Archive for June 2015
This no-fail strategy will ensure my inclusion on the next book list! – SCN Encourager
I won’t have to suffer a public rejection like this again. It was humiliating. I couldn’t believe I wasn’t asked by Kym Reinstadler to join the other school communicators who offered their “summer reading” suggestions. And the fact that my wife Cindy said she “could not only believe it… but also agree with it!” sure doesn’t help any. Okay.…
Read More11 secrets of irresistible people – SCN Encourager
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/secrets-irresistible-people-dr-travis-bradberry
Read MoreSchool communicators can battle the “summer slide” too!
It happens at the end of every school year. Teachers dutifully send students home for summer break. Then school communicators begin spreading the word about the dreaded “summer slide” in reading skills and encourage parents and children to schedule reading time together and visit their local library early and often. Now with this uptick in leisure hours, it’s time to ask…
Read MoreI don’t know and I don’t care. – SCN Encourager
When was the last time you said this to someone? I last muttered these words back in 1967. I vividly remember coming in from playing ball in the yard with my friends and my mom asked me if my four year-old younger brother was also coming inside. (Dang, my brother was such a little nuisance.) I remember how “I…
Read MoreWhatever your politics, this video tool will work wonders! – SCN Encourager
Swivl is a great running mate – whether you’re on the left or on the right. It will follow you around and help you easily connect with your intended audience. And while political moderates firmly planted in the middle obviously won’t utilize the best of Swivl’s primary features, that’s okay. Moderates need to get their videos up and running on the speedy-kwik,…
Read MoreHoney, I just quit my job to become a freelance paper-folder – SCN Encourager
I’d sure love to know how Robert Lang’s wife responded to this news. I wonder if it came as a shock. Diane Lang had to know Robert was a top origami expert. But did she ever dream her husband (a highly respected fiber-optics researcher) with a PhD from CalTech in semi-conductor lasers, would step away from the security of a…
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