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Advice on How to Make Your Nonprofit Website Mobile-Friendly

If you are a nonprofit organization working in 2015, it is very important that your website be mobile-friendly. As the use of cellular phones continues to rise throughout the years, so does the number of donations to nonprofits that occur exclusively via mobile phone. Here are five pieces of advice from Beth Kanter’s latest blog post on how to be successful in launching your mobile site:

1) Check your Google Stats

You must first get to know your audience before you can launch your mobile site. These stats will let you know how many people are visiting your site through mobile phones. These analytics can even tell you if people are leaving your site quickly (AKA, your site does not translate onto a mobile phone well). Then, you can make the choice of whether or not to join the rest of the 21st Century with a mobile site.

2) Accept that mobile design should be a part of your nonprofit’s web design

Let’s face it: if people can’t access your nonprofit’s website through their mobile phone, they’re not going to bother accessing it at all. If you are one of those organizations without a mobile-friendly website, I hate to break it to you, but you are horribly out of date. Your website must change as your business changes! Incorporate your mobile site into your organization’s integrated digital strategy and accept the fact that you may have to pay for a web designer.

3) Take the test

As in, testing the site. You must take practical action to ensure that your site is, in fact, working on the mobile device. Follow these six steps to achieve this: (1) Test the site; (2) Note the feedback as to what is not working; (3) Meet with the person who built your site and discuss findings; (4) If said person is not available, ask local people in your organization network who they recommend; (5) Interview these people, get quotes, make a decision and create a budget; (6) Work the project plan. This is the only way to guarantee that your mobile-friendly site is actually mobile-friendly!

4) Do web redesign in phases

This comes after your site has already been launched as mobile-friendly. It is important not to jump into a hundred changes at once, as it will confuse both you and the visitor. Conducting redesign in phases is also a little nicer on the budget. This step overall ensures that all parts of your mobile site are responsive and that visitors don’t get stuck unable to use the donate button.

5) Make sure donation pages are mobile friendly as well

As we know, the main goal of a nonprofit organization is to rake in the donations. If people get to your site and are unable to donate, they may never revisit or try again. It is vital that the donation button is working and active on a mobile site as well as an Internet site. About 70% of donations are completed on mobile devices for some companies. You would definitely not want to miss out on those numbers by having an unresponsive site.

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Elizabeth (Libby) Hewitt is a junior at the University of Iowa, studying Journalism & Mass Communications and Studio Art. She is hoping to pursue a career in Public Relations after attending graduate school.

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Digital Sisterhood Leadership Project Profile – Shonell Bacon

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Meet Digital Sisterhood Leader Shonell Bacon.

1) How can people find you online?

2) Why did you start using social media?

I’m a communicator by nature. My degrees are all in some facet of communication.  I have always enjoyed the ways in which we choose to disseminate information. I was also one of those college students staying up for days on end, excited about talking in chat rooms in the early-, mid-90s.  So the idea of communicating with others online has always been a part of me.  Added to that, I’m an author. One part of being an author is promotion and reaching out to readers. So social media seemed like the perfect venue to communicate several things: my life, my goals and aspirations, and my writing.

3) What has social media allowed you to do in your life (personal, professional, business, nonprofit, community)?

Social media has allowed me to reach a broader, deeper audience of readers for my creative work. It has also provided networking opportunities with people I would have never met without social media. It has enabled me to connect with others on projects outside of my own personal initiatives. For example, in April 2012, I, along with other authors, participated in the Authors4Trayvon drive, promoting our literary wares and offering proceeds for a fund to the Martin family. In addition, I think social media has made me more aware of the political world around me.

4) In her 2011 Digital Women: from geeks to mainstream presentation that was given at the WIFT International Women Conference for Digital Women, Dr. Taly Weiss, a social psychologist and CEO/Founder of Trendspotting, concluded that “women are dominant digital users – they breathe and live digital.”  Dr. Weiss’ conclusion echoes BlogHer’s 2011 Social Media Matters Study findings.  They include 87 million women (18 to 76 years old) are now online, 69 million women use social media weekly, 80 million women use social media monthly, and 55 million women read blogs monthly. These facts illustrate the power and presence women have in the digital space. Now that’s Digital Sisterhood!

How has social media helped you carve out leadership roles as you interact online and offline?

