our Schools by Jamie Thom Rosenshine’s Principles in Action by Tom Sherrington The Thinking School: Developing a Dynamic Learning Community by Kulvarn Atwal The researchED Guide to Explicit and Direct Instruction: An evidence-informed guide for teachers by Various Authors

Literacy nerds Beth Lawrence and Deena Seifert cofounders of infercabulary.com Infercabulary is a web-based k–12 interactive tool for helping kids improve vocabulary and skills. speed up learning by making learning vocabulary like Avidly reading. We tend to make words simpler with oral language than authors when writing. SLPs by trade. Why should we help kids learn vocabulary? TedX talk 65% of students aren’t capable of comprehending text on grade level. Unless you know 95% of words in a text, it will impact your comprehension. A foundational skill that needs to exist is a strong vocabulary. Breadth and depth of vocabulary. If you only have a surface level understanding of a word, you can’t link it to more A child needs 10–12 exposures to a word in a variety of contexts to understand the word. Tiered words. Tier 1: These are the common, everyday words that most children enter school knowing already. Since we don’t need to teach these, this is a tier without tears! Tier 2: This tier consists of words that are used across the content areas and are important for students to know and understand. Included here are process words like analyze and evaluate that students will run into on many standardized tests and that are also used at the university level, in many careers, and in everyday life. We really want to get these words into students’ long-term memory. Tier 3: This tier consists of content-specific vocabulary—the words that are often defined in textbooks or glossaries. These words are important for imparting ideas during lessons and helping to build students’ background knowledge. Over-generalization and under-generalization When the author is kind enough to give you context clues. How to help kids who hate learning about reading. Semantic reasoning - Beta tests showed quickly that assumptions were wrong about their intended target student. How to be a transformative principal? Deena: Bringing words to life. Beth: Do additional homework to understand importance of vocabulary! Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, has been publishing high quality guidebooks, magazines and educator-focused professional development books since 1959. John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s schools. John Catt amplifies fresh voices on timeless topics, with a list of authors recognized around the world for their fresh perspectives and proven strategies to drive success in modern schools and classrooms. Learn more about these professional development publications that are easy to implement for your entire faculty, and are both quickly digestible and rigorous, by visiting https://us.johncattbookshop.com/.  Visit this page to learn more about bulk orders and how to bring John Catt’s research-based materials to your school: https://us.johncattbookshop.com/pages/agents-and-distributors Learn about some of John Catt Educational’s newest publications: What the Academy Taught Us: Improving Schools from the Bottom-Up in a Top-Down Transformation Era by Eric Kalenze Be More Toddler: Leadership Lessons From Our Little Learners by Emma Turner A Quiet Education: Challenging the Extrovert Ideal in Our Schools by Jamie Thom Rosenshine’s Principles in Action by Tom Sherrington The Thinking School: Developing a Dynamic Learning Community by Kulvarn Atwal The researchED Guide to Explicit and Direct Instruction: An evidence-informed guide for teachers by Various Authors

Evidence-informed for Real Learning with Eric Kalenze Transformative Principal 334 Social Media: Evidence-informed means looking at what has worked. Eric Kalenze is the author of “What The Academy Taught Us: Improving Schools From The Bottom Up In A Top-Down Transformation Era.” How to teach practitioners to put this into practice. High school teacher, English, coach, journalism. Help educators around the country become evidence informed. Education is upside down. ResearchED Evidence-informed - looking at what has worked. More fascinated with planning instruction according to the evidence we have based in cognitive or behavioral science. “There’s contrary evidence that the reading program didn’t work in another district.” This is an evidence-based program, well show me the evidence. “What has worked” is an incredibly complex study. Humans learn incredibly similarly to others, regardless of our backgrounds. Repetition is the mother of all learning. Practice can make permanent. How do we learn, and how can we integrate those sorts of things into practice. How might you retrain people who are already ridiculously busy? Redesigning teacher coaching and evaluation process. Little systemic ways we can talk about scientific studies. In what ways can systems make sure their PD is about evidence-based Give us the tools you do have, and how can we apply some principles that inform the little things you do? In the control of districts. I can’t do certain things because district is moving in this direction. “What the Academy Taught Us” - less academic, but still crucial in education. Remarkable amount of autonomy. I don’t know that enough research has been done on kids post-K–12 experience! 10 years out - how do you look back on this experience? What happened 5–6 years ago. “They jumped the girl in front of me and told their story to me intentionally.” Still close to each other even after all this time. In Search Of Deeper Learning Dr. Bob Perdaems How to be a transformative principal? A book - Daniel Willingham - When can you trust the experts? If the principals can push back on centrally Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, has been publishing high quality guidebooks, magazines and educator-focused professional development books since 1959. John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s schools. John Catt amplifies fresh voices on timeless topics, with a list of authors recognized around the world for their fresh perspectives and proven strategies to drive success in modern schools and classrooms. Learn more about these professional development publications that are easy to implement for your entire faculty, and are both quickly digestible and rigorous, by visiting https://us.johncattbookshop.com/.  Visit this page to learn more about bulk orders and how to bring John Catt’s research-based materials to your school: https://us.johncattbookshop.com/pages/agents-and-distributors Learn about some of John Catt Educational’s newest publications: What the Academy Taught Us: Improving Schools from the Bottom-Up in a Top-Down Transformation Era by Eric Kalenze Be More Toddler: Leadership Lessons From Our Little Learners by Emma Turner A Quiet Education: Challenging the Extrovert Ideal in Our Schools by Jamie Thom Rosenshine’s Principles in Action by Tom Sherrington The Thinking School: Developing a Dynamic Learning Community by Kulvarn Atwal The researchED Guide to Explicit and Direct Instruction: An evidence-informed guide for teachers by Various Authors

