Author: Louis J. Alloro, M.Ed., MAPP

21 May

Posted at 21:11h in Glimpse into Me by

Finding voice in celebration of justice EDFD 554/Dr. Jeremy Price May 2006   Introduction In “the shadow of silent majorities,” then, as teachers learning along with those we try to provoke to learn, we may be able to inspire hitherto unheard voices.  We may be able to empower people to rediscover their own memories and articulate them in the presence of others, whose space they can share.  Such a project demands the capacity to unveil and disclose.  It demands the exercise of imagination, enlivened by works of art, by situations of speaking and making.  Perhaps we can at last devise reflective communities in the interstices...

22 Apr

Posted at 11:29h in Learning Lab, Meaning, Moments that matter, Positive Psychology, spirituality by

I will share with you an essay my brother, Todd (1971-1991) wrote as one of his personal statements for admittance to college in 1989. Todd was always attuned to environmental causes and even founded and named the club which still exists in our high school alma mater today, SOPE (Save Our Planet Earth). I love how he begins the essay with the Stevenson quote on love and ends with a call-to-action for SOcial-eMOtional leaders to "give a little more care" to the environment, our responsibility. He says, "These things can be measured only in terms of the satisfaction of living." Without...

26 Mar

Posted at 19:52h in SOMO Leadership, SuperOrganism by

I see an opportunity to connect and leverage the seemingly disparate individuals, organizations, and initiatives in and around Cleveland, Oh (and other places) that are out for similar outcomes: helping people connect (build social & emotional intelligences), become more mindful, and increase health, wealth, and well-being in (r)evolutionary, groundbreaking, earthshattering ways. There’s increasingly more and more of us realizing that our calling here is to do this work in facilitating change. There’s great power we have, then, to align and integrate the various smaller, bounded instances of positive organizing distributed across a community into a superorganism. The technical definition of a superorganism...

24 Mar

Posted at 11:03h in change-agent, Flourishing, Glimpse into Me, Purpose, Schools, Social-Emotional Leadership, SOMO Leadership, SuperOrganism, Triple bottom line by

My mom always said "no grass grows under his feet." "A bull in the china shop" was another popular metaphor for Little Louis. What can I say? I like to get going. What I'm learning, though, is that to sustain, I need support. We all need support. I yearn for real we: team. But am I/are we wired for this - or, have we been conditioned with scarce perceptions? These days, while I'm headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, I'm also traveling back and forth between here and Northern Valley, NJ -- both places I'm facilitating SOMO leadership, a concept to help learn...

18 Mar

Posted at 13:54h in Products and services by

Are you Happy and Optimistic, despite what is Happening around You? 19 Thought Leaders in the World of Positive Psychology and Neuroscience, myself included, will show you how to: • Understand and change brain chemistry • Develop skills for building resilience and optimism • Create positive and satisfying work environments • Be a positive and influential parent, educator, or partner • Be the change you want to see in the world • And much more! I will be speaking on Monday March 18th at 7:00 EST and would love to have you join me! Register today for this event, with no financial obligation. Click here to learn more and...

07 Feb

Posted at 07:28h in Social-Emotional Leadership, SOMO Leadership by

here’s to the crazy ones; the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers; the round pegs in the square holes; the ones who see things differently, they’re not fond of rules and they have no respect for the status quo. you can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. about the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things; they push the human race forward. and while some may see them as crazy, we see genius; because the people who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world are the ones that do. -Jack Kerouac/Steve Jobs ...

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