I recently posted a comment to an online discussion. The question was, When did you first realize you were a leader? In my response, I stated that my first leadership role was eraser monitor. “The job of the eraser monitor was to take the erasers from the chalkboard (do we still use chalkboards?) outside and bang them together to get …
Confessing My Typographic Sins
I just came across a great resource when it comes to common typographic “sins” that are committed by both designers and writers. First off, props to Smashing Magazine and their periodic Smashing Newsletter for pointing this out. The list is located on Ray Elder’s site (R+) and offers 34 common mistakes users make in typography. I admit that I’ve committed …
How To Make An Impact Series #1
I work with student leaders. Let me state that another way: I work with students who are in the process of developing their leadership knowledge, leadership skills, and leadership perspective. In the course of this type of work, I find it helpful to provide students with various pictures and tools that help them identify where they are and where they’re …
My First Blog Post
I was a bit disappointed to find out that I can’t access the first 1200 “tweets” I wrote after I first joined Twitter. It appears that Twitter will keep your last 3200 and I’m at 4500+. If someone knows how to go back and find those I would be indebted to your knowledge. While I was in my nostalgic mood, …
Tweet Early And Tweet Often
If you had told me 10 years ago that I’d be using words like “twitter” and “tweet” on a regular basis…I’d would have laughed at you. In fact, I’ll admit to you that I still get a little red-in-the-face when I try to explain to people why I believe Twitter is a valuable tool and try to describe the benefits …
Leading From Who You Are
Sometimes, students will ask me, “What do I have to DO to be a leader?” As we talk about the different types of activities and skills and situational responses a person may have that demonstrates their leadership ability, I’ll say there’s probably another question that they should answer first: What kind of person do I have to BE in order …
Ran Out Of Time
I once heard a coach, who was very optimistic about his player’s abilities, respond to a loss by saying, “We didn’t lose the game, we just ran out of time.” Unfortunately, no matter how you view the game coach, you lost. Last night I was watching the 49ers play the Saints on Monday Night Football. I am a diehard 49ers …