1. 21st-century careers work making a difference making a difference updated: 12/05/14 support material at: http://bit.ly/1mkSv24 to help you to… > recognise & imagine new & useful programme possibilities > be clear about their principles & practicability > connect the action to its organisational & social settings > attract the support of able & committed partners > face both the good & bad news & get that learning out there this presentation at: http://bit.ly/1mkSdZ0 The career-learning CAFÉ http://www.hihohiho.com raising issues – print as a pdf to mark up with your ideas

2. where are you based? - & how do you rate its progressive possibilities?... making a difference managing a programme all of the issues from-here-on are best raised first with trusted colleagues... central government... local government... school or college... department...... community agency... other location where? highlow yes whererated high lowyes high lowyes high lowyes high lowyes high lowyes

3. do you see your role in any of these ways? - & which are really important?... making a difference fulfilling your role... educator... leader... manager... developer... coordinator... other what? yesnoyes roleImportant yesnoyes noyes noyes noyes noyes are management roles changing? - should they be? - which way?

4. making a difference developing ideas-for-action... what do you want to see done?... why is this a priority?... who needs to be involved?... how will you know its working?... other important questions shared action needs words that convey the same meaning to different people... circulate your ideas for comparison with others gather your ideas into a proposal for action in your work...

5. making a difference finding hope what progress are you looking for?... other what? academic success student well- being fulfilling lives competitive organisation critical thinking can any outfit prioritise everything? – or do some interests push others out?

6. who you need on-board? - & how do they connect?... making a difference planning action online - meeting - postal - publication - other the points-of-view of whos involved shapes and frames the work involved students other students middle managers senior managers local employers local families national employers other national media community agencies local media local policy local colleges funding bodies professional journals involved staff other staff central policy global employers nearby universities high status universities

7. do now... how do you approach getting ideas accepted and action supported? - by... making a difference gaining influence... being in charge?... controlling rewards?... sharing expertise?... finding the like-minded?... give-and-take negotiating... working in other ways what other ways? any resistance? - if so, is the resistance to the approach or the idea? might work... will try...

8. how do partners & audiences make recognisable sense of the project - with talk of... making a difference connecting through narrative frequencies of story-images can be counted for lists but no story-image can be measured for analyses... starting points?... departures?... turning-points?... changes-of-direction?... view-points?... journeys?... progress?... arrivals?

9. making a difference thinking about your future > is it worth holding on to notes like these? > some of them can suggest ideas for a future cv > with a view to applying for an upcoming managerial position careers work is for making a difference to who-gets-to-do-what - there is no more important social issue

10. making a difference finding out more rational: http://www.hihohiho.com/moving on/futureofeducation.pdfhttp://www.hihohiho.com/moving on/futureofeducation.pdf management:http://www.hihohiho.com/activeprojects/cafmngmntxmpls.pdfhttp://www.hihohiho.com/activeprojects/cafmngmntxmpls.pdf narrative:http://www.hihohiho.com/storyboarding/sbL4L.pdfhttp://www.hihohiho.com/storyboarding/sbL4L.pdf metaphor: http://www.hihohiho.com/magazine/mkngtwork/cafimages.pdfhttp://www.hihohiho.com/magazine/mkngtwork/cafimages.pdf locality: http://www.hihohiho.com/information/nicecspaceandplace.pdfhttp://www.hihohiho.com/information/nicecspaceandplace.pdf experience: http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/8466http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/8466 change:http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/8484http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/8484 education:http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/8497http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/8497 policy:http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/8527http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/8527

11. any hope here? this presentation… http://www.hihohiho.com/newthinking/edctnmngrph.pptxhttp://www.hihohiho.com/newthinking/edctnmngrph.pptx practice & theory in full… http://www.hihohiho.com/newthinking/edctnmngrph34.pdfhttp://www.hihohiho.com/newthinking/edctnmngrph34.pdf terms & conditions for use http://www.hihohiho.com/information/cafuserinfo.htmlhttp://www.hihohiho.com/information/cafuserinfo.html career-café alerts… e-mail yes to mailto:bill@hihohiho.commailto:bill@hihohiho.com news & updates… https://twitter.com/billawhttps://twitter.com/billaw help colleagues… copy-&-paste any of these free-to-download urls helping you to... if yes - glad its useful if no - tell Bill why at - http:// www.hihohiho.com recognise & imagine new & useful programme possibilities be clear about their principles & practicability connect the action to its organisational & social settings attract the support of able & committed partners face both the good & bad news & get that learning out there yes/no