Janice Johnson | Eating With Elephants

🍴Storytelling Supper Club fighting social stigma with stories.
We help people #sharemore, #hideless and learn to talk about their elephant in the room.

[Zahra Davidson @ZahraDavidson]

Celebrating the creativity of @ElNell who has been making digital resources so @EnrolYourself participants can take it online. Instead of placing your work-in-progress on an IRL 'evidence table' you can place it on your own, personal digital table. With personalised table legs🦵

[Janice Johnson | Eating With Elephants @with_elephants]

❤️ this

[David Heinemann 🌳 @DBetzH]

Across so many British institutions I've worked with - schools, orgs, civil service - there is this idea of focusing exclusively on performance. At best it's narrow-sighted, more often it's emotionally repressive.

If we have a productivity problem, it starts here.

[Janice Johnson | Eating With Elephants @with_elephants]

These amazing adventures launched today! 🎉🥳 If you're looking to learn, grow & find some much needed human connection, an @EnrolYourself #learningmarathon is for you! Highly recommend it & loved every minute of mine. I'm hosting a cohort next year. More learning journeys here👇🏾

[Huddlecraft @Huddlecraft]

We interrupt today's broadcast of tension & WTF to bring you a message of joy & hope 🌱

🎉 Announcing our 2021 Learning Marathons 🎉

Whether you want to finally start that project, find yourself or change the 🌍 - there's a Learning Marathon for that

👀 https://t.co/lxDU2NMjqS

[Janice Johnson | Eating With Elephants @with_elephants]

Loving your work @Jahnvi_lxd ❤️✨🙌🏽

[Jahnvi Singh @Jahnvi_lxd]

@imaniclough_ Thank you @imaniclough_ !

I'm a Learning Designer+Facilitator, empowering young people across the 🌎 build 21stC skills though #culturallearning #creativity & #designthinking 💪🏼

Shoutout to @sharanj @with_elephants @NtWilderness @katie_slee

#SmallBizWednesday

[Janice Johnson | Eating With Elephants @with_elephants]

@DBetzH @EnrolYourself @ZahraDavidson @hopinofficial is awesome for this, too 👌🏾

[Janice Johnson | Eating With Elephants @with_elephants]

Just posted a photo https://t.co/hipD44SWrO

[Janice Johnson | Eating With Elephants @with_elephants]

Very excited to be supporting @intaconnected with their fundraiser. If you're a corporate looking to experience an #eatingwithelephants dinner with your team, please pledge to help them beat their £10K fundraising target!

[Intaconnected @intaconnected]

@with_elephants gives you the chance to #reengage with colleagues through a #virtualteamdinner, creating conversation that allows you to discuss issues previously avoided. At only £180 with ingredients #delivered to your door, enjoy a delicious meal alongside your co-workers.

[Farah Ahmed @farzja]

My wonderful friend @jj_talks hosts a beautiful space @with_elephants. Highly recommended for anyone feeling overwhelmed, anxious or lonely.

[Janice Johnson | Eating With Elephants @with_elephants]

Feeling privileged. Today someone reached out after being inspired by our founder @jj_talks webinar at @PJFoundation in May.

So powerful that even though they're online in lockdown, these kinds of conversations still resonate and help young people to dream big and work hard! ❤️

[PeterJonesFoundation @PJFoundation]

The students @AltwoodSchool posed well-considered questions during the Igniting Enterprise Webinar with @with_elephants this morning and demonstrated that they have inquisitive, entrepreneurial mindsets! Keep your eyes peeled for the next webinar, which we'll share tomorrow!

[Janice Johnson | Eating With Elephants @with_elephants]

This fellowship is amazing! How do we know? Because we grew from a Learning Marathon with a fantastic host. If it weren't for that Learning Marathon, Eating With Elephants wouldn't be what it is today. Join the Host Fellowship and help more people make magic in the world. ✨

[Huddlecraft @Huddlecraft]

Want to boost your #facilitation skills and make shit happen? 🚀

LAST CHANCE to join the Host Fellowship - a 1 yr programme of support to run your own Learning Marathon, anywhere in the world 🌍

Applications close THIS Mon 17/08 💥

Apply here: https://t.co/Ib5CLcp5Xf

[Janice Johnson | Eating With Elephants @with_elephants]

So well said, this exactly why we do what we do. Honesty is the key to empathy and empathy leads to the knowledge and power to change our world and make it a better place. @MichelleObama's wisdom is spot on as always! ❤️🗣️🐘✨ #watchbecoming

[Michelle Obama @MichelleObama]

When we share honestly about our own experiences, we invite others to do the same. The connections we build in these moments of vulnerability are so powerful and so healing.

Tonight at 5pm ET, I hope you’ll join me for the BECOMING watch party. #WatchBecoming

[Janice Johnson | Eating With Elephants @with_elephants]

@MichelleObama @Beyonce So well said. This is exactly why we do what we do. 🙏🏾🐘✨

[Dr Jo Taylor @jgetaylor]

I can't think of ANY arguments against teaching a broader curriculum...

Covering a range of authors from different groups and backgrounds, considering different sources and focussing on colonial history is basic.

[Thea Snow @theasnow]

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” Buckminster Fuller

Someone shared this quote at yesterday's #reimaginegov webinar, and I thought it was worth sharing here (cc @tobyjlowe)

[Huddlecraft @Huddlecraft]

Our friends at @with_elephants are hosting an online storytelling dinner to close #curiositysummercamp 🏕️ - the evening's stories will all be about uncertainty ⏳

Join the Camp here: https://t.co/d1XmuTJD7X

Or find out more about @with_elephants here: https://t.co/M5H818sAXC 🐘

[Janice Johnson | Eating With Elephants @with_elephants]

Such a great example of tackling taboos and putting a spotlight on often hidden human experiences. Talking about #wombstories and women's experiences more often doesn't just benefit women, it benefits us all by creating understanding and empathy for others.👏🏾 @bodyform

[Bodyform @bodyform]

“It feels like a monster clawing his way out of my uterus.” 1 in 10 women suffer from a painful condition called #endometriosis, yet it takes on average 7.5 years to diagnose. Our #wombstories need to be heard. 📣

Watch the full film: https://t.co/10m4KTOpsU

[Touretteshero @touretteshero]

I’ve not left my flat in 16 wks I’ve been cut off from my family, Dr sister & close friends. My world’s shrunk but I want live & I want other disabled & sick folks to survive too. The photos of pubs, particularly places in my own city like Soho make me feel invisible & expendable

[Janice Johnson | Eating With Elephants @with_elephants]

When real mail makes your day! Thank you to the awesome human who sent this in the post after coming to our last #elephantsathome online #storytellingdinner. This cute little card has put a great big smile on my face! 💌💛💌

[Janice Johnson | Eating With Elephants @with_elephants]

Father's Day is great for some & tough for others. If today's a tough one for you, that’s OK. You are seen. You don’t have to hide. You're allowed to sit with difficult emotions & acknowledge how you feel. When those feelings pass, celebrate the others who have been by your side.