Mark Pogue's Comments

You're very welcome, although I have to admit that our new student development coordinator, Kelsey Lee, really took care of everything.  I wish we had been able to reconnect last week, but the conference was outstanding, and I hope to touch base with you again soon about coming back to Cowboy Country and visiting with our faculty.  The baby steps toward becoming a strengths-based college are becoming larger and more frequent!  Very exciting!  Take care. - Amy

Mark -

 

Early April works for me.  I'll touch base with you again then to set up a time.  Thanks Mark!

 

Jon Mathis

Hey Mark!

 

I'd love to chat with you more about some of the new things we are doing with strengths at Multnomah University. Let me know the best way to contact you.  Hope you are doing well!

 

Jon Mathis

jmathis@multnomah.edu

Hi Mark
The video turned out great! Those Nova Scotia girls are pretty chatty!!! Looking forward to the conference in June Mark...see you then!
Judy

Likewise! Hope you're enjoying that book this afternoon.

HI Mark! A few of us from Lambton have found our way here. We've created a group called "Lambton College" and hope to have all our colleagues on board soon.
Thanks for a great learning experience this week!
Lori

Mark
We had a wonderful start to the school year. We began with a "Respect" retreat which was directed by Youth Frontiers. Within the respect retreat, the strengths play an important role.
The "Strength" revolution is a key component in the Grantsburg adventure.
Hope your year is going well!
Peace my friend.
Stan

Trying to raise personal support for our new church plant for the disabled in Denver. We have already raised $1200 of the $2400 per month. It's going well.
roloff1999@yahoo.com

Yes! This photo was taken at Pike's Place Market in Seattle

Hi Mark,

Remember me from Texas A&M? It's been a long time! The thought of you popped into my head when a faculty member asked me about a translation of CSF, so I thought I'd be in touch. I'd love to reconnect and pass along the question.

Cheers!
Angie

Thanks for the great conference. Here's hoping you make it to #1 on this site!

Hi Mark=) Great conference!

LOL! that's funny! i'm learning from the best!

Hi Mark!

Mark,
Thanks for the inspiring greeting during the opening session. I found the statistics to be amazing! Can you share a list of the schools who have been selected as Strengths Partners and Strengths Leaders?
Thank you,
Renee Arnett

Yeah! There are a few more people who took the leap into ning.

Hi Mark! I hope this moves you up on the popularity list!
Don't forget adding Judson to the Strengths Partner list!
Thanks!
Victoria Kueker

That's a new one...I like the idea. I guess the best we have right now is the action items created for students on StrengthsQuest and StrengthsExplorer. I think a teacher could quickly adapt those items into suggestions for students...here's the general academic life items for activator as an example...

Initiate classroom discussions. Suggest topics. Take sides in debates. Help your fellow students learn faster and learn more.
Find the answers to questions that you anticipate the instructor will ask on upcoming tests and quizzes.
Instigate conversations with your peers outside the classroom. Center these on topics related to a recent lecture given by your instructor or a visiting professor.
Take charge of small-group conversations, projects, presentations, and experiments. Distinguish yourself by transforming plans into tangible results.
Waste no time finishing the first draft of a writing assignment. Immediately seek feedback from a teaching assistant or your professor. Incorporate some of their constructive suggestions in your second draft.

Mark,
Is anyone working on developing ways to work with students who have certain strengths (similar to the "how to lead people who have xxx strength" in the Strengths-based Leadership book)? The students I have in my classroom management class (all pre-service education students--seniors--right before they go student teach) are most interested in learning how to best maximize working with their students' strengths--after, of course, first becoming comfortable with their own strengths. I've begun to keep a preliminary list of possible action items based off of TWYS, StrengthsFinder 2.0, and Strengths-Based Leadership along with my own teaching experiences. Is something like this on the horizon?

Christy