Christine Rochelle graduated from college with a journalism degree and internship experience but struggled to find stable work in New York City. She took a freelance job at MTV that drained her physically and mentally. Seeking a change, she joined the Teachers for Vietnam program and taught English in Can Tho, Vietnam for four months. The experience helped her discover her love of writing and regain confidence in herself. She found fulfillment interacting with her students and traveling throughout Vietnam. Upon returning to the US, she pursued blogging as a career and has found paid writing success and personal growth from her time abroad.
Kim’s interview with sean hepburn ferrerpointsmania
Sean Hepburn Ferrer discusses his mother, actress Audrey Hepburn. He talks about her humanitarian work with UNICEF, her insecurities, her commitment to family over fame, and her legacy of being a "real" person. He advises a 14-year-old who is giving a speech about Hepburn to truly get to know her by watching her films and reading about her life, and to focus on connecting with the audience through feeling rather than facts.
This article profiles Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. It discusses how she overcame obstacles as a woman to become the first Kenyan and first East/Central African woman to earn a doctorate degree. As an environmental activist, she founded the Green Belt Movement to plant trees and fight corruption/oppression in Kenya, winning her both praise and criticism. In 2004, the Nobel Committee recognized her work by awarding her the Nobel Peace Prize for her contributions to sustainable development, democracy, and peace.
Photojournalistic imagery may be an effective and even powerful vehicle for global-glocal awareness-building in what otherwise may be language-oriented courses. This presentation highlights an experiment in the potential of photojournalistic framing to create worthwhile material for a class of upper-intermediate first-year paragraph composition students at a Japanese private university.
The students were shown three photographs of refugee situations and were asked to choose one of the images. They were then asked to imagine themselves as one of the refugees in the photographs, and that they were being resettled in Japan. For their assignment, they were to write in the voice of the refugees, capturing the contradictory thoughts and feelings they could imagine they would go through in their resettlement. The compositions that emerged made for some moving writing that, when contextualized in a blog page collection on refugees, made for a worthy collection of global-glocal content written student compositions.
This document contains summaries from several English language students at Turn Around about their experiences learning English. It also includes a short story about an acting agency and auditions for a musical adaptation of Iron Man. The students discuss how the classes helped improve their English and confidence through activities and socializing. They thank their teacher Val and the volunteers at Turn Around.
The bully follows Jenny as she walks to school alone. She receives harassing texts and is attacked by a group of boys led by Hemi. Sadie intervenes and befriends Jenny. At lunch, Jenny sits with Sadie and her friends but is later confronted by Vince and his friends in retaliation for his brother getting in trouble. Jenny runs away but the group chases her. She crashes into her teacher who allows the boys to continue harassing her.
THIS IS MY ASSESSMENT ON LGBTQI DISCRIMINATION WITHIN THE COUNTRY I RESIDE. THIS IS MY COMMUNICATION IA AND I HOPE IT HELPS OR GIVES GUIDANCE TO YOU ON YOURS.
ANY NEED FOR HELP OR IF YOU WISH TO SEE THE SOFT COPY OF MY SPEECH YOU MAY EMAIL ME AT- erica5dacas@gmail.com
This document is a school project by Samantha A. Walters on single parenting. It includes an introduction outlining the topic, a short story titled "A Walk on the Wild Side" about a family broken up by domestic violence leading the father to abandon the family, and an analysis of the story. The analysis discusses the intimate language register used to depict the relationship between characters and how artifacts and senses are used as communicative behaviors to develop characters and roles and strengthen the narrative. The document serves to educate readers on the implications of single parenting through an engaging short story and communicative literary devices.
Kushaan Shah was born in 1992 in Massachusetts during a snowstorm. He grew up in both India and the suburbs of Massachusetts, which influenced him to enjoy nature and develop interests in history, sports, and Indian culture. His parents were both born in India - his father in a village in Gujarat and his mother in Bombay. They immigrated to the US in 1984 and he was born in 1992. He cites his parents, teachers like Mr. Endslow in high school, and college professors as strong influences who helped develop his leadership, writing, and interests in business and the arts.
Kim’s interview with sean hepburn ferrerpointsmania
Sean Hepburn Ferrer discusses his mother, actress Audrey Hepburn. He talks about her humanitarian work with UNICEF, her insecurities, her commitment to family over fame, and her legacy of being a "real" person. He advises a 14-year-old who is giving a speech about Hepburn to truly get to know her by watching her films and reading about her life, and to focus on connecting with the audience through feeling rather than facts.
This article profiles Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. It discusses how she overcame obstacles as a woman to become the first Kenyan and first East/Central African woman to earn a doctorate degree. As an environmental activist, she founded the Green Belt Movement to plant trees and fight corruption/oppression in Kenya, winning her both praise and criticism. In 2004, the Nobel Committee recognized her work by awarding her the Nobel Peace Prize for her contributions to sustainable development, democracy, and peace.
