In intimate conversations,
focusing makes our conversations about feelings much deeper and more intimate, because the words reveal who we are.
Not exact matches
But her method is an innovative way to
make conversations meaningful — and
focused on elements that create engagement.
Court documents show Flynn, an early and vocal supporter on the campaign trail of President Donald Trump whose business dealings and foreign interactions
made him a central
focus of Mueller's investigation, will admit to lying about his
conversations with Russia's ambassador to the United States during the transition period before Trump's inauguration.
The biggest mistake people
make in
conversation is being so
focused on what they're going to say next or how what the other person is saying is going to affect them that they fail to hear what's being said.
Our cross-divisional organization, UBS and Society,
focuses our firm on
making Sustainable Performance the standard across our firm and part of every client
conversation.
This story
focused on the realities of early retirement and the frank
conversation required to
make it a responsible option to recommend.
«If elected, I pledge to be a «values voice» in Congress, and
focus on issues that have largely been ignored; it is time to expand the values
conversation and agenda, and once again
make them the center of our country.
The form of argument in this presentation has emphasized several specific points: first, that the Asian values argument, as a challenge to the implementation of constitutional democracy, is exaggerated and fails to account for the richness of values discourse in the East Asian region - local values do not provide a justification for harsh authoritarian practices; second, that the cultural prerequisites arguments fail because they ignore the discursive processes for value development and they are tautological, excessively deterministic and ignore the importance of human agency it, therefore,
makes little sense to take an entry test for constitutional democracy; third, the difficulties of importing Western communitarian ideas into an East Asian authoritarian environment without adequate liberal constitutional safeguards; fourth, the positive role of constitutionalism in constructing empowering
conversations in modern democratic development and as a venue for values discourse; fifth, the importance, especially in a cross-cultural context, of indigenization of constitutionalism through local institutional embodiment; and sixth, the value of extending research
focused on the positive engendering or enabling function of constitutionalism to the developmental context in general and East Asia in particular.
«More and more, I observe adults and kids partially
focused on their phone or tablet and partially
focused on the
conversation, and it
makes for some pretty bad
conversations,» says Laura Nathan, a kindergarten teacher in Chicago.
West Virginia is providing training and resources to home visitors to
make sure initial
conversations with families are strengths - based and are
focusing on hiring staff with a passion for serving families.
His challenges led him to found an organization called NKM2 — No Kidding, Me Too —
focused on
making mental illness part of normal
conversation in America.
Like he did at the University of Buffalo and at a local high school in Syracuse, the
conversation focused on
making college affordable to students.
This simple exercise can help you start to
focus on
making more genuine eye contact when in
conversations.
Next, the research team plans to
focus on improving the battery - free phone's operating range and encrypting
conversations to
make them secure.
Instead, the national
conversation focuses on the ways in which Ugandans can
make their environment as resilient as possible.
I found this
made it easier to open space for a
conversation, and it also took the
focus off my choices, which I found more comfortable.
We'll continue the
conversation next week,
focusing on the why: What
makes bone broth good for you?
Back in May, while interviewing designer Marta Goldschmied about her denim -
focused clothing line
Made Gold, the
conversation turned to Bella and Gigi Hadid.
The fully trained chefs will guide you through the process, this
makes a great date as you'll both have something to
focus on so you won't fall short on
conversation and it will be a date you'll not want to forget!
Flirt
focuses on
making connections and offers a ton of ways to spark a
conversation, including an innovative mass - messaging feature, Flirtcast, which
makes it easy to find someone fun wherever you are in the world.
One of the major red flags in online dating is when the person you're chatting with is too curious about you that the
conversation would eventually
focus on how much money you
make and pressuring you on sharing your personal information like your home address, phone number, bank accounts, etc..
With a
focus on
making every meal fresh, you'll have a bit more time for
conversation before your meal arrives, but this is exactly what many couples are looking for.
Instead of
making STDs a stigma, these sites are helping people move past the inevitable and uncomfortable
conversations with their dates to be able to
focus on getting to know each other.
Jolie applies a bit too much
focus on moments of suffering in the second half as well,
making Unbroken feel repetitive and long at times; a few more
conversations between characters in place of some of the beatings might have been a wiser choice.
Click on the link above to check out our
conversation on the
making of The Danish Girl as part of the
Focus Features» presentation.
Previously he served as a second unit director on Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy, and in this premiere edition of my new video series Behind The Lens that
focuses on
conversations with directors, Serkis discusses his big helming break from Jackson on Hobbit, how he approached directing actors Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy in Breathe, and why that true story of polio victim Robin Cavendish resonated with him to the point of wanting him to
make the film.
I also wanted to
make the observation that this
conversation has
focused on No Child Left Behind.
But #EduColor has
made it so that we can be as long or as short as we'd like, while our sharp
focus on principled discussions around race and education allows us to push
conversations deeper and with more humility and complexity.
