Steve Hannon

Aerospace engineer turned impact entrepreneur. President/CEO of @LENAEarlyTalk. Changing the world through early talk and technology.

[LENA @LENAEarlyTalk]

Excellent reporting from @zschultzWPT, and incredible work by our partners at @NextDoorMil to listen to the research and to take action — both for these children and for their (all too often) under-appreciated teachers.

[LENA @LENAEarlyTalk]

The 2023 BUILD Conference is on! 🎉 We'll be at booth #21 if you would like to stop by and learn all about LENA. @BUILDInitiative

[Steve Hannon @StephenMHannon]

Excited to represent @LENAEarlyTalk this Thursday, Feb 9, 1 PM EST for the launch of Overdeck Family Foundation’s 2022 Grantmaking & Impact Report. Looking forward to the convo led by OFF's brilliant Anu Malipatil!
Register here: https://t.co/RlIawgsQxa

[Steve Hannon @StephenMHannon]

Thank you Carly Roberts and #OverdeckFamilyFoundation for lifting up #earlychildhood innovations by @LENAEarlyTalk, @springboardNTL, and @WaterfordOrg, that build in flexibility so caregivers and teachers can best invest in children's futures.
https://t.co/RcSFvYbZLY

[Steve Hannon @StephenMHannon]

Happy Provider Appreciation Day! #ThankYouChildcare to educators creating nurturing interactive environments for young children today and every day! https://t.co/oywZ5RO0nP add your message of gratitude via @ChildCareAware 👇🏼

[LENA @LENAEarlyTalk]

This Friday, LENA is celebrating Provider Appreciation Day! 🎉 Join us, along with @childcareaware to say #ThankYouChildCare: https://t.co/TAq7Jox2aJ

[Cindy J., Ph.D. @CindyJurie]

We’ve used LENA Grow for past five years to help support infant/toddler teachers in understanding the importance of language & serve & return interactions in the first years of life.

Our infant/toddler teachers are neuro-architects building a brighter future for little ones 💕

[The 74 @The74]

Brown University’s @BabyImaging researchers and nonprofit @LENAEarlyTalk worry about long-term impact of language acquisition delays in kids born into pandemic as they near preschool https://t.co/1rkMeqJ9Tz

[Steve Hannon @StephenMHannon]

Absolutely gutted by the devastation of today’s fires in Superior and Louisville. Many @LENAEarlyTalk team members among the thousands evac’d & holding their loved ones tonite. Prayers for all & the first responders putting themselves in harm’s way in unbelievable conditions.

[LENA @LENAEarlyTalk]

"From the parents participating in a LENA Start session at the end of a long day to the teachers and center directors engaging in professional development while juggling the pandemic’s challenges, the dedication is remarkable" — @StephenMHannon

https://t.co/qrkV8haxVB

[Steve Hannon @StephenMHannon]

Looking forward to the conversation later today. Registration link below.

[Campaign for Grade-Level Reading @readingby3rd]

Join @readingby3rd 6/22 at 12:30pmET to explore how funders can invest in parent coaching strategies to improve kindergarten readiness. We'll learn w/ @UnitedWayStryCo, @LENAEarlyTalk, @CenteringHealth & @CFNorthwestGA! #LearningTuesdays https://t.co/zYjme2uJ1K

[Steve Hannon @StephenMHannon]

Join a great @readingby3rd convo this Tuesday about investing in parent coaching strategies to improve kindergarten readiness -- I'll rep @LENAEarlyTalk and learn with you from @UnitedWayStryCo, @CenteringHealth & @CFNorthwestGA! #LearningTuesdays https://t.co/LOqt8Q5bww

[Steve Hannon @StephenMHannon]

“Pursuing two separate funding buckets — one just for public preschool, the other for all child care — is a poor way to address parents’ diverse child care needs across the early childhood years.”

[Elliot Haspel @ehaspel]

NEW from me in @hechingerreport: It's 2021. Can we please stop treating child care and preschool as if they are two fundamentally different enterprises that deserve to have different funding and fees and respect?

https://t.co/eXT2zfwwIT

[Jonathan Capehart @CapehartJ]

Being Black in America is exhausting. https://t.co/iBWn1k8lA0

[Elliot Haspel @ehaspel]

"How do you fix a fundamentally broken system? It’s not as simple as blowing it up and starting over. The failure is so textured, so tied up in ideas of gender and race, of women and work, of 'choice' and 'kids are best cared for at home'..." YES.

[Steve Hannon @StephenMHannon]

Amen. In the 6th grade, I debated in the affirmative for stricter gun control regs based on the stats at the time. That was more than 45 years years ago. And those stats have only gotten worse.

[Mike Flick @Flickerbock]

Columbine High School.

Deer Creek Middle School.

Aurora Theater.

Arapahoe High School.

Thornton Walmart.

STEM School.

Boulder King Soopers.

All since I was in high school and all within 20 miles of me and my family. I'm sick of this shit.

[Steve Hannon @StephenMHannon]

I steer clear of chiming in on politics, but this is about humanity. The last year, the last four years, set new lows for leadership in this space. Thank you @POTUS for re-setting the bar that all leaders, including me, need to grow and aspire to.
https://t.co/SWQnkXXT8E

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

Silence is complicity — and we cannot be complicit.

We have to speak out. We have to act.

[Steve Hannon @StephenMHannon]

Early talk is a key ingredient supporting opportunity for all children. Learn more tomorrow as ⁦@LibbyDoggett⁩ and ⁦@YSanchezFuentes⁩ join ⁦@DrJillGilkerson⁩ to discuss new ⁦@LENAEarlyTalk⁩ findings #ece - register 👇🏼 https://t.co/jQOONKqvWK

[LENA @LENAEarlyTalk]

Register now for the Inside Early Talk webinar — Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET. LENA's @DrJillGilkerson will join @LibbyDoggett and @YSanchezFuentes to discuss the report's findings and address its stakes for the early childhood field. #ece #earlylearning

https://t.co/KnWkRmKZX9

[Steve Hannon @StephenMHannon]

Proud of our team's effort to put Inside Early Talk together: data-driven insights for both #ECE policy and practice.

[LENA @LENAEarlyTalk]

We're excited to announce Inside Early Talk, our new report featuring data from the over 10,000 children impacted annually by LENA's programs. We think this could be a step toward big things in early childhood education. #ECE

Download the report: https://t.co/3kwYiY20A4.

[Steve Hannon @StephenMHannon]

@RachelRRomeo @NICHD_NIH @PsychHarvard @hgse @UMDCollegeofEd Fantastic! Congratulations to you and the team. You’ve already advanced the field substantially, and we look forward to many more important discoveries that will come from this work.