Archive for the 'Education' Category
Friday, August 8th, 2008
Here’s something I received that I thought you would appreciate. It was written by Lisa Kalmin, who appears with me in the film and DVD The Answer To Absolutely Everything:
Responsibility is a word loaded with meaning for most of us. Many people have been conditioned that responsibility is a duty, burden or obligation. Like a kind [...]
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Tear Up historical job descriptions. I mean really people aren’t doing what’s written on them, so there is a gap between reality and the written word. Gen Y wants the reality of the job, not some over stated litany of words that is outdated. (Who doesn’t?)
Become a facilitator or mentor. Dump your roles as an authority. It does not work with Gen Y.
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
Here’s a resource for information that might be useful in these chaotic financial times. Not only can people get their credit repaired, these businesses have resources to build credit by adding good trade lines and helping businesses to get financing without going through SBA.
Here’s what industry expert JoAnn Holly says:
Due to the fall [...]
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Sunday, July 6th, 2008
The words “belief” and “believing” have morphed into many meanings, some of them self righteous indictments for those who don’t share the same beliefs.
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
When I produced the Positively Powerful Women Celebrate! Retreat (Triad West Inc. ) I wanted women to have a boost in their ability to accomplish their vision, greater confidence, more energy, a feeling that they were appreciated and appreciated themselves, and an environment where they could create connections to build their businesses, communities, or social [...]
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Positively Powerful Good Times…One Month Anniversary. One month ago on Friday May 16th from 5:30-9PM and Saturday May 17th from 9AM-6PM, we created history or perhaps it should be called her-story. This was the first time ever Positively Powerful Women Celebrate(d)! The event was made possible by about 80 women on the first day, 55 [...]
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Friday, June 13th, 2008
Corporate Clicks: FraserNetsearch
African American business search engine set to launch
By Ann Brown, Black Enterprise
June 9, 2008 — According to recent studies, African Americans turn to the Internet more often than others for career information and professional networking. According to the 2005 AOL African American Cyberstudy, conducted for AOL by IMAGES Market Research, 62% of [...]
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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
If you are like me and love technology, here’s a great article - Living In A Device-Centric World - about one very intriguing aspect of those wonderful devices. It comes from Andrew Zimmerman of Accenture. Here’s a quote:
The current market focus on the “three screens” of the consumer—a television in your family room, a [...]
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Fans of The Secret , What The Bleep , Positively Powerful People, training, speaking, living The Great Life (Great Life videos ), or any attitude shifting, life enhancing, profit generating, advanced skill set, or connected interest, there is a new transformational "kid on the block" that has [...]
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
Look for me I’ll will speaking at this year’s Frasernet "PowerNetworking Conference" in Atlanta GA.
Title: PowerNetworking Conference
Location: Hyatt Regency - Downtown Atlanta
Description: The annual national PowerNetworking Conference is the largest gathering of African American professionals, business owners and community leaders from across the United States. Attendees receive world-class training [...]
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