TEDnesday: Kathy Petras, Lisa Endersby, PBS
As I continue to explore free and alternative professional development, I try to share some of those experiences and lessons learned here. I’m challenging myself to spend more time watching Ted Talks...
View ArticleFollow Friday: Mallory Bower & Amma Marfo
As I work on expressing more gratitude and finding joy in the every day moments, I’ve started posting an expanded version of Follow Friday tweets. 140 characters feels insufficient for the thanks and...
View ArticleFollow Friday: Laura Pasquini, Chris Conzen
This week’s Follow Friday shout outs are for two of my favorite bloggers and content sharers. In a time when professional development and travel budgets are disappearing, they are creating and curating...
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Book Review: Chip & Dan Heath’s Switch
Chip Heath and Dan Heath’s Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard was a perfect summer read. Not so much in the trashy beach novel (not in that way at all) but in the “hey, it’s summer and...
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Lean In Chats: Connecting Sheryl Sandberg and Student Affairs
Lean In – photo courtesy of Time Ideas For the second time this summer we are gathering student affairs professionals to discuss Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In. In June, Renee Dowdy led two Twitter chats on...
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Slow Down, Enjoy the Ride
Slow. Down. I’ve found myself repeating this mantra several times already this month. Whether it’s a long run on a hot Sunday morning or savoring the last few chapters of a good book – I need the...
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Is this what growing up is supposed to look like? (Miley Cyrus & Student...
As much as I don’t want to give more press and attention to Miley Cyrus, I have a lot of thoughts about her recent VMA performance. I don’t expect her to be a role model and I don’t necessarily expect...
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Careers in Student Affairs Month: Challenge Accepted
October is recognized as Careers in Student Affairs Month – at least by those of us in the business. It’s the annual push to share our work with those not already committed to the field. It was during...
View ArticleHealing and Helping – Taking Care of Ourselves Too
One of the blessings of working at a Catholic, Dominican university is the ability to talk about faith and to contemplate truth and meaning in our work as Higher Education administrators. We open...
View ArticleHow Greek Life Prepared Me for My Career
At 17 years old, I didn’t join a sorority to advance my career. Like many potential new members, I was looking for a quick way to make friends and see what all of the hype was about. For a week,...
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