Writer's Wednesday with Barbara Hannay

Harlequin Romance's Barabara Hannay is with us today...talking about work and how it can be anything but! ... the framework of a corporate team building workshop. So, of course, my first task was to find team building ... from our normal classroom work and with no students around and a playful atmosphere, the teachers [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 00:00:00

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Does Your International Business Consultant Provide Negotiation Workshops?

Market access ? Larger contracts? New clients? A smoother working environment? Less infighting? International markets? Preferential treatment? ... . All attendees should actively participate. Participation in this seminar facilitates team building, discovers ... Workshop can help. A highly interactive seminar, customized to your specific needs, can design [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 13:14:26

Focusing On Your Circle of Financial Influence

In an effort at personal development, I am currently reading the long-time bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey. I got the book years ago from some sort of corporate team-building workshop but never finished reading it. I think that many ideas within [more...]

Date: 2008-08-12 12:11:58

Building Championship Teams

The past two days, I’ve been in a closed-door, turn-off-your-cell phone, all-hands-on-deck team building retreat ... of it explained “how we humans work” and, of course how to perform as a part of a championship team ... to me recently.I won’t quote material directly from the workshop, since I had to sign a “confidentiality [more...]

Date: 2009-02-07 04:09:39

Pioneer Projects

These photos are projects made by classes of homeschoolers participating in an experiential learning class, ... American skills, primitive skills in general, pioneering skills and team-building games ... than the one day workshops this same program offers which don't allow for friendship-building [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 14:17:41

Facilitating Group Discussions

Today and tomorrow I am in Seattle for the Association of Research Libraries institute, "Scholarly Communication Outreach: ... is entrusted to record the thoughts of others.  We had a team-building workshop at NYU a few years [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 02:35:12

Aetherica 2009 Announcement

Rachael Livermore, Co-Chair, Aetherica writes: Please see below for an announcement of a new convention for fantasy fans ... fantasy-themed programming, ranging from presentations and panels to craft workshops and team building activities. Just as fantasy ranges from fairy tales to complex epics, So Aetherica will offer [more...]

Date: 2008-08-28 15:58:09

iDiscoveri Preschool, Sohna Road

Over the past couple of weeks, we've been on a preschool hunt for our little toddler ... like leadership training, team building outdoor camps and workshops, and so on. They have forayed ... school" with a lot of focus on green activities [more...]

Date: 2009-02-28 02:11:00

25C3 hardware workshops

quadcopter The 25C3 team has a post highlighting some of the hardware workshops that will be happening at Chaos Communication Congress this ... year. Our own Jimmie Rodgers will be in the microcontroller workshop area building kits with many others. The folks from mignon will be bringing several of their game kits for another workshop [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 00:12:48

Top 5 Fast Track Courses

1. COMMUNICATION SKILLS COURSE - attend workshops on honing your communication skills to create an impression at the workplace ... get to know certain secrets of top leaders of the world. 4. TEAM BUILDING COURSE ... you. In many cases, low productivity is a result of ineffective team building. It requires efforts [more...]

Date: 2009-02-24 09:35:20

the perfect antidote to bogus business advice

This month I was lucky enough to work with Neil Mullarkey, one of the founders of London’s famous Comedy Store, ... jump with your Head of IT - all in the name of team-building? Or made to parade with your workmates ... will take strange pleasure in seeing everything from “bonding days” to “confidence building workshops” put [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 10:22:18

Setting up a training event

When you are setting up a workshop, business coaches will tell you that it is important everyone knows exactly what the exercise is all about and ... exercises or games to develop what they perceive as weak points within their particular team ... of encouraging and developing team building. However it is a good idea at some point to mix [more...]

Date: 2009-02-23 17:09:25

2009 Great PA Cleanup

From April 25 to May 9, 2009, Pennsylvanians will be joining in an ambitious statewide effort to remove litter and trash from Pennsylvania’s ... and training for communities doing cleanups. The workshops will walk participants through the steps of building a community team, assigning key leadership jobs, doing a site assessment, developing a cleanup [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 22:54:23

Creative Writing Three-Day Intensive Workshops

typewriter-have-a-wonderful-day.JPG If you’re a wordsmith looking for a brief, fun and intensive workshop, ... . The workshops will be team-taught by Brad and me, and the first two will be offered in January 2009 ... , but it’s far more than that. What at first glance appears to be the main focus - the person or building [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 21:26:43

Cutting Edge Inspirational Speaker!

