Archive for February, 2010
7 Deadly Marketing Mistakes
Whether you are marketing yourself, a product, or a business, Guest Author, Jessica Swanson, offers some good advice for you next marketing effort. 7 Deadly Marketing Mistakes from Guest Author: Jessica Swanson Before you launch your next marketing campaign, whether online or offline, make sure to avoid some of the most common marketing mistakes: 1. [...]
Does Your Career Reinvention Include Solo Consulting?
If your career reinvention includes solo consulting, you may find this helpful from the February 8, 2010 Wall St. Journal: How to Succeed in the Age of Going Solo A few tips from the article: Think long term – given economic forecasts and the shifting employment contract, today’s freelancers and consultants may be on their [...]
Worst Practices in Management and Leadership
Author and Consultant David Noer Takes a Look at Worst Practices David Noer, author of Healing the Wounds and an organizational change expert I worked with at the Center for Creative Leadership, is working on a new concept — WORST practices instead of BEST practices. I love this idea. Below is his request for information. [...]
Feb. 2010 Job Postings
Job Postings – New Category of Blog Posts on BarbaraDemarest.com When I hear about job postings, I will put them up on this site and you can search the Blog Postings under the Resources category for the sub-category called “Job Postings” to see anything I have found. I will title them with the month so [...]
Grief Workshop Offered Feb. 20, 2010
Grief Workshop – Feb. 20, 2010 Offered by Sarah Arnett Sarah Arnett, an Organizational Development colleague I know, is offering a program called, Moving with Grief through Physical Storytelling. It will be held at Wesley Long Hospital on Saturday, February 20, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Program Description: This workshop helps people find [...]
Master of Applied Positive Psychology Now Available at University of Pennsylvania
I’ve mentioned the folks working on Authentic Happiness before on this blog; they are led by Dr. Marty Seligman and located within the University of Pennsylvania. I first learned about Seligman via his book, Learned Optimism, which I read in the 1990s and still find reasons to think about (on a fairly regular basis) today. [...]