How We Nearly Doubled Math Scores with Kevin Finnegan Transformative Principal 333 Social Media: When we saw Math could be a discussion, it totally changed everything. Kevin Finnegan is the principal of Prairie Hill School in Illinois. His students recently showed a 77% growth in Math, and we talk about how he made that happen. Prairie hill is the school and the community comes together around it. Northern Illinois, PK–4th grade. 9 years as the principal. Mission statement: Students first, always. PLC school Reformed schedule so that every day (4 teachers per team) have an hour of common collaborative time every day. Why are we making this decision? The students are always the bringback. Norms: imagine the students you are talking about are here. To be a great principal is easy. You just have to have a great staff. PE teacher said, “I want students more.” Each class has 10 half hour blocks each week: Art, PE, STEM, Always been a high performing district. Makes change really hard when you have had success in the past. staff is competitive within themselves. Noticed that math scores were less than we expected. Dove into the data. Computation was awesome, but they struggled with elaborating on their thoughts. In every math assignment, adding the words, “I know this because…” If you see something that can be done in Kindergarten it can be done anywhere. Ready Math - iReady as platforms for learning. Standards based School, done in isolation. Common language in math. Didn’t get good training at first, but then got good training and that made a huge difference. Math has always dealt black and white. Math didn’t have to be one answer, it could be a discussion, totally changed everything. Talking about kids’ growth, talking about assessments, classwork, and then looking at the data. It’s not about what you teach, it’s about what we learned. How long did it take to understand that it was working? It fit us, rather than us fitting it. How to be a transformative principal? Spend a little time with kids, like on their birthday. It’s a constant reminder that kids come first. Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, has been publishing high quality guidebooks, magazines and educator-focused professional development books since 1959. John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s schools. John Catt amplifies fresh voices on timeless topics, with a list of authors recognized around the world for their fresh perspectives and proven strategies to drive success in modern schools and classrooms. Learn more about these professional development publications that are easy to implement for your entire faculty, and are both quickly digestible and rigorous, by visiting https://us.johncattbookshop.com/.  Visit this page to learn more about bulk orders and how to bring John Catt’s research-based materials to your school: https://us.johncattbookshop.com/pages/agents-and-distributors Learn about some of John Catt Educational’s newest publications: What the Academy Taught Us: Improving Schools from the Bottom-Up in a Top-Down Transformation Era by Eric Kalenze Be More Toddler: Leadership Lessons From Our Little Learners by Emma Turner A Quiet Education: Challenging the Extrovert Ideal in Our Schools by Jamie Thom Rosenshine’s Principles in Action by Tom Sherrington The Thinking School: Developing a Dynamic Learning Community by Kulvarn Atwal The researchED Guide to Explicit and Direct Instruction: An evidence-informed guide for teachers by Various Authors

Jaime Casap is the Education Evangelist at Google. Jaime evangelizes the power and potential of technology and the web as enabling and supporting tools in pursuit of promoting inquiry-driven learning models. Jaime collaborates with school systems, educational organizations, and leaders focused on building innovation and iteration into our education policies and practices. He speaks on education, technology, innovation, and generation z, at events around the world.
 
In addition to his role at Google, Jaime is also an author and serves on a number of boards for organizations focused on education, innovation, and equity. Jaime teaches a 10th-grade communication class at the Phoenix Coding Academy in Phoenix and is an adjunct professor at Arizona State University, where he teaches classes on policy, innovation, and leadership. Education evangelist. Launched Gmail, G-suite for education, and chromebooks. Transforming education Facts - education is not broken, graduation rates higher than anywhere else 21st century skills - Critical skill - ability to learn. Education has become a process, but it is a mindset. Our students have to be self-directed. Let kids choose what they want to learn! Math is the most important thing because everything has math in it. There’s nothing that we can’t teach kids when they’re curious. If you want to see pure creative genius, look at an undisciplined two year old. 7 minute meetings. Linear vs vision ways of approaching things - to do list. How to be a transformative principal? Whatever time you set up for a meeting is how long it’s going to take. Empower your teachers! We all want autonomy, purpose, and mastery. Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, has been publishing high quality guidebooks, magazines and educator-focused professional development books since 1959. John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s schools.   John Catt amplifies fresh voices on timeless topics, with a list of authors recognized around the world for their fresh perspectives and proven strategies to drive success in modern schools and classrooms. Learn more about these professional development publications that are easy to implement for your entire faculty, and are both quickly digestible and rigorous, by visiting https://us.johncattbookshop.com/.    Visit this page to learn more about bulk orders and how to bring John Catt’s research-based materials to your school: https://us.johncattbookshop.com/pages/agents-and-distributors   Learn about some of John Catt Educational’s newest publications: What the Academy Taught Us: Improving Schools from the Bottom-Up in a Top-Down Transformation Era by Eric Kalenze Be More Toddler: Leadership Lessons From Our Little Learners by Emma Turner A Quiet Education: Challenging the Extrovert Ideal in Our Schools by Jamie Thom Rosenshine’s Principles in Action by Tom Sherrington The Thinking School: Developing a Dynamic Learning Community by Kulvarn Atwal The researchED Guide to Explicit and Direct Instruction: An evidence-informed guide for teachers by Various Authors

