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From Clippers to Cancer Conversations: Empowering Barbers as Health Advocates through Adult Learning Theory & Learning-Centered Activities

Oct 15, 2025

The Cleveland African American Prostate Cancer Project (CAAPP) is a research project in Cleveland, Ohio led by a team of cancer survivors, researchers, doctors and community members that aims to increase prostate cancer screening in the African American/Black community using the voice and reach of barbers. Prostate cancer (PCa) is the leading cancer diagnosis and the second leading cause of cancer-related death among Black men (American Cancer Society, 2025). CAAPP’s goal is to get Black men screened for prostate cancer starting at age 40, as they are at higher risk and early detection helps to reduce mortality and increase options for treatment.

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Reigniting Purpose Through Heart-Centered Design

Aug 13, 2025

Most of us have at least one song that can shift our mood instantly. You could be feeling off—unmotivated, anxious, or disconnected—but the moment that song starts playing, your mood changes. That’s the power of emotional connection. And it’s not unique to music.
When we feel emotionally connected to something, we’re more likely to engage deeply with it. The same principle can (and should) be applied to learning.

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The Wall is My Canvas – a Technique

Jun 25, 2025

A great joy for me is knowing I will have access to a large blank wall in a training room during a multi-day training or gathering. What emerges from that blank wall is always surprising and often magical. With an intentional design in-hand, I walk a group back and forth from their tables to that space to add thoughts, move around ideas, build connections, and show interconnections and relationships with what is there. This common place to deconstruct and construct, play and illustrate, ques

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Protect the Silence: It Has Much to Offer

Jun 25, 2024

It’s taken time – you see I’m an extrovert – but I have learned to appreciate silence. Whether a learning event, meeting, working session, workshop or check in, I value time when no one is talking. I know it can feel uncomfortable for some and sometimes the seconds can feel like hours to others, but I have learned that this is time well spent.

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Persons with Disabilities: From Experience to Principles

Mar 1, 2024

I am a visual learner so I tend to prioritize visual learning when designing learning experiences: showing what I mean using diagrams and pictures, drawing on visual metaphors to invite new connections, and calling on learners to draw tables, flow charts, and diagrams that demonstrate causal or relational links from one idea or action to the next.

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6 Core Principles, Virtually!

Dec 13, 2023

Respect. Safety. Engagement. Inclusion. Relevance. Immediacy. These six core principles drive our work at Global Learning Partners (GLP).

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A Learning-Centered Conference: Lessons Learned

Oct 2, 2023

Large industry conferences can be a challenging venue to craft a learner-centered design. They are, in nature, structured agendas with a commonly accepted approach and style – keynote addresses, panel discussions, and large passive audiences. With a desire to advance...

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I Like, I Wish, I Wonder – A Technique

Jul 28, 2023

For many of us, wondering aloud can take tremendous courage. This is especially true if it is not invited. The technique “I like, I wish, I wonder” offers a multi-layered process for hearing and collecting input or reflections that are nuanced, fresh, and exciting.

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It’s Time to Come Back Together, In-Person

Jul 3, 2023

We call each other ‘family’. So, you can imagine how happy we were to reconnect after three long years of the Covid pandemic! We are staff and partners of Episcopal Relief & Development. On February 7-11, 35 of us gathered in Accra, Ghana from seven countries...

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Communities of Practice: Knowing We Are Not Alone

Jan 10, 2023

Do you sometimes feel alone in your work? Do you wish you could share your big achievements and your tough challenges with someone else? Do you wish you had someone who could give you the right tool for a specific problem? Do you wonder how you can have regular professional development with like-minded individuals?

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