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Some tragic news came out of Syria this week that reminded me of our discussion last Monday about the separate but sometimes overlapping roles of journalists and human-rights workers. On Wednesday in Syria, two journalists …
Journalism and humanitarianism in Syria Read MoreIf you’ve never watched a TED talk, I’d encourage you to not go another day without the experience – watch this one. (If the embed video does not show up here, please click the link …
Habits of Happiness :: TED Talk by Matthieu Ricard Read MoreToday’s in class discussion sparked an idea in me. I talked a little about it in class and I mentioned it to Justin, but it deals with our obligation to the public, ourselves and those …
My Obligation…. Read MoreThank you Taati and Mona for sharing information about your countries! It was fascinating listening to both your presentations. Here’s what I learned about Namibia: I had not heard of Namibia before meeting Taati. I …
Namibia and the Egyptian Revolution Read MoreI don’t know how many of you follow basketball, but I’m going to relate this week’s leadership-related post to Jeremy Lin, who has been the recent topic of discussion in the sports world. For everyone …
Linsanity Leadership Lessons Read MoreCronkite Fellow Mona Abdel Alim gave an incredibly insightful presentation in this past week’s Cronkite Global Conversation about the sparks that helped ignite the Egyptian revolution. In the presentation she focused on two important individuals: …
Revolution 2.0 Read MoreTaati and Mona both gave riveting presentations today about their home countries — Namibia and Egypt, respectively. I was amazed by how little I really knew about both of these countries. I learned more today …
Revolution and social media in Africa Read MoreFirst, I would like to say hello to everyone, I am finally on the blog! You’ll see some posts from me for the last couple of weeks, so just a heads up! 🙂 Okay, now …
The leaders of today… and yesterday? Read MoreWhile reading The Secret Language of Leadership by Stephen Denning for our book report project, I came across a section on what Denning called the “basics” of PowerPoint. Given our recent emphasis in class on …
“Basic Principles of PowerPoint” Read MoreI follow a great blog called, Start Up Professionals.com. The content focuses on start up businesses and the entrepreneurs behind the magic. A couple days ago, one of the contributing authors, Marty Zwilling, published an …
7 No-Nos for Leaders Read More