If I told you that someone was plagued with chronic infections, dislocating their shoulder 13 times, depression, diabetes and then cancer .. ... and relevant topics including empowerment, change, health, intuition, stress, the economy, team building ... and entrepreneur who has spent the past 15 years speaking at corporate events, retreats, workshops [more...]

Date: 2009-01-27 19:13:35

eTwinning in Essex

The eTwinning team will be holding a workshop in Basildon, Essex on the 30th of April 2009 ... with us using the Creative Commons License.  The building is St Martin's bell tower, a unique free ... in this or any other workshop, please get in touch with the eTwinning team [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 11:31:25

Theatre Workshop

I attended this theatre workshop on Saturday. While I had been extremely excited about the program, ... and was a trifle disappointed that it was just wake-up- no team building or any such thing.I remember ... could be used further to develop a more corporate suited program.And in my opinion, there were too many [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 03:40:00

Koosh Balls and Team Building

Whew.After yesterday's post, I got a little nervous about my plans. It's not like me to be so far behind when planning something like this. Today, I'm feeling better, but I will have a bit of preparation to do before the workshop tomorrow. I'll need to make up some handouts for the attendees with my email address, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 14:00:00

Discovery Green Will Host Free WITS Workshops

WITS will be teaching creative writing workshops at Discovery Green every Saturday (March 7 - June 27, 2009) from 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM ... creative writing workshop is team-taught by two WITS writers to ensure successful interaction ... Library Express building, located in the Lake House Building.  Children in grades 2-8 are welcome [more...]

Date: 2009-03-04 21:37:43

This week’s Special Person is Joyce Sinclair

“Moral standards are on the decline like never before ... , Supervisory Management, Team Building, Communication, Telephone Courtesy, Report Writing ... of a higher quality of service delivery. She has co-sponsored with other consultants on workshops [more...]

Date: 2009-03-01 09:44:20

Enhancing Supervisory Skills -1 day workshop in March 09

Workshop on Enhancing Supervisory Skills Date: 12 MARCH 2009 Venue: JW Marriott, ... of generating & nurturing others leads to building self and team’s capacity to handle bigger challenges ... to generating excellence from the team is one of the biggest challenges faced by [more...]

Date: 2009-03-08 05:08:33

Investing in Professional Development

by Rabbi Yoni ( Yonatan) Gordis As organizational leanness becomes a more necessary mode of thinking across the Jewish community, ... with the times. Building on a foundation of your team knowing its history and its culture ... of professional development, ranging from formal graduate degrees to less formal workshops, skills [more...]

Date: 2009-03-02 06:01:50

Pam Lists Island Village Landmark!

Only the Waterfront Experts at the Knieper Team could bring you an opportunity like this! ... overbuild” on an island! Also on the island you will find many finished outdoor living areas ... five-car garage that is oversized and includes workshop area, a storage building, RV Parking area… [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 14:02:27

Workshopping

Classify this under 'what was I thinking?'.On Saturday morning, ... better start thinking about how I'm going to fill an hour and a half with science and team building exercises, huh?I can do it.I just can't really scrape together any real enthusiasm [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 14:00:00

Pam Lists Island Village Landmark!

Only the Waterfront Experts at the Knieper Team could bring you an opportunity like this! ... ” on an island! Also on the island you will find many finished outdoor living areas and covered ... garage that is oversized and includes workshop area, a storage building, RV Parking area…the list goes [more...]

