Pegs Bailey’s Post

One of the biggest lessons from yesterday’s Live Q&A: courses and content are valuable, but without collaboration, the gaps remain. It’s through community, getting vulnerable, and working together that we can truly solve problems and grow. Alone, we only know what we know—but together, our potential is limitless.

'Community' /kəˈmjuːnɪti/ (from the Latin, 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑠) is now a buzzword taken to mean pretty much anything, by anyone, in any circumstance. Here at TMP we're not really vibing with this post-modern abbaration. We're about real community buidling, and that's exactly what we're going to be doing around the show. We want your input, requests, and priorities to shape the content and questions of the episodes and, over the coming months, we're going to creating online spaces and pysical meet-ups to allow community to be exactly that: a real community. Ab insania, sanitas. James & Nik 🫡 #schoolmarketing #schooladmissions #internationaleducation #internationalschools #k12 #independentschools #MADness

Interested in the technology of LLM and RAG? Sharing an upcoming Toronto event, in person, a technical session on the topic of RAG by 🟢 Amir Feizpour

Join us April 25 to learn more about this important rethinking 94 project - the Rondo neighborhood in St. Paul. This program will not be recorded - live attendance only. Open to members and non-members. Program details: Project staff will provide an update on where Rethinking I-94 is within the NEPA process, share the alternatives that were released in July 2023, and give an overview of the efforts that are taking place to inform and engage community members and stakeholders. Attendees will learn: 1) where Rethinking I-94 is within the NEPA process 2) about the 10 alternatives that are being evaluated and 3) how MnDOT is approaching the engagement and outreach efforts to ensure community voices are central to this process. To learn more and register: https://lnkd.in/gnvtmHSt

Change happens through young people when they feel connected, competent, and capable of contributing. FYI’s interactive model engages students to positively impact their communities and themselves. #FocusedYouthImpact #CommunityImpact #REACHWellness https://loom.ly/eMnvX0M

So much great kōrero at last week's event about making accessibility a reality within the media, news & communications context. Key takeaways that I heard were: - Practical things matter - removal of accessibility barriers (note there's still some funding available for this through MSD so don’t be shy in applying for this to fund accessibility supports for your projects) - In accessibility conversations, aim to keep the focus & priority on the needs of disabled people - If you’re non-disabled and want to help remove barriers, it really helps to be OK with being called out by disabled people & learning fast! There was heaps packed into just 2 hours - full recording below. (Link to programme & listing of speakers & panel sessions in the comments.) https://lnkd.in/gRU65cRG

TESOL International Association is a proud member of the ALL IN: The Adult Literacy and Learning Impact Network in supporting ELT educators and adult multilingual learners of English. Join tomorrow's ALL-IN Learning Series highlighting ways to improve access to learning: How to Support English Language Skills via Learning Circles: A replicable, adaptable, and cost-effective strategy

International Volunteer Manager Day is less than a month away. What are you doing to recognize #IVMDay24? Consider tunning in to Association of Leaders In Volunteer Engagement webinar for 5 Tips for Managing Volunteers: Maximizing Volunteer Impact Through Supportive Supervision. More information below.

A great discussion yesterday with local partners around the proper use of the word co-production. Several examples shared of the local workforce using it to describe partnership and collaboration with no involvement from those in receipt of support. We also agreed we needed to join up workforce training to avoid duplication and ensure consistency. Also, there was a clear endorsement of the planned approach to use stories and case studies to demonstrate impact rather than rush to count things. If you want to really understand what co-production is, we took 18 months in Staffordshire to create a definition, agree some local commitments, design a toolkit to help the workforce, and create the opportunity for people to pledge support, all of which can be engage with here. And it is all in a language that children and young people said they understood. Take a look. https://lnkd.in/ehH-Vp8X

If you’re curious about how we support communities to advance #natureeverywhere check out this informative and highly practical session!