JC Pohl is the co-founder and CEO of TeenTruth.net/schoolculture Young filmmakers looked at coverage of Columbine, and we always saw adults telling the story of what happened. Look into teenage life. Giving students a voice. How to give kids voice? Control - told what to do, what classes to take, and everything else in between. Lack of control really causes a lot of stress in students. Are we doing a disservice to kids by not giving them control? Three major buckets (school assemblies, ) These kids made a movie, what are you going to do? Students can take ownership by getting involved. How do you want to solve it? It’s about creating culture of agency and ownership for kids. There are so many kids on our campuses that it’s easy to get lost. Kids desperately want to be there. It’s up to us to create an environment that makes them want to be included. Finding their thing. Open up as many opportunities as we can for kids to get involved. What were some of the data points that came out. Principals get caught up in the data. One goal: work for Disney! If you have a school motto on your campus and you don’t hear your kids say it, it’s not working! If you don’t have a tight brand, your school culture is not as strong as it could be. Don’t mess with Texas. “We > I” We form an emotional connection with some brands. Got to involve students in the process. How to be a transformative principal? Your job is so important. Every principal needs to go all in, even with a slogan. Every student and every staff member is doing their best. Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, has been publishing high quality guidebooks, magazines and educator-focused professional development books since 1959. John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s schools. John Catt amplifies fresh voices on timeless topics, with a list of authors recognized around the world for their fresh perspectives and proven strategies to drive success in modern schools and classrooms. Learn more about these professional development publications that are easy to implement for your entire faculty, and are both quickly digestible and rigorous, by visiting https://us.johncattbookshop.com/.  Visit this page to learn more about bulk orders and how to bring John Catt’s research-based materials to your school: https://us.johncattbookshop.com/pages/agents-and-distributors Learn about some of John Catt Educational’s newest publications: What the Academy Taught Us: Improving Schools from the Bottom-Up in a Top-Down Transformation Era by Eric Kalenze Be More Toddler: Leadership Lessons From Our Little Learners by Emma Turner A Quiet Education: Challenging the Extrovert Ideal in Our Schools by Jamie Thom Rosenshine’s Principles in Action by Tom Sherrington The Thinking School: Developing a Dynamic Learning Community by Kulvarn Atwal The researchED Guide to Explicit and Direct Instruction: An evidence-informed guide for teachers by Various Authors

Thom Gibson is a middle school math and robotics teacher and high school YouTube teacher in Austin, Texas. Budgeting, saving and spending How we should teach kids about money. Rafe Esquith - Teach like your hair’s on fire. Are you still using classroom economy? Moved away from paper money to all digital Automate a lot of things with it. Classroom jobs. Beginning of year is full of prep work. Jobs that free up your time as the teacher. Auctioneer takes a letter to local businesses. Virtual bank for the kids’ money. paygrade.io Forcing kids to do jobs. Get Thom’s course 20% discount code - transformative How to be a transformative principal? Look for an opportunity to let your teachers do something they would flourish in. Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, has been publishing high quality guidebooks, magazines and educator-focused professional development books since 1959. John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s schools.   John Catt amplifies fresh voices on timeless topics, with a list of authors recognized around the world for their fresh perspectives and proven strategies to drive success in modern schools and classrooms. Learn more about these professional development publications that are easy to implement for your entire faculty, and are both quickly digestible and rigorous, by visiting https://us.johncattbookshop.com/.    Visit this page to learn more about bulk orders and how to bring John Catt’s research-based materials to your school: https://us.johncattbookshop.com/pages/agents-and-distributors   Learn about some of John Catt Educational’s newest publications: What the Academy Taught Us: Improving Schools from the Bottom-Up in a Top-Down Transformation Era by Eric Kalenze Be More Toddler: Leadership Lessons From Our Little Learners by Emma Turner A Quiet Education: Challenging the Extrovert Ideal in Our Schools by Jamie Thom Rosenshine’s Principles in Action by Tom Sherrington The Thinking School: Developing a Dynamic Learning Community by Kulvarn Atwal The researchED Guide to Explicit and Direct Instruction: An evidence-informed guide for teachers by Various Authors

Jethro Jones met up with Marlena Gross-Taylor at the Future of Educational Technology Conference earlier this year.    Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, has been publishing high quality guidebooks, magazines and educator-focused professional development books since 1959. John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s schools.   John Catt amplifies fresh voices on timeless topics, with a list of authors recognized around the world for their fresh perspectives and proven strategies to drive success in modern schools and classrooms. Learn more about these professional development publications that are easy to implement for your entire faculty, and are both quickly digestible and rigorous, by visiting https://us.johncattbookshop.com/.    Visit this page to learn more about bulk orders and how to bring John Catt’s research-based materials to your school: https://us.johncattbookshop.com/pages/agents-and-distributors   Learn about some of John Catt Educational’s newest publications: What the Academy Taught Us: Improving Schools from the Bottom-Up in a Top-Down Transformation Era by Eric Kalenze Be More Toddler: Leadership Lessons From Our Little Learners by Emma Turner A Quiet Education: Challenging the Extrovert Ideal in Our Schools by Jamie Thom Rosenshine’s Principles in Action by Tom Sherrington The Thinking School: Developing a Dynamic Learning Community by Kulvarn Atwal The researchED Guide to Explicit and Direct Instruction: An evidence-informed guide for teachers by Various Authors

Katie and Camille are the dynamic duo of Educational Technologists in Canyons District. I worked with them nearly a decade ago. This interview is from #FETC2020   Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, has been publishing high quality guidebooks, magazines and educator-focused professional development books since 1959. John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s schools. John Catt amplifies fresh voices on timeless topics, with a list of authors recognized around the world for their fresh perspectives and proven strategies to drive success in modern schools and classrooms. Learn more about these professional development publications that are easy to implement for your entire faculty, and are both quickly digestible and rigorous, by visiting https://us.johncattbookshop.com/.  Visit this page to learn more about bulk orders and how to bring John Catt’s research-based materials to your school: https://us.johncattbookshop.com/pages/agents-and-distributors Learn about some of John Catt Educational’s newest publications: What the Academy Taught Us: Improving Schools from the Bottom-Up in a Top-Down Transformation Era by Eric Kalenze Be More Toddler: Leadership Lessons From Our Little Learners by Emma Turner A Quiet Education: Challenging the Extrovert Ideal in Our Schools by Jamie Thom Rosenshine’s Principles in Action by Tom Sherrington The Thinking School: Developing a Dynamic Learning Community by Kulvarn Atwal The researchED Guide to Explicit and Direct Instruction: An evidence-informed guide for teachers by Various Authors

An interview with Ed Tech Digest's Mark Gura and Victor Rivero from #FETC2020 Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, has been publishing high quality guidebooks, magazines and educator-focused professional development books since 1959. John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s schools.   John Catt amplifies fresh voices on timeless topics, with a list of authors recognized around the world for their fresh perspectives and proven strategies to drive success in modern schools and classrooms. Learn more about these professional development publications that are easy to implement for your entire faculty, and are both quickly digestible and rigorous, by visiting https://us.johncattbookshop.com/.    Visit this page to learn more about bulk orders and how to bring John Catt’s research-based materials to your school: https://us.johncattbookshop.com/pages/agents-and-distributors   Learn about some of John Catt Educational’s newest publications: What the Academy Taught Us: Improving Schools from the Bottom-Up in a Top-Down Transformation Era by Eric Kalenze Be More Toddler: Leadership Lessons From Our Little Learners by Emma Turner A Quiet Education: Challenging the Extrovert Ideal in Our Schools by Jamie Thom Rosenshine’s Principles in Action by Tom Sherrington The Thinking School: Developing a Dynamic Learning Community by Kulvarn Atwal The researchED Guide to Explicit and Direct Instruction: An evidence-informed guide for teachers by Various Authors

Adam Geller is the Founder of Edthena, a video coaching program.  Enjoy this chat from #FETC2020 Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, has been publishing high quality guidebooks, magazines and educator-focused professional development books since 1959. John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s schools.   John Catt amplifies fresh voices on timeless topics, with a list of authors recognized around the world for their fresh perspectives and proven strategies to drive success in modern schools and classrooms. Learn more about these professional development publications that are easy to implement for your entire faculty, and are both quickly digestible and rigorous, by visiting https://us.johncattbookshop.com/.    Visit this page to learn more about bulk orders and how to bring John Catt’s research-based materials to your school: https://us.johncattbookshop.com/pages/agents-and-distributors   Learn about some of John Catt Educational’s newest publications: What the Academy Taught Us: Improving Schools from the Bottom-Up in a Top-Down Transformation Era by Eric Kalenze Be More Toddler: Leadership Lessons From Our Little Learners by Emma Turner A Quiet Education: Challenging the Extrovert Ideal in Our Schools by Jamie Thom Rosenshine’s Principles in Action by Tom Sherrington The Thinking School: Developing a Dynamic Learning Community by Kulvarn Atwal The researchED Guide to Explicit and Direct Instruction: An evidence-informed guide for teachers by Various Authors

A great interview with Tom Murray at #FETC20 earlier this year.  Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, has been publishing high quality guidebooks, magazines and educator-focused professional development books since 1959. John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s schools.   John Catt amplifies fresh voices on timeless topics, with a list of authors recognized around the world for their fresh perspectives and proven strategies to drive success in modern schools and classrooms. Learn more about these professional development publications that are easy to implement for your entire faculty, and are both quickly digestible and rigorous, by visiting https://us.johncattbookshop.com/.    Visit this page to learn more about bulk orders and how to bring John Catt’s research-based materials to your school: https://us.johncattbookshop.com/pages/agents-and-distributors   Learn about some of John Catt Educational’s newest publications: What the Academy Taught Us: Improving Schools from the Bottom-Up in a Top-Down Transformation Era by Eric Kalenze Be More Toddler: Leadership Lessons From Our Little Learners by Emma Turner A Quiet Education: Challenging the Extrovert Ideal in Our Schools by Jamie Thom Rosenshine’s Principles in Action by Tom Sherrington The Thinking School: Developing a Dynamic Learning Community by Kulvarn Atwal The researchED Guide to Explicit and Direct Instruction: An evidence-informed guide for teachers by Various Authors

At FETC2020, I had the privilege of interviewing Rebekah McPherson and Nikoski Darnell.  Such a great conversation. I hope you enjoy it.  Today’s Transformative Principal sponsor, John Catt Educational, has been publishing high quality guidebooks, magazines and educator-focused professional development books since 1959. John Catt’s mission is to support high-quality teaching and learning by ensuring every educator has access to professional development materials that are research-based, practical, and focused on the key topics proven essential in today’s and tomorrow’s schools.   John Catt amplifies fresh voices on timeless topics, with a list of authors recognized around the world for their fresh perspectives and proven strategies to drive success in modern schools and classrooms. Learn more about these professional development publications that are easy to implement for your entire faculty, and are both quickly digestible and rigorous, by visiting https://us.johncattbookshop.com/.    Visit this page to learn more about bulk orders and how to bring John Catt’s research-based materials to your school: https://us.johncattbookshop.com/pages/agents-and-distributors   Learn about some of John Catt Educational’s newest publications: What the Academy Taught Us: Improving Schools from the Bottom-Up in a Top-Down Transformation Era by Eric Kalenze Be More Toddler: Leadership Lessons From Our Little Learners by Emma Turner A Quiet Education: Challenging the Extrovert Ideal in Our Schools by Jamie Thom Rosenshine’s Principles in Action by Tom Sherrington The Thinking School: Developing a Dynamic Learning Community by Kulvarn Atwal The researchED Guide to Explicit and Direct Instruction: An evidence-informed guide for teachers by Various Authors

