Posts by Carol Ross
Twitter and the Cigar Bar
My friend, Mitchell Ashley, writes about how Twitter is changing the way conference goers are connecting with a post about an impromptu gathering at a cigar bar reinforced with a few tweets. I’m finally starting to understand the power of Twitter, as a way to gather/mobilize individuals in real time. Clay Shirkey, in the book,…
Read MoreWhat Google Looks For In A New Hire
A friend of mine recently interviewed with Google. Besides the fact that they get something like 16,000 resumes a day, I was intrigued by these questions that my friend was asked in the interviewing process: Have you ever started a non-profit? Have you ever started a business that was profitable? Have you ever won a…
Read MoreDon’t Push the River and Other Advice on Community-Building
I recently asked the ABV team to provide one piece of advice about communities or community-building. Here’s what they said: Join a community to enrich your life.Get involved to reap the rewards. This follows nicely with my experience of being part of the Coolest Women We Know community. Communities are unpredictable. This is neither good…
Read MoreBreast Cancer for Husbands
A friend just started a blog for husbands of women going through breast cancer. He described his reasons for blogging in this way: "My wife has had breast cancer over the past three years. Blogging about it seems therapeutic and also a way for husbands to support each other." In my discussions with Ilene Kouzel,…
Read MoreTell Me a Story
A Denver Post article talks about different projects to chronicle individual life stories. After helping the ABV pilot clients understand their life stories, I have a deeper appreciation for the power of connecting the dots in one’s life. Part of the Full Expression module, the theory is that if we understand the key events in…
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