Learning Institute Weekly Gaggle: Strategy and Updates
October 13, 2025
A weekly meeting to keep everyone on the same page, share updates, and spill tea,
55%
LIT Budget to Date
We are at $405K out of our $740k goal.
This includes subscriptions, paid seats, and finalized custom programs. Potential upcoming revenue: Training Subscription 2026, Mediassociates in-person TLC, Good Apple custom programs
How Are We Feeling Fiscally?
Programs this Week
Friday
Wednesday
Monday
- Strengths Intro with Barker
- Media Essentials Certification: October cohort Session 3 (1 - 3:00)
No courses today :)
No courses today :)
Thursday
Tuesday
-Team Strengths with JPL dentsu Media Craft Fundamentals | September cohort Presentation Session ( 1 - 2:30 pm)
- dentsu Media Craft Fundamentals | September 2025 Group Work Session (1 - 2:00 pm) Agency Communication Certification | October 2025 cohort: Session 1 -TLC October 2025 cohort | Session 1 (1 - 2:00 pm)
Coming up next week:
Here's a list of the big things we've got coming up on the horizon.
- Strategic and Creative Thinking Certification | October 2025 cohort Session 1
- Major League Baseball playoffs (Go Cubs!)
- Conflict Resolution Essentials | October 2025 cohort
- GenAI Certification | October '25 Cohort Session 1
- Telling Great Stories | October 2025 cohort, session 1
Shivani
My Week At-A-Glance
The thing I'm most looking forward to this week is:
- Catching up with Sylvia
- NBA Grant
- MAIP outreach
- LIT Prospecting Work
- Finishing up140 lollipops by Friday night!
Top two outcomes I want to achieve are:
MAIP Email Draft & List
Build LIT Prospecting- Excel
Obstacles I might encounter: Getting distracted
I'll need help with: LIT Prospecting-Nimble
Bonus Accomplishment: Self Paced AI course progress!!!
Awa
My Week At-A-Glance
The thing I'm most looking forward to this week is finishing updating Nimble with the course for next year.
Top two outcomes I want to achieve are:
Add all newly sceduled courses to Nimble
Creating an automation in Zaiper for when people sign up for self paced courses
Obstacles I might encounter: Time
I'll need help with: Nothing right now
Bonus Accomplishment:Working with MJ to make post DDH course
Michele
My Week At-A-Glance
The thing I'm most looking forward to this week is: Getting stengths workshop ready for Barker
Top two outcomes I want to achieve are:
Finalizing Workshop for Barker
Finalize Deck for JPL
Obstacles I might encounter: N/A
I'll need help with: N/A
Bonus Accomplishment:Being more active on Linkedin/thought leadership
Pete
My Week At-A-Glance
The thing I'm most looking forward/nervous about this week is: Business = Nimble updates, Personal: Kids hopefully getting healthy
Top two outcomes I want to achieve are:
Finalizing courses for the 2026 Subscription
Planning out courses for next year
I'll need help with: Deciding which courses to include in Sub Putting cohorts in Nimble (Awa)
Obstacles I might encounter: Getting new Sub facilitators on board
Bonus Accomplishment:Completing Subscription Agency usage updates
Yvette
My Week At-A-Glance
The thing I'm most looking forward to this week is: dentsu graduation! Working on 2026 dentsu scheduling Sending the DDH content produced to DDH
Top two outcomes I want to achieve are:
Finalize DDH script
Connect with Judy on the preliminary Media Essentials updates
Obstacles I might encounter: Time
I'll need help with: DDH promo post dentsu Live Session
Bonus Accomplishment: IT security training
Sean
My Week At-A-Glance
The thing I'm most looking forward to this week is: launching McKinney's AI program to their entire agency
Top two outcomes I want to achieve are:
MVP approval of INH
successful AI launch
Obstacles I might encounter: too little time!
I'll need help with: Sylvia onboarding
Bonus Accomplishment:ISubscription plan finalized.
Major Projects
Let's take this time to discuss our big strategic initiatives.
