Leavening Talents
“Every moment spent in the kitchen with my mother has prepared me for this moment.”
Not a revelation I ever thought I would have in the middle of a conversation with a client, but I said it.
News and Knowledge
Field of Hope Impact Update: First Year of Curriculum is Greeted With Joy
Note: Vivayic has made a long-term commitment to build the capacity of Field of Hope, an NGO working in Africa to teach appropriate agricultural practices to youth and smallholder farmers. This is the first in series of updates on the impact of our collective efforts.
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States Should Establish Their Vision for Career Technical Education now in Preparation for Perkins Reauthorization
Last month, I attended the Western Pathways Conference in Salt Lake City. It was another tremendous event organized by Dr. William Simmon. At the conference, I helped facilitate discussion sessions for state career technical education (CTE) leaders in attendance. As part of those discussions, I shared a blueprint (see the link below) for how states might plan and execute a process to develop a statewide vision for CTE that could inform the development of new state plans required under the anticipated reauthorization of the federal Perkins Act.
Celebrating with Audrey! (And the Story of how “Fast Company” Failed Me)
Last week, our very own teammate, Audrey Denney, won the right to advance to the general election for California’s 1st District’s seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Many of us stayed up way too late to watch the California primary election results come in. Of course, there have been rounds of congratulations across our virtual workplace.
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Good Luck, Scott! (And let Us Introduce You to Vivayic!)
Today, the White House announced our very own Scott Stump as the nominee for Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education. We couldn’t be happier for Scott and his family. To be nominated to serve our country in this capacity is a tremendous honor, and we can state unequivocally that President Trump and Secretary DeVos have chosen a man who deeply loves his country, is an educator to his core, and demonstrates leadership through integrity and developing others.
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Why We Care About Being a “Best Place to Work”
Vivayic was just named as one of “Inc. Magazine’s” Best Places to Work 2017 and we’re not going to lie: we’re proud of this one. Why?
Questions and Answers About Game-based Learning
Q: Why does Vivayic use the game-based approach?
SD: The National Pork Board asked us to partner with them on reimagining how youth could be reached with their Youth Pork Quality Assurance Plus (Youth PQA) program. It is the food safety, antibiotic use, and animal well-being awareness and education program for youth pork producers ages 8 to 19.
Vivayic Makes “Inc. Magazine’s” 5000 Most Successful Companies List (and Celebrates for All of Two Minutes)
Today, “Inc. Magazine” released its 2016 Inc. 5000 list and Vivayic ranks No. 2934 on the list with three-year sales growth of 117.2%. Doug, my fellow co-founder, and I shared the news with our team on a bi-weekly call last Monday. We celebrated for all of two minutes and then went back to the work of helping our clients be really successful. Why only two minutes?
Building Our Small Giant
Vivayic is a company that chooses to be great instead of big. A big part of our motivation for this revolves around the Small Giants philosophy.
Yes, It’s Possible to Host a Successful and Enjoyable Virtual Meeting
Four times per year, our team gathers in person for a two- to three-day meeting. As the team has grown, so have the options for meeting locations. This is good as Lincoln, Nebraska is a great city, but it doesn’t compare to Florida in February.
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