Paul Signorelli
@paulsignorelli.bsky.social
Writer. Trainer-facilitator. Presenter. Consultant. Advocate for libraries, a free-press, and the communities they serve. Author, Change the World Using Social Media.
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Change the World Using Social Media
This one-stop handbook to leveraging social media to foster collaboration and achieve positive change uses success stories to illustrate how activists produce transformations in their extended com...
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At a time when so many people are disenchanted with the negative impacts social media platforms have on public discourse and civic engagement, there is still much to explore. Although my "Change the World" book predates Bluesky, I hope it remains a source of inspiration: rowman.com/ISBN/9781538...
Plenty of food for thought and positive action in a question Jay Samit asks in his latest Substack post (June 19, 2026): “What problem breaks my heart enough that I’m willing to do something about it?” #advocacy #juneteenth jaysamit.substack.com/p/the-1400-m...
The 1,400-Mile March That Proved It’s Never Too Late to Change the World
At 89 years old, most people are told to slow down.
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June 19, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Plenty of food for thought and positive action in a question Jay Samit asks in his latest Substack post (June 19, 2026): “What problem breaks my heart enough that I’m willing to do something about it?” #advocacy #juneteenth jaysamit.substack.com/p/the-1400-m...
Looking forward to a fun, productive one-year term (July 1, 2026-June 30, 2027) as President of the Daily Bruin Alumni Network -- @dailybruinan.bsky.social. Grateful for the peers on the Board who selected me. alumni.ucla.edu/alumni-netwo... #ucla #alumni #journalism #DailyBruinAlumniNetwork
Board of Directors - UCLA Alumni
The DBAN Board of Directors 2026-27 President Paul Signorelli '76 VP, Reunions & Events Marilyn Chavez-Martinez '22 VP, Membership & Networking Matthew Royer '24 VP, Learning & Professional Developme...
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June 9, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Looking forward to a fun, productive one-year term (July 1, 2026-June 30, 2027) as President of the Daily Bruin Alumni Network -- @dailybruinan.bsky.social. Grateful for the peers on the Board who selected me. alumni.ucla.edu/alumni-netwo... #ucla #alumni #journalism #DailyBruinAlumniNetwork
Happy beyond belief to have received confirmation that I will be facilitating/co-facilitating three library-advocacy sessions at the California Library Association 2026 Annual Conference in Riverside in October: www.cla-conference.org. Hope to see you there. #libraries #advocacy #cla
California Library Association Conference | Register Today – Empower Libraries
Join the California Library Association Conference 2025 in Riverside, Oct 23-25, for inspiring sessions, networking, and stories that showcase library impact.
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June 9, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Happy beyond belief to have received confirmation that I will be facilitating/co-facilitating three library-advocacy sessions at the California Library Association 2026 Annual Conference in Riverside in October: www.cla-conference.org. Hope to see you there. #libraries #advocacy #cla
New California Library Association library-advocacy training video--"Teach Me: Exploring Learning for Library Advocates"--now available on the CLA YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5NI.... Includes Joyce McIntosh & Beth Wrenn-Estes as my co-facilitators. #libraries #advocacy #learning
May 21, 2026 at 8:12 PM
New California Library Association library-advocacy training video--"Teach Me: Exploring Learning for Library Advocates"--now available on the CLA YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5NI.... Includes Joyce McIntosh & Beth Wrenn-Estes as my co-facilitators. #libraries #advocacy #learning
Posted a new set of reflections on "Nurturing and Celebrating Social Connections in Times of Solitude" on my Building Creative Bridges blog: buildingcreativebridges.wordpress.com/2026/05/04/o... #communitiy #connections #socialisolation #socialnetworking
On Nurturing and Celebrating Social Connections in Times of Solitude
It did not matter that the note I received from my doctor recently was probably a note routinely sent to all of her patients (or even to all the patients by all the doctors within the Kaiser-Perman…
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May 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Posted a new set of reflections on "Nurturing and Celebrating Social Connections in Times of Solitude" on my Building Creative Bridges blog: buildingcreativebridges.wordpress.com/2026/05/04/o... #communitiy #connections #socialisolation #socialnetworking
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Daily Bruin Alumni Network is having a DB reunion on Oct. 11! I unfortunately can't go but it's a great way to meet with the current DB students, get to know more about the newsroom and UCLA and also to reunite with all the alums. Would love to have you there! -> giving.ucla.edu/Standard/Net...
Daily Bruin Alumni Network Reunion 2025
Giving to UCLA
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September 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Daily Bruin Alumni Network is having a DB reunion on Oct. 11! I unfortunately can't go but it's a great way to meet with the current DB students, get to know more about the newsroom and UCLA and also to reunite with all the alums. Would love to have you there! -> giving.ucla.edu/Standard/Net...