Photojournalistic imagery may be an effective and even powerful vehicle for global-glocal awareness-building in what otherwise may be language-oriented courses. This presentation highlights an experiment in the potential of photojournalistic framing to create worthwhile material for a class of upper-intermediate first-year paragraph composition students at a Japanese private university.
The students were shown three photographs of refugee situations and were asked to choose one of the images. They were then asked to imagine themselves as one of the refugees in the photographs, and that they were being resettled in Japan. For their assignment, they were to write in the voice of the refugees, capturing the contradictory thoughts and feelings they could imagine they would go through in their resettlement. The compositions that emerged made for some moving writing that, when contextualized in a blog page collection on refugees, made for a worthy collection of global-glocal content written student compositions.
This document contains summaries from several English language students at Turn Around about their experiences learning English. It also includes a short story about an acting agency and auditions for a musical adaptation of Iron Man. The students discuss how the classes helped improve their English and confidence through activities and socializing. They thank their teacher Val and the volunteers at Turn Around.
The bully follows Jenny as she walks to school alone. She receives harassing texts and is attacked by a group of boys led by Hemi. Sadie intervenes and befriends Jenny. At lunch, Jenny sits with Sadie and her friends but is later confronted by Vince and his friends in retaliation for his brother getting in trouble. Jenny runs away but the group chases her. She crashes into her teacher who allows the boys to continue harassing her.
THIS IS MY ASSESSMENT ON LGBTQI DISCRIMINATION WITHIN THE COUNTRY I RESIDE. THIS IS MY COMMUNICATION IA AND I HOPE IT HELPS OR GIVES GUIDANCE TO YOU ON YOURS.
ANY NEED FOR HELP OR IF YOU WISH TO SEE THE SOFT COPY OF MY SPEECH YOU MAY EMAIL ME AT- erica5dacas@gmail.com
This document is a school project by Samantha A. Walters on single parenting. It includes an introduction outlining the topic, a short story titled "A Walk on the Wild Side" about a family broken up by domestic violence leading the father to abandon the family, and an analysis of the story. The analysis discusses the intimate language register used to depict the relationship between characters and how artifacts and senses are used as communicative behaviors to develop characters and roles and strengthen the narrative. The document serves to educate readers on the implications of single parenting through an engaging short story and communicative literary devices.
Kushaan Shah was born in 1992 in Massachusetts during a snowstorm. He grew up in both India and the suburbs of Massachusetts, which influenced him to enjoy nature and develop interests in history, sports, and Indian culture. His parents were both born in India - his father in a village in Gujarat and his mother in Bombay. They immigrated to the US in 1984 and he was born in 1992. He cites his parents, teachers like Mr. Endslow in high school, and college professors as strong influences who helped develop his leadership, writing, and interests in business and the arts.
The document describes a family celebrating multiple birthdays. Diistan, who had been living with the family but not remembering them, has his memory returned through kissing Jenna. They realize he is Jenna's husband. Later, Priscilla has her birthday and becomes a teenager. She tries flirting but is embarrassed. Meanwhile, Jun and Lei go to the Grilled Cheese Emporium to continue their mission to find spouses, though Lei hits it off with one of the employees, Leo Trottier.
The text provides tips on how to effectively read a newspaper. It recommends finding a reputable local newspaper and reading the headlines on the front page to find interesting stories. It instructs the reader to read any intriguing front page articles fully before moving on to other stories within the paper, repeating this process of scanning headlines and fully reading engaging pieces until one has covered the entire newspaper. The tips aim to help the reader get the most out of reading a newspaper.
Chetan Bhagat’s The Girl in Room 105: Critically Appreciate Kaushal Desai
Like any other book, “The Girl in Room 105” title also contains a number likes ‘2 States’, ‘Five Points Someone’, ‘Revolution 2020’ etc. Having a number in the title has become the trademarked style for Bhagat. The book also has a lot of comedies for laugh and witty one-liners that you will enjoy.
However, something is different in the book. The book cover is not cartoonish like Bhagat’s other books. There is a photo of a real girl in the cover. The first impression from the cover is clear. This is also a romance book but with elements of mystery and tragic. There is no happy ending in the book this time.
This document contains summaries of family memories from several relatives of the author. In three sentences:
The author's aunt recalls fondly taking the author and their siblings to an amusement park as children, enjoying seeing them happily ride rides and experience joyful moments together. The author's sister and themself remember having a fun snowball fight with their family while visiting a snowy mountain area. One of the author's aunts recounts the mishaps that occurred on her 15th birthday, including cutting herself while cooking, fainting from the blood, and nearly losing her hands shutting a car door as everything seemed to go wrong that day.
