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• Radio silence. Radio noise?

  
  Diary of a Wordsmith — Authority:
  Apologies yet again for a neglected blog. The last few weeks have been busy, chaotic and strange. I sense a slight whiff of change in the freelance wind. After a desperately quiet summer, things picked up in the early autumn. Its not just me. Colleagues have also reported an uptick on the work front and there do seem ...
  17 hours ago

• Introducing the new Coaching Club

  
  Virtual Assistant - THE Blog About Our Industry — Authority: 113
  I’ve been working on a project in the background for some months, as if I need something else to be doing! Many of you will know that I’ve been running the VATrainer.com Virtual Assistant course for a few years now and I’m thrilled that we have many graduates now having gone through that program.  However I ...
  19 hours ago

• Book Review: Dont Swear With Your Mouth Full! by Dr. Cary Chugh

  
  I Want to Teach Forever — Authority: 538
  Educators know that in most U.S. schools, the most common approach to discipline is a version of detention.  At the elementary level, this takes the form of time-out or staying in from recess, lunch or other activities.  At the middle and high school level, the same principle is applied in the form of after-school ...
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• The Business of Books: How Writing a Book Has Become the New Calling Card

  
  Procurement Insights — Authority: 128
  “The first step that many experts take to establish their celebrity is to write a book about their area of expertise.” “Next to “I Love You,” “are you working tonight” and “no more garlic in the pasta,” is “you know you should write a book!” “There is a reason the word Authority begins with ...
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• The Magic Of Mentors

  
  blog.devongroup.com — Authority: 108
  We’re really excited to kick off a new blog category titled “The Magic of Mentors.” Mentors can make an enormous difference in workplace success. Over the course of the next few months, we’ll be sharing stories from those who have mentored, as well as those who have been mentored. Like most people, I cite my ...
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• Use It or Lose It

  
  Successful Teaching — Authority: 422
  In Is internet connectivity everything? from Kobus van Wyk, Kobus states, “The internet is only of value to teachers and learners if it is used…Many a gym contract is not used because the members do not understand how to use it, how it can improve your health, and why regularity is important. Could it be ...
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• Literacy Challenges of The Social Technographic Ladder

  
  Education Innovation — Authority: 122
  The ladder. Charlene Li and Josh Bernofff have written a great book titled Groundswell: winning in a world transformed by social technologies . In their book they describe The Social Technographics ladder. “Each step on the ladder represents a group of consumers moreinvolved in the groundswell than the ...
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• The Imperative of Collaboration

  
  eJewish Philanthropy: The Jewish Philanthropy Blog — Authority: 554
  An excerpt from the Summer/Fall 2009 issue of the Journal of Jewish Communal Service , published by the Jewish Communal Service Association of North America : The Imperative of Collaboration: Partnering Together in Tough Times by Sally Weber and Michelle Krotinger Wolf Working in close collaboration with ...
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• Teachers TV

  
  Sharing the Addiction — Authority: 91
  Teacher TV The UK have a number of fabulous online resources for teachers and one of my favourites has to be Teachers TV. There are a huge number of videos on almost any teacher topic you can think of with matching downloadable resources. As a registered member, I get email updates and went and watched this video ...
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• Twitter more fully integrated into PPT - Powerful Presentation Techiques

  
  PPT - Powerful Presentation Techniques — Authority: 91
  I havent been posting to this blog as frequently as I like due to spending more time with Twitter.  Ive found that Twitter allows me to quickly share articles and resources that Ive come across without spending quite as much time writing and researching for a more thoughtful post here on my Typepad blog.  Ive ...
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• Sponsor Event: Eliminate Ineffective Silos and Achieve Company-Wide Process Improvement Success

  
  Procurement Insights — Authority: 128
  Occasionally I will post an event that I feel will be of interest to my readers. Forrest Breyfogle III has been a guest on the PI Window Business on two separate segments.  His first appearance was on April 23rd, 2009 on a show titled “ Unemployed Excellence – Why Lean, Six Sigma Have Left Some People Out in the ...
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• Q: How do I use LinkedIn effectively?

  
  Career Q&A with the Library Career People — Authority: 98
  This answer is provided by our first guest author, Cheryl Kohen . Q: I’m just starting to use the online social networking site LinkedIn, but I’m unsure how this will help me effectively network.  What are some tips when searching this social media site? CK: Created in 2003, LinkedIn is an online ...
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• What Have You Learned Lately?

  
  ACS Careers Blog — Authority: 108
  I’m currently sitting in a coffee shop, spending the day working on my laptop.  I’m here waiting for several boy scouts who are attending a Merit Badge University, and learning about Leatherwork, Public Speaking, and Reptile and Amphibian Study, among other things.  As I watched them head off to their respective ...
  2 days ago

• Desperation is Not Attractive

  
  Hannah Morgan — Authority: 513
  Desperation can ooze out of every pore if you arent careful.  Ive seen it hundreds of times and I am pretty sure that those that are emitting this fowl aura are un-aware.  Jason Alba, author, blogger, entrepreneur, knows the feeling of desperation from his own extended job search.  He writes about it in this ...
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• Dumber Together? Brainstroming in a Professional Learning Community

  
  Education Innovation — Authority: 122
  You have seen it before. The PLC agenda says, “Brainstorm ideas for…” You look around and see the chartpaper, pens, and Post-It notes lying on the table, and you think toyourself, “Why do we waste the time.” You know the rules of brainstorming in PLCs … 1. No criticism 2. Wild ideas are ...
  2 days ago

• The Twittering Granny: Diary of a Social Media Virgin

  
  Procurement Insights — Authority: 128
  Today’s senior population is exploding at historic levels. According to the U.S. Administration on Aging, the senior population numbered 37.3 million in 2006, or 12.4% of the U.S. population, and is expected to reach 20% of the population by 2030. With advances in modern science and medicine lowering mortality ...
  2 days ago

• Looking for Feedback on the Idea of a Digital Writing Project

  
  Digital Writing, Digital Teaching — Authority: 110
  As we prepare to head to the NWP Annual Meeting and NCTE Convention in just about a week, I am also plugging away at our Chippewa River Writing Project Continued Funding Application. I have come to one of the most compelling parts of the report, at least for me… the point where we reflect on the summer institute ...
  3 days ago

• What Do We Need From Our Leaders?

  
  eJewish Philanthropy: The Jewish Philanthropy Blog — Authority: 554
  This essay was written by Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld for the Samuel Bronfman Foundation “Why Be Jewish?” Conference, in May 2009. With the opening of the Federations of North America GA 2009 later today in Washington, D.C., and the introduction of the organizations’ new CEO and the organizations’ new ...
  3 days ago

• #Learnover2010

  
  Sliced Bread — Authority: 388
  Learnover 2010 promises to be my type of professional learning. Active student voice, open, global, tech requirements even I could muster from home and learner centred. Stephen Heppell does stuff, good real stuff, for learning. Learnover is a case in point. He makes me think “gee that was a simple idea ...
  3 days ago

• Fundamental Technology, Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and Other Social Networking — Session 4, AIW Going Freelance Seminar

  
  Inkthinker — Authority: 117
  S HASHI BELLAMKONDA on social networking and your business… Social media survey by Network Solutions’s Grow Smart Business indicated growth in use of social networking for small biz. At least 59% of active Web users have a social media profile. Skeptics can suggest that social media is a passing fad, but time is ...
  3 days ago

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