Entries by Jenn Wigginton

Prepare for #AdultEducation Awareness

“This is not an emergency; this is only a test.” Or is it? “This is an emergency; this is not a test.”   I guess that depends on how many people you believe are out there that are not aware of what your programs have to offer. Prepare yourself! What you are about to read will […]

What Happens When We Fail?

As a new school year begins, I tend to drift back to my experiences in school as a child. I hated school! During summer vacation, I roamed the woods and fields on my family farm and loved the feeling of escape from timelines, expectations and grades. I used to have nightmares of red pens scribbling […]

Advocacy Success with Rob

Jenn WiggintonJenn is the IAACE Executive Director. Her passion for adult education shines through in everything she does for IAACE. You can invite her to a chat for questions anytime. Click here to book a time to chat with Jenn

This is Genius!

“The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.” – Peter Drucker I have learned a lot these past few months as we have been navigating this pandemic. One of the things I have learned about our membership is that our members need to hear what other members are doing and desire […]

2021 Conference Brainstorm and Committee Invite

Join Sheila Butler on Thursday, July 30th at 10:30 EDT on Zoom as she guest hosts Jenn’s Open Zoom Chat.  The session is about getting your ideas for themes and anything related to the conference. The planning for the 2021 Conference is beginning and we will proceed with the planning to have it in person […]

IAACE Book Club

What’s the last good book you read? When is the last time you shared a book with a friend or colleague? We are looking to start an IAACE Book Club to meet via Zoom. The first book Jenn would love to read is Leadership Refined by Dave Weber. He was the keynote at the COABE […]

Birthday, Birthday, Birthday

We hope writing it three times will help make it happen. Do you remember that we were going to have a big birthday party at the conference for everyone’s birthday? One of the things we were going to do at that event was to collect everyone’s birthday. We would love to have every member’s birthday […]

Happy Two Year Anniversary to Jenn

Howdy, Hi and Salutations! July marks my second anniversary of working as your IAACE Executive Director, and these two years have flown by fast. It’s that time that I remind you of past goals, the progress made, and show our plan on how to build upon them. The Conference goal, well, the pandemic had other […]

Literacy Auction raised $1120

Congratulations to the winners of the Literacy Auction! Item (Show Subtitles) Adirondack Chairs-Heidi Kelley Bench or Footstool-Heidi Kelley Bird Feeder-Heidi Kelley Birdhouse-Heidi Kelley Birdhouse 2-Heidi Kelley Cow Box- Debbie Miles Curved Shelf-Kathryn Kabe Curved Shelf-Heidi Kelley Desk Dice-Heidi Kelley (1), Tom Miller (1) There is one more available that may be purchased for $11.00. Double Dog […]

IAACE 2020 Award Winners

Jenn WiggintonJenn is the IAACE Executive Director. Her passion for adult education shines through in everything she does for IAACE. You can invite her to a chat for questions anytime. Click here to book a time to chat with Jenn