Back when I was the director of the humanities program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, we had our conferences and our lecture series and such things.  For obvious reasons, it is much more difficult to host such things than to be a guest at them, and the experience taught me n...

Gisteren was er een leuke workshop bij HAN Built Environment. Pabo studenten van de minor Wetenschap & Techniek kwamen namelijk een bootje bouwen. Het ging daarbij om een optimaal resultaat tussen draagvermogen en weerstand. Met veel enthousiasme gingen de  a.s. leerkrachten aan de slag met...

It’s become the “R word” to me. I hate it, really. I’m having my best year ever, and it’s only going to get better. Not that I’m bragging, but I offer that little bit of info as validation that what I’m doing is working. One of the things that I do that give...

Claremont Graduate University (USA) is offering three online courses in evaluation in the next months at very reasonable prices: * March 28-29: Hard-Core Qualitative Research Methods, Part A (Michael Scriven) * April 4-5: Hard-Core Qualitative Research Methods, Part B (Michael Scriven) * May 19-20: ...

Here’s another great networking tip for the week from Darcy Rezac: No. 265- February 22, 2009 Dive Right In. Let’s talk about the job market in a positive way. Yes, people are losing jobs, but they are also finding new ones, or getting promotions. Here is some excellent advice on one of ...

When print was more popular and effective it was fairly easy to get a read on an agent's marketing. How often did you see their ad in the paper? Did they spend a lot on print ads? Where they in home magazines? How did their ad compare against other agents in your area? Up until recently though it w...

After a week's absent I am once again blessed to write in this Blog. Thank you for visiting it still despite the lack of new posts. I also found new visitors who recently visited the Blog. What happened? Well, I went to Cebu in order to join the Retreat-Seminar for Priests on Spiritual Direction, De...

Here are the links to the cases that I spoke about in my session in today's seminar "Supreme Court, Regulatory Takings and Eminent Domain Update. Not all of the cases we discussed today are included below, so if you would like a link or more information about a case that we discussed but th...

Ik wist het al een tijdje, maar lees het net op de website van de HAN: de IPROF09 conferentie dit jaar bij de HAN van 12 t/m 15 februari. Ik zal er een impressie van maken via foto's en video. Het doel van de internationale ict-conferentie IPROF-09 is om samenwerking tussen ict-professionals te bevo...

I have two diaries this year. I purchased one towards the end of last year after a speaking engagement in Limpompo District in South Africa. It was my personal thank you gift for doing such a great job. TIP: Always remember to say thank you to yourself. No one will ever praise you more than you can ...