Reach - Then Teach

[Original Broadcast Date: 5-15-2017] Dear Hannah, Life is a series of opportunities. Here's how I approach life ... I listen, because I don't listen well. I am quiet, because I am not quiet. I observe, because I can't see. I know, because I know that I don't know. I speak like no one else is ever going to speak for me. I do like no one is ever going to do for me ...

[Original Broadcast Date: 5-22-2017] Dear Hannah, I know that I do not know. So, I need to LEarn and teach. I cannot LEarn while talking. I LEarn by listening. I teach by LEarning. I teach by listening and talking. I create change through power and influence. I create power through efficient work. I do efficient work by LEarning. I influence by reaching - then teaching. See, I am quiet - but not silent. Here's what I am LEarning ...

[Original Broadcast Date: 6-18-2017] (Buy poster at http://bit.ly/rtt_standyourgground) ... Dear Hannah, Sometimes things happen that upset us. We have to feel what we feel, take the time to heal, remember what is real, and keep moving forward ... Love, Daddy

[Original Broadcast Date: 6-12-2017] Dear Hannah, Teach students, not subjects. You will not know them on your first day together. You will not know them on your last day together. Never stop LEarning who they are, and you will never stop LEarning who you are. Love, Daddy

[Original Broadcast Date: 6-5-2017] Dear Hannah, Stick to the Master Plan - even when current events make it feel like the world is out of control. Love, Daddy

Once upon a time, the President gave a group of African-American community leaders a seat at the table. The leaders brought their own menu. It took a long time to make the meeting a reality - lots of letters & telegrams, and several more civil rights crises (like the desegregation of Little Rock, AR schools) for 29-year-old Southern Christian Leadership Conference leader Martin Luther King, Jr. to convene a meeting with then President Dwight D. Eisenhower on June 23, 1958. King attended the meeting with 62-year-old National Urban League Executive Director Lester Granger, 69-year-old organizer A. Philip Randolph, and 57-year-old NAACP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins.

Dear Hannah,It's not all about engineering with me.‘Smart’ buildings merge environmentally responsible design with embedded (“hidden”) computing technology (powered by lots of sensors).This podcast lesson introduces ‘smart’ buildings that rely on ‘The Internet Of Things’ (a massive Web of ‘connected’ personal devices and appliances).It concludes by asking student teams to ‘unplug’ and use only their “Spidey senses” (an innate ability to sense problems, but an even stronger sense of how to solve them) to apply these ‘smart’ concepts to improving their schools’ culture, climate, and community.Love,Daddy

Dear Hannah,It's not all about engineering with me.This podcast lesson introduces students to Artificial Intelligence by showing how Boolean Algebra (a system of symbolic logic) can be used to represent “rules” in a virtual world (a video game or simulation).Teams of 3-4 students will then build and present a virtual world by using Boolean Algebra to create a consistent set of “rules” based on propositions (statements that affirm or deny something) and implications (logical judgements based on evidence and prior observation).The 'virtual world' that I create in the lesson is one where equality is predicated on both opportunity and circumstance.Imagine that.Love,Daddy

Dear Hannah, Make your dreams come true through direct, strategic action. Move your character towards faith and love through humility and confidence. Move with coordination and balance. Move those you influence through thought leadership. Love, Daddy

Dear Hannah, Life is going to happen. Take the good with the bad, and keep going. Let your principles and your conscience be your guide. Love, Daddy

Dear Hannah, (I Have Learned To Respect) The Power Of Love".NOT ...(That "Always & Forever" love.That "Float On" love.That "Outstanding" love.That "Yearning For Your Love" love.That "Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday" love.That "Computer" love.That "For The Love Of You" love.That "Cry Together" love.That "You Don't Have To Cry" love.That "Break Up To Make Up" love.That "Holding On (Is Very Hard To Do) When Love Is Gone" love.That "Every Time I Turn Around (I'm Back In Love Again)" love.)Nah ... I'm talking 'bout that "We Both Deserve Each Other's Love" love.That "Love Ballad" love - feel me? Love, Daddy