Matt Pavao is a principal in Burlingame, California. The following is a transcript of our conversation.  I'd love to talk about my school will be a lot lots of things going great at the school in the district. I have a small district in in the Bay Area, like you said, We're right near the San Francisco Airport. We are a school of 338 students k five. We are title one school. We are also school. It's very dedicated to innovation and very dedicated to our community and being a real community school all the school district all the schools in Burlingame are committed to being really community schools. So we're really tight and tight knit community at our and in our district. 338 today? Yeah. You know, we always say about 350, actually, but we just did the count the other day, so 338 Oh, I'm sorry. Yeah, I've been at the school for eight years. My eighth year at the school. Yeah. As the principal the whole time. Yeah. It's my 20 I think third year in education. I'm done. Teaching and then other administration jobs at middle school and then and then this my first principalship first sponsorship, I'm eight years Hey, yes. Yeah. Yeah, we did. All right. We're doing okay. Well, yeah, no, I Well, the interesting thing about the school is I'm only the third principle they've had and Something like they reopen the school. It's the school is hundred years old this year. So it was built in 1919. But it was closed for some years in the end up until about and I think believe 1988. And since then we've only had three principals. So there was the principal there for 10 years. And the one before me was 11. And then mean, so I have, I'm the young still, I'm still the newbie in that group. You know, it's such a wonderful job and a wonderful community that I have such exciting people that I work with, and really inspired teachers and really inspired district that's allows me to have this community that allows me to have this, why they there is an expectation that we continue to push towards a very innovative practices. And we're in the kind of the north end of the Silicon Valley. So a lot of our parents work in the Silicon Valley in jobs that require the creativity and the collaboration and then the, you know, the critical thing that we talked about the communication. So they understand that's an important factor, and what we have to teach, so to give you this wide berth to kind of really push out into some things that aren't You know, you must be on page 25 of the textbook today. And we are. And at the same time, you know, I think we're a good example to other districts in that we have a wide range of students, you know, we have students of all socio economic backgrounds will talk about, you know, we have 27 different languages at the school. And that's not that's typical, actually, for our area, you know, our we have a very diverse population. And in that we still have achieved we were still able to achieve at high high levels of the typical if you want to call them that academic backgrounds, while at the same time really pushing our innovative practices into things like today where we're looking at podcasting or when we're doing a lot of creative work with presentations and so, a lot of creative creativity and design thinking and things like that. Okay, Yeah, my advice would be one is to reach out to them. A lot of times we have this shutdown method of like you stay on your side of the fence and I'll stay on my side of the fence. But at Roosevelt and in Burlingame, we definitely encourage parent participation. So a lot of the ideas we have come from parent groups, you know, you meet with them after school and or in the evenings and if they're willing to give their time to you, and then you can listen to their great ideas and you can take that and put the educators lens at the same time possibly because not impossible because of the principles that came before me. There was this foundation of real partnership with the parents that I just inherited it worked hard to keep that going. But it's always been part of our culture at the school and in the district that there's a real partnership. And certainly, there are helicopter parents in all walks, but even we don't. We don't I wouldn't say we even have I can't name any that we would have even at my site, but we've always really valued our partnership with the parents and they valued our professionalism. It's really, really a special kind of place in that respect.   So hundred years. Yeah, this year Well, 1990 is actually passed over but 1919 we're gonna have the celebration this year. It's real. And it's a real balancing between honoring what was before you, and then building, you know, continue to build. And so we tried to do that in the years I've been there and it's been successful. Yeah, yes. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Sure. Let me preface a little bit. We, we so we have this giant wall in our school that we painted this mural on a while back for a lot of different reasons. We had an event, an unfortunate event of some graffiti that we and so it's This speaks to what our parents are like as well, that we, in typically, we just cross out the graffiti move on our day, the parents want to do more we did that. Got it down immediately, and then went about our day and then went to say, No, we want to express who we are. And part of that is our 27 languages that we spoke at the time and I think was 24. We've grown. So we put this wall that said, we are Roosevelt. Roosevelt elementary is my school. And so we and then we wrote in every different language on the wall. We are Roosevelt in that language. So if you had someone who was speaking to golic it's up there if you have Russian it's up there Chinese Portuguese. And after you when you see it, and I look at it almost every day when you come in it's really keeps you focused. So one of the parts we were having struggles with we you know, we have a wee hours about night where we celebrate all the cultures, but we weren't getting party active participation from all our parents. And one of the ideas was, well, we need a translation service to translate our newsletters and we went through that and there's a price to that. And then we thought what we have experts Right here in the school, so we should have an audio audio Translation by our students using podcasts. We'll just attach it right to a link on our newsletters and we so what we do is we have, so we get we put it out to the parents and the teachers in the fifth grade, our students in the fifth grade, come and help us translate our newsletter. And so they would show up on our newsletters go out on Thursdays, they would show up on Tuesdays, I would give them kind of these are the highlights. They would take it home, they write it out with their parents, and then they would come so we had the first year we had Japanese and Portuguese and Japanese Portuguese, Spanish, and not Russian, but I'm forgetting we had one more. And we've now since expanded to Turkish and China we have Mandarin Chinese now. So we're confused. We don't have all 27 right now but it's it's powerful for lots of reasons. If you just take out even the parties, the students feel valued, which is actually the number one piece. There's a technical aspect to it that the kids are learning how to do podcasting, there's a some of these kids knew how to speak the language. They didn't necessarily know how to write it out. So they're even learning their own language which is how to their parents language how to write it out, but so there's children Well, you just bring up something, it's just my my wife's family comes from China. two generations ago her grandmother came from China and who just passed at 98 years old. And one of the things that her uncle brought up at the thing was even he had a commute there was always a communication issue with them and, and it was powerful it and so the other thing that we say is these and you just reminded me of another thing we do with students of second their second language students is we honor them, when they when they do learn English when they do read designated as English learners. And we have a full Berlin game. We had 100 and some odd students this year that we designated. We have celebration, we have metals and things like that, but when we do in front of the school, we always talk about how special these students are because of immigration stories like that. that at some point during the life of a family, someone is brave enough to learn English it was with my, my grandfather was the first one and then you see how that then expands out? So if we can hold on to it because you're right people then give up the language was isn't what necessarily we want? Right, right. Oh, it's a superpower. Yeah and in this world and what we're talking about at our students all the time is, you know, the flattening of the world, and how we need to be able to now cross culturally talk to people. And if you know about other cultures, you all of a sudden have a leg up where you thought it was something that was pulling you down, it's actually going to lift you up and the new economy or the new world for sure.  