Sentences with phrase «group of the learning community»

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Name: Kelly Blackett Title: Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Communications Areas of responsibility: Human resources, learning and development, corporate communications Years with CWB Financial Group: 3 Career history: 17 years with General Electric in Canada holding a series of progressively responsible human resources leadership roles at GE Capital and GE Corporate, supporting businesses within Canada as well as globally Education: Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction from the University of Alberta Community involvement: Sits on the Board of Trustees for the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation, member of the MacEwan Business School Advisory Board, and past mentor with MORE, a program providing cross-business mentorship to female leaders in Edmonton's business Community involvement: Sits on the Board of Trustees for the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation, member of the MacEwan Business School Advisory Board, and past mentor with MORE, a program providing cross-business mentorship to female leaders in Edmonton's business communitycommunity

Join us on May 10th at Greentown Labs, the largest cleantech startup incubator in the U.S., to hear a variety of success stories and lessons learned, meet organizations at the forefront of impact investing, and see curated group of startups from the Greentown Labs community share how their innovations are impacting our clean energy future.

Once this congregation was group of German immigrants living in what was then farmland across the river from New York City» that was over a hundred years ago» and the primary goal seemed simply to keep the struggling congregation from folding, at another time the chief task seemed racial integration, at another outreach into the community, at another service to the community and social action, at another learning to worship God in Spanish.

Students spent each day of the four - day conference participating in «community group» learning sessions and praise and worship led by well - known Christian musicians like Chris Tomlin.

As a group, they might want to also go out and put into practice what they have learned in Scripture to meet the physical, emotional, and psychological needs of others in the community.

Eliot participated in several groups that attempted to be a Community of Christians, and in them he learned the limitations of such a plan.

The consultation learned that a group of congregations, bound together by covenant and regular eucharistic worship, can more effectively address community problems than can those divided by their denominational identities.

The result has been several precious families coming to our body, a host of kids coming up the hill to our AWANA program where they can be loved and learn about Jesus and a group of people form India who use our church as their community center.

Over time, the availability of family - related growth groups will make it acceptable to confide in and learn from others in the Christian community.

Much needed is research beyond that already completed which will develop guidelines for improving the church's many roles in community health — from meeting the existential crises of being human and belonging to social groups and facing anxiety and dread, to providing more efficiently the «learning atmosphere» for a religious style - of - life.

Commit to building genuine community with a small group of people who are interested in learning the truth rather than doing thing the way they have always been done.

A core group of courageous laymen, working with the clergy and, most desirably, representing a majority of the churches in a community, needs to be deployed in the right places, learning the facts and pulling the right levers.

It would devoutly be hoped that professionals in the fields of mental health and, religion could learn from the mistakes that have been and are being made by other groups supposedly working for the betterment of our communities.

We have visualized the dynamic nature of the training process — where the heart of learning and teaching of pastoral care lies — by seeing the trainee surrounded by: (1) the community of patients, (2) the staff (representing all other helping professions), (3) a peer group of trainees, and (4) the chaplain supervisors.

If as a pastor you have not had an opportunity to learn either kind of skill, you have several options: Arrange to get the training you need (perhaps your church will provide a sabbatical leave); or ask your church to employ a «minister of group life and lay training» (with academic and clinical training in pastoral care and counseling); or employ a part - time pastoral counselor or accredited chaplain supervisor to coordinate lay training; or simply find a competent supervisor in your community and get your own on - the - job training as a trainer by having him or her coach you as you do lay training.

Here's a recap of what happened when a group of founders learned from one another and built community at Expo West.

He headed to Chicago and worked for several nonprofit organizations, including the Illinois Public Interest Research Group and the Nkrumah Washington Community Learning Center, in the heart of gang territory.

And I think it's actually better for kids to learn to be part of a group, part of a little community, to learn that the world does not revolve around their needs at every second of the day, that sometimes their immediate concerns have to be negotiated with others.

Leave notions of «methods» at home, skip the boring ones your friends warned you about, and come learn about all of your options in a group designed to create community, communication with each other, and answer your individual questions.

