Posts by Carol Ross
4 Ways Social Media is Changing the Non-Profit World
Beth Kanter has a great post on how non-profits are successfully using social media to further their causes. She illustrates her points with some real-life examples from March of Dimes and the Red Cross as well as lesser known non-profits. This brings to mind a conversation I had this morning with a friend, about the…
Read MoreThe Ties (and Memories) That Bind
I couldn't help but be drawn into a story about how a group of girls in middle America (Ames, IA) stayed connected over the course of 40 years. The story was further developed in a book, The Girls of Ames, by a Wall Street Journal reporter. It made me think about how my college memories…
Read MoreWisdom on Careers and Business
I was part of a business panel last week talking about "Risk, Reward, Opportunity: Navigating a Changing Marketplace." This event was sponsored by the Northwestern Club of Colorado. My fellow panelists, Chris Onan, Madie Gustafson, and Brian Baldwin, are well-known in Denver business circles. Some nuggets of wisdom from the panel: Don't burn bridges. Clean…
Read MoreSeth Godin on Sliced Bread
Ideas that spread, win. That's the message that marketing guru, Seth Godin, provides in this TED talk. The question then is "How do you get your ideas to spread?" Two points that are particularly appropriate for wisdom entrepreneurs: Be remarkable. Have something worth talking about. For wisdom entrepreneurs, this means not only understanding what makes…
Read MoreSecrets to Hiring Good People or How to Prove You’ll Be A Good Fit
Fast Company has a great article, Hold the Interview, that makes a provocative claim: When someone "interviews well" it has no correlation to how they will perform on the job. If this is true, then employers and job seekers have been wasting a lot of time and energy with the interviewing process. Photo by magnusfranklin…
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