Posts Tagged ‘expertise’

With a Little Help from Your Friends: How to Tap into the Hidden Potential of the People Who Surround You Every Day

Do you have a dream? Is there a business that you’re dying to launch, a story in your head demanding to be told, or an idea you’re frantic to see made a reality? If you’re like most people, the answer is “yes.” Or, more likely, “yes, but…” Just about everyone has a crazy dream they’d love to pursue – but they just don’t know how. What you need is a little expert… Continue reading

September 29 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: dream, expert, expertise, friendship, goal, learning, skill | 7 comments»

Help a Reporter (and Yourself) Out

Ever wonder where journalists and other writers find the experts they quote in their stories? In the past, reporters counted on their own networking, and on a service called ProfNet. ProfNet lets journalists search their database of experts and contact them individually to see if they’d be interested in being interviewed. Until recently, ProfNet has been about the only game in town, as far as finding real experts is concerned… Continue reading

September 1 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: expert, expertise, journalism, networking, promotion, reporter, writing | 9 comments»

Great Managers Teach (When They Should)

Great Managers cultivate a work environment where lifelong learners thrive. Everyone simply learns for the sake of learning, thrilling to its personal reward. In these workplaces, curiosity is admired and all ideas are prized, and the Great Managers are those who facilitate the learning process in which those ideas incubate until innovation breaks through. People grow magnificently in the process. Among studies of their own, managers will learn how to be… Continue reading

January 25 2007 | By Rosa | Tagged: coaching, effectiveness, expertise, learning, teaching | 3 comments»