Celebrating the ATD South Florida Chapter's recognition as "Chapter of the Month" (March 2026), I've written a piece about #belonging and #collaboration for trainer-teacher-learners...and what we can learn from ATD SFL. #learning #community #atd buildingcreativebridges.wordpress.com/2026/03/22/b...
Belonging and Collaboration: Chapter of the Month for ATD South Florida
Reading that the South Florida Chapter of ATD (the Association for Talent Development) is the ATD March 2026 Chapter of the Month comes as no surprise to me. It’s a community of learning that is dy…
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March 22, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Celebrating the ATD South Florida Chapter's recognition as "Chapter of the Month" (March 2026), I've written a piece about #belonging and #collaboration for trainer-teacher-learners...and what we can learn from ATD SFL. #learning #community #atd buildingcreativebridges.wordpress.com/2026/03/22/b...
"Protest brings joy...It dispels the loneliness we might experience when we are alone or online. When we realize that we are with millions of others, we feel we can make a difference, because we are making a difference: in the world, & in ourselves."~Timothy Snyder
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No Kings, Freedom!
Gather on March 28th.
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March 22, 2026 at 2:25 AM
"Protest brings joy...It dispels the loneliness we might experience when we are alone or online. When we realize that we are with millions of others, we feel we can make a difference, because we are making a difference: in the world, & in ourselves."~Timothy Snyder
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Enjoyed serving as substitute host for @baldgeekinmd.bsky.social's "T is for Training" podcast this week. The topic: “Persevering or Pulling the Plug in Training-Teaching-Learning.” Hope you enjoy the conversation: app.talkshoe.com/conf/summary.... #learning #training #perseverance #Tisfortraining
March 21, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Enjoyed serving as substitute host for @baldgeekinmd.bsky.social's "T is for Training" podcast this week. The topic: “Persevering or Pulling the Plug in Training-Teaching-Learning.” Hope you enjoy the conversation: app.talkshoe.com/conf/summary.... #learning #training #perseverance #Tisfortraining
Great advice and encouragement to writers, from Writer-Teacher-Education Innovator George Couros: georgecouros.com/want-to-writ... #writing #blogging #creativity
Want to Write a Book? Start a Blog - George Couros
I didn’t start blogging to share my voice, I started to learn. Nearly 2,000 posts later, it has shaped my thinking, career, and opportunities.
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March 4, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Great advice and encouragement to writers, from Writer-Teacher-Education Innovator George Couros: georgecouros.com/want-to-writ... #writing #blogging #creativity
Posted a new set of reflections on writing and the creative process: "Write or Die: Diving Into the Rabbit Hole," inspired by Sue Monk Kidd's "Writing Creativity and Soul" and Ray Bradbury's "Zen in the Art of Writing" buildingcreativebridges.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/w... #writing #creativity
Write or Die: Diving into the Rabbit Hole
“Not to write, for many of us, is to die.” –Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing, p. vii, 1996 I have, for close to a year now, felt dead. It’s not that life wasn’t full of joy, pleasure, …
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February 5, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Posted a new set of reflections on writing and the creative process: "Write or Die: Diving Into the Rabbit Hole," inspired by Sue Monk Kidd's "Writing Creativity and Soul" and Ray Bradbury's "Zen in the Art of Writing" buildingcreativebridges.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/w... #writing #creativity
“Not to write, for many of us, is to die.” ~Ray Bradbury, "Zen in the Art of Writing," p. xii #writing #creativity
January 25, 2026 at 10:20 PM
“Not to write, for many of us, is to die.” ~Ray Bradbury, "Zen in the Art of Writing," p. xii #writing #creativity
A visual response to those who intentionally misrepresent the No Kings Day marches as hateful...
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#SilenceIsComplicity
#ResetTheNarrative
#NoKings
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#SilenceIsComplicity
#ResetTheNarrative
#NoKings
Photos: More ‘No Kings’ Protests Across the U.S.
Organizers estimated that millions of Americans attended rallies in cities and towns across America, protesting the policies and actions of President Trump and his administration.
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October 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A visual response to those who intentionally misrepresent the No Kings Day marches as hateful...
www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
#SilenceIsComplicity
#ResetTheNarrative
#NoKings
www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
#SilenceIsComplicity
#ResetTheNarrative
#NoKings
Beautifully inspiring writing from Carlo Iacono, on Substack. #CivicEngagement #Government #Community #Collaboration
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Why Gentle Isn’t Weak
Reimagining power for people who are tired of revenge
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October 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Beautifully inspiring writing from Carlo Iacono, on Substack. #CivicEngagement #Government #Community #Collaboration
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Now on the California Library Association's YouTube channel: the archived recording of the "Library Directors: Advocating From a Position of Leadership” workshop (8/13/25) featuring Genesis Hansen, Michael Lambert, and Patty Wong: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #libraries #advocacy #leadership
Ursula Meyer Advocacy Training - YouTube
Session 1 held on September 8, 2021 - The California Library Advocacy Landscape Introduction to Advocacy
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August 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Now on the California Library Association's YouTube channel: the archived recording of the "Library Directors: Advocating From a Position of Leadership” workshop (8/13/25) featuring Genesis Hansen, Michael Lambert, and Patty Wong: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #libraries #advocacy #leadership
" ...despite the myths spread by Trump and his allies, there is no evidence that mail-in voting is linked to fraud." ~Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse, 8/18/25
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Trump's "Truth" About Voting
It’s one of those days with so much going on that it was clear to me early in the day I needed to do a standalone post on the topic of Trump’s most recent attack on our elections to give that topic th...
