Posts by Carol Ross
Homelessness: A Glimpse into a Foreign Land
I previously announced the newest blogger in my family, Ryan, my nephew. A twenty-something, he has been blogging about his experience in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, working in a resource center for homeless men and helping them navigate the court system in Oakland, CA. He lives on a very small stipend, in a house with…
Read MoreTraverse City
Last month, I traveled to Traverse City, Michigan, home of the National Cherry Festival. As I munch on Cherry Republic’s Ambassador Mix (dried cherries, pistachios, dried cranberries, sugar, macadamia nuts, and sunflower oil), I’m thinking back fondly on my short, two-day visit. When I travel, I like to get immersed in the uniqueness of a…
Read MoreWhat Entrepreneurs Should Focus On
These ideas come from Barbara Mowry, who I recently quoted in another post about channeling your energy into a business. Mowry was talking with the Denver chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth. What I took away from Mowry’s talk: Start a business for the right reasons. Not money, but passion. It’s your passion that…
Read MoreWho’s Reading Blogs? Maybe Your Grandmother…
Josh Bernoff, co-author of the book, Groundswell, and an analyst at Forrester, provides some fascinating data about the adoption of social media, hot off the WordPress (or whatever his blog is built on.) What makes the data so valuable is not only that it’s current and compares the same data to last year, but also…
Read MoreThink to Talk or Talk to Think?
My friend, Richard, raised my awareness recently about two dominant modes that people operate from: Do you think to talk? On the Myers-Briggs scale, I’m a slight introvert. I often prefer email communication to phone conversations, blogging to speaking opportunities, journaling to a therapy session. Why? Because writing allows me to think to talk. The…
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