Date: 2009-03-08 03:25:21

Floating House / MOS

Architects: MOS - Michael Meredith, Hilary Sample Location: Ontario, Canada Design Team: Fred Holt, Chad Burke, Ryan Bollom, Forest Fulton, ... expensive; the majority of costs would have been applied toward transporting building materials ... to the lake outside the workshop. On the frozen lake, near the shore, the fabricators constructed the house [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 12:07:26

Shelter for Survival Kids Workshop at Croton Point Nature Center March 21

SOURCE: WestchesterGov.com Kids will construct a shelter in the woods, while learning the importance of team building skills, as well as other survival techniques. Saturday 1 PM, cost FREE [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 10:05:07

Cambodia - What do you need?

As we were late it was straight into a 1.5 hour intro workshop. The teachers were happy and smily and the building, built by Pepy, was perfect ... . 3. The next person from each group comes to the front and writes one other problem. 4. The team [more...]

Date: 2008-10-26 11:26:04

Prioritizing Your Web Marketing Budget - What Slice of the Pie Should Social Media Get?

Geoff Livingston live blogged the Network Solutions Solutions Stars Video Conference -- by a team of Internet marketing and social media rock ... and translatable.   The topics addressed include: Building Web Presence The Social Opportunity Start ... media strategists or what I'd like to call "Social Productivity" (I'm developing a workshop [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 19:58:32

SEO / SEM Workshop at Urdaneta City University

I'll be conducting a workshop on Search Engine Marketing - Search Engine Optimization this February 27 at the 4th floor new building of Urdaneta ... tips and techniques to get a site to the top of search engine rankings (e.g. Google, Yahoo, and MSN ... with portable Internet access (such as through your mobile phone). 2/20 Update: My tag team speaker [more...]

Date: 2009-02-18 09:26:00

Summer workshops with New Voice Company, Gantimpala Theater

1. New Voice Company , one of the country’s most progressive theater companies and founded by artistic director Monique Wilson, ... and psychological actions, animal work, relationship exercises, and learning how to build a character. Work will also include theater games by Viola Spolin, which encourages trust, being part of a team [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 16:00:00

how to fire prospects — nicely

table { border: solid purple } Volume X, Issue {date}                                U.S ... or so. Such is the life of a small home business owner who is building a team; virtual or not! Have you missed ... . Library of Congress ISSN: #1534-0767 A newsletter for CEOs and presidents building [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 20:47:26

Worldchanging's Best Foreign Correspondents

This article was written by Alex Steffen in December 2007. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective. We have a global network of writers, but a handful of them are regular columnists and contributors. For instance, Mara has done a great job as Worldchanging's China correspondent, [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 20:09:58

Do We Really Value Authority?

OK, I'll just go ahead and admit this right now: I'm a fan of several reality TV shows, most notably "Survivor" and "The Apprentice ... that perhaps her team needed to finish some of the tasks it had started, including building a shelter ... she was not selected as her team's "Project Manager," she nevertheless stepped in when her team was busily [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 02:00:28

Reflections

It's that time of year when people see the big number roll over and decide to reminisce over good times and bad, ... , or maybe learn to play guitar or piano. My hobby right now is building web applications and even ... . That's definitely something I want to change. I still want to get more exercise but haven't made any [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 13:57:24

Teamwork - Inspiration Thoughts

by Bart Icles Working as team can be a hard goal to strive for because it feels like such an uphill battle ... .- Henry Ford -Thomas Edison, when asked why he had a team of twenty-one assistants If I could solve ... final performance. And it can also prevent team members from gaining satisfaction in being a member [more...]

Date: 2009-03-07 19:17:56

Inspiring Thoughts On Teamwork

by Bart Icles Working as team can be a hard goal to strive for because it feels like such an uphill battle ... .- Henry Ford -Thomas Edison, when asked why he had a team of twenty-one assistants If I could solve ... final performance. And it can also prevent team members from gaining satisfaction in being a member [more...]

