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March 30, 2008
Can You Hear Me Now Session CommentsA very good presentation from 9 presenters (all dressed alike in blue polo shirts). Board member tenure included individuals with 32, 24 and 17 years of experience! Their message was centered on communications. They started by explaining how they had experience sharing bad news. "The best way to eat crow is fast" was their take. Approaches for overcoming such situations included having student authored post cards sent to the media (extolling the virtues of the district). The most touching part of the presentation was the story about a Downs Syndrome grocery store bagger (Johnny) who took it upon himself to place hand-written "thought of the day" notes in customer grocery bags. The audience applauded following the video.
Other suggestions included establishing a district logo (aka the Nike swoosh, MasterCard circles and Apple apple), using slogans on all district documents, enhancing parent communication, using PowerSchool, blogging, and allowing subscriptions via the district website.
Unfortunately, there was too much content for the presenters to get through all their material in the time alloted, but the session was well worth attending!
Posted by Rich Benson, Blog Team, at 5:16 AM | Conference Daily
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