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Make Your Profile Standout on LinkedIn
Now that year-end crunch time is over, you may be cashing in your holiday bonus check and checking out new employment opportunities. Many employers use social media to recruit new employees, mostly through LinkedIn. Translation: create a great Linkedin profile, and fast! An effective LinkedIn profile allows you to present yourself in a multi-dimensional way…
Guest Blog: Just Simply…Dad
I dont necessarily think of myself as a modern dad, a todays dad, or even a hip dad. What do I think I am? Just simplydad. Its not a unique title, or even an original one, but recently theres been a bit of a ground swell going on, not unlike my 9-month-olds diaper at times. Im seeing fathers excited to wear it as a badge of honor, celebrated …
Babar The Elephant – Friend or Freak?
The other night my daughter Elby pulled The Story of Babar off her bookshelf to read as her bedtime story – a welcome respite from the endless recitations of Knuffle Bunny Too, Leonardo the Terrible Monster and a few Richard Scarry books which have been on a constant loop. Let me preface this post with the fact that Ive read Babar before – not only was it read to me as a child a few million times but Id also read through it thirty-five years later with my daughter when she was (according to me) too young to fully appreciate it.
How the School’s “Drug Lady” Scared Me Straight
The Drug Lady came to 8th grade this week. You may think Im joking, but thats what the kids at our school call the prevention specialist who visits our 13 and 14 year olds for a week each year as they prepare to face high schools chemical perils. One student saw her in an airport security line and called out Hi, Drug Lady! which led to a long visit in a private screening room and the Drug Lady missing her flight. True story. I love the Drug Lady almost as much as the kids do.
If Holiday Newsletters Told the Truth
Naturally, many of you hate holiday newsletters. I do, too. That doesnt stop me from writing my own. Family life once again proves to be irresistible fodder. Happy holidays, everyone.