Day 1 of 4 at the 2015 Association for Talent Development (ATD) International Conference. I’m mentally exhausted from being introduced to so many new terms and concepts. Video workflow, storyboarding, design thinking, coaching SME’s, voice… just to name a few! The first session that I attended this morning was titled “How to Make Fabulous Video,…
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PAW Helps St. Louis County Animal Care & Control
There’s one thing that unites all of the members of PAW: a true passion for helping animals. Whether it be our pet fish and lizards, or our snuggly dogs and cats, we love spending time with them. And we take pride in the fact that we’re able to bring a voice to the animals and…
PAW Helps Bi-State Pet Food Pantry
On Sunday, February 15, Partners for Animal Welfare helped Bi-State Pet Food Pantry with their monthly distribution. Bi-State’s mission is to keep pets and pet parents together, even in tough financial times, by providing food and other essentials to pet owners. Each month, Bi-State distributes food to over 100 families in need. This month in…
iPad Superheroes
Exciting changes are in store for 2015 at Maryville University, among one of the largest being the new iPad pilot, Digital World, to take place next fall! Maryville is working with Apple on a pilot initiative in which all freshmen and selected sophomores will use iPads as an academic resource. Each student participating in this…
PAW Craft Night
Every once in awhile, you experience an event that has such a huge impact on your life, you feel changed as a result. That you try to remember every time you have a bad day to put yourself in a better mood. That serves as a reminder of all the positive in the world, and…
PAW Tenth Life Visit
A few months ago, I started advising a student group at Maryville University called Partners for Animal Welfare (PAW). The mission of PAW is to increase students’ awareness of the issues surrounding animal welfare in modern society, unite students who have a desire to help animals, and focus on community-service with efforts on fundraising, lobbying,…
Copyright Workshop
Copyright Workshop 2014Janet Brennan Croft, University of Oklahoma Libraries Today, I attended a Copyright Workshop put on by the St. Louis Regional Library Network. The workshop focused on copyright for libraries, but I took away some very useful information for use in the instructional design and online development fields. Perhaps the most important concept we…
LIVE Rescue Volunteers at Pasta for Pets
As a final component of SERVE at Maryville University, the LIVE Rescue students volunteered at a fundraiser for Gateway Pet Guardians called Pasta for Pets yesterday in Fairview Heights, IL. Pasta for Pets is a huge annual fundraiser for the organization held at the Pasta House. The students sold wrist bands for the pasta bar…
LIVE Rescue Visits the Humane Society of Missouri
Yesterday, students taking part in the LIVE Rescue SERVE Project with Maryville University visited the Humane Society of Missouri. HSMO worked to set up a presentation from a representative of the Animal Cruelty Task Force. Anne Vincent talked to us about her work, including puppy mill raids, natural disaster response, abuse and neglect cases, dog…
Women Who Dare to Dream Luncheon
This past semester, I took part in the planning committee for the Women Who Dare to Dream Luncheon here at Maryville University’s campus. It was a Women’s History Month event held on Friday, March 21 at 11:30 am. The keynote address for the luncheon was Adrian Bracy, Chief Executive Officer for YWCA Metro St. Louis….