There's a big difference between
conversations about how to
make education more productive and those that are
focused entirely on cost - reduction.
I think all the cooking shows are
making us feel as if that's where we need to
focus our
conversation.
The main
focus of coaching and mentoring
conversations for school improvement is to build the competency and capability of teachers, so that they can take steps towards achieving the school's strategic vision and priorities in the curriculum, teaching and learning, and assessment, and can effectively
make judgments about students» progress and outcomes.
«As a student in the program this year, Nicole has not only excelled academically, but taken initiative and collaborated with others to
make this a memorable year for all in the program, facilitating many
conversations between students and global leaders of thought and practice, all while keeping a
focus in sharpening the professional skills that will help her advance educational opportunity in Brazil upon graduation.»
The
conversation focuses on the Play - Doh gifts the children have
made, with the teacher encouraging them to describe how they think people feel when they get a nice gift.
The Second Step curriculum emphasizes impulse control (the ability to control and manage thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, including listening,
focusing attention, following directions, using self - talk, being assertive, identifying and understanding feelings, respecting similarities and differences), empathy (
conversation skills, joining groups,
making friends), anger and emotional management (calming down strong feelings, managing anger, managing accusations, disappointment, anxious and hurt feelings, handling put downs, managing test anxiety, resisting revenge, and avoiding jumping to conclusions), and problem - solving (playing fairly, taking responsibility, solving classroom problems, solving peer exclusion problems, handling name calling, dealing with peer pressure, dealing with gossip, seeking help when you need it).
What Teens Wish Their Parents Knew about Social Media (The Washington Post) Mention of
Making Caring Common and how teens may benefit from
conversations focused on promoting the skills needed to develop and maintain healthy relationships.
Here are a few examples of what we've heard from principals: to get better at leading an improvement process that is relentlessly
focused on just a few critical priorities; to
make instructional leadership the center of my work as principal and limit the time and energy that I spend on peripherals; to be a better listener; to being more patient; to communicate my expectations more clearly; to get better at holding others accountable; to get better at having courageous
conversations.
We found that the teachers who
made the most gains in their classroom practice (as measured by the CLASS ™ observation tool)
focused their
conversations with mentors on classroom practice — following a cycle in which mentors observed teachers and collected data, interpreted the data with mentees in post-observation meetings, planned next steps together and kept in touch between monthly visits.
CO ASCD's efforts to support teacher voice in education decision
making include hosting online
conversations with policymakers (see Education Issues in
Focus at www.coascd.org), conducting policy summits, inviting policymakers and educators to write policy - related blogs or articles for our newsletter, connecting with other organizations in the state that promote education advocacy (for example, Commissioner Anthes» Teacher Cabinet http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdecomm/teachercabinet), providing information about policy priorities in Colorado (for example, State Board of Education priorities (http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/sbe2017legpriorities), and participating in ASCD education advocacy activities.
In every decision I
made about the schools I led — be it professional development, program development, school culture, instructional
focus and feedback systems, or curriculum design — any idea or insight I had was always sharpened and strengthened by including my colleagues in the
conversation.
This award acknowledges those schools that have changed the
conversation about education from a
focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the development of the whole child,
making sure each child is healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged.
«Once we
make the decision to
focus on leading children to excellence and turning around low - performing schools, we have an opportunity to change the
conversation about public schools with the media and the public.»
Then we started this journey and became part of the decision -
making process, and our
conversations focused on the curriculum and the learning, and we became a team.»
The challenge is for coaches and teachers to
make time for these reflective
conversations, which can help them move beyond mere «eye tests» to identify effective teacher practice and
focus on the intent of instruction — student learning — and become better educators and listeners for their students.
During the same
conversation, Runcie said: «I'm not going to allow a shift from what our
focus needs to be to a fictitious narrative that's being
made up about a successful program that we have in Broward County that has no connection to the shooter or the situation at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.»
If you're evening thinking about being in a Range Rover I highly recommend you at least have a
conversation with AJ, he's others -
focused and will do everything he can to
make you a fair deal.
«And so we really try and leverage that exposure and
make sure that everything is getting as much merchandising as possible, and that we've got that
conversation going so that we've got great experiences that maybe Nintendo doesn't
focus on.
The
conversation, the laughter and the memories can be had for pennies on the dollar when you abandon the idea of a large - scale vacation and
focus instead on how to
make your family vacation one to remember.
We
made a pact to be «encouraging» over the last stretch and our
conversation began to
focus on the liquor we were about to drink and the food we would eat.
The comments were
made at a the first of four round table
conversations focusing on travel technology and which have been organised following a new partnership The Travel Tech Show at WTM and Amadeus.
RPG mode is the option for anyone looking for the standard Mass Effect experience, while Action mode will
make conversations between characters automated with answers chosen for you, allowing you to simply
focus on shooting things in the face.