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An edutainment series can be a game-changer for social impact. By blending education with entertainment, we can engage diverse audiences, raise awareness on critical issues, and promote cultural understanding. 🌍    Here’s how it can help:    Accessibility: Reaching remote communities through mobile and local broadcasting 📱   Cultural Relevance: Using local stories and languages to connect with viewers 📖   Skill Development: Providing practical knowledge and fostering innovation 🙌   Community Engagement: Collaborating with local creators to ensure content resonates 🤝   Read below a fantastic example of edutainment, sparking a great debate about birth rates in Africa:  https://lnkd.in/gUJqhFPr 

The Screen Time and Healthy Balance resource contains a collection of quick activities for use with 7-11 year olds to help explore the concept of screen time. It includes ideas for activities on the signs someone has had too much screen time and around finding a healthy balance between online and offline activities. This resource has been updated to keep the activities relevant and up to date in line with what we hear from young people in our school sessions. The To Stream Or Not To Stream resource contains activities to generate discussions about livestreaming with 11+ year olds. This contains information for teachers about livestreaming, two activities with scenarios to encourage discussion and some livestreaming advice from Childnet’s Digital Champions and Youth Advisory Board. This resource has been updated to reflect the changes that have happened in live streaming and how this is currently used by young people. https://lnkd.in/eWV4Z7BZ

El-Zion Global Network TV stands out for several reasons: 1. **Multiple Content**: It offers a wide range of programming, including spiritual content, educational shows, and entertainment, catering to various audience interests. 2. **Cultural Representation**: The network emphasizes the importance of cultural diversity, showcasing content that reflects different cultures and communities. 3. **Community Engagement**: El-Zion Global Network TV often involves local communities in its programming, fostering a sense of belonging and participation. 4. **Innovative Technology**: Utilizing modern broadcasting technology, it aims to deliver high-quality content efficiently and effectively. 5. **Positive Messaging**: The network focuses on uplifting and motivational content that promotes positive values and personal growth. 6. **Global Reach**: With a name like "Global Network," it aims to reach audiences worldwide, making it accessible to a diverse viewership. These elements combine to create a unique platform that appeals to a broad audience while fostering community and cultural appreciation.

Change happens through young people when they feel connected, competent, and capable of contributing. FYI’s interactive model engages students to positively impact their communities and themselves. #FocusedYouthImpact #CommunityImpact #REACHWellness https://loom.ly/eMnvX0M

There is sometimes a disconnect between what the broadcast media industry needs and what broadcast media courses are teaching… Spoke to SVG Europe about some of those skills gaps in the professional sport broadcast industry & the areas where the academic sector needs to pivot to ensure we create graduates who are #IndustryReady

𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒗𝒖𝒍𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅? A new report, a collaboration between Global Student Living and CUBO College and University Business Officers seeks to understand the experiences of students with a disability, who are neurodivergent, from an ethnic minority and who identify as LGBTQIA+ Standout insights include: ◾ Students with a disability and those who are neurodivergent have a more negative welcome experience with online inductions requiring room for improvement. ◾ Similar to reports produced by Unite Students and Jenny Shaw - anxiety can be caused due to late or no notification of maintenance visits and works. In the words of Tim D. at the summer conference "Lifts are one of the biggest causes of stress". ◾ Room allocation practices provide a lack of choice and many vulnerable students are left feeling isolated and lonely. ◾ For those who are neurodivergent or who have a disability, personal, academic and financial wellbeing are all negatively affected with students reporting struggles with study skills and having enough money to get by. The recommendations are detailed and focus on many areas including; placing a high priority on creating more tolerant, diverse communities, conducting accessibility audits on marketing and comms materials and co-creating with students to understand what they need. However, the first recommendation, a suggestion to appoint a senior leader with responsibility to drive accommodation improvements for all vulnerable groups is one which caught my attention. We can agree that senior leadership buy in and associated strategies are essential to ensuring progress but I'd argue a step more is required, particularly in private PBSA. Ensuring student success and satisfaction within accommodation is more than a single strategy sat within the remit of an already busy individual. It is a role in of itself. It isn't a student experience or residence life manager, an individual with general responsibilities for student wellbeing, running events or something that is tucked away under DEIB in HR. If we truly wish to embed the recommendations of reports like this and those from the Living Black research, it's time that we created leadership positions which command the same authority and respect as those appointed into commercial, financial, IT and estates director roles. Perhaps then we'll start to see some real progress? #StudentAccommodation #PBSA #StudentExperience #DiversityAndInclusion #DEIB https://lnkd.in/eqKazYPh

If knowledge is power then sharing knowledge is being powerful!