1) The document describes the author's journey as a teacher who found purpose and meaning through preparing her students for Model United Nations (MUN) competitions.
2) Her students transformed her by instilling confidence and respect, and many went on to prestigious universities while continuing to participate in MUN.
3) The author details taking students from a small boarding school in India to international MUN competitions, overcoming obstacles to give students experiences that opened their minds and had lifelong impacts.
The document is a lesson plan about immigrants in the USA. It includes objectives to discuss the diversity of the US population and compare the position of immigrants in the US to displaced people in Chechnya. The plan involves students reading interviews with immigrants from Nicaragua and Argentina who moved to Hawaii. The interviews discuss their reasons for emigrating, challenges adjusting, and goals for their future in their new home.
Marta was Mayra's favorite aunt who enjoyed playing with her as a child. One day on a shopping trip, Mayra fell from Marta's bicycle and got a swollen forehead. Marta was afraid of getting in trouble so convinced Mayra not to cry.
Mayra's cousin accidentally broke her chin with a piece of wood while playing. Her aunt was angry and didn't let the cousin sleep at the house that night out of fear of hitting him.
Mayra's mother enjoyed dancing as a youth but her father disapproved. One day she snuck out to a dance performance anyway and got in trouble, though her grandmother intervened on her behalf.
A Buffyverse Bachelor Challenge: Chapter FourRose Fyre
Liam spends time flirting and chatting with each of the remaining girls - Lydia, Cassie, Rissa, and Croissant. Cassie and Rissa are very competitive for Liam's attention. Liam also realizes he will need to tell the final three girls about his daughter Kathy before getting too serious with any of them. The next day will include more hot tub time, kissing each girl, and eliminating one of them from the competition.
An Interview with Rev. Paul G. Zimmer IICindy Bauer
Rev. Paul is the author of several novels, the most recent a book of devotions and the DAZE series, plus a mystery suspense novel titled Convoy Murder.
Communication Studies Internal Assessment SAMPLENyahJohnson
This Communication Studies IA sample is to be used as a guide to CAPE level (grade 12) students. The theme of this internal assessment is Social Media and Beauty.
This document introduces four characters - Rwanda, Styles, Tricks, and Gaola - who are unemployed men living in South Africa. It describes some of their backgrounds and hardships. It then details a horrific incident where the men gang rape a young schoolgirl. They have been making money illegally mining gold. When confronted by a corrupt police captain, they kill him and two other officers. The men continue their criminal activities, though Gaola also coaches a youth soccer team.
Abigail Chipman - Proposal for Thesis Projectamchipman
The document describes an animated series proposal called "The Navigators" about four teenage friends - Sam, Tony, Kimi, and Maria - who are in a Christian rock band. They use their public access TV show to share their life experiences navigating school, family, faith and music. The proposal includes character descriptions and backgrounds, as well as storylines for two episode sequences to be storyboarded. The goal is to create a pitch package promoting understanding between people of different beliefs.
This document provides short biographies of 7 individuals who were interviewed for a project on freedom. The interviews focused on what freedom means to each person based on their unique experiences and backgrounds. The document includes an introduction explaining the project's goal of showing that everyone has a different understanding of freedom and how it is shaped by factors like ethnicity, age, culture and life experiences.
This document provides introductions and biographies for 7 individuals who were interviewed as part of a project on different perspectives of freedom. The introductions include the name, page number, and a short biography for each individual. It also provides context for the project, which aimed to show that everyone has a different idea of what freedom means based on their experiences and backgrounds. The document explores how freedom has been debated throughout history and discusses Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1944 State of the Union address that outlined four essential freedoms.
Kate lifts Journalism and becomes a Magazine Editor. She had been working towards this goal for some time. Upon lifting, she woohoos with her fiancé Graham to celebrate. The next morning, she discusses her achievement with her Aunt Tara, expressing relief that their multi-year ordeal contributing to the Apocalypse storyline is almost over now that she has lifted her restriction.
1) Lucas Sitcom, the oldest child of Sony and Kaylynn, is starting his freshman year of college at Sim State University as a romance aspiration.
2) His younger brother Nathan has also decided to attend Sim State, living with Lucas off-campus in a house they rent together.
3) Lucas meets a girl named Mary but gets uncomfortable when she professes her love for him, instead changing the subject to video games.
Morpheus configuration engine (slides from Saint Perl-2 conference)Vyacheslav Matyukhin
Morpheus is an ultimate configuration engine that provides a unified configuration tree assembled from various sources. It separates configuration consumers from providers and supports retrieving configuration values from environment variables, databases, files, and defaults. Configuration files can contain Perl code and are loaded from specific paths. The engine uses plugins to retrieve values from different sources and supports recursive calls. It aims to standardize configuration handling across applications.