- Subscription 2.0
- Custom Programs
- Mindlode Survey
- AI Programs
- Craft Skills Programs
- Coaching for Growth
- Committees and Forums
Thinking time.
New Idea Time
Let's take this time to consider fresh ideas about courses, member engagement, programs, partners, etc.
Thinking time.
"Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones"."
Jane Eyre, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
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Learning Institute Weekly Gaggle: Strategy and Updates
October 13, 2025
A weekly meeting to keep everyone on the same page, share updates, and spill tea,
55%
LIT Budget to Date
We are at $405K out of our $740k goal.
This includes subscriptions, paid seats, and finalized custom programs. Potential upcoming revenue: Training Subscription 2026, Mediassociates in-person TLC, Good Apple custom programs
How Are We Feeling Fiscally?
Programs this Week
Friday
Wednesday
Monday
No courses today :)
No courses today :)
Thursday
Tuesday
-Team Strengths with JPL dentsu Media Craft Fundamentals | September cohort Presentation Session ( 1 - 2:30 pm)
- dentsu Media Craft Fundamentals | September 2025 Group Work Session (1 - 2:00 pm) Agency Communication Certification | October 2025 cohort: Session 1 -TLC October 2025 cohort | Session 1 (1 - 2:00 pm)
Coming up next week:
Here's a list of the big things we've got coming up on the horizon.
Shivani
My Week At-A-Glance
The thing I'm most looking forward to this week is:
Top two outcomes I want to achieve are:
MAIP Email Draft & List
Build LIT Prospecting- Excel
Obstacles I might encounter: Getting distracted
I'll need help with: LIT Prospecting-Nimble
Bonus Accomplishment: Self Paced AI course progress!!!
Awa
My Week At-A-Glance
The thing I'm most looking forward to this week is finishing updating Nimble with the course for next year.
Top two outcomes I want to achieve are:
Add all newly sceduled courses to Nimble
Creating an automation in Zaiper for when people sign up for self paced courses
Obstacles I might encounter: Time
I'll need help with: Nothing right now
Bonus Accomplishment:Working with MJ to make post DDH course
Michele
My Week At-A-Glance
The thing I'm most looking forward to this week is: Getting stengths workshop ready for Barker
Top two outcomes I want to achieve are:
Finalizing Workshop for Barker
Finalize Deck for JPL
Obstacles I might encounter: N/A
I'll need help with: N/A
Bonus Accomplishment:Being more active on Linkedin/thought leadership
Pete
My Week At-A-Glance
The thing I'm most looking forward/nervous about this week is: Business = Nimble updates, Personal: Kids hopefully getting healthy
Top two outcomes I want to achieve are:
Finalizing courses for the 2026 Subscription
Planning out courses for next year
I'll need help with: Deciding which courses to include in Sub Putting cohorts in Nimble (Awa)
Obstacles I might encounter: Getting new Sub facilitators on board
Bonus Accomplishment:Completing Subscription Agency usage updates
Yvette
My Week At-A-Glance
The thing I'm most looking forward to this week is: dentsu graduation! Working on 2026 dentsu scheduling Sending the DDH content produced to DDH
Top two outcomes I want to achieve are:
Finalize DDH script
Connect with Judy on the preliminary Media Essentials updates
Obstacles I might encounter: Time
I'll need help with: DDH promo post dentsu Live Session
Bonus Accomplishment: IT security training
Sean
My Week At-A-Glance
The thing I'm most looking forward to this week is: launching McKinney's AI program to their entire agency
Top two outcomes I want to achieve are:
MVP approval of INH
successful AI launch
Obstacles I might encounter: too little time!
I'll need help with: Sylvia onboarding
Bonus Accomplishment:ISubscription plan finalized.
Major Projects
Let's take this time to discuss our big strategic initiatives.
Thinking time.
New Idea Time
Let's take this time to consider fresh ideas about courses, member engagement, programs, partners, etc.
Thinking time.
"Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones"."
Jane Eyre, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte