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Inbox (49) - filippa - Knowmads Mail. Swajpet - Ungdomar 6.0. Facebook. StoryJuicing - Home. You Don't Need A Lot Of Degrees To Get A Job Saving The World. If you’re seeking a career in the social sector, an advanced university degree may not be the best ticket. While many prospective staff have abundant analytical and research skills, the employers rank leadership, problem solving, and communication as more important.

They also think such attributes may be better gained on the job, or by working abroad, than in a classroom. That’s the message of a new report from the Amani Institute, a think tank. The report, which surveys social sector executives, found that there is a gap between what graduates are offering and what leading organizations need. One leader at a major international children’s group, told Amani: "Employees need relevant field experience that builds hard skills such as technical work or project management. Amani, which is based in Nairobi, Kenya, spoke to 43 leaders in 34 organizations, as well as 39 “future leaders” with less than three years of work experience. BecomeViral - You Deserve Viral Success! Chakabars | SPARTANFAM. I was 17, It was time to get out and the army seemed like a good way to do it - I wanted to become an athlete in the forces. But by 2007 I was serving in Iraq, based in the Central Operating Base at Basra airport.

I was 19 and skinny; weighing 65 kg or 10st 3. I was training in the gym about twice a week, lifting weights and trying to gain mass. After training for 3 months and not really knowing what to do, not much improvement had been made. During one training session we came under fire. A few weeks before my Sargent Major Karl Hilton, also the boxing instructor, came in to the gym and ridiculed me and some other lads for being in the gym. I slowly began to develop a routine. The beauty of training this way is that you can do it any where any time and use anything to work your whole body. Since leaving the Army I’ve never lifted a weight again. One day in August I was training in the park with Gavin, teaching him how to hold the flag position correctly.

R.I.P Gavin Gatewood 12/08/2011. The #Storytelling Daily. The Question Every Entrepreneur Has To Answer. If you're an entrepreneur or thinking about becoming one, you should pay attention to the questions that VCs ask, especially when it's perhaps the biggest name on Sand Hill Road: Sequoia Capital. Writing at PandoDaily, Jason Calacanis talks about the question he hears most frequently from Sequoia investors when they're offering coaching and feedback to startups pitching for funding: "Why now?

" Calacanis says that when they get asked the question, you can see their wheels turn. "They start reflecting on perhaps one of the most important questions in the age of the insta-startup," he writes, "What has changed that makes this the perfect time for this startup to exist? " Looking into recent startup successes, Calacanis counts the ways: YouTube: Bandwidth costs dive, video cameras go digital, and these things called smartphones--and their Internet-ready cameras--start appearing everywhere. Pitching Sequoia? Do you dare to dream? National Storytelling Network Blog | We Grow Storytellers.

Art of Storytelling, a coaching service for writers. Commencement - News Room - Kenyon College. 5 Tips for Writing Memoir « Art of Storytelling: On Writing. Window view, Haverhill, MA 1. Write chronologically. On revision you can choose to mix things up, but for the rough draft, write your memoir chronologically. It’s so much easier to write that way, to remember the details. And you’ll be amazed by what memories come to you as you unfold the map of your life, year by year. 2. For the traumatic events, GIGO, Get In and Get Out. 3. 4. 5. Writing a memoir is profoundly healing and well worth every amount of effort that goes into the process.

Need help writing your memoir? Like this: Like Loading... School of Storytelling - Welcome to the UK's largest selection of storytelling courses. A Quick Guide to Making Your Brand's Story More Compelling. Image credit: The NeverEnding Story In a lot of ways, people don't buy products anymore -- they buy your business's story. That means companies must constantly refine their stories and present them in innovative ways.

A brand story envelops your mission as a company, your culture and your history: How did you get started? Why do you do what you do? Because shoppers are so connected through social networks, marketers should aim to present their stories in such a way that people will want to share them and their friends will want to connect with them. Here are a few suggestions on how to convey a more powerful story: Related: Storytelling Tips from the Campaign Trail Develop your "why. " Not quite sure how to go about brainstorming your "why"? Ask your customers: Put up a blog or Facebook post asking your customers why they stick with you. Share your "why" in distinctive ways.

Put a video on your site. Related: How to Be Unforgettable Online Give your "why" more real estate. How to Tell Your Company's Story. Skip Advertisement This ad will close in 15 seconds... Young Entrepreneurs Today's Most Read 9 Proven Ways to Get People to Take You Seriously 4 Intangibles That Drive CEOs What It Takes to Go From Dead Broke to 6 Figures in 6 Months The Mentality of a Successful Career 4 Big Challenges That Startups Face These Siblings Are Cooking Up America's First Meatless Butcher Shop Kim Lachance Shandrow 3 min read News and Articles About Young Entrepreneurs Failure 6 Stories of Super Successes Who Overcame Failure They're perfect examples of why failure should never stop you from following your vision.

Jayson DeMers Podcasts Top 25 Business Podcasts for Entrepreneurs Podcasts are as easy to use as old-school radio but as specialized as blogs. Murray Newlands Entrepreneurship Programs Saxbys and Drexel Team Up to Promote Entrepreneurship Saxby's founder Nick Bayer talks about the one-of-a-kind program and why he wishes there was one for himself years ago. Carly Okyle Presented by Young Entrepreneurs Laura Entis Fear. TED Playlists | How to tell a story. Once Upon A Company: What Fairy Tales Can Teach You About Leadership. Once upon a time… Even now, as adults, there’s something in most of us that perks up and starts to listen when we hear those words. We love stories. And stories have always served important functions for us. They bring us together and reinforce our sense of community. Think of stories as the cultural DNA of a pre-literate society. And over the centuries, some of those maps seem to have transcended culture and geography to offer guidance for being successful humans.

Think of folktales as maps of success--how to live as safely and happily as possible, how to avoid making fatal mistakes of belief or action. Drawing the Map By finding and extracting these leader maps, I reasoned, I could learn not only what people look for in leaders but the corollary of that: what it takes to be the kind of leader whom others would follow. The acknowledged leader is Farsighted Passionate Courageous Wise Generous Trustworthy Here’s a quick overview of the essence of each of these characteristics:

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