This document contains 4 photos shared under various Creative Commons licenses on Flickr. The photos were uploaded by different users and range in subject from nature scenes to portraits. All photos allow for non-commercial reuse and sharing of the images, while some also permit modifications as long as attribution is given.
A 3-869e531bc383bc2db2d9e22b083ea95f5f0fa454-141125232253-conversion-gate02Chris Humphreys
This short document promotes creating presentations using Haiku Deck, an online tool for making slideshows. It provides examples of slideshows created with photos from various photographers and sources including NASA. The document encourages the reader to get started making their own Haiku Deck presentation by signing up on SlideShare.
This document describes MK Valenti's self-transformation journey from her weight not being an issue in grade school and high school to gaining weight during college and after having a child. It outlines key moments like having her son in 2005 which prompted her to start changing her lifestyle and losing weight slowly over 17 months through diet and exercise. It concludes with her current success as a motivational speaker, fitness model, entrepreneur, and mom who wants to inspire others to believe they can achieve their goals through reaching for them.
In a follow up to her workshops in Napa, Christine Rochelle, Content Manager of PCG Digital Marketing, hosted a follow-up webinar where she will review the basic SEO content strategies that were discussed in her DMSC workshop along with new tips for writing for an online audience and how it differs from traditional media.
The document describes a family celebrating multiple birthdays. Diistan, who had been living with the family but not remembering them, has his memory returned through kissing Jenna. They realize he is Jenna's husband. Later, Priscilla has her birthday and becomes a teenager. She tries flirting but is embarrassed. Meanwhile, Jun and Lei go to the Grilled Cheese Emporium to continue their mission to find spouses, though Lei hits it off with one of the employees, Leo Trottier.
The text provides tips on how to effectively read a newspaper. It recommends finding a reputable local newspaper and reading the headlines on the front page to find interesting stories. It instructs the reader to read any intriguing front page articles fully before moving on to other stories within the paper, repeating this process of scanning headlines and fully reading engaging pieces until one has covered the entire newspaper. The tips aim to help the reader get the most out of reading a newspaper.
Chetan Bhagat’s The Girl in Room 105: Critically Appreciate Kaushal Desai
Like any other book, “The Girl in Room 105” title also contains a number likes ‘2 States’, ‘Five Points Someone’, ‘Revolution 2020’ etc. Having a number in the title has become the trademarked style for Bhagat. The book also has a lot of comedies for laugh and witty one-liners that you will enjoy.
However, something is different in the book. The book cover is not cartoonish like Bhagat’s other books. There is a photo of a real girl in the cover. The first impression from the cover is clear. This is also a romance book but with elements of mystery and tragic. There is no happy ending in the book this time.
This document contains summaries of family memories from several relatives of the author. In three sentences:
The author's aunt recalls fondly taking the author and their siblings to an amusement park as children, enjoying seeing them happily ride rides and experience joyful moments together. The author's sister and themself remember having a fun snowball fight with their family while visiting a snowy mountain area. One of the author's aunts recounts the mishaps that occurred on her 15th birthday, including cutting herself while cooking, fainting from the blood, and nearly losing her hands shutting a car door as everything seemed to go wrong that day.
1) The document describes the author's journey as a teacher who found purpose and meaning through preparing her students for Model United Nations (MUN) competitions.
2) Her students transformed her by instilling confidence and respect, and many went on to prestigious universities while continuing to participate in MUN.
3) The author details taking students from a small boarding school in India to international MUN competitions, overcoming obstacles to give students experiences that opened their minds and had lifelong impacts.
The document is a lesson plan about immigrants in the USA. It includes objectives to discuss the diversity of the US population and compare the position of immigrants in the US to displaced people in Chechnya. The plan involves students reading interviews with immigrants from Nicaragua and Argentina who moved to Hawaii. The interviews discuss their reasons for emigrating, challenges adjusting, and goals for their future in their new home.
Marta was Mayra's favorite aunt who enjoyed playing with her as a child. One day on a shopping trip, Mayra fell from Marta's bicycle and got a swollen forehead. Marta was afraid of getting in trouble so convinced Mayra not to cry.
Mayra's cousin accidentally broke her chin with a piece of wood while playing. Her aunt was angry and didn't let the cousin sleep at the house that night out of fear of hitting him.
Mayra's mother enjoyed dancing as a youth but her father disapproved. One day she snuck out to a dance performance anyway and got in trouble, though her grandmother intervened on her behalf.
A Buffyverse Bachelor Challenge: Chapter FourRose Fyre
Liam spends time flirting and chatting with each of the remaining girls - Lydia, Cassie, Rissa, and Croissant. Cassie and Rissa are very competitive for Liam's attention. Liam also realizes he will need to tell the final three girls about his daughter Kathy before getting too serious with any of them. The next day will include more hot tub time, kissing each girl, and eliminating one of them from the competition.
