Posts Tagged ‘ work ’

I don’t agree with every single nuance in this great talk by Srikumar Rao, but there is definitely gold to be mined here: (Especially the Coach John Wooden quote!)
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I’ve just started following Chris Guillebeau’s Art of Noncomfority blog, about his non-traditional work/jobs/career, and his travel around the world. One thing that stuck out for me in today’s post is this quote on The Heart of the Matter: The way you stand out in a non-profit organization isn’t that different from what you...
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It’s now 8:26 PM. Most of the work of the day is finished … except, of course, the work for my current course. I’m currently taking the seventh of ten courses that will bestow upon my bedazzled ego the title of Master (hah!) of Educational (double hah!) Technology. The challenge is finishing all ten...
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There’s been a very interesting little “discussion” going around what we used to call the blogosphere. TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington spent the previous week at LeWeb, in Paris, where in response to some questions, he said that Europeans love life too much to generate the biggest technology success stories. They have too many 2-hour lunches...
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Today is the day. While I’m on-call for another week, and will return to the office next Friday for a cake&coffee with the team, I’m leaving the company that I’ve been with for 15 years (give or take a month). That’s 15 years through 7 different jobs: Research Assistant Staff Writer Marketing Project Manager...
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I feel good. Really good. Reason? I worked out last night … even though it was a crazy, crazy day with a full 9 or so hours at work, an hour coaching baseball for my son’s team, and a coffee with friends. I think it was Penelope Trunk who said it a few months...
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Light and color in St. Louis Cathedral Originally uploaded by johnkoetsier I’m in New Orleans for the week for a conference. The big easy is an amazing place, to say the least. It’s my first time, and I’m enjoying it immensely. Any city that prioritizes walkers over drivers can’t be all bad, and New...
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Just found out today that the November 2007 Today’s Parent had a story by Helaine Becker on one of my company’s products. I’m the director of product development at Premier, and we make student agendas – planners for kids in K-12 and higher education. It’s always cool when people are talking about you, and...
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Tomorrow is my last day of work before the holidays – we’ve got a two-week company shut-down period, which is VERY welcome. It’s been an intense last third of the year … two courses for my master’s program, a promotion (and subsequently doing both my new job and old job for some time), and...
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Well, I haven’t gotten around to doing anything at all on my new combined blog in the past week or so.  Part of the problem is the new job and the tremendous workload as I transition out of the old and squeeze into the new. Another part is the two courses I’m taking for my...
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I’m looking at some interesting education marketing reports right now and found this interesting comment: “We have tried combo programs, encouraging folks to go to our website and answer questions if they get the direct mail piece, and/or the e-mail to test which works better – and the e-mail always does!” The reason, I’m...
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I recently received a promotion, and I’ve been thinking about what it means to be a manager versus a leader, what kind of leadership I want to provide, and what kind of a leader do I want to grow to be …This is tough stuff, and I’m pretty sure I have a long way...
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Pickthebrain has a post on selling yourself. I can personally attest that, after getting the qualifications and knowledge you need to succeed in your chosen field, being able to “sell yourself” is the most critical part of professional success. The highlights: Be Sold on Yourself Have a Saleable Package Be Positive and Enthusiastic Be...
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. . . Excel help than Excel.Every single time I need to find out how to do something in Excel, I try to figure it out from Excel help. Search usually gets me nowhere, but sometimes gives me a clue what I should actually be searching on. But the help I usually get is...
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Today’s quote of the day:”It is easier to act yourself into a new way of thinking than to think yourself into a new way of acting.”- Michael Pascal(From the introductory session of a lean “rapid improvement event” that we’re doing in my company. “Lean,” by the way, is a version of the Toyota Production...
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