Leadership roles. Hmmm. I know for a fact that without social media, I would not have grown into my roles as an editor and a teacher of the writing craft. Once upon a time, I had to promote myself in these regards, but through my interaction with social media–publishing articles online, writing blog posts regarding the writing craft, and holding intimate digital conversations about writing–word of mouth gets me my jobs, gets people coming to me asking for advice. I think the same can be said about my academic life, too, as I tend to share a lot of my goings on online and as such, people gravitate to me, asking questions, wanting me to look over something, etc.

5) Social media has helped women become Digital Sisterhood Leaders, ambassadors of social expression who share what they are passionate about online.  In her upcoming book, Digital Sisterhood: Fierce Living Online for 25 Years (Fall 2012), Ananda Leeke, founder of the Digital Sisterhood Network, writes, “Without even knowing it, women have become Digital Sisterhood Leaders as they use their social media platforms to advocate causes; to build communities; to create apps, art, books, businesses, products, publications, services, tools, and webisodes; to curate content; to educate and inform; to give voice to their thoughts as subject matter experts, thought leaders, and brand ambassadors; to share information and experiences; to explore and experiment with new technologies as early adopters and trendsetters; to engage in social good; to influence others with their lifestyles and personal interests; to inspire and motivate; to mentor; to network; to tell their personal stories; and to promote and celebrate the expertise, gifts, and talents of others.  Based on my online and offline interactions, I have identified 12 key leadership roles they play: advocate, community builder, creator, curator, educator, influencer, mentor, motivator, promoter, social do gooder, storyteller, and thought leader.”

What other types of leadership roles do women play in social media?

I think those 12 encompass whatever other roles you try to identify, and many of these blur lines. In fact, I think many Digital Sisterhood Leaders encompass all of these and do them fluidly without even noticing.

6) What types of leadership roles do you play in social media?

Maybe I’m being egotistical, but I think I play all of these roles to some extent; advocate, community builder, creator, curator, educator, influencer, mentor, motivator, promoter, social do gooder, storyteller, and thought leader.

7) What lessons have you learned as a leader in the digital space?

Being a leader takes strategy. You might initially jump in because you have this great idea, and you are eager to get it out to the masses, but at some point, you will learn the art of planning, strategizing in order to create a successful project, launch that is beneficial to you and others involved.

8) Do you have plans to expand your leadership roles in the digital space? If so, what are they?

I have my hands in so many digital spaces right now, LOL. I’m hoping, the more I work on my dissertation, to expand my educational leadership roles as I explore more of women’s identities within digital spaces, to include virtual worlds.

9) Who are your favorite social media women leaders and why?

I’m a mommy blogger fan.  So I have to put Heather Armstrong on the list as well as LaShanda Henry, who is like a social media dynamo. I’m also a fan of Danah Boyd. I read a lot of her research on social media and intersections between technology and society. I’ve also been a huge fan of Shireen Mitchell since I joined Twitter a few years ago and caught up with her tweets.

10) Share three ways women can use social media to define and express their personal leadership brand.

Before the social media, I think, comes the thinking.

What brand do you want? What constitutes that brand? What forms of social media can best develop this brand? Thinking about these things prior to using social media, I think, is crucial.

Blog – and have an agenda attached to that blogging.

Explore – every day, there are new social media platforms being born.

The goal isn’t to be on ALL of them. The goal is to be on the ones that are most effective for you. Can’t do that unless you try, try, try.

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  1. I would like to follow up on the branding issue that was mentioned about the article. How do I go about doing that? Thank you.

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Soldera vandalized, 600 hectoliters destroyed

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Above: I took this photo of Gianfranco Soldera in his cellar in September 2010, the last time I tasted with him.

According to a report first published today by and then reposted by Franco Ziliani, “vandals” destroyed more than 600 hectoliters of Gianfanco Soldera’s wines last night.

After entering the cellar, they simply opened the valves of the large-format oak casks and let the wine pour out on to the cellar floor.

The report, which was based on Soldera’s own account, states that his entire production from 2007-2012 was lost.

No other damage or theft was reported.

Observers of the Italian wine industry have already begun to speculate that this act of vandalism fits the classic model for extortion by organized crime.

I’ll continue to report on this tragic episode as more information comes to light.

