Who's scouting social media for new ideas?

Today on my Twitter (x) feed (yes, I still  use it), I saw two posts that I'm sharing below.

Millions Girls Moonshot - click here

This post asks, "Have you explored our #Moonshot Toolkit?  Check out our collection of resources.

The second post was from Henry Mintzberg, author of  21 books about management and strategy.  He pointed to the article shown below. 

In the article he talks about a "grassroots model of strategy formation".  In point #2 he writes "These strategies can take root in all kinds of strange places, virtually wherever people have the capacity to learn and the resources to support that capacity".   

In my 50 years of involvement with volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs I've applied an on-going process of "information gathering", learning from others strategies that I might apply in my own efforts. 

In 1993 when we created the Tutor/Mentor Connection we formalized the learning into an on-going process which I've continued for the past 30 years. As I've found new information I've added some of it to the Tutor/Mentor web library, so it becomes immediately available to anyone else who is looking for similar information.

I have spent time almost daily on the Internet since the late 1990s, learning from others, sharing what I've learned, and encouraging people to connect in efforts that draw needed resources to all of the youth serving organization in Chicago, not just the most visible.  

In the past decade Twitter has been one of my primary resources.  Thus, I was able to see the posts from the Million Girls Moonshot and from Henry Mintzberg today.

Having led a tutor/mentor program with limited resources I realize how little time staff members have to spend in on-line learning.  Yet, I find this so valuable that I've made time for it myself and encourage others to do the same.

If you don't have the time, perhaps a volunteer, student or other member of your organization can serve as your "scout". They can monitor feeds from myself and others on different platforms, then share what they see with others in your organization.

Make the time. Or recruit others.  It's one of the basic strategies you can apply for constantly improving the work  you do to help others.

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