In his Extraordinary Conversations newsletter, consultant Patrick O’Neill says that assisting others to be great involves: Situation awareness: You need to be alert to what is happening around you so that you can make real-time decisions about the best opportunities to achieve collective goals. Recognize strengths and weaknesses: You need to understand the strengths and […]
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TIME’s picks for the best new gadgets and breakthrough ideas of the year, we’ll feature some of the ones we find interesting. This past summer, in a sixth-grade math class, New York City schools chancellor Joel Klein piloted a small program in which individualized, technology-based learning takes the place of the old “let’s all proceed
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Entrepreneurship programs at UW—Madison are supporting innovative thinking and actions, so says UW News. A new course, Art as Business as Art, is showing students in the arts the range of creative possibilities available to them and giving them the tools they need to advance their career goals. Art as Business as Art grew out
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OCRegister.com: Ladera parent Lisa Ross saw a business opportunity in the budget cuts to local schools. Just a few weeks ago, she opened Apple Tree Tutoring on Bannister Street for remedial and enrichment tutoring for Ladera Ranch elementary school students. Ross, who has worked in interior design and sales, said two factors influenced her decision
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You might refer to it as camp or education but if your child enjoys working with technology, they will most likely just call it fun. Bits, Bytes, & Bots provides “FUNdamental Technology Educationâ„¢” for children that want to have fun while learning. Tom Marx, the founder and CEO, had sent his own son off to
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Inc.: Among the management lessons that made their way into the teleplay this week: 1. Nobody actually enjoys forced work socializing. 2. If you slight a worker, he will inevitably act out. 3. Collaboration is great, but one worker alone in her office can often be more productive than three in a conference room. 4.
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Reuters: We’ve all heard of summer camp, boot camp, even fat camp. But how about a camp for young women with a knack for business? That’s the idea behind Girls Inc. Corporate Camp for Entrepreneurs, a week-long workshop held earlier this month in New York City for 20 girls between the ages of 15 and
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WIBC: For at least one Hoosier, the drama of July 20th, 1969 lives on. Brian Tanner remembers watching the Apollo 11 moon landing on his parents’ black and white Sylvania television. Like many others over the age of 40, he dreamed of traveling in space. Unlike most others, he’s building his own launch facility, now–at
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Phoenix Business Journal: A Phoenix woman is hoping to teach youngsters entrepreneurial skills with a venture called Biz in a Boxx. Melissa Rose developed the product during the past year and launched it in May after becoming concerned about the academic performance of her young daughter. She came up with the idea to help teach
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The Register-Guard: High School science teacher Jeff Hellman is beginning to wonder if he’s bitten off more than he can chew. What started in the summer of 2006 as a personal quest to toss aside his old-style teacher planning book for a digital version has exploded into something more like a second career. Google “lesson
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