An Interview with Rev. Paul G. Zimmer IICindy Bauer
Rev. Paul is the author of several novels, the most recent a book of devotions and the DAZE series, plus a mystery suspense novel titled Convoy Murder.
Communication Studies Internal Assessment SAMPLENyahJohnson
This Communication Studies IA sample is to be used as a guide to CAPE level (grade 12) students. The theme of this internal assessment is Social Media and Beauty.
This document introduces four characters - Rwanda, Styles, Tricks, and Gaola - who are unemployed men living in South Africa. It describes some of their backgrounds and hardships. It then details a horrific incident where the men gang rape a young schoolgirl. They have been making money illegally mining gold. When confronted by a corrupt police captain, they kill him and two other officers. The men continue their criminal activities, though Gaola also coaches a youth soccer team.
Abigail Chipman - Proposal for Thesis Projectamchipman
The document describes an animated series proposal called "The Navigators" about four teenage friends - Sam, Tony, Kimi, and Maria - who are in a Christian rock band. They use their public access TV show to share their life experiences navigating school, family, faith and music. The proposal includes character descriptions and backgrounds, as well as storylines for two episode sequences to be storyboarded. The goal is to create a pitch package promoting understanding between people of different beliefs.
This document provides short biographies of 7 individuals who were interviewed for a project on freedom. The interviews focused on what freedom means to each person based on their unique experiences and backgrounds. The document includes an introduction explaining the project's goal of showing that everyone has a different understanding of freedom and how it is shaped by factors like ethnicity, age, culture and life experiences.
This document provides introductions and biographies for 7 individuals who were interviewed as part of a project on different perspectives of freedom. The introductions include the name, page number, and a short biography for each individual. It also provides context for the project, which aimed to show that everyone has a different idea of what freedom means based on their experiences and backgrounds. The document explores how freedom has been debated throughout history and discusses Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1944 State of the Union address that outlined four essential freedoms.
Kate lifts Journalism and becomes a Magazine Editor. She had been working towards this goal for some time. Upon lifting, she woohoos with her fiancé Graham to celebrate. The next morning, she discusses her achievement with her Aunt Tara, expressing relief that their multi-year ordeal contributing to the Apocalypse storyline is almost over now that she has lifted her restriction.
1) Lucas Sitcom, the oldest child of Sony and Kaylynn, is starting his freshman year of college at Sim State University as a romance aspiration.
2) His younger brother Nathan has also decided to attend Sim State, living with Lucas off-campus in a house they rent together.
3) Lucas meets a girl named Mary but gets uncomfortable when she professes her love for him, instead changing the subject to video games.
Morpheus configuration engine (slides from Saint Perl-2 conference)Vyacheslav Matyukhin
Morpheus is an ultimate configuration engine that provides a unified configuration tree assembled from various sources. It separates configuration consumers from providers and supports retrieving configuration values from environment variables, databases, files, and defaults. Configuration files can contain Perl code and are loaded from specific paths. The engine uses plugins to retrieve values from different sources and supports recursive calls. It aims to standardize configuration handling across applications.
This document contains 4 photos shared under various Creative Commons licenses on Flickr. The photos were uploaded by different users and range in subject from nature scenes to portraits. All photos allow for non-commercial reuse and sharing of the images, while some also permit modifications as long as attribution is given.
A 3-869e531bc383bc2db2d9e22b083ea95f5f0fa454-141125232253-conversion-gate02Chris Humphreys
This short document promotes creating presentations using Haiku Deck, an online tool for making slideshows. It provides examples of slideshows created with photos from various photographers and sources including NASA. The document encourages the reader to get started making their own Haiku Deck presentation by signing up on SlideShare.
This document describes MK Valenti's self-transformation journey from her weight not being an issue in grade school and high school to gaining weight during college and after having a child. It outlines key moments like having her son in 2005 which prompted her to start changing her lifestyle and losing weight slowly over 17 months through diet and exercise. It concludes with her current success as a motivational speaker, fitness model, entrepreneur, and mom who wants to inspire others to believe they can achieve their goals through reaching for them.
In a follow up to her workshops in Napa, Christine Rochelle, Content Manager of PCG Digital Marketing, hosted a follow-up webinar where she will review the basic SEO content strategies that were discussed in her DMSC workshop along with new tips for writing for an online audience and how it differs from traditional media.
This document provides a guide for businesses on how to start and maintain a business blog. It recommends developing a content strategy including a calendar, writers, and share plan. It outlines four steps for creating blog posts: choosing topics, gathering facts and outlining the story, developing the lede, and adding sources. The guide recommends reviewing, publishing, and sharing posts on social media and third party sites. It suggests publishing on free blogging platforms and concludes that helping readers through quality content can turn them into customers.
