Think About This... You may win a lot of cash if you stay off your smartphone for a year, but how would you get through dinner with your mom and dad? We spoke with Elana A. Mugdan , who is forbidden from using any smartphone, tablet, or handheld scrolling technology for a full year as she tries to complete the #nophoneforayear challenge, sponsored by vitaminwater and Coca-Cola. Could you do it? Listen to Episode 4 of Think About This with Shelly Palmer and Ross Martin today! https://lnkd.in/eZGCT-m …see more

My track record on this subject is tainted by eternal optimism, but I think it’s going to work this time. I really do. Good luck, NBCU! I’m counting on you to get this ball over the goal line!!!

From Asia to Europe to the United States, private business are closing down as citizens shelter in their homes to prevent community transmission. How COVID-19 Will Affect Asia and the Global Economy and the Workforce? Ankit Panda The Diplomat #caronavirus #workforcetrends #asiapacific …see more

Reading about dual trade instrumentation and electrical apprentice Thomas Mutimer who is the fourth generation of his family to work at Esso’s Western Port and Gippsland operations ! Great Job Thomas - and Esso. I hear you Thomas... “hands-on learner” - Thats how I like to learn as well. https://lnkd.in/e6rfdwD #modernapprenticeship #Esso #thereareoptions Janine McPhee Evan Henry Andrew Sezonov …see more

I can’t help but look at the photographs of Tiger Woods after the US won the President’s Cup. Yes he brought the team back. Yes, he won his three matches. Yes, he was one of two winning player coaches. But for me, the photo shows a man who has come through hell and in the process, he found his smile. I may be wrong but in his youth, I don’t remember seeing such authentic smiles and such warmth with other players. I recall an automaton. I think there is a lesson here for us all. We can find our way back. We can recover our smile. We can become a better version of ourselves. We can be role models after all. It is comforting and memorable even to see joy return to Tiger. Or maybe with age, there is a different kind of joy. A mulligan .... that’s a gift and human term for a do-over. It’s not cheating. It is the product of life’s many lessons. …see more

I just read a piece in Medium written by an adult whose childhood dentist hit her in the face. Sadly, lots of children are traumatized by the adults with whom they engage — not just parents. Doctors, dentists, religious figures, coaches and even neighbors or contractors are implicated. What happens is that children are silenced by the trauma and can’t speak up and out. The freeze response to trauma freezes our voice. We then have children who hold their trauma within. That is why I wrote a forthcoming book published by Columbia Teachers College Press (June 2020) titled Educating for Trauma: Strategies for Student Success. Kids bring their trauma to school in suitcases of different sizes. We need to help them now. Waiting does not make trauma disappear. No indeed. It just gets sublimated and cabined away. Its symptomology remains. The book will, I hope, help. …see more

The recent Times Square incident makes us realize that all the shootings have put our collective autonomic nervous systems on alert. This isn’t healthy. And the panics show how easily we are rattled. Trauma abounds. This is why I am completing my book, Generation Trauma Goes to School, ASAP. We need to address trauma symptomology surrounding us. Trauma informed is not enough. Trauma sensitive and trauma responsive are needed in schools, workplaces and communities. This isn’t a political issues folks. Shootings and fear and trauma don’t carry an R or D on them. …see more

So folks, I really need comments on this from all my connections and followers. Can mini-pop up bookstores work — spread everywhere —- to get more books into the hands of kids? The units (stand and books) could be purchased and then donated to locations where kids in need are located. Vendors could get units and sell the books to break even or make a small profit. Doctors offices? Bodegas? Please share thoughts. And if you want one to acquire one for wherever you work, let me know. It may not solve the educational equity divide but it could be a start with legs. …see more

So, 2day is #WorldGiraffeDay (who knew?) + it's #NationalSelfieDay2018 (who knew). Here's a photo (I don't like selfies) of me on the radio in my giraffe costume talking new book called Lady Lucy's Laugh Giraffe Journey that Marc Wine and I co-authored; photos by Max Flatow. Book is fun + a % of proceeds go 2 #Giraffe Conservation Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to saving giraffe.   https://bit.ly/2K1vTnz  Wonderful podcast by Steve Miletto and another coming from Forest of the Rain Productions.  Onward and help save giraffe.  Good cause and good entertainment for kids during the summer.  Laugh2Learn …see more

So, with the Cosby verdict, truth has finally emerged. I have been wondering if part of the problem is that many people saw Cosby as Dr. Huxtable, an example of conflating truth and fiction.  Ironically, both fellows dispensed meds -- only one was a doctor and not a real one at that.   We often confuse truth and fiction.  I think this is something as to which we can all fall prey --- not rape, goodness knows.  I mean we can mistake truth and fiction. We want to believe fictions -- they are often easier than truths.  We even enhance fiction sadly.  Just look at the Michigan State debacle.  Truth was buried.  We don't want heroes or doctors or presidents for that matter to fall -- so we psychologically distort truth.  Human flaw.  And now, the victims can see that truth does eventually show its face. Brava for their strength over all these years.  Fiction just got its comeuppance. #psychology #fiction #victims #truth …see more