Date: 2009-03-07 19:15:50

Inspirational thoughts on Teamwork

by Bart Icles Working as team can be a hard goal to strive for because it feels like such an uphill battle ... .- Henry Ford -Thomas Edison, when asked why he had a team of twenty-one assistants If I could solve ... final performance. And it can also prevent team members from gaining satisfaction in being a member [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 02:04:05

Austin Event: Hot Science Cool Talks

Interesting topic and free pizza: Indoor air can be much more toxic than the air we experience outdoors, but isn't regulated by any agency ... the event, tailored to provide background useful for the classroom. CD-ROMs with lecture materials ... building disinfection chemistry in the wake of anthrax attacks in the Fall of 2001 [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 15:33:32

Program Updates, Spring 2009

Thank You Marnie! For the past nine years, our restoration program has been led both fearlessly and creatively by Marnie Criley ... s still pretty strange not having her as an official part of the Wildlands CPR team.  As we continue ... of restoration principles, building alliances with partners in the community-based forestry movement [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 20:02:13

Generation Generosity

together from the ground up with the goal of raising money for clean water - putting the charity and its' mission before anything else.   (Well, maybe another motivation was the desire to meet up with other Twitter users and have a good time. Fundraising events should be fun!)  And while there are commercial or business event sponsors [more...]

Date: 2009-02-07 00:15:53

Toward A Fresh Vision of Trader Coaching and Mentoring

Before moving forward with a fresh framework for the coaching of traders, let's review the key ideas from recent posts: ... like the training models in psychiatry and psychology by which therapists are developed over time ... . So, if we draw upon the structure of training programs in such fields as medicine, law, performing [more...]

Date: 2009-02-28 14:21:00

Job Posting - HRG

Career Opportunities If you have both a genuine love for seniors and skills that you want to apply to a very rewarding career, ... leadership experience in Human Resources or related positions Specialized training in employment law ... , training, and preventive labor relations, preferred General knowledge of employment laws and practices [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 22:17:50

Job Posting - HRG

Career Opportunities If you have both a genuine love for seniors and skills that you want to apply to a very rewarding career, ... leadership experience in Human Resources or related positions Specialized training in employment law ... , training, and preventive labor relations, preferred General knowledge of employment laws and practices [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 23:18:59

FRITZWIRE: What's Going On In DC This Week

You can get the FritzWire weekly here, or sign up and get it every day from Fritz directly.  It's free, it's chock full of all sorts of education stuff -- legislation, events, jobs.  Today's edition includes new stim guidance.  Scroll all the way to the bottom and you'll see there are even restaurant recommendations and online [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 14:23:27

Mando’s World - an Interview with the Man Behind “El Mundo de Mando”

  Last weekend I sat down with Armando Rayo, aka El Mundo de Mando , to discuss engaging the Hispanic community, taco journalism , sustainability, RISE , and more. Mando’s day job is Director of Hands On Central Texas at the United Way , but there is far more to him than that! He describes himself as “a nonprofit guy with a ‘Si Se Puede! [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 18:58:06

March festivals

  Granted, March is lighter in festival offerings than other months. It’s a tough time of year—it might be 60 degrees outside, and it might be -30 ... building, foreign and native owl exhibits and discussions, pellet examinations, birding and natural ... for Bridging March 7 Get your team of four (18 and over, please) and take part in mattress racing [more...]

Date: 2009-03-02 22:25:56

Inspirational thoughts on Teamwork

by Bart Icles Working as team can be a hard goal to strive for because it feels like such an uphill battle ... in because it is hard, once teamwork in the workplace in achieved you will watch not only business sore ... are some inspirational thoughts for me and others on the importance of teamwork . -It is amazing how much [more...]

Date: 2009-03-07 19:17:40

Advertising agencies: Get smart on social media, fast.

Above: Would Don Draper & Sterling Cooper have embraced social media marketing? ... cultures will frown upon team members showing interest in areas outside their own expertise — they see ... distracted” team members a long leash on two or three things (but not all thousand). Applying [more...]

Date: 2009-03-03 19:20:16

I Need Nine Hundred Men: Calling All Potential Church Planters and Multi-Site Campus Pastors

On March 9–10, 2009, we will be gathering in Seattle for a boot camp with the Acts 29 Church Planting Network and the World Church Planting Summit ... a Training Center We recently hired Rick Melson from Bethlehem Baptist Church (with Pastor John Piper ... . This will include launching a training center that will offer a master’s degree in missional [more...]

Date: 2009-02-12 04:21:49

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