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What do you do when your team tells you 'no'? Do you seek to discuss the issue, convey the various viewpoints, perhaps grow firmer and firmer in insisting something get done? All valid approaches. Except in my case? I had no choice but to support the team and their feedback. And in this case, after telling me 'no', they couldn't have done a better job. So. Let me give some context. We're at that time of year where it's almost obligatory to do a post about the excitment and the highlights of another o-week. Except this time, things were a little different. Less than a week out from orientation, our main lecture theatre, which forms a core pillar of our orientation programming, went out of action. When discussing the situation and the resulting options for our orientation program with the team, I talked about managing stakeholder expectations, bringing the program back to core deliverables and removing nice-to-haves, and supporting them in the work it would take in replanning by taking work off their plate. Their response? In the nicest possible way, no. The counterproposal was essentially what if, instead of what you've suggested Ewan, we just deliver the same kick-ass program to set our students up for success? No concesssions? And so they did. It took a combined effort across our Student Belonging and Communications, Employability, and Academic Programs team, but together, they reviewed the acceptances, replanned the program across three days of UG, PG, and HDR in new venues, and ensured we had a kick-ass program of skills development, connection building, self-reflection, and, of course, merchandise incentives to set our incoming cohort up for success. So thank you to the team for telling me 'no'. And thank you to everyone across the three teams who ensured that we delivered. Thank you to everyone across the teams for contributing to the success, but a particular thank you to Jenny Williams Scott Murray Amanda Sawyer Ana Lazaro Uliana Buldakova Louise Dorinko Laura Fernandez Shal Segar Clare Wheelahan, to your teams Shane Morley Lisa Williams Jenny Williams, and to the merchandise magicians Vanessa Abbey and Sarah Wolfe. I won't tell you who instigated the 'no' 🤣

NAHJ Career Center New Job President and CEO: Rochester, New York Sally M. Sterling Executive Search About WXXI:  For more than six decades, WXXI has been the foundational educational resource for children and adults in Greater Rochester. It serves eleven surrounding counties, is the region’s most trusted media partner and independent cinema, and serves the community using a wide range of programming and engagement activities. As a PBS and NPR partner and owner/operator of CITY Magazine and The Little Theatre, WXXI brings a variety of media and culture to the Western New York area. For more information, please visit About WXXI. About the Opportunity: One of the leading public media organizations in the country and a cornerstone of the Rochester community, WXXI is launching the search for a new President and CEO to succeed Norm Silverstein who will be retiring after 28 years of distinguished service. This is clearly a significant inflection point for the organization as it seeks to recruit a leader to succeed a long-tenured, highly regarded, and successful leader. Please refer to Norm Silverstein’s retirement announcement here. The next CEO will have the opportunity to lead, along with the Board of Trustees and staff, the next transformative phase of WXXI’s work as it navigates the fast-changing media landscape. The new CEO will be innovating and driving outcomes during a time of economic uncertainty, ensuring WXXI’s relevance and deepening community impact. Post-pandemic challenges will offer opportunities to reimagine WXXI's role, leveraging modern technologies and media trends while upholding core values of community service, respect, dedication to learning, innovation, diversity, and accountability. As WXXI seeks to expand the myriad of ways in which the organization engages Rochester and the Finger Lakes region, the new President and CEO will provide a solid bedrock of visionary leadership that builds on WXXI’s 66-year legacy and will ensure that WXXI stays at the forefront of public media regionally and nationally. Of particular note, WXXI owns and operates CITY, a monthly magazine, and The Little Theatre, a film and arts venue, which presents a unique combination of assets. This leader will endeavor to continue programming excellence, lead the development of existing and emerging digital platforms, spearhead robust fundraising and development initiatives, and maintain fiscally sound and thoughtfully led operations. Reporting to the Board of Trustees, the CEO leads, directs, and coordinates the activities of the organization in accordance with policies, goals, and objectives established by the Board and articulated through WXXI’s mission, vision, values, and strategic plan. This person will oversee an operating budget of $16.66 million, a staff of 154 full and part-time employees, and an endowment of $12.054 million. The… See more jobs at www.nahjcareers.org #MoreLatinosinNews