When we do and so and with our translators they become a place where they become hope elevated at the school because we do acknowledge them at our assemblies. He's these people are doing this translation for you guys. So more so the parents will know it's out there, but also to honor them for doing the work. Yes, no kidding. Right. And some of these kids come in. We had a student last year who could do the Portuguese like, I give it to you do it. Others need to take it home and write it down and really fit this guy was and he was having struggles in other areas. But you could see if you go in this route you are URL had, you know head and shoulders above the rest of the translators that we have at the school because I mean, if I was told, you know, you need go you're gonna be sitting in a classroom of all Spanish speakers and they all started speaking Spanish. I wouldn't be participating. I know a little bit of Spanish but I wouldn't be participating and this is similar similar sort of thing. Right? You got to put yourself in their shoes on that on those respects. Yeah. It's pretty brave kids. It's it's one of those real low floor high ceilings, like it's very easy to do and you get tons out of it. Yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, well, one of the things we're really proud of is we have a full and we talked about communication in this. And we have, we're very dedicated to giving our students the skills to communicate with others. We have this thought that, you know, and I know a lot of schools are working on design process, and it's fantastic. And certainly we are to getting kids to be creative problem solvers and things like this. All right. Our philosophy is that it's not an idea unless you can share it with someone and get them to understand your idea. So how do we do that? Well, so we worked with a company in the Silicon Valley and there's a long story about how we came about with this, but Duarte, Duarte, marketing or duardo, we just call them dorky But anyway, the dirty design, the Silicon Valley and she Nancy Duarte and her husband Mark started this company and they work on giving high powered CEOs the skills to give presentations. They were going to work with college level students. I knew someone at the company, we kind of worked it out so that they came and worked to elementary school. So now, yeah, it was very Yeah, it's been fantastic. They've been working with us for six years now. Which is interesting. So we've gone through a full cycle now from kindergarten all the way to fifth grade or they don't know any different. So this is this year for it. So every year fifth graders give what we call our Teddy talks were Teddy Roosevelt elementary school. So we give our Teddy talks at the end of year and they give a presentation in front of a room full of about 200 people. We invites local celebrities, our local Congress, people and things like that come and visit. And they stand up there and give about a five minute presentation in a TED TED Talks type format about an idea That they've had and they're they're trying to move people forward and you'd be hard pressed to find people at the conference today, which is a great conference that give better presentations than these kids. At 10 years old, it's fantastic and it's transformative in how they view themselves. So what we do that's one thing we're very proud of his heart Teddy talks program. I will tell you that is that not only is it hard for adults to give presentations is that they learn about giving presentations from watching other people that don't know how to give presentations. So it's just perpetuating this bad presentations that you sit Through, it all comes from our need to do this comes from me walking into a classroom and seeing my third grade teacher suffering while her kids were up there giving presentations that were boring and uninspiring and, and it was typical of everything I'd seen in all my years of education, there has to be a better way. And we went and found a better way. So we're hoping that we're changing the way and again in this age where you're going to need to be able to get your ideas out there. We think we're giving our students a real skill that they're going to need. Sure. Sure. Sure, the number one is that the audience is first meaning it's not about you. It's about your audience. What do they need you give it to them? The second is, if it's a good presentation, it vacillates between what is now and what will be. So this is why your life is down. But if you listen to my ideas, this is what it will be. It'll be my veteran you almost the audience, you almost feel like they're going on a rollercoaster ride where it's like, oh, I don't know about this. Oh, it's gonna be great. Oh, I don't know about this. Oh, it's going to be great. And then we have a few other things like how to do an introduction and how to finish it off with what Nancy Duarte calls something they'll always remember or your star moments sta or something that always remember. So we try to do that and there's a few other and then the other main probably thing is how they do their slides. So we do they do present with slides and they have to control you know, a PowerPoint presentation or a Google Slides presentation. But there's things that we put in that likes, lots of slides are too busy or they're showing me five words on a slide are you should be able to read it in three seconds and understand it. It ruins you from going to other presentations because you sit there go oh that's a terrible slide. And there's another teacher that have some time so if I ever see you giving a presentation I take out my phone and take a picture of the slide. I might be sending it to the My another teacher that I always said look at this slide. Add that to the collection but it has been wonderful. This is for the city. years that we've been doing this that kids just they get it and that you start see changes now over time because we check in with the middle school and things like that. Okay. And it also comes in that you're totally right. It also comes from the planning of the presentation like our students. Oftentimes, it's the last, you know, you'll do a project, their presentations, the last day, go do your project. Now I want to presentation. They're doing the work on the presentation the whole time. They're doing the research and the project and so they're laying out their slides using posts. And they're talking about what questions the audience might have. They're drawing pictures of the audience who's gonna be sitting there watching me. So they're considering it all the time. Well, if you, you know, read the book, read it resonate by Nancy Duarte, their little plug for Nancy and her company in. Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. She has several books out but that's the the cornerstone one, I think slide. ology is another one but okay. Yeah. So she works. We work with her. Yeah, it's great. It is we have we have been very fortunate with that one, and they've been very, very nice to us. Okay, I would say just, I've taught me how to get into classrooms and talk to teachers and really not only have the expectation that they'll keep pushing their practice, but also have the trust in They need to have trust with you, that you will back them if they're going to try. They're gonna try something new. You know, oftentimes we have teachers at, it's always an easy default. Well, I'll get in trouble if I do that. I Roosevelt, you know, we don't try to get in trouble. But we certainly haven't. We always kind of have an explanation as to why we're doing something. And that's easy for me to then go tell my people, you know, my superintendent, hey, we're going to try this out. See how it goes. Or we're trying this out, and we'll see how it goes. But we want brave leaders are brave teachers. So we need to be brave leaders. So I would get get into two classrooms as much as possibly my number one go talk to teachers, you know. 