Where Have I Been?

It’s been two weeks since I posted, so I’m sure many of you are worried about me…  I started this post a week ago and titled it “March Roundup”.  Considering it’s two weeks into April, that didn’t really apply any more.  So, what follows is a list of highlights from the past six weeks or so.  If you’re interested in hearing more about a particular subject, let me know in the comments and I’ll expand the list item to a blog post.

The Heroic Imagination Project kicked off at Stanford University on March 13-15.  Phil Zimbardo’s project attracted many people from across the globe.  There were about twenty of us, including Zeno Franco and me.  This will definitely turn into a blog post this week, so I’ll stop there.

I attended the first Ninja Training for the Lifeplan Institute at Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim earlier in March.  The program I was trained in creates a plan for teenagers to help them avoid the four causes of life derailment for youth: failing school, drugs, gangs, and pregnancy.  If you’re interested, check out lifeplaninstitute.org.  I can provide the program or train you to do it.

A number of schools experienced the Hero Workshop, including an unprecedented set of excursions out of Michigan.  Josh and Todd helped out in that area as I was unavailable.  Together, we went to Massachussetts, New York, and Wisconsin.  That was in addition to a number of dates in Michigan.  I’ll be posting some photos later this week.

I met up with Zeno Franco in Milwaukee where we discussed (and planned) a research project through the University of Wisconsin.  We’ll be looking at the effects of a hero-based curriculum on students in Milwaukee and Michigan.

The Hero Workshop blog was included in, “100 Best Blogs for Those Who Want to Change the World” (http://www.bestuniversities.com/blog/2009/100-best-blogs-for-those-who-want-to-change-the-world/).

So, I am back and will be posting more regularly.  If you’re on Twitter, make sure you follow me as I tend to post a lot of stories I see in the media there.