Elevator speech
What it is, Formulas for composing one, and Do's and Don'ts. Related posts: Vator.tv - online elevator pitches Real-world elevator pitches Your elevator speech… the final frontier… Excellent guide to prepare your elevator speech
Teaching and Learning
My college's operational motto is "Challenge and Care". While the measure of the former can be achieved by learning outcomes and their corresponding evaluations, the measure of the latter is a little trickier. Here's the answer of an experienced teacher: The most effective answer
Ling- English
Most creativity is a combination of instinct and practice. I'm always suspicious of anybody who has some kind of succinct advice to give, because I think it's different in all cases. Ernie Bushmiller, who did [the comic strip] Nancy, he's famous inside the syndicated-
writing
A blind man sitting on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet and a sign that read: "I am blind, please help." A creative publicist was walking by and stopped to observe. He saw that the blind man had only a few coins in
Daft and Lengel
The advent and widespread use of e-mail, instant messaging and video conferencing has broadened the menu of available media beyond the letter and the phone call. Communicating effectively therefore requires a choice of the medium that is appropriate to one’s communication objective.Information richness theory provides a guide
Cliche
Although we're still "giving/providing feedback" today, that's just starting to be replaced by its successor: "providing developmental feedback." (Note, again, another example of adding a positive adjective to a negative phrase.) This pattern is more invidious than it seems to be
Persons
When he was 14, he built an electricity-producing windmill from spare parts and scrap, working from rough plans he found in a library book called "Using Energy" and modifying them to fit his needs. The windmill he built powers four lights and two radios in his family
Teaching and Learning
The end of summer... the beginning of classes... and questions from students that keep coming back every year... Q.: I could not be here last class, did I miss anything? A.: from a poem by Tom Wayman: but it was one place And you weren't here
CEO
Spiegel Magazine tries to answer the question.
Resources
Choose between a number of indicators, select which countries you want to show and then see the development over time. Watch this 20-minute presentation from its developer at the TED conference 2007: [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=YpKbO6O3O3M] Go to gapminder.org for more information and other databases.
Business Strategy
clipped from www.nytimes.com What’s the semantic difference between adviser and strategist? Hint: In ancient Athens, the strategi were generals elected by the citizenry to defend the city-state. “A strategist is someone who has a plan of battle,” observes Joe Pickett, editor of the American Heritage Dictionary,
Buzzwords
You lose your authenticity when you reach for clichéd phrases, and your choice of jargon reveals your weakness. (Brazen Careerist) Related posts: Fight the bull Buzzword users deserve a whack