More Ideas on Community and Police Partnerships: Why won’t they talk?
Getting engagement without talking about engagment. More ideas for police engagement strategies and tactics to build trust with community.
DetailsGetting engagement without talking about engagment. More ideas for police engagement strategies and tactics to build trust with community.
DetailsI had a ridiculous amount of fun yesterday putting together a Lollapalooza playlist for my Aqua Bootcamp class. As I told the class, made up of mostly women and a few men ages 40+ to 80, “I don’t want you just to look good. I want you to be hip and cool, too!” I knew…
DetailsIf I asked about new technology two years ago, you would have lamented (or relished) diminishing face-to-face connections, with the growth of Facebook and LinkedIn. A year ago you would have cried (or celebrated) the intrusion of mobile devices into everyday life. Today you might tell me how you shout out loud (Hey, Alexa!) that…
DetailsCan Civil Discourse be saved? In the 1600’s New England Town hall meetings offered a space for all in the village to come together to have a say in local law. In the 1890’s Salons, made famous during the French Enlightenment, filled homes in Boston as a place for women and men to congregate for intellectual discourse.…
Details“The Fourth Industrial Revolution of Machine Intelligence is real. It will define which businesses live and die in the next decade. And the first casualties will be those who fail to adopt and adapt.” Okay, before you start to hyperventilate or call your artificial intelligence wallpaper doctor, the quote above is from Hypergiant, a company that…
DetailsThe February 2018 issues of Command, The Official Publication of the Illinois Chiefs of Police, talks about their work to advance dialogue with communities of color. Mountains of statistics and studies tilting in law enforcement’s favor haven’t resolved much in the national discourse as police have tried to build bridges to minority communities in recent…
DetailsInternational Women’s Day planning committee at Praxair in Burr Ridge (l to r) Elizabeth Supple, Chris Ranous, Erika Rogozinski, speaker Deanna Shoss, Joe Abdoo, Kristen Alcazaren, and Ann Klochan. International Women’s Day (IWD) was celebrated in force this March. For my colleagues from Serbia and Russia, they can remember celebrating this special day since they…
DetailsThis is all Linus Pauling’s fault. I had the pleasure of listening to a lecture from my 16 year old son this morning at breakfast about Linus Pauling. The Linus Pauling reference was in response to his dad asking if he had taken any vitamin C for his cold. “The myth of Vitamin C is…
DetailsIntercultural Talk caught up with Laurette Rondenet, President & CEO of Edlong Dairy Techonlogies to talk about their year round commitment to Diversity & Inclusion and how it connects to their business success. What does your company do year round that connects to Global Diversity and Global Diversity Awareness (either client or HR focused?); Edlong…
DetailsIt is no secret that I am a huge fan of Tammera Holmes! Perhaps it’s because I knew her when…when she was just starting her career, and it’s exciting to see how her passion for “getting kids high” (exposing them to careers in aviation, their first flight, and education to actually pursue a career) has…
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