Beyond the many benefits of learning music, group singing also provides a sense of community and attunement to others.

To learn more, see our complete list of BabyCenter Community groups.

«I think people start children outside too late,» said Shanti Hodges, founder and owner Hike it Baby, a national, non-profit group based in Portland, Oregon, that offers a virtual and in - person community to thousands of parents who are looking to learn how to get outside with their children.

Healthy Schools BC Regional Grants aim to build regional capacity amongst health, education and community partners to collaboratively work through new approaches and designs for learning (such as the Healthy Schools BC Learning Framework, Spiral of Inquiry and innovative prototyping) for district / group - level initiatives that are directly related to mental well learning (such as the Healthy Schools BC Learning Framework, Spiral of Inquiry and innovative prototyping) for district / group - level initiatives that are directly related to mental well Learning Framework, Spiral of Inquiry and innovative prototyping) for district / group - level initiatives that are directly related to mental well - being.

Chicago Children's Museum's Board of Directors is a group of committed volunteers who contribute their leadership, talents, support and time to further the museum's mission of creating a community where play and learning connect.

This group is for people who embrace and want to help us collectively realize by joining us in learning to appreciate the Inner Doctor within each of us, learning to communicate and work with the Inner Doctor through the Healing By Design ™ Self - Care Technology and other self - care, self - healing modalities and tools to achieve optimal health, and learning to advocate for the Inner Doctor in our home, our workplace, and our community, by sharing our self - healing experiences.

As for the broad applicability, we're seeing it every day in the nonprofit world, as plenty of groups are learning to use their supporter lists for more than overnight fundraising and email advocacy — some are finding ways and providing tools to turn supporters into evangelists in whatever communities they're a part of (whether local or not).

A group of students from Newburgh is nearing the end of a trip to Ecuador and, when they return, they'll be applying their global service learning to community impact projects in their neighborhood.

Additional participants in the Jamaica Now Planning Initiative include: 165th Street Business Improvement District, 180th Street Business Improvement District, Jamaica Center Business Improvement District and Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District, A Better Jamaica, A Better Way Family & Community Center, Addisleigh Park Civic Association, Alliance of South Asian American Laborers, America Works, Antioch Baptist Church, Brinkerhoff Action Associates, Inc., Center for Integration & Advancement for New Americans, Center for New York City Neighborhoods, Chhaya Community Development Corporation, Citizens Housing & Planning Council, Community Healthcare Network of New York City, Cultural Collaborative Jamaica, Damian Family Care Center, Edge School of the Art, Exploring the Metropolis, Farmers Boulevard Community Development Corporation, First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Fortune Society, Goodwill Industries of Greater New York & New Northern New Jersey, Greater Allen Development Corporation, Greater Triangular Civic Association, Indo Caribbean Alliance, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica Hospital, Jamaica Muslim Center; Jamaica Performing Arts Center, Jamaica YMCA, King Manor, LaGuardia Community College Adult & Continuing Education, Mutual Housing Association of New York, Neighborhood Housing Services Jamaica, New York Alliance for Careers in Healthcare, Queens College, Queens Council on the Arts, Queens Economic Development Corporation, Queens Hospital, Queens Legal Services, Queens Library; Queens Workforce1 Center, SelfHelp, Sikh Cultural Society, Sunnyside Community Services, Inc., The Jamaica Young Professionals, The Jamaica Youth Leaders, The Tate Group, Upwardly Global, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, and Y - Roads.

They are conducted in partnership with the appropriate learned societies that cover the discipline being reviewed, as the remit and recommendations from the review involve the whole academic community The process was overseen by a Steering Group composed of prominent UK academics, users of Human Geography research and funders.

We have already held three community meetings, focus groups and web surveys to learn the needs of the community as they relate to the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library System.

A new nonprofit group created to advocate for the Harlem community is controlled by workers and allies of local elected leaders, The Post has learned.

