3 Must Know About Resources

June 27, 2012 by

I often come across many resources that I find useful, here are three that I’d like to share with you. Free Technology for Teachers: I love this blog because Richard Byrne offers really cool and useful information. Take the time to browse through the posts. For instance, Become a Google Power Searcher made me aware of an online course that Google is offering for free. After reading Snaggy is a Handy Screen Capture Tool, I used Snaggy and really liked it. I wanted to learn how to create my own infographics and 3 Free Tools for Creating Infographics gave me what I needed. Brain Pickings Weekly: Each Sunday I receive this newsletter … [Read more...]

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The Invisible Mentor Week in Review

January 28, 2012 by

This is what we talked about on The Invisible Mentor Blog this week: Read This Before Our Next Meeting by Al Pittampalli, Wisdom of Life: Susan Brownell Anthony, Women’s Rights Activist and Abolitionist, and Maggie Berry, Women in Technology. Adventures in Learning For National Mentoring Month, consider creating your Personal Board of Mentors. Having one mentor is seldom ever enough these days, because no one person can assist you with all your mentoring needs. It is your responsibility to ensure that all your needs are taken care of. Create Your Board of Mentors – January is National Mentoring Month  Booked for … [Read more...]

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Booked for Mentoring – Book Review: Read This Before Our Next Meeting by Al Pittampalli

January 24, 2012 by

While I was in my degree program at Haskayne School of Business, the University of Calgary, we had to watch a film, Meetings, Bloody Meetings, starring John Cleese, and that stuck with me. I was reminded of that film as I read, Read This Before Our Next Meetingby Al Pittampalli. However, meetings are vital to ensure that critical decisions get made in organizations, and teams are working effectively on complex projects. Therefore, the word meeting should be reserved for decision-making.  There should be no meetings to dispense information; instead, the organization should create a culture where its people read memos. There should be … [Read more...]

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