A landscaping project involved delivering three truckloads of dirt to a property covering 4,500 square feet, which took 7 hours to lay new sod over as the main work, with finishing touches added afterward to complete the job.
Carly welcomes visitors to her blog, which aims to inspire and motivate over 1,000 entrepreneurs towards personal and financial freedom. The blog benefits internet marketers, network marketers, entrepreneurs and business owners, as well as those seeking purpose, goals, positive changes, and leadership skills. It provides self-development teachings integrated with proven online marketing methods to create a foundation for long-term success and wealth through investing in oneself and leveraging the internet. Social media now allows worldwide audiences to be reached and passions/businesses shared more easily than ever before.
A unique perspective on the corporate blog as presented at the Digital Marketing Strategies Conference in Las Vegas by Christine Rochelle, VP Operations of PCG Digital Marketing.
Walk through some examples of how to "marry" SEO basics and Social Media best practices.
Webinar originally presented during Dealer Marketing Magazine's webinar series on March 5, 2013.
The document describes UBIC, a toolkit for writing daemons, init scripts, and services in Perl. It provides common classes that handle tasks like starting, stopping, and monitoring services that simplify writing init scripts. Services can be organized hierarchically and non-root users can run services. The toolkit also provides HTTP status endpoints and watchdog functionality to restart services that fail. UBIC sees widespread use at Yandex across many packages, clusters, and hosts.
This document provides an overview of the Manufacturing Pasts project, which digitizes archival materials from the Joan Skinner collection and creates open educational resources on the history of industrialization in Leicestershire, UK. The project is a partnership between the University of Leicester and the local record office. It focuses on four themes and makes digitized resources and teaching materials freely available online. The current status and future aims are outlined, which include developing more open educational resources and adding materials to online repositories to open up access to information on local industrial history.
This document outlines the top 3 social media strategies a brand may be missing. The strategies are: utilizing influencers by integrating PR relationships with social media efforts, reputation management by listening, always replying, and monitoring feedback with tools, and creating videos to tell stories, educate customers, and promote the brand. Video consumers are expected to double by 2015. The document provides details on implementing each strategy across various social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+.
The document provides strategies for organizations to enhance employee retention and become an employer of choice. Some key points discussed include:
1) Hiring the right people and avoiding common hiring mistakes can help with retention. Conducting behavioral interviews and focusing on competencies can identify the best candidates.
2) New employees should be properly onboarded through a thorough orientation process, not just a one-day program. Ensuring a smooth first week is important to set employees up for success.
3) Recognition and praise from managers can significantly impact retention. Simple, creative recognition gestures are appreciated by employees more than monetary rewards alone.
4) Having core values of ethics, integrity, honesty and trust builds organizations that
This document discusses how to add clickable links to presentations on Slideshare. It notes that links can be added on Haiku Deck but not yet on Slideshare directly. It provides examples of links added to different pages and ends by including a short link to the author's blog for a book on creating wealth from scratch.
http://www.pcgdigitalmarketing.com/ Social media is increasingly influencing how people buy cars and interact with dealerships. Dealers receive more follows and higher engagement on Twitter than Facebook, yet most are spending more money on Facebook.
During "Twitter 101 For Car Dealers," Christine will:
Explain why Twitter is so important for car dealers
Present key strategies to mine leads and increase engagement
Discuss Twitter lingo and phrases
Guide attendees on how to perform Twitter searches and use hashtags
Writing is My Therapy Because I Have No Money For Drugs
1. “Writing is my therapy because I have no money for drugs”<br />BY: AMY WHEELER<br />It wasn’t about the markets, the adorable children or the food. Instead, Belmar, New Jersey native Christine Rochelle’s first blog post upon arrival in Can Tho, Vietnam was about – what else? – blogging. <br />After graduating as a journalism student from Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York with five internships under her belt, Christine, 24, a prolific and quirky writer and winner of the college’s 2008 Journalism Award, impulsively moved to Brooklyn and then realized that after a month’s worth of rent and groceries, she was left with $32 in her checking account. She spent one long month looking for a job full time and finally secured a spot as a freelance production assistant at MTV.com. And then, after nine months of signing two-month contracts for a $15 per hour, 6 day a week, 12 hour shifts position as the lone “man” of the nights and weekends crew, each month meeting in her boss’s office to find out if she still had a job, at the 9-month-and-eligible-for-benefits benchmark, she lost it. It being the job.