«Community service should be an integral part of the development of our youth, because if we do not teach them the importance of forming a strong community connection as young people, they will never learn how much the efforts of one person can impact a community problem, and how much a group of young people working together can help resolve an issue in a neighborhood or a community,» PiceCommunity service should be an integral part of the development of our youth, because if we do not teach them the importance of forming a strong community connection as young people, they will never learn how much the efforts of one person can impact a community problem, and how much a group of young people working together can help resolve an issue in a neighborhood or a community,» Picecommunity connection as young people, they will never learn how much the efforts of one person can impact a community problem, and how much a group of young people working together can help resolve an issue in a neighborhood or a community,» Picecommunity problem, and how much a group of young people working together can help resolve an issue in a neighborhood or a community,» Picecommunity,» Picente said.

I was reminded of when a group of dedicated firefighters approached me and asked why Erie County wasn't eligible for Firemen's Association of the State of New York's Higher Education Learning Plan (HELP) that allows tuition reimbursement from Erie Community College.

Through the Bronx Youth Corps, the students will learn to work as a group, learn about the importance of taking responsibility for their community, and gain the skills to make positive changes in The Bronx and become future leaders.

This is by no means a singular agency event, but all segments of the community are urged to participate to include the Boy Scouts, the various unions, veterans groups, and other fraternal orders, as soon as they learn of it.

We have become so hooked in this country on bending over backwards for every ethnic minority - a community centre here, an acceptance of a reluctance to learn English there — that we have forgotten the group that is struggling the most — the white working class.

Through the Bronx Youth Corps, the students will learn to work as a group, learn about the importance of responsibility for the community, and gain the skills to make positive changes in The Bronx and become future leaders.

In one case in Pune, a group of households sharing information learned that the husbands in their community were drinking heavily and then abusing their wives.

I am the director of NeuWrite San Diego, a group of young scientists learning to better communicate science with our community through our blog and various outreach activities and workshops.

«The task for the year ahead,» Kraut says, «is to continue to demonstrate to those on the Hill what all of us in the community already know, that the nation's most pressing problems — the violence of terrorism, economic well - being, learning and literacy, international negotiations, ethnic and minority group discrimination — all have at their core a social and behavioral base that simply can not be addressed without the knowledge from the social and behavioral research that NSF supports.»

«Although some teachers may worry that social media distracts students from legitimate learning, we found that our Facebook group helped transform students from anonymous spectators into a community of active learners — and this has important consequences for student performance,» Dougherty said.

The Chinese group is visiting Jan. 17 - 19 to learn about cutting - edge research and community engagement in the area of environmental quality and health.

You can also use the knowledge you learn in this Training to create group programs that meet the needs of your own community.

Tai Chi is typically taught in groups in health centers, community centers, offices and schools, but Amazon has a variety of good DVD's and books for learning Tai Chi, and I personally own and use the one pictured left «Tai Chi for Beginners ``.

She's also a believer in the power of communities and organizes small group gatherings for support, social connection, and learning.

• Neuroscience of the teenage brain and physiology: why tweens and teens feel and act as they do • Yoga Poses with modifications and suggestions for engagement and safety • Partner & Group Poses for building community and confidence • Breathing Exercises for reducing stress and anxiety • Yogic Philosophy made relevant to tweens and teens • Yoga Games: learning and connecting vs. competing • Engaging mindfulness practices to support self awareness and self regulation • Visualization and relaxation techniques to support emotional resilience • Introduction to Mudras: yoga for your hands, whaaat?

I learned so much from the Shar Pei Community Group and unrefined, virgin coconut oil can be used in ears, paws, cuts, infections, and ingested for skin alleries... my dog had bad skin allergies, scratching, and chewing his paws... a teaspoon of coconut oil every morning, and within a month, his skin alleries have all but gone!

Here, you'll find a dynamic community of learners, where a diverse group of children, families, faculty and staff are united by their common goal of empowering children to explore, learn and grow.

Here, you'll find a dynamic community of learners, where a diverse group of children, families, faculty and staff are united by their common goal of empowering children to explore, learn and grow.

A group of underprivileged kids learn about life, community, and determination through sports.