𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿! One year of community owners connecting, sharing ideas, collaborating, supporting each other and figuring this community-building thing out together. When I started Skool Nexus, I wanted to create a place where community owners could connect with people who get it — without the pressure to constantly perform or sell. And here we are… ONE YEAR LATER. ❤️ 𝙎𝙤 𝙊𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙉𝙚𝙭𝙪𝙨 𝘽𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝! 🥳 Throughout the month we'll be celebrating YOU the people who have helped make Nexus what it is. We'll be looking back at what we've created, sharing some of the lessons I've learned along the way, talking about what's coming in Year 2, and yes… there may be a few surprises along the way. 👀 But let's start with YOU. 👇 What is one thing you've gained from being part of Skool Nexus? A connection? An idea? A collaboration? A lesson? A little more confidence? Tell me below. I'd love to hear it. 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝟭 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘂𝘀. 𝗟𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝟮. @Dr. Stephanie Murauskas @Dr. Peninah Wood Ph.D @Dennis Mbogori @Laura Williams, MBA, Ed.S @James McDonald @Amanda Mirrlees @Heather Boers @Stephen B. Henry @Angel Conway @Iskra Petrova @Lynne Vella @Jennifer Turner @John Richard Lloyd-Hughes @Despina Charavgi @Vanessa Delich @Jenelle Livet @Ross Gilman @Stephanie Pick @Gwynne Conlyn

You created something this week that you're proud of… So why not let some more people see it? 👀 👇 Drop ONE piece of content below that you'd love some specific eyes on. It could be: 🎥 YouTube 📸 Instagram 💼 LinkedIn 🌐 Your website or blog 👥 Your Skool community 📱 Facebook ✍️ A post, video, newsletter or anything else you've created But don't just drop the link. Tell us what you'd love people to look at or why you're sharing it. Then take a few minutes to visit 3 other posts in this thread. Read. Watch. Comment. Give genuine feedback. Start a conversation. This isn't about follow-for-follow. It's about getting curious about each other's work and making real connections. 🤝 You never know where one genuine conversation might lead. 👇 Drop your ONE link below — and tell us what you want us to notice. Your allowed one post every hour.

If you could live in any decade for one year... 🕺 60s ✌️ 70s 🎸 80s 📼 90s 📱 2000s Which would you choose, and what would you be most excited to experience?

Every Product Gets a Digital Identity When people hear about Sunrise 2027, their first reaction is often to think, "So we are replacing one barcode with another." That is understandable. It is also a little like saying the Internet was simply a better telephone. The technology may look similar on the surface, but what it makes possible is entirely different. The real breakthrough is that individual products are beginning to receive their own digital identities. Notice I did not say "product types." I said "individual products." For decades, manufacturers have identified products by model numbers. Every jar of a particular brand of peanut butter looked identical to the checkout scanner. Every bottle of shampoo shared the same barcode. Every package of breakfast cereal appeared to be exactly the same. To a traditional barcode, they were. To a next-generation GS1 barcode, they do not have to be. One jar of peanut butter may have been produced on Monday morning in one factory, while another came from a different production line several days later. They may look identical sitting side by side on the grocery shelf, yet each has its own history. That history now has the opportunity to travel with the product. Imagine a manufacturer discovers a problem affecting one production run. Today, the evening news announces that every jar of a particular product is being recalled. Consumers search their cupboards, retailers remove entire shelves of merchandise, and perfectly good products often end up being discarded simply because there is no practical way to distinguish them from those that may actually be affected. Now imagine a different approach. A checkout scanner identifies not merely the product, but the exact production batch. Your smartphone does the same. Instead of recalling millions of items, the manufacturer recalls only those that were genuinely affected. Safer for consumers. Less waste for retailers. Greater confidence for everyone involved. The same thinking applies to food freshness. Anyone who has worked in retail knows that managing expiration dates can be a constant challenge. Products are checked manually, discounted near the end of their shelf life, or removed altogether.

🍎 Teachers... when was the last time someone asked how YOU were doing? Teaching is more than lesson plans and classrooms. It's long hours. Emotional exhaustion. Leadership pressure. Constantly giving to everyone else while your own well-being slips further down the list. That's why I wanted to spotlight Laura and the incredible work she's doing inside Holistically, Realistically! After 25 years in education, Laura understands teacher burnout because she's lived it. Now, as a certified health coach and doctoral researcher, she's on a mission to help teachers reduce stress, rebuild their energy, and improve their well-being while gathering research that could help shape better leadership practices for the future. She's looking for 100 teachers who want to be part of something bigger than themselves. 💛 A supportive community. 💛 Practical help for burnout and stress. 💛 A chance to contribute to research that could make a real difference for educators. If you're a teacher who's tired of just surviving, this could be exactly the community you've been looking for. 👇 Go and see what @Laura Williams, MBA, Ed.S is building and show her some support. https://www.skool.com/holistically/about