<br />But along the way, she was losing her mind as well. While the work was exciting and allowed her to shadow the news team during Obama’s inauguration and meet New Kids on the Block (any former ‘90s teeniebopper’s dream), the work was draining. “It took over my life,” she said. “I gained a lot of weight, had serious bags under my eyes, lost touch with my friends.” <br />After being offered another job as a nights and weekend production assistant at FOX for a cheaper rate ($12 per hour with no overtime), she realized the – this-is-what-you-have-to-do-to-break-into-the-industry – line wasn’t cutting it for her anymore. “I knew I loved writing, but I thought maybe I wasn’t cut out for it,” she said.<br />Christine learned an important lesson. Work can’t be your whole life. You can’t live to work. This revelation was one that led her to stop looking for media jobs and apply for Teachers for Vietnam, a program she learned about from a Samantha Thornley, a high school friend. <br />“The whole idea of helping people was sort of in my blood,” she said. “I also felt that by helping others, I would get myself out of this rut. I would find my true career path and get myself back on my feet.”<br />She was accepted in March of 2009 and left in August for a four-month position teaching English at Can Tho University in Can Tho, Vietnam. <br />Her parents had mixed reactions to the news that their youngest daughter was planning to pick up and move to Vietnam for four months. When Christine called her mother in January before she mailed out her application to tell her that she had decided, her mom was very calm and got right down to talking about the program. “Then, my dad got on the phone and screamed something about land mines and malaria.” But her mind was made up.<br />When she found out she got into the program, her parents’ roles switched. Her father was thrilled and her mother did everything in her power to make her stay. “It was a rough few months because I was trying to soothe her fears by hiding my own,” she said.<br />Her high school friend, Sam, who had also taught for Teachers for Vietnam, helped her prepare for the experience by giving her advice about customs, teaching, food and traveling. Christine blogged her way through her pre-departure fears, questions, and preparation. <br />And then, before she knew it, it was time to leave.<br />After months of preparation, she found herself in JFK Airport hugging her parents goodbye. As she walked toward the gate, she turned back and saw her mother bawling in her father’s arms. She started to tear up, then took a deep breath and reminded herself that she needed to do this. “At that point, all of my fears just turned into excitement. Of course, the beer I had at the airport bar didn’t hurt!” she said. <br />She would need more than a beer to help her adjust to Vietnam, though. Everything, from the food, to the weather, to the language, to the apartment that would become her home, was different. Not bad, but definitely different. She lived in teacher housing at Can Tho University in an old and “bare bones” apartment with no air conditioning, despite intense humidity and 90 degree weather every day.<br /> <br />While Christine didn’t necessarily choose Vietnam, instead choosing the program which automatically placed her in Vietnam, she fell in love with this “magical” country. “When I was there, Vietnam became mine,” she said. “It’s like I claim anything this is Vietnamese.”<br />She soon found that she and Vietnam were kindred spirits, in a way. “They’re the underdog that no one remembers, but one day, they’re going to be one of the most powerful Asian countries. So, me and Vietnam are one in the same. It sort of chose me.”<br />While in Vietnam, Christine taught three classes at Can Tho University with anywhere from 30 to 70 students in each class. When she started to run low on money, she also started teaching a class at the private school down the road. When she wasn’t teaching, blogging or biking, Christine had the chance to travel to Cambodia and also throughout Vietnam (to Phú Quốc, Ha Long Bay and Da Lat). <br />And amidst the beautiful islands, fried blood and natural disasters, Christine fell in love with the people. From the children who would run after her until she waved and said “hello” to them, to the xe om (motorbike) drivers who knew when Teacher Christine missed a day of school, she adored them all. They treated her like a celebrity – staring as she passed and talking about her when she left, but never in a malicious way. They were simply curious.<br />Her students were the most curious of all. They were eager to learn everything she had to tell them about America and all the English she could teach them. She was constantly surprised by how grateful the students were to have her and how much of a connection she made with some of them. “The students were so sweet to me and changed my perspective on life drastically… They have such good hearts,” she said. “I wasn’t worthy of their hospitality.” They waited thirty minutes for her to find the right classroom on the first day, took her to the café for tra da (iced tea) most days after class and kept her smiling.<br />But despite her love for her students and the Vietnamese people, her time in Vietnam was not a walk in the park. Any extended travel experience is plagued with days that could get anyone down. Her hardest days? The ones where she felt alone, or sick, or out of place, or the week she had 50 mosquito bites on each lower leg. The days when she simply felt exhausted. In perhaps one of her least humorous or sarcastic, most introspective and poignant blog posts, she wrote about days like these.<br /> <br />Loneliness was the one thing she hadn’t prepared for. “But dealing with that is also one of the reasons why I went there to begin with – to be on my own and sort through a few personal things,” she said. “It was difficult, but it was worth it.” <br />However, it was the painful times like these that allowed her reflect, think, write, and accomplish what she had gone to Vietnam for. To find her way.