I just saw a quote by Annette Breaux that beautifully states what all teachers, professors and student life staff know or can benefit from knowing: "Remember, everyone in the classroom has a story that leads to misbehavior or defiance. 9 times out of 10, the story behind the behavior won't make you angry.  It will break your heart."   I'd change the word "classroom" to the word "campus"  or "school" --- and that expands the quote meaningfully and importantly.  I was recently on a panel where I suggested that we offer support to new minority faculty.  Another panelist said: why is that needed?  They can do it on their own.  I said: not everyone can or should be forced to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps.  What is wrong with helping others, even without their asking?  Let's be clear and candid: We all need help in one way or another. And, many of the rules of the game of the academy are not so clear and are not spelled out as another panelist pointed out so aptly.   And, if we can enable success, does it really matter as educators how we do it?  As long as success is there (real success), is there some reason we think those who don't ask for or get help are better?  Moral superiority for being able to work alone?  Please. …see more

Perhaps this piece will help some mothers appreciate Mother's Day in a new way that will make the day easier. The gifts we give.... https://lnkd.in/dmsqHd5

With the impending storm and Labor Day and time indoors with kids, try the Lady Lucy's Quest firefly activities. Fun, creative and free. Spend time learning about and thinking about fireflies -- as they light up the evening sky. www.ladylucysquest.com . And, next on the Lady Lucy Project agenda: completion and mailing of the firefly activity sets for those who donated to the successful Kickstarter event. So, if you kicked in, your kit will be arriving by mid-Sept. And there might be some left over (10 sets or so). Figuring out what to do with those. Thoughts welcomed. …see more

Sometimes you must lean on the wisdom of millennials to navigate this space. Thank you Ronnell Perry for starting this platform, Young, Black & Working From Home. His first post, what colleagues can do for Black colleagues at this time. #workfromhome #staysafe #socialdistancing #workfromhomejobs …see more

Years ago I worked in an office in the summer for LA Parks & Rec before the swimming pools opened where I was a managing lifeguard. One day, I came into the office with cornrows. The secretary told me that she was embarrassed by my hairstyle and that, that wasn't ladylike. So, she sent me home. When I went home, I told my mother. Mom told me to go right back to that job with my natural hair and tell her to call her if she has a problem with her daughter's hair. That woman never spoke to me again. Hah! Unfortunately, this woman was vocal, many people silently discriminate in the work place against hair outside of the mainstream and especially if its a coily mane like mine. Employment, hair & politics. For a person with coils who once had locks and now rocks cornrows and headwraps, hair in the office space can get really ugly. Ark Republic's resident cartoonist, Matthew Gamble's six-strip comic "The Gambling Man" explores what I call meeting at the Coif Roads. https://lnkd.in/ePJCvkR …see more

I was asked by the Health Care Editor Of LinkedIn to be a VIP commentator on this week’s ‘The Check Up.’ Check it out and let me know your thoughts ! …see more

Facebook expanded a system of vision, language, and speech models that was designed to help users who are visually impaired. Facebook engineers used supervised machine learning to train image recognition models on 3.5 billion Instagram images and 17,000 hashtags that users put with them. This way the algorithm learnt to describe what happens on photos in a synthesized voice (recognizing 1,200 visual concepts — 10 times more than the previous version). #themedicalfuturist #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #medicine #technology #AI #artificialintelligence #deeplearning #machinelearning …see more

A question for today: What would you like me to write more about? With The Medical Futurist team, we help healthcare organizations, governments and medical professionals adopt digital health technologies by building a community to drive healthcare innovation worldwide. We are working on making a bold vision about the future of healthcare reality today. We communicate about digital health and A.I. on our various channels so that everyone can get in the know and prepare for the future of healthcare. Tell me what you’d like us to focus on more (or less!) in our content pieces and communication. Help us make our channels even more useful to you and the entire digital health enthusiast community. #themedicalfuturist #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #medicine #technology …see more

Get a sneak peek into the life of our Patreon Channel this week! I shared the following curated pieces and discussed some important topics with our patrons: 1) To Vaccinate Or Not To Vaccinate - concerns from our community and how to handle them. A great discussion on how to have the necessary 60% of the world population vaccinated. 2) The biggest tech failures of 2020 and what to learn from them. MIT has a great collection and we also added our own. Tech saves and tech fails us sometimes! 3) An early view of the new studio we moved into. I’m engaging our Patrons to have a say in the new video content strategy of The Medical Futurist . 4) A weekly summary and personal analysis from me about the top digital health news and A.I. studies we don't share anywhere else. Don’t be the one missing out on these insights. Join The Medical Futurist community on Patreon, or just support us so that we can keep on producing free content for you! https://lnkd.in/gJet4TS #themedicalfuturist #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #medicine #technology #Patreon #patreonexclusive #exclusivecontent #premiumcontent #community #digitalhealthcommunity …see more

I'll help you navigate in the world of digital health investments. Join my live Q&A to discover the most innovative companies and technologies in digital health, A.I. and biotechnology. Get a deeper insight about: * The digital health investment scene at the end of 2020 * The Top 24 digital health technologies to keep a close eye on * The Top 100 digital health companies globally * The things we can learn from the successful and failed startups. I’ll answer all the questions you might have about digital health companies and technologies, and help you separate the hype from the facts around digital transformation in healthcare. Date and Time: 17 December (Thursday) 16:00 UTC+01 Register here: https://lnkd.in/eT-aDnx #QA #QandA #LiveQA #digitalhealthinvestment #investindigitalhealth #themedicalfuturist #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #medicine #technology …see more