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August 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
" ...despite the myths spread by Trump and his allies, there is no evidence that mail-in voting is linked to fraud." ~Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse, 8/18/25
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"...many of San Francisco’s most valuable tech companies...[i]nstead of demanding that employees be in the office a certain number of times or on certain days of the week...are sticking with remote work...extolling its virtues." @sfexaminer.bsky.social, 8/9/25 www.sfexaminer.com/news/technol...
Many SF tech companies sticking with remote work
Dropbox, Pinterest, Figma and more remain committed.
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August 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"...many of San Francisco’s most valuable tech companies...[i]nstead of demanding that employees be in the office a certain number of times or on certain days of the week...are sticking with remote work...extolling its virtues." @sfexaminer.bsky.social, 8/9/25 www.sfexaminer.com/news/technol...
"Now we can add museum curators to the list of people Trump is trying to crush into submission and force into alignment with his worldview...These are the people who are entrusted with telling the story of our nation’s history..." ~Joyce Vance, 8/12/25 #museums open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Living in 1984
The headline tonight reads, “White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump’s Historical Vision.” It’s in The Wall Street Journal, not exactly a bastion of liberal views.
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August 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"Now we can add museum curators to the list of people Trump is trying to crush into submission and force into alignment with his worldview...These are the people who are entrusted with telling the story of our nation’s history..." ~Joyce Vance, 8/12/25 #museums open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
"This is a grave day for America, but let’s be clear that we should not and must not remain silent about this dangerous and unnecessary escalation. This is a time for solidarity among Americans who oppose this disgraceful abuse of power." ~Steven Beschloss, 8/11/25
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Trump's Assault on Washington, D.C
Trump is now pursuing his fever dream of a federalized police state in the nation's capital. We cannot remain silent.
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August 12, 2025 at 2:56 AM
"This is a grave day for America, but let’s be clear that we should not and must not remain silent about this dangerous and unnecessary escalation. This is a time for solidarity among Americans who oppose this disgraceful abuse of power." ~Steven Beschloss, 8/11/25
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Latest addition to our California Library Association Ursula Meyer Library Advocacy Training recordings: @baldgeekinmd.bsky.social on "Building Technology Into Library Advocacy": www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLcO.... More at www.youtube.com/playlist?lis.... #libraries #advocacy #technology
July 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Latest addition to our California Library Association Ursula Meyer Library Advocacy Training recordings: @baldgeekinmd.bsky.social on "Building Technology Into Library Advocacy": www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLcO.... More at www.youtube.com/playlist?lis.... #libraries #advocacy #technology
"But anger expressed and translated into action in the service of our vision and our future is a liberating and strengthening act of clarification..." ~Audre Lorde, "The Uses of Anger" #anger #advocacy #AudreLorde
July 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"But anger expressed and translated into action in the service of our vision and our future is a liberating and strengthening act of clarification..." ~Audre Lorde, "The Uses of Anger" #anger #advocacy #AudreLorde
Our latest California Library Association Ursula Meyer Library Advocacy workshop featured a dynamic, highly-interactive session about raising funds for libraries through ballot initiatives. To view the archived version (and others): www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #libraries #advocacy #fundraising
July 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Our latest California Library Association Ursula Meyer Library Advocacy workshop featured a dynamic, highly-interactive session about raising funds for libraries through ballot initiatives. To view the archived version (and others): www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #libraries #advocacy #fundraising
"Storytelling is integral to what it is to be human....there is power in stories. A strong narrative can bring people to action at your side." [email protected], with Jain Orr & Qianzi Cao, "Triptych: Death, AI, and Librarianship," p. 16 #libraries #community #storytelling #advocacy
July 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"Storytelling is integral to what it is to be human....there is power in stories. A strong narrative can bring people to action at your side." [email protected], with Jain Orr & Qianzi Cao, "Triptych: Death, AI, and Librarianship," p. 16 #libraries #community #storytelling #advocacy
Reflections, from historian Heather Cox Richardson, on the Fourteenth Amendment...and contemporary attacks upon it: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
July 9, 2025
On July 9, 1868, Americans changed the U.S.
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July 10, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Reflections, from historian Heather Cox Richardson, on the Fourteenth Amendment...and contemporary attacks upon it: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...