ValuesJam Fanzine Edition 35
Value of the month:
GRATITUDE
Important dates this month:
5th September
International Day of Charity | United Nations
12th September
GRATITUDE VALUESJAM DEEPDIVE CONVERSATION Tickets, Thu 12 Sep 2024 at 17:00 | Eventbrite
15th September
International Day of Democracy | United Nations
21st September
International Day of Peace | United Nations
21st September
WORLD GRATITUDE DAY – September 21, 2024 – National Today
21st September
World Alzheimer´s Day
World Alzheimer’s Month | Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) (alzint.org)
World Gratitude Day
World Gratitude Day was invented in 1965 by Sri Chinmoy, a spiritual leader and meditation teacher. It was conceived at a Thanksgiving dinner in the United Nations’ meditation room.
https://nationaltoday.com/world-gratitude-day/
This article by Kendra Cherry, MSEd , reviewed by David Susman, PhD provides some great insight and tips:
What Is Gratitude and How Can You Practice It? (verywellmind.com)
Thank you Will Fenton for this compilation of the best songs about Gratitude and giving thanks for you to enjoy 35 Best Songs About Gratitude & Being Thankful (middermusic.com)
In the ValuesJam studio, we love the Dido track and a special shout out to Earth, Wind and Fire for using the word Gratitude itself. Enjoy!
ValuesJam on YouTube
The theme for World Values Day 2024 is Values Bringing Values To Life
ValuesJam have created a FREE guide for communities which can be downloaded from our website: https://values-jam.com/ To get you ready for ValuesJam sessions in October and embrace the ValuesJam vibe of passing it forward, use the promocode WVD24 when you order two card decks or more to save £10 (VAT applies in UK). About | Values Jam (values-jam.com) If you are ready to step it up a level, consider joining Certified ValuesJammer Pro training – learn how to facilitate values-led conversations to connect people using the acclaimed ValuesJam card deck let us know at Jamming@Values-Jam.com. August Guest Sessions featuring: RELIABILITY ft Sue Bottomley TRUST ft Dev Balaji Setty ENJOYMENT ft Chrystie Nguyen Sign up to the channel ValuesJam – YouTube Please let us know what is your favourite session so far. |
ValuesJammer Call to Action
Look out for our ValuesJamathon: Each day from 1-31 October a different ValuesJammer will do a LinkedIn live post introducing a ValuesJam card at random with a question posted. We need to schedule dates in advance so please be in touch jamming@values-jam.com to let us know your preferred date
If you haven’t done so already you still have time to complete our ValuesJam survey: Which three values do you think play the most important role in bringing people together:
This is how the results are looking so far. Please complete and onward share the link.
REMEMBER TO RESERVE YOUR PLACE https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gratitude-valuesjam-deepdive-conversation-tickets-818320858717?aff=oddtdtcreator introduced by @Kevin Monroe at 1700 BST on 12th September ahead of International Gratitude Day on 21st September
How about the ValuesJam community collaborating with the Global Poetry Showcase Send us your poems on the topic of Bringing Values To Life. Or, if you prefer, you can join in with your own community.
Did you know?
An easy to use way to personally and publicly offer gratitude and recognise professional colleagues and connections for the contribution they have made to you is the Sawubona Certificate Sawubona Certificate | Global Values Alliance. Sawubona is the Zulu greeting “We see you” which inspired this initiative. You can design your own beautiful personalised Sawubona Certificate and send it to somebody privately or publicly.
ValuesJammer in the Spotlight
This month´s ValuesJammer in the Spotlight is Melanie Perry.
Who are you?
Melanie Perry, Owner & Creative Director of Poppy Perry Media, Visual Marketing Agency and Co-Founder of the Private Networking Group CR38IVES.
What are your core values?
Trust
Generosity
Learning
Curiosity
Fulfilment
What is it about Gratitude that makes it so special for you?
Gratitude lifts the spirit. It is very spiritual to me. Connecting to the present, shutting out all the noise – especially negative noise which we get so much of on social media – and focussing on all the wonderful things around me is very grounding.
Why did you join the ValuesJam community?
I met ValuesJam Co-Founder, Lisa Birtles, at a networking event a couple of years ago. She demonstrated the ValuesJam cards and I just fell in love with them, and the whole concept. That’s it in a nutshell!
How could more Gratitude improve the world?
Oh I think more gratitude would improve the world greatly. There seems to be an awful lot of ‘entitlement’ in the world today. If people were to stop and pause, take time to really think about all they have, I think they would appreciate the world they live in a whole lot better. Then they would behave rather differently towards it. Respect it more, and be more giving rather than just taking.
How are you using your ValuesJam card decks?
I use the ValuesJam cards a little differently. As part of the networking group I run for professionals within the creative industries (CR38IVES), we run a bi-monthly livestream where we interview creative professionals ‘On The Couch With CR38IVES’. As part of our show, we play ValuesJam at the end of every episode. We ask our guests creatively about the value they pick and have a lot of fun with it. The amazing thing is, each guest always picks a card that is highly relevant to themselves and the conversation that preceded that segment of the show.
Favourite rock n roll moment of magic from a ValuesJam session?
I think it would have to be in my interview with Isaac Harvey MBE, when I made a mistake in one of my questions. I intended it to be “What does (his chosen value) sound like?”, but it came out as “what does it SMELL like”! However the answer was so good, we’ve kept it in!
Contact details
POPPY PERRY MEDIA: Melanie@poppyperrymedia.com / poppyperrymedia.com across social media @poppyperrymedia
CR38IVES: melanie@cr38ives.com / across social media @CR38IVES
Phone: 07738 558587
ValuesJammer Top Tips
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