television and kids, decision-making

Television — How It Affects Children
Family is the most important influence in a child’s life, but television is not far behind. Television can inform, entertain and teach us. However, some of what TV teaches may not be what you want your child to learn.

Myth of Effective Decision Making
A love affair with decision making can be a dangerous thing.

leadership, grandparenting

In our world, everything rises and falls on leadership
Your ability to lead will determine who you influence and what you are able to accomplish. If you want to be a great influencer, you can’t afford to be an average leader.

Communicate with your grandchild
A pack for grandparents with ideas on talking to children in everyday situations, sharing books together and enjoying nursery rhymes and music.

leadership, junk food, Beijing Olympics

Look Up to Those Beneath You
by Dr. Denis Waitley

The most successful business leaders today are like great coaches who manage by inspiration, instead of intimidation. The command and control, management style is obsolete. In this fast forward global marketplace, there is no such distinction as superior and subordinate. The key to getting and staying on top is to provide a resilient, positive working environment. This requires that you “check your ego at the door” and that you seek alliances with others who may
have different talents or strengths than you do. This is what synergy is all about.

leadership quote

"Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Should government ban junk food?

Obesity has been classified as a ‘European-wide problem of epidemic proportions’, according to a recent article in Time Magazine. The article also states that the European Commission (EC) is going to go all out to counteract the harmful effects of junk food in the next five years.

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

The Australian Olympic Committee has produced a national primary resource containing over 60 primary cross-curriculum lessons themed around the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.

The Power of Your Speech, Libraries, Heroes, Comics, Donald Trump, Commitment, change

The Power of Your Speech
Language expert Wilfred Funk was one of the first to study highly successful men and women to determine what they have in common. What he discovered was that they all have the ability to communicate clearly and effectively.
http://pivotalpublicspeaking.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/the-power-of-your-speech/

Libraries and Immersive Learning in 3D Virtual Environments
The Graduate School of Library and Information Science, at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, is pleased to offer a new non-credit, continuing education course this fall. http://liblogger.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/libraries-and-immersive-learning-in-3d-virtual-environments/

Heroes
An inspirational read
http://pivotalpersonalbest.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/heroes/

Comics - trash or treasure?
Comics were seen during my childhood as trash - not serious reading or art at all. Now in the libraries where I work and live, "graphic novels" are all the buzz and comics are being taken seriously again.
http://communicationedge.blogspot.com/2007/09/comics-trash-or-treasure.html

Six Sanity-Saving Scenarios to Turn a Massive Breakdown into a Powerful Business Breakthrough
I’ve learned over the years that a breakdown means that something very valuable is happening – I have new insight into how I can improve my process, my attitude, or my belief so that problem never happens again.
Let’s look at a few examples of how breakdowns can occur in our business or life.
http://groworganisation.blogspot.com/2007/09/six-sanity-saving-scenarios-to-turn.html

Ten Questions with Donald Trump
http://pivotalpersonalbest.blogspot.com/2007/09/ten-questions-with-donald-trump.html


What are you committed to?
What do you think of when you hear the word commitment?
http://pivotalbusinesssuccess.blogspot.com/2007/09/what-are-you-committed-to.html

Change or die
What if you were given that choice? For real. What if it weren't just the hyperbolic rhetoric that conflates corporate performance with life and death?
http://pivotalchangeinnovationandcreativity.blogspot.com/2007/09/change-or-die.html

Powerpoint, Library, Creativity, publicity for non-profits, gestures in public speaking, gender in employment, boys and education, leadership, shynes

Doonesbury on Powerpoint
http://pivotalpublicspeaking.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/doonesbury-on-powerpoint/

No Cookies in the Library
New library video - classic Sesame Street
http://liblogger.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/no-cookies-in-the-library/


Book of the Week

Imagination Engineering: Your Toolkit for Business Creativity (Paperback)
by Paul Birch

One of the most difficult questions facing managers and executives today is how to manage creativity. They must constantly re-create the fundamental nature of their businesses. This book provides an excellent review of some of the best cutting edge creativity technologies, as well as many useful new tools.

http://pivotalpersonalbest.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/imagination-engineering-your-toolkit-for-business-creativity/

For Families ... My wonderful World

The “My Wonderful World” site is intended for young people, but anyone will benefit from the numerous interactive activities, quizzes, and such offered here. http://resourcesforfamilies.wordpress.com/2007/09/26/my-wonderful-world-macromedia-flash-player/

Publicity Strategy for your organisation
I have taken this strategy from a suggestion made by John Stanley, a conference speaker and retail consultant. He was writing to encourage publicity for libraries, but the idea would work just as well for many organisations. http://groworganisation.wordpress.com/2007/09/26/publicity-strategy-for-your-organisation-2/

Seven Key Ways to Gesture Effectively
Gestures are reflections of every speaker's individual personality. What's right for one speaker might not necessarily be righ for another ...
http://pivotalpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/2007/09/seven-key-ways-to-gesture-effectively.html

Exploiting the Gender Gap
By WARREN FARRELL

Carlsbad, Calif. — Nothing disturbs working women more than the statistics often mentioned on Labor Day showing that they are paid only 76 cents to men's dollar for the same work.
http://pivotalpersonalbest.blogspot.com/2007/09/exploiting-gender-gap.html

Boys learning
... If a boy prefers to sit on the floor, he can lower his desk to accommodate that preference as well. Stahler told me that the performance of her boys improved “200 percent” when she eliminated the requirement that students sit quietly in the classroom.
http://ednewsbytes.blogspot.com/2007/09/if-boy-prefers-to-sit-on-floor-he-can.html

Create That Winning Feeling
by Bob ProctorI believe we would all agree that having a winning feeling is prerequisite to achieving outstanding results
http://pivotalinspirationmotivation.blogspot.com/2007/09/create-that-winning-feeling.html

Three things to improve your writing rhythm
By Michele Pariza Wacek
As a professional copywriter, not only do I do a lot of writing but I also look at a lot of writing. One of the things I've noticed that sets the good/great writers from the so so is rhythm.
http://communicationedge.blogspot.com/2007/09/three-tips-to-improve-your-writing.html

Overcoming shyness to become an excellent leader
"Don't let timidity stop you from being an excellent leader. Get over your shyness and get your company on the path to success." http://groworganisation.blogspot.com/2007/09/overcoming-shyness-to-become-excellent.html

Harry Potter, speed reading, leadership

More on Harry Potter ...

Why the book won't make this bestseller list

http://pivotal.wordpress.com/2007/07/29/why-harry-potter-wont-make-the-bestseller-list/


Activities for the classroom or family

http://ednewsbytes.blogspot.com/2007/07/10-free-harry-potter-activity-sites.html

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Velvet-covered bricks
As a child, when I misbehaved, I was sure to receive “The Look” from my father. I have vivid memories of the furrowed eyebrows and pursed lips of The Look. It makes me shudder just to remember it. The Look could cut right through my body and penetrate into my soul. There was nothing comforting about The Look, and, invariably, it signaled impending disciplinary measures. The Look was to be respected, The Look was to be feared, and, above all, The Look was to be avoided. Read on ...

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