afterschoolnetwork

I attended the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce dinner last night & gained a new word for all the ideas that I've been posting: Snowflakes! Background: John Pepper, former CEO of Procter & Gamble, was honored as a Great Living Cincinnatian. In the intro video (think "This Is Your Life" in 5 minutes or less), several of his colleagues mentioned that John produces volumes of ideas, often on small pieces of paper or Post-It Notes. They are so frequent that someone decided to call them "snowflakes." I think I'll adopt that!!

Anyway, here are some more "snowflakes":

- Add representation to network from cities, United Way, PTA, school boards, existing coalitions, dept. of ed, job & fam. services, funders, etc.
- Establish Conversations for Kids -- community connection luncheons, regional recruitment
- Braid "Arts, Academics & Athletics" - Develop synergistic partnership around shared issues