Kids & Family
Cobb School Announces FREE Lecture with Change Maker Vipin Thekk
4 Skills to Help Your Child Unleash Their Human Potential
Simsbury, CT - The Cobb School, Montessori announces Community Change Maker Vipin Thekk will deliver a lecture, “Parents as Change Agents,” on Thursday, October 25, at 6 p.m. in the Cobb School’s Great Hall.)
The event is FREE and open to the public. Reserve tickets at https://cobbschool.com/vipin-thekk/.
Our children live in a world that is rapidly changing. Sixty percent of tomorrows jobs do not exist today. Social problems are outnumbering the solutions. In a world where change is the only constant – children need to practice changemaking. Families play a crucial role in making this happen.
It is up to parents to ensure that their children and loved ones develop these skills. In this new world where change is the only constant, in order to thrive, children need to master these four skills:
Cognitive Empathy - Ability to recognize accurately and understand another’s emotional state and use that understanding to influence your actions.
Teamwork - Ability to work effectively with peers from around the world & across different specializations.
New Leadership - The ability to collaboratively mobilize people in situations defined by change.
Changemaking - Ability to analyze problems & implement solutions.
Vipin Thekk’s passion is to unleash human potential which has enabled and inspired him to launch initiatives and organizations around issues ranging from youth entrepreneurship to re-imagining parenting & education for the 21st century, as well as co-founding the Wellbeing Project for social entrepreneurs. He is a Senior Director at Ashoka and the founder of the Changemaker Communities initiative, which is designed to activate a whole ecosystem of stakeholders around supporting the next generation of changemakers in their community. Vipin has a Master’s in Social Work and is a graduate of the Generating Transformational Change program from Pacific Integral. He is an Integral Life Coach, a Kundalini Yoga teacher, and an experienced facilitator, having led transformation-based work for groups & institutions in Asia, Europe and the United States.
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For more information, go to https://cobbschool.com/vipin-thekk/ or email andrea.boden@cobbschool.com or call 860-658-1144.
Founded in 1974, The Cobb School, Montessori is an independent elementary and preschool, following the teaching principles of Dr. Maria Montessori. The school serves children ages 15 months to 12 years. Our students are provided with the experiences and purposefully prepared Montessori environment that makes it possible for them to gain the skills necessary to be successful well beyond their years here. Montessori is an aid to life. At Cobb our mission is to Believe in children, Guide children, Step Aside and Let Fly. The Cobb School is located at 112 Sand Hill Road Simsbury, CT 06070, (860) 658-1144.
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