Entries Tagged as ‘College’

October 8, 2009

What’s your personal brand as a professional?: Definition

(Part 1 in a 3 part series of branding yourself)
In no way am I an expert of any kind. For one reason: the skeezy spammers and posers that plague the social-marketing-professional battlefield have turned expert into a six letter cuss word (along with “superstar,” “rock star,” “guru” and “maven”).
With that said, there are a few [...]

May 14, 2009

Freelancing? Don’t knock it ’til you try it

My heart goes out to the class of 2009. Four years of grueling academic work and (if you were smart) at least one internship all for a piece of paper that probably arrived in the mail and entrance into a world made difficult by the old folks. That piece of paper was suppose to be [...]

January 30, 2009

Learn to study and take tests more gooder

By watching video.  I downloaded HowCast for my iPhone and never really used it.  Yeah, I looked-up a video on how to have sex in a car, but what else was it good for?  Well it’s good for improving your study habits, taking tests and all around professionalism.  Here’s a video on speed reading so [...]

December 8, 2008

Free Music, Coming to a Campus Near You?

Could your campus get unlimited rights for downloading music?  I just read on MediaPost.com that some colleges are in talks with music labels to create an agreement that would allow for students to legally download, share and enjoy the music they love.   
This would be an awesome change from the current practice of randomly tracking [...]

November 12, 2008

College Students- Stop Stressing and Create a Happy Life

(My first book review for college students)
Are you a perfectionist? Did you lose that spark and passion for learning?  Did you become afraid of those BIG ideas you used to have?  I did and according to Maria Pascucci, college grad and author of Campus Calm University, I’m not alone.  When this happens it makes school [...]

October 10, 2008

Student Sleep Problems?

Last night I was tossing and turning and kicking my puppies who like to sleep around my feet.  Why?  Because I was having nightmares about a proposal that was due at 12 today.  In my dream I overslept until 1……  And my group members hated me.
Then, like Hermes bringing a divine message from Olympus, I recieved [...]