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About the author SUSAN CAIN is the author of the bestsellers Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts, and Quiet: The Power of Introverts in A World That Can’t Stop Talking, which has been translated into 40 languages, is in its seventh year on the New York Times best seller list, and was named the #1 best book of the year by Fast Company magazine, which also named Cain one of its Most Creative People in Business. Her writing has appeared in the The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, and many other publications. Her record-smashing TED talk has been viewed over 30 million times on TED.com and YouTube combined, and was named by Bill Gates one of his all-time favorite talks. Susan prefers listening to talking, reading to socializing, and cozy chats to group settings. She likes to think before she speaks (softly). And until a few years ago, was terrified of public speaking, so is still amazed that such a giant fear is conquerable. She lives in the Hudson River Valley with her husband and two sons. Visit Cain and the Quiet Revolution at www.quietrev.com. Source: https://www.quietrev.com/author/susan-cain/ Click here to buy on The Book Depository https://www.bookdepository.com/Quiet/9780141029191/?a_aid=stephsbookshelf About the book Susan Cain’s Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking shows how dramatically we undervalue introverts and how much we lose in doing so. Taking the reader on a journey from Dale Carnegie’s birthplace to Harvard Business School and from a Tony Robbins seminar to an evangelical megachurch, Cain charts the rise of the Extrovert Ideal in the twentieth century and explores its far-reaching effects. She talks to Asian-American students who feel alienated from the brash, backslapping atmosphere of American schools. She questions the dominant values of American business culture, where forced collaboration can stand in the way of innovation and where the leadership potential of introverts is often overlooked. And she draws on cutting-edge research in psychology and neuroscience to reveal the surprising differences between extroverts and introverts. Finally, she offers invaluable advice on everything from how to better negotiate differences in introvert-extrovert relationships and empower an introverted child to when it makes sense to be a “pretend extrovert.” Source: https://www.quietrev.com/quiet-the-book/ Links Join the 24 million other people who have watched Susan’s TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts?language=en Find out more tips and advice on living as, or with, an introvert on Susan’s website: https://www.quietrev.com/ Listen to Susan’s podcast here (the first season focuses on giving parents and educators the tools to empower quiet kids): https://www.quietrev.com/susan-cain-quiet-podcast/   BIG IDEA 1 (6:40) – We are all wired differently. The different parts of the brain light up differently in different situations for introverts and extroverts. For example the reward part of the brain is actually bigger in extroverts and they tend to be very reward driven.  They tested this with babies, toddlers and teens to see if introversion or extroversion is a natural tendency or something nurtured. They put stimulants all around such as lights, sounds and strong smells in the room. They saw some babies threw their arms and legs  in the air while other babies just laid there and weren’t bothered by the sounds. They found that those babies who were thrashing their arms around weren’t having a good time but actually showing a sign of discomfort for all the stimulation. While those babies who were unbothered by all the noise around them and laid there quietly, turned out to be extroverts because they were not over stimulated by the things going on around them.  High or low reactivity is one way of explaining extroversion or introversion. They also found that introverts are more likely to choose intellectual jobs as often you can close the door from unexpected stimulations and enjoy the quiet environment that they need to do the best work to succeed. BIG IDEA 2 (10:35) – The extrovert ideal. The ‘extrovert ideal’ was really birthed during the Dale Carnegie era of personal development; public speaking and sales skills linked to the growth economy where those skills were touted as the new way of work. Warren Susman, a cultural historian called this as a shift from a culture of character to a culture of personality.  Interesting, the word ‘personality’ didn’t even exist until the 18th century and wasn’t widely used until the 20th century.  In a country such as the US, that is powered by antidepressants and anti-anxiety drugs to try and ‘cure’ introversion, on the basis that to get ahead of work and be promoted, get a sale, or even get married, you seem to need to be extroverted.  The book mentioned about inventions from some of the society’s favorite introverts. If it wasn’t for them, we wouldn’t have today’s greatest inventions. What does this mean? There is definitely space for both types and we need to look past this outdated (and misguided) notion of the extrovert ideal. BIG IDEA 3 (14:15) – Why groups are like drugs. There is a research in the book about why ideas are better when you come up with them alone first.  Research also shows that group brainstorming doesn’t work and performance drops as a result of group size increasing. For teams of more than six to eight people, the output or productivity are probably worse because of the size of your group being bigger than that. People from the group doesn’t share good ideas either because of fear of being judged or other noise that could potentially mess up a good idea.  Interestingly, virtual groups actually perform better because each person is alone. There’s a quote in the book that groups are like mind altering substances. Working in a group actually lowers the decision making part of the brain and increases the perception part of the brain. It changes the way we perceive a situation.  Music By: Paper Planes by Paper Planes Let’s Connect LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/steph-clarke Instagram: @stephsbizbookshelf Enjoying the show? 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What does it mean to be an introvert, and is it harder in our society to keep to oneself? Is there a pressure to conform to an Extrovert Ideal? How do introverts assert themselves in education, the workplace and daily life without giving up what makes them unique, thoughtful -- and just them? Ben brings back Jody MacPherson (Episode 11) to talk about "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking" by Susan Cain. About the Book The book that started the Quiet Revolution At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their own over working in teams. It is to introverts—Rosa Parks, Chopin, Dr. Seuss, Steve Wozniak—that we owe many of the great contributions to society. In Quiet, Susan Cain argues that we dramatically undervalue introverts and shows how much we lose in doing so. She charts the rise of the Extrovert Ideal throughout the twentieth century and explores how deeply it has come to permeate our culture. She also introduces us to successful introverts—from a witty, high-octane public speaker who recharges in solitude after his talks, to a record-breaking salesman who quietly taps into the power of questions. Passionately argued, superbly researched, and filled with indelible stories of real people, Quiet has the power to permanently change how we see introverts and, equally important, how they see themselves. About the Guest Check out Jody on social media: http://about.me/jodymacpherson Jody MacPherson is an Accredited Business Communicator (ABC) with 20+ years of experience in corporate communications and public relations. Graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa, Jody spent her teenage years in Fort McMurray working for the local weekly newspaper and radio stations throughout high school as a columnist and on-air reporter. She paid for university, by literally going underground at Syncrude Canada, working in the extraction plant of the oil sands operation in the 80’s, working as the only woman on her shift, logging hours in the underground portion of the mining operation, cleaning up spills and collecting lab samples. After graduation, Jody stayed in the north to work as a journalist but soon made the leap to public relations in 1986 where she wrote and edited employee publications (and co-authored a book) for several years in Fort McMurray before moving to Edmonton. As community relations team leader, Jody managed donations programs and organized community relations activities across the province, including a $1 million community investment program in Calgary. She went on to receive an international award of excellence for work in employee communications. Formed her own communications consulting company and for the next six years specialized in stakeholder consultation (including cross-cultural communication), employee communication, website content and writing/editing for numerous clients. Beginning in 2005, Jody switched to full-time employment in the public sector in various leadership roles including director of communications and media relations for the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Medicine. Left the U of C in July of 2010 to pursue political interests, including volunteer positions as the former VP of Communications for the Alberta Liberal Party (2008-2010) and as communications/media chair for Kent Hehr’s successful election as Member of Parliament in Calgary Centre in 2015 (Mr. Hehr was also appointed to the federal Liberal cabinet as Minister of Veterans Affairs). After the last municipal election, Jody left a position with a local non-profit organization to supervise a team for the City of Calgary in digital/web communications and social media. Mentioned in this Episode Episode 11: "...according to the book, Selfie", a previous episode featuring Jody MacPherson in a discussion about Will Storr's book Episode 45: "...with Marketing and Human Nature", a previous episode featuring Terry O'Reilly The Power of Introverts, a TED Talk by Susan Cain Who Are You, Really? The Puzzle of Personality, a TED Talk by Brian Little The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, a book by Malcolm Gladwell The Quote of the Week "It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer." - Albert Einstein

