{"id":990,"date":"2017-07-04T08:45:39","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T12:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativecommunicationsgroup.com\/wordpress\/?p=990"},"modified":"2017-07-07T08:35:36","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T12:35:36","slug":"the-authentic-face-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creativecommunicationsgroup.com\/wordpress\/the-authentic-face-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"The Authentic Face &#8211; part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #006600;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-993 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.creativecommunicationsgroup.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Priorities.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creativecommunicationsgroup.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Priorities.jpg 288w, https:\/\/creativecommunicationsgroup.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Priorities-1x1.jpg 1w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/>Unmasked, Authentic Face<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">So \u2013 what should a school do? Be transparent! Explain your priorities. How? Well, I know of two single sex-schools that proclaim their Zionism proudly. One prides itself on the floats that students spend months creating for the Salute to Israel parade; the other excuses students who cut school, with parental permission, to attend the parade. To use Facebook vernacular:<\/span> <span style=\"color: #006600;\"><strong><em>what\u2019s up with that?<\/em> <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">School number two does not want its boys to socialize on Fifth Avenue with the girls from school number one (or any girls from any school). That core value surpasses attending the parade.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #006600;\"><strong><em>Both schools should have marketing messages that make their priorities clear. <\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">One pluralistic school I worked for professes its inclusive welcoming of all families. Yet, it schedules mandatory family activities on Shabbat \u2013 granting <em>shomrei Shabbat<\/em> students who don\u2019t live in walking distance of the school a pass.<\/span><span style=\"color: #006600;\"><strong><em> Authentically welcoming?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Your messages must be honest. It is not disingenuous to highlight certain priorities to specific parents and stakeholders. Of course, you need to address each parent\u2019s concerns. In terms of unmasking, one constituent may need to see your eyes, another your mouth and a third \u2013 your ears (or your <em>Ivrit b\u2019Ivirt<\/em>, STEM, and learning disabilities program). But, ultimately <em>&#8211; <span style=\"color: #006600;\"><strong>everyone must see your whole unmasked, authentic face.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006600;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-996 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.creativecommunicationsgroup.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Resources-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creativecommunicationsgroup.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Resources-1.jpg 288w, https:\/\/creativecommunicationsgroup.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Resources-1-1x1.jpg 1w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/>Explore Purim!\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A few links to Purim Resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lookstein.org\/development-tag\/purim\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><u>Lookstein Center<\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jteach.org\/topic\/purim\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><u>JTeach<\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>, <span style=\"color: #000000;\">(You may need to register.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishagency.org\/purim\/content\/24469\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><u>Jewish Agency<\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativecommunicationsgroup.com\/wordpress\/the-authentic-face-part-i\/\"><u><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Click<\/span>\u00a0here to read The Authentic Face &#8211; part I<\/u><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To learn more about compelling video marketing tools\u00a0or any of my other day school marketing and development services, please feel free to send me an <\/span><strong><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"mailto:Cph@CreativeCommunicationsGroup.com?subject=Have%20Questions?\"><u>email<\/u><\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">or call me at 516.569.8070.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Kol tuv,<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.creativecommunicationsgroup.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/SignatureBlack.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.creativecommunicationsgroup.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/SignatureBlack-300x46.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"46\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creativecommunicationsgroup.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/SignatureBlack-300x46.jpg 300w, https:\/\/creativecommunicationsgroup.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/SignatureBlack-6x1.jpg 6w, https:\/\/creativecommunicationsgroup.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/SignatureBlack.jpg 565w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Candace Plotsker-Herman<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unmasked, Authentic Face So \u2013 what should a school do? Be transparent! Explain your priorities. How? Well, I know of two single sex-schools that proclaim their Zionism proudly. 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