Posts tagged leadership
Exploring the virtues of a #payitforward lifestyle
Apr 21st
Here at foyble HQ, we like to think that we are pretty obsessed with #payitforward. We have all these google alerts set up so we see all the stories that are posted to the internet with that subject. We search twitter and facebook for those hashtags. We bought over 100 strangers lunch once just to see what would happen. We believe in #payitforward. Recently, Dan and I were talking and we wondered about what characteristics people who commit act of kindness might share. What are the attributes that best prepare a person for a lifestyle filled with paying forward? What would it take to become a #payitforward expert? What skills do the #payitforward ninjas practice everyday? And more importantly, how can we model our lives to become more like those ninjas? Finally, why is it important to live a life with these values?
This conversation spawned an idea: let’s put together a series of posts that explore these questions. Let’s distill these posts into a separate page on the blog with resources people can come back to. More >
Four ideas for starting the GIVE on spring break
Mar 24th
It’s spring break time! When I was younger this meant something different than it means to me now. These days, I’m excited to see the crocuses blooming, pining to get my garden planted, and enjoying pretending that 57 degree weather makes me happy.
I have three kids. They are five, three, and 6 months old. Next year, my wife and I will have to schedule our vacation around SCHOOL. This blows my mind of course. But many of you already have kids in school and are used to waiting until spring break to vacation with your family. So we thought we would think about how you can spend your precious spring break time with your family but not lose track of the give while you’re out and about. More >
foyble is developing a service curriculum aligned to national standards for teachers and students
Jan 14th
Note: Special thanks to Chad Sansing and Dr. Jack King for helping us get this post together. Check Chad out here and Jack out here.
Imagine your students on the Act Map!
foyble is working with Dr. Jack King, creator of Leadership Upside Down and Chad Sansing of the Community Public Charter School in Charlottesville, VA, to create a service project-based curriculum that educators and administrators can use to provide an educational opportunity in an inspirational package to meet the needs of educators and administrators, students, and communities.
The philosophy: foyble will help schools and children help build new relationships in their communities. Administrators, teachers, and students will use social media to help students, teachers, and administrators learn together through instuctional technology, with content standards that deliver academic rigor. The curriculum will be developed in a way that will support administrators efforts to draw funding from multiple sources so that service projects have an opportunity to be fully funded. Educators should be able to meet professional development goals while working on the service projects with students. More >
Friday foyble of the week: Mentoring
Nov 19th
Note: the Friday foyble of the week (FFOTW) is a once per week post where we single out one of our favorite foybles from the many over at www.foyble.com. We don’t have any criteria for the foybles we pick and you don’t get anything but our gratitude and an internet high five. Check back every Friday for another installment. Email us at contact@foyble.com to nominate someone for the honor!
Today, foyble co-founder John Frazier is in Virginia on (gasp) un foyble-related business. While he is down there he is taking some time out to visit with Dr. Jack King, founder of the Northfolk Center for Servant Leadership (check them out here). They will be discussing how foyble and Dr. King’s social network, Leadership UpsideDown, might be able to work together.
So this week’s theme is mentoring. And Chad Sansing’s “Mentoring” foyble fits that theme perfectly. Chad has been mentoring a student and spent some time with his mentee for his foyble. It’s clear, even in Chad’s brief foyble, that he understands the importance of mentoring young people and that he is prepared to take on the challenges that being a mentor can present.
We applaud Chad for the important work he does. And we are looking forward to working with Leadership UpsideDown, and organizations like it, to provide tools to people to inspire and lead. Consider this Chad Sansing’s internet high five. Boom. While we are at it, let’s give one to Dr. Jack King too. Double boom.
Have a great weekend!
Posted by Brian