Rebellion becomes necessary when a power balance tips beyond the line. There are many different 'slave-master' systems in the world. Institutional, relational, ideological, organisational, and political. We experience these relationships at different levels of life. The rebel is compelled to take action when she is pushed too far. This is why there has been a sea change over the past few years around introversion. When a prevailing value/assumption controls a society (eg the 'Extrovert Ideal'). It causes people within the society to bend themselves out of shape in order to fit into the acceptable mould. Then you can expect the rebels to eventually stand up and step outside the system. Photo by Tuula Ahde | Click on the Image to Follow Her On Instagram Rebelling Against The 'Extrovert Ideal' After a long period spent subscribing to these norms and expectations. And as the research began to emerge, providing validation for those introverts who felt like square pegs in round holes, the rebels began to shine a light on the failures of the system. Assumptions and expectations that are failing huge numbers of people, suppressing their ability to live at their potential and bring the best of their unique gifts/abilities to the world. It's been exciting to see introverts and sensitive type people begin to flourish, with the support of small communities. Not despite their natural temperaments (as was the old way), but because of them. They've learned to work in conjunction with their natural energy flows. And because they've been able to identify the stuff they can actively work on in the right ways in order to achieve their OWN goals. Not About Power Some people see moments like this season of so called, 'Quiet Revolution' as an opportunity to "take power". And to turn things on their head so that the so called, 'slave' becomes the 'master'. But that's not the point of rebellion. The true rebel removes herself from the power structure all together. Power is ironically gained because she relinquishes the desire to possess it. By choosing to reject the allure of power, the system of power becomes inconsequential and impotent. Leaving her to choose instead to live on that never ending path of change and transformation. That's a powerful position to be in. The rebel doesn't want to dominate. They don't want to destroy for the sake of it, or because they have a vendetta against an individual (or group - e.g. extroverts). They oppose systems, ways of thinking, and assumptions which fail the people who are expected to unnaturally fit into them. Listen to the episode now: Or watch the video: Support the Podcast and get bonus extras:

Dr. Beth (www.drbetherickson.com) first spoke with Susan Cain (www.thepowerofintroverts.com) about her new bestselling book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking about how introverts are underrated in favor of extroverts in our culture. We therefore miss much of what they have to offer. She then spoke with Lori Myers (www.lorimmyers.com… Read more about this episode...

Business leaders often look to social activities to generate ideas and innovation from group collaboration and brainstorming to large meetings and open-format offices. Those who are highly verbal bold and outgoing often thrive in these environments. In Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking author Susan Cain challenges the ”Extrovert Ideal” and many common business practices in which the ideas and leadership potential of introverts are often overlooked. Among the researchers she cites is Wharton management professor Adam Grant who recently interviewed Cain for Knowledge at Wharton. (Podcast with transcript) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Susan's New York Times Bestselling book QUIET has the potential to revolutionize the “Extrovert Ideal” so predominant in the Western World - which she calls the omnipresent belief that the ideal self is gregarous, "outgoing," and comfortable in the spotlight - as her research counters that "Extrovert Ideal," and highlights the valuable qualities possessed by Introverts.