Tag Archives | Education

Returning the Favor

Edu­ca­tion is a com­plex sys­tem that involves the cumu­la­tive work of teach­ers, staff, men­tors, fam­ily, friends, par­ents, and espe­cially the stu­dents them­selves. To treat it oth­er­wise is to demon­strate a total lack of under­stand­ing as to how sys­tems func­tion and a com­plete dis­re­gard for the future of our chil­dren. Tying teacher com­pen­sa­tion to the performance […]

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Go Learn Something

Edu­ca­tion is a fun­da­men­tal ingre­di­ent in indi­vid­ual, orga­ni­za­tional and soci­etal suc­cess.  In a world fueled by global com­pe­ti­tion, tech­no­log­i­cal inno­va­tion, and high speed com­mu­ni­ca­tion, edu­ca­tion mat­ters now more than ever.  Recently I dis­cov­ered some­thing called The Khan Acad­emy, an amaz­ing online resource for edu­ca­tion. The site is free and fea­tures instruc­tional videos and inter­ac­tive exer­cises on […]

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Voices — Patricia Ryan Madson

Not long ago I announced that I was going to spend a lot of time read­ing, study­ing, and cul­ti­vat­ing my cre­ativ­ity in 2010.  As part of this, I put together a list of books about cre­ativ­ity that I plan to read this year.  One of the books I listed was Patri­cia Ryan Madson’s Improv Wisdom. […]

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5 Things I Learned About Sinclair

Today, I had the honor of attend­ing a Com­mu­nity Lead­ers Lun­cheon at Sin­clair Com­mu­nity Col­lege in Day­ton.  I am not sure how I fina­gled my way into get­ting invited, but hey, no com­plaints.  Dr. John­son, Pres­i­dent of Sin­clair, did most of the speak­ing.  As always he was very pas­sion­ate about Sin­clair, and he did a […]

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The Physics of Marketing

The Physics of Marketing

The Physics of Mar­ket­ing is a new project that I am launch­ing. I don’t under­stand Physics. I have never taken a for­mal class on the sub­ject, and my expo­sure to Physics has been lim­ited. How­ever, I find Physics to be fas­ci­nat­ing. Some­thing I do know a lit­tle about, though some days I ques­tion that too, […]

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