<br />Christine had escaped from writing in corporate America only to find herself with fresh eyes and thoughts, needing to writing in Can Tho. “I definitely write through everything,” she said. “I never realized how much I depended on my writing until I went through Vietnam, living in the city, etc.”<br />“Language is a huge part of you but you don't realize that until you don't have it,” she said. “Writing was a way to hang onto my language and thus hang onto my identity when I was in Vietnam.”<br />Blogging, along with beef soup and Glee, was part of her everyday routine:<br />She wasn’t doing it for her parents, or her cyberspace followers, or her ex-boyfriends. She was doing it for herself. “I guess that was the whole trip in general, a way to find myself,” she said. “Selfish, but in a crazy world where you're updating seven different profiles and talking through emails and text messages, sometimes you need time for yourself. I had my four months in Vietnam.”<br />While she was doing it for herself, she wasn’t doing it by herself… at least not entirely. Applications like Twitter, Facebook and Skype allow today’s expats to remain in near-constant and instant communication with those back home. While her Internet connection wasn’t the best, she was able to keep in contact by email and Skype with those back at home, which made the distance seem just a little bit smaller. <br />Christine also found herself connecting with other expats who were in Saigon or Ha Noi through her blog and other social networking sites. “The connection with the expats online actually sometimes meant more than talking [with people] back home because talking to family and friends at home often ended in frustration since they still were unable to understand a lot that I went through,” she said. <br />Many travelers say that one of the hardest aspects of travel to deal with is their loved ones not being able to relate. When this occurs upon entrance back into the home culture, it is often called reverse culture shock. Long before the traveler is ready to stop talking about their experiences, their listeners lose interest in listening.<br /> <br />Despite having connections via the Internet to her friends and family back home, there were some things Christine just couldn’t have in Vietnam. Bagels, for instance.<br />But, before Christine’s craving for bagels became too strong, it was time for her to go back to New Jersey. Was she excited to be going home? She didn’t know. “Honestly, I feel numb to it all,” she wrote. “Yet 48 hours from now I’ll by flying over the Midwest headed to JFK.”<br />Before she left, her students presented her with “Nancy.”<br />She brought the doll back to her apartment thinking, “WTF am I going to do with this?” Then, she turned it over and saw that, not only was it a slinky-bobble head doll, but it was also a piggy bank. Opening it, a shower of notes from her students fell out. She started to read them but started getting choked up. She put the notes back into Nancy, went into her room where she had started packing, took a pile of her clothes and threw them out so she could make room for the doll. It sits on her shelf in her room in New Jersey now.<br />And then, she left, blogging as she went. <br />Back in New Jersey, she was greeted with all of her cravings, and before long, it was like she never left.<br />But she had left. She had spent four months learning who she was, what she valued and what she needed. And what she needed was writing. She went all the way to Vietnam to discover that she is cut out for writing, but that she doesn’t have to sell her soul, or her happiness, in order to do it. “I feel more confident about myself and once again I’m strongly pursuing writing as a career – except instead of the crazy media world, I’m doing blogging. At my own pace. And I’m getting paid as I should. I love it,” she said. “Any doubts I’ve had about myself or friends have been resolved. I’m closer to my family and stronger as a person in general. I don’t know if any other place would have done that to me, so I would never regret choosing Vietnam.”<br />“I know it sounds cheesy to say all of this,” she continued, “but doing this experience and going to this type of country is different than many going to Italy for a semester. Sure, you come out loving it, but an experience like this hits you a little harder. And I needed that.” <br />While she was packing to back home, she had some time to reflect (in written form on her blog, of course). Her dad had his own thoughts.<br />However, despite her dad’s wishes, she is still keeping busy. Within three days of returning to the states, Christine was hired as a Content Manager at PCG Digital Marketing. She is also now a contributor to LifestylerMag.com, the careers section of AOL.com and is still writing for mediaelites.com as their relationships editor. “I can now tell people I’m a paid blogger. So, in a sense, I’m doing exactly what I’ve always wanted to do. It still boggles my mind. So much so that I Google myself all the time to see my own articles.”<br />If it wasn’t clear the important role blogging plays in her life, in a recent questionnaire for Crushable.com, she answered:<br />Blogging isn’t the only thing on her mind though. Her thoughts often wander to her memories from Vietnam.<br /> <br />As for her plans for the future? They are – “To keep blogging and eating cupcakes. I have health insurance now so my mom is generally happy. My next stop is to move out so I can brag about things like buying a couch. I also want to write a book about Vietnam but I haven’t gotten started yet. I just keep working on my surprise face for my acceptance of best screenplay (think along the lines of Christina Aguilera and her first Grammy). Oh, and to end up here would be nice: <br />. And I want to make out with Brian Stelter. Okay, I’m done.”<br />