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Presence (2015) by Amy Cuddy – Powerful Poses, Powerless Poses
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillForty years ago in Toronto – in the mid-1970s – I spent a year and a fair amount of money in the intensive study of a variation of the Alexander Technique. I really needed the training. I was born slouching. I had the appearance of a person that life had beaten down. Like many other things […]
New Board of Directors at Small Arms Society features skills in archival research, event planning, cultural planning, marketing, and project management
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI’ve discussed the Small Arms Society at a recent post, and will talk about the society in more detail later in the current post. Click here to access the Facebook Page of the Small Arms Society > On a related topic, I’ve recently had the occasion to think about leadership succession and other key ingredients for […]
Sometimes, I could not get out any words at all; that was a long time ago
/1 Comment/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillFor many years, I was involved in community self-organizing on behalf of people who stutter. Years ago I formed a Toronto-based self-help group for people who stutter; our first meeting took place in September 1988 at the North York Central Library. That meeting, for which I had made plans for several months beforehand, led in […]
The solution is located within the problem; the solution gives rise to another great problem
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA July 25, 2015 article at the Canadian Stuttering Association website is entitled: Community Involvement and Stuttering. The text, based upon a draft that I wrote on the morning of July 24, 2015 while on vacation in Prince Edward Island, reads as follows: It all began with a problem. The problem was that, fifty years […]
Volunteer work is good for us
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI’ve been doing volunteer work for several decades. In the late 1980s while I was working as a public school teacher, I got started with volunteer work because I wanted to compare notes with people who had gone through some relatively rare experiences that I had gone through. The process just went on from there. […]
By a single MCHS Sixties Reunion ticket we mean a ticket for one person, whether single or married
/0 Comments/in MCHS 2015 Reunion, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI’ve recently had some great phone and email discussions, in part about definitions of terms. First, we’re gonna have a great time A couple of people who attended the 2000 MCHS reunion in Montreal said that they really, really enjoyed that event – the old time music from the Sixties, the dancing, and everything else. […]
Long Branch Historical Society meets at 6:30 pm, Feb. 19, 2013 at Long Branch Library
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter/by Jaan PillThe next meeting of the Long Branch Historical Society will take place at the Long Branch Library, 3500 Lake Shore Blvd. West, on Tues., Feb. 19, 2013 at 6:30 pm. At this event some of the artifacts from the Long Branch Historical Society archives will be on display. Next steps A General Meeting will follow chaired […]