Here’s a great video from the TED Talks (technology, entertainment design) series. Via My Money Blog. Every video I’ve seen so far on the TED Talks site has been amazing and inspiring. Jacqueline Novogratz is the charismatic founder and CEO of Acumen Fund, a non-profit that takes a business-like approach to improving the lives of
Interesting article about CIA recruitment. “Tom McCluskey, the CIA’s chief of hiring and employee development …the CIA is after the generation that has grown up on the Web. “They were born with ear buds in their ears. They are ADD and it is contagious,” he said, referring to attention deficit disorder. “We need that kind
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What’s your SQ? IQ, EQ now SQ. The author of Emotional Intelligence (EQ), Daniel Goleman, has a new measure of intelligence SQ or Social Intelligence Quotient. It deals with understanding other peoples feelings, empathy, and social skills. Scientists have discovered that our interactions don’t just shape our experiences. They actually alter our biology. Fulfilling relationships
This list was created by Marie Paxson, Coordinator of Chester County Chadd (near Philadelphia). She graciously offered me permission to reprint it here . CHADD stands for Children and Adult with ADD, it’s an international non profit ADD support group. Here’s the US HQ, here’s the Cdn HQ, here’s CHADD Vancouver (I’m on the board)
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I don’t usually put such long items by others on this blog (my own are often long enough!) but this one by Thom Hartmann, that I read a long time ago, I just came across again in doing some research for an event tomorrow How Giftedness Can Cause Learning Challenges with Drs. Brock and Fernette