Dear Hannah, (I Have Learned To Respect) The Power Of Love". NOT ...(That "Always & Forever" love.That "Float On" love.That "Outstanding" love.That "Yearning For Your Love" love.That "Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday" love.That "Computer" love.That "For The Love Of You" love.That "Cry Together" love.That "You Don't Have To Cry" love.That "Break Up To Make Up" love.That "Holding On (Is Very Hard To Do) When Love Is Gone" love.That "Every Time I Turn Around (I'm Back In Love Again)" love.)Nah ... I'm talking 'bout that "We Both Deserve Each Other's Love" love.That "Love Ballad" love - feel me?   Love, Daddy

Dear Hannah,It is time for Daddy to take it to the stage ... to use the crowd to gauge ... the best ways to engage ... cats of a different age.Love,DaddyDerrick Brown derrick.s.brown@att.netPrincipal Consultant, KnowledgeBasehttp://reachthenteach.com"UCSM | SYG | GRASPP(Live at Liberty ChurchIron Man II Small Group)"1-13-2019

Dear Hannah, It is time for Daddy to take it to the stage ... to use the crowd to gauge ... the best ways to engage ... cats of a different age. Love, Daddy Derrick Brown derrick.s.brown@att.netPrincipal Consultant, KnowledgeBasehttp://reachthenteach.com"GRASPP (Live at Sewell Mill Library and Cultural Center Spoken Word Showcase)"1-12-2019

Dear Hannah,Fail quietly and learn.I know that losing is tiresome - but it sharpens your sword.Keep your friends close, engaged, and aware of your actions.Immerse yourself in a faithful, visionary, supportive, disciplined, hard-working culture ... you are going to need it!Love,Daddy

Dear Hannah,today may seem bleakyesterday seemed bleakerbe slow to speakcheck first the speakerpayback sounds chicto forgive is "chic-er"meek ain't weakmight is weakerwrong is stronglove is strongerwar is longpeace lasts longerstay the coursefinish it wellwhat that resemblestime will tellseek small solutionsrinse and repeatdon't think with your eyesdon't vote with your tweetrevolutions aren't televisednor broadcast onlineinstead they occurin both heart and spineof maybe two or threewho touch and agreethen hatch up a planthey can work faithfullywith no fanfare nor buzzjust concrete small stepswell-disguised as workdone in efficient reps ... now, let's run that back ...waitin'waitin' for the world to changehowhow can we rearrangehow it isintohow it's supposed to behopefullysomebodywill notice weneed to seethat nobodycan globallyconfine the freewho pay the feeto organizelocallypowerfullyseems to mewhen two or threetouch and agreeprayerfullyon bended kneetotallyjoyfullyvocallydemons fleevictorynotablyour history'

Dear Hannah,this cold, cold world will tell you "no" many times, and in many ways.but you don't need anyone's permission to ...keep tryin'speak your peacebe yourselfand - most of all ...be greatLove,Derrick

Dear Hannah,I hope I have focused on "doing too much" the way I intended.In conclusion, I don't like to hear that phrase.I do keep it in mind, though, to help stay on course.I have not achieved my potential, but I have hit my stride.Because half my story has never been told ... Love,Daddy

Dear Hannah,Writing is organized thought.Speaking is organized noise.They are inextricably linked.Sometimes written words can say what the voice cannot ... depending on who is listening (or not).Sometimes the voice can say what written words cannot ... depending on who is reading (or not).So both are arrows in the quiver that I deliver as truthgiver ... Love,Daddy

Dear Hannah,I have now hit my stride as a content creator.I am in my “renaissance”.This renaissance has been fueled by the creative environment I built and now maintain.In the last 3 years (2016-2018), I have now written, recorded, produced, and published ... Love,Daddy