Archive for October 2013

Your tweets may be revealing more than you know. Especially if you’ve tweeted out more than 200 times. I know your secrets! Check out this headline. IBM researcher can decipher your personality from looking at 200 of your tweets. Better yet. Read the full article. It’s somewhat sobering. It’s also a reminder that we have…

Your tweets may be revealing more than you know. Especially if you’ve tweeted out more than 200 times. Check out this headline. IBM researcher can decipher your personality from looking at 200 of your tweets. Better yet. Read the full article. It’s somewhat sobering. It’s also a reminder that we have more than our digital…

Even in “getting to yes”… timing is everything. Derek Halpern is brilliant, straight-talking, and outrageous. His snappy “Social Triggers” video commentaries are always intriguing , particularly as he blends human psychology, real-world research, marketing, salesmanship, and communication techniques. He recently investigated whether the time of day played any factor at all in arriving at positive…

I’m not sure I’m cut out to be an Agent of Change. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about attending the Agents of Change 2013 conference in Portland, Maine. It was spectacular. (The conference, that is. Not what I wrote.) But now that I’m back on the job in my school communicator role, I…

It helps to know what the subject is before answering. From tighter abs to spiritual growth, Michael Hyatt highlights 11 areas that people like you and me generally struggle with on our journey to self or organizational improvement. Usually I’m not one to be critical, but I can’t help asking why Hyatt stopped at eleven.…

Boy, oh boy – I stirred the pot last Friday! Now, don’t get excited or contact the authorities… medical marijuana was not the topic. But today is a follow-up to those of you who read Friday’s Encourager and asked if I was advocating a return to the old letter grade system for report cards. No,…