L. wants to time travel. She talked about it in her speech at the Wakulla County Tropicana Speaking Contest I judged recently. She lacked comfort with speaking (don’t we all?). She lacked comfort in a noticeable way. Her body language spoke of her unease. Her well-crafted words got a bit lost in the trepidation of […]
Making Up My Mind: Choosing SmartBrief Stories
I have to make up my mind multiple times each day about which stories to feature in the nonprofit sector newsletters I edit for SmartBrief. I have to think through criteria such as: What will encourage a subscriber to keep reading? What will best reflect the organization the newsletter represents? What will stand out in […]
Five Minute Friday: OFFER
Have you ever had one of those weeks (or hours … or days … or months)? This week, I thought I kept all the balls in the air well enough … until it became apparent I had not. I finished a project I owed someone — earlier than it was due — wrote it off […]
Five Minute Friday: MEASURE
Five Minute Friday: MEASURE Two friends have lost their infants this week. One of them is Jesse, who I wrote about in this post. I didn’t know Jesse’s family before he was born. I learned about him when the family started a Facebook page and community to pray for him after he was born. A […]
3 Fabulous Women to Follow on Twitter
The #WomenToFollow project compiled a list of 1,000 women (and growing) worth following on Twitter. People were invited to nominate three women. Although I could easily think of 30, these are my three nominees. Elizabeth Vargas (@EVargasTV) I have followed Elizabeth Vargas for years, as many of us have, due to her prominent role as […]
Five Minute Friday: REWARD
Five Minute Friday: REWARD I am really motivated by incentive programs. If the “accelerated reader” program had existed back when I was a kid, I’m sure I would have had ALL the points. As I’ve gotten older, though, it’s the rewards that can’t be quantified that matter more. I won’t share verbatim, out of respect […]