Posts by Carol Ross
New Episodes of Conscious Living, Conscious Leaving
Two new episodes of the Conscious Living, Conscious Leaving podcast, "Choosing the Bigger Story," and "Joy and the Greater Good," are now available. This brings the number of episodes available to eight, with another ten episodes in the pipeline. For those of you who are new to the Conscious Living, Conscious Leaving project, you can…
Read MoreFounder of Flickr on Community
A quote from Stewart Butterfield, founder of Flickr: "A lot of our success came from George, the lead designer, and Caterina. Both of them spent a lot of time in the early days greeting individual users as they came in, encouraging them and leaving comments on their photos. There was a lot of dialogue between…
Read MoreA New Blogger in the Family
I’ve been the sole blogger in the family (underground bloggers excepted–you never know.) Until now. Ryan, my 24-year old nephew just started blogging about his new adventure, a year in downtown Oakland, as part of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. His writing is personal and compassionate, sprinkled with moments of biting humor and quick wit. Maybe…
Read MoreTraverse City on Sept 18
I’ll be in Traverse City, Michigan on September 18 to lead a discussion about social entrepreneurship. My hosts will be Marguerite Cotto, from Northwest Michigan College and Elaine Wood, from the Northwest Michigan Council of Governments. Both of these women are active in promoting business and community development in the Traverse City area. Marguerite tells…
Read MoreJet Lag
I use a prep form with my clients that helps them summarize what’s happened since we last met. It also helps them focus the conversation for our coaching session. I use the form myself, when meeting with my coach. One of the questions is this one: "What question do you hope I don’t ask?" Last…
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