I have been reading Trust Agents by Julien Smith and Chris Brogan and as often happens for me when reading a new work, I take something away that feels slightly askew of what the book is about.  One example of this in Trust Agents, is where the authors talk about the tools that the interwebs [...]

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January is the new December.
I’m not even sure December happened with all of the preparation and travel and busyness of the holidays. When I look at my calendar I can see that I had meetings.  I can see the results.  I know that at home we lit candles for Advent…but I didn’t experience Advent.  I [...]

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I wrote a post a long while back called “Go with What Got You Here“.  In it, I talked about the fact that I frequently spend time reflecting on my successes in an effort to remember the path I took to achieve them.  In this way, I build upon the lesson of the success.
Success Repeated
One [...]

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There has been talk in the past several years about seamlessness within human services departments within state government. There is the thought that we should and can create a sense of ease for families who enter the system. There is the thought that ‘no matter which door they enter’, they are easily linked [...]

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The other day Chris Brogan wrote this short and simple post about being helpful. That’s it. That was his advice. Thanks Chris.
So great, ‘be helpful’. The question for me though is “What does helpful look like?”. I wonder about it being an attitude, an approach to working with and supporting [...]

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Our organization just embarked on its largest fundraiser of the year. For this event, we solicit businesses for sponsorship. This year, our Community Relations person put together her own packets for potential donors, using many in house materials and some nice folders from Staples. I’ll admit, I was hesitant, but thought that [...]

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Current State of Things
I have been remiss in in my blog post duties since podcamp. Funny, that after attending Podcamp and getting all psyched, the end result was that I couldn’t find the time or energy to communicate thoughts outside of work.
The J-O-B
Work has changed a bit in the past six months and it [...]

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