National PTA Announces Keynote Speakers for 2021 Virtual Convention & Expo
Event to Feature Renowned Leadership Expert; National Teacher of the Year; Popular TikTok Creator; and Emmy-Winning Actress, Producer and Entrepreneur
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ National PTA is pleased to announce that John C. Maxwell,
New York Times bestselling author, speaker, coach and leader; Juliana Urtubey, 2021 National Teacher of the Year; Jason Linton, popular TikTok creator (@dadlifejason) and adoptive father of three; and actress, producer and entrepreneur Sarah Michelle Gellar will keynote the association s 2021 Convention & Expo. The virtual event will take place June 17-26.
TikTok introduced an incubator program to help Black users build their brand on the platform. Car photo created by rawpixel.com - www.freepik.com
At first, Kirby Dockery found the thought of joining TikTok overwhelming. There were so many questions: How do I record? What s the beauty effect? How do I do green screen? But she quickly proved to be a natural.
Her Black history videos take her explainer on the origins of the Aunt Jemima logo, for instance and glimpses into her career as a singer and songwriter who worked with the likes of Rihanna gained Dockery 250,000 followers. In January, she applied for a new TikTok incubator, a three-month program specifically aimed at helping Black TikTok users build their brands on and off the platform.
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Baseball lost several legends in 2020, and our little corner of the baseball world was not spared. Joe Distelheim, a long-time editor and writer at
The Hardball Times, passed away on December 30 from Hodgkin’s lymphoma in Hilton Head, South Carolina. He was 78 years old. News of his passing only recently reached those of us who worked with him at
THT.
Joe left an indelible mark on
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