Posts by Carol Ross
Kim Dority, Part 2: Building Community, Top-Down and Bottom-Up
How many ways can we complement each others’ missions? We are not here to compete but we are here to help everyone in this space. —Kim Dority, talking about how Disaboom collaborates with other disability-oriented organizations. In this second part of a four-part interview, Kim Dority from Disaboom reminds us to look broadly for community…
Read MoreElevator Pitch
Just found a very cool tool from Harvard Business Review that helps you craft your elevator pitch, HBS Elevator Pitch Builder. The elevator pitch is one way to crystallize your thoughts on the unique value you bring to the world and how that matches with the marketplace. I also have used Robert Middleton's idea of…
Read MoreInterview With Kim Dority, Part 1
In this next interview for A Bigger Voice, I talk with with Kim Dority, VP of Content for Disaboom.com, an online community with over 90,000 registered users, for people with disabilities and those whose lives they touch. Disaboom has been widely recognized (by organizations as diverse as the Obama campaign, Business Week, Ford, and major…
Read MoreBringing All of You To Your Work
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to get feedback on my coaching from a master coach–someone who “supervises” new coaches in training for a living. I coached a volunteer client for 15 minutes. The master coach then gave me feedback. Two comments stand out in my mind: Photo by dichohecho “You were connected to yourself when…
Read MoreLive Action Coaching
This page provides audio recordings of coaching demonstrations that I’ve done over the years. You’ll hear a variety of situations, both personal and work-related, with which my volunteer clients struggled. As a coach, there’s always more than one way to work with a client. When I initially recorded these demos, it was fascinating for me…
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