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    • Of course the comparison with The Titanic is totally out of proportion but an understandably reactionary comment: This is tragic but certainly not a tragedy. A better simile would be the wanton looting and burning of Peking’s Summer Palace in 1860 – a deliberate act of destruction that shocked the world but affected only the privileged few. In the case of the latter – the Emperor and his concubines, for the former – those Brunello devotees fortunate enough to be able to find and afford Gianfranco’s peerless (£150+) wines. Like all things its a question of persective – i.e. knowing I’ll never getting to taste his 2010 Casa Basse is a profoundly depressing personal realisation; but made pitifully irrelevant in comparison to the loss of 6 years of hard work, unrivalled artistry and considerable revenue of one the truly great men of Tuscan winemaking.

  1. this is absolutely terrible, but as someone wisely said to me: never cry over something that can’t cry back. Terrible, yes. Tragic? well, if this is tragic, what’s worse than “tragic” to describe (say) what’s going on in Syria?

    • You might say it’s “just” wine, but this is five years of someone’s work–of their sustenance, of the way they make a living. I doubt his family would agree that this isn’t tragic. (Also, the “nothing is worthy of complaint because human-rights atrocities exist” argument is a cheap card trick, as well as a discourse-killer.)

      • Hi Clarke,

        Thanks for responding. I didn’t say it was “just” wine and I completely agree that it’s terrible that 5 years of someone’s labor is lost. Like an artist’s loft that burns, or like the loss of retirement funds for a huge number of people post-2008 for just following the advice of people they trusted.

        I guess I’m trying to preserve the word “tragic” for human loss of any sort (why I said I try not to cry about something that can’t cry back). Everything else is eventually replaceable.

        best wishes.

  2. I have heard many terrible things that have happened in the world of wine, this is certainly one of the most shocking. I cannot even put into words how this makes me feel. Insane…GS

  3. Evil. How do you extort from someone you just possibly bankrupted? Hopefully the vines were not harmed and the wine was insured.

  4. I had the pleasure of dining with Gianfranco while tasting through his 2003 vintage at the 2010 VinItaly. The vintage, which was by all accounts HOT, MODERN, FLABBY….his wines were the opposite and incredible. He spoke of other producers and humbly noted that Gravner Ribolla 1999 was the best Italian White Wine ever made….he spoke of the falsification of Chianti and Brunello (why a purist like he was targeted is so unfortunate)…he signed my copy of his book “Betwixt Nature and Passion” and wrote to my son:” Dear Aidan- I hope you love wine as much as your Father. You must know that to understand wine, you must walk in the vineyards. A metaphor for life.”
    Very few Vignerons or people are more genuine. A sad loss on so many levels.

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  6. Vigliacchi!

    Rage and sadness are my feelings about it.

    Destroying 6 years of careful work is a crime that cannot remain unpunished.

    On my side, in addition to being close to Gianfranco, Graziella, Monica, Mauro and the whole team working at Case Basse, I will regret forever 6 vintages of one of the greatest wine in the world which cannot be replaced.

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  11. This is a sad loss, but comeuppance is often tough to handle. Lets not forget the 2003 Brunello scandal. This type of “tragedy” typically does not befall the undeserving.

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5 Must-Read Singapore Articles On Personal Finance

We can all relate to them

Need some motivation to get started on your personal finance planning? Looking for tips to improve your decision-making skills? There are many useful local finance websites that you can go to and learn more.

Here are five great personal finance articles that we think are definitely be worth your time.

#1 How Anyone Can Retire With $3 Million Dollars

“Retiring with $3 million is way more than what 90% of people will ever save in their lifetimes. Yet, paradoxically, anyone can do this. You don’t need to be a graduate. You don’t need to be a fancy investment banker. You don’t need to come from a rich family.”

This Cheerfulegg article is a follow up to the writer’s post on saving $100k before you turn 30. The writer explained that $3 Million Dollars is not unattainable and provided a realistic timeline of how you can accumulate the money for retirement.

While most of us will balk at the huge amount of savings that is seemingly impossible to attain, the most important takeaway is that attempting to achieve that million dollars goal is better than doing nothing and hoping that you will somehow end up with the money.

#2 You Won’t Want To Be Mr Average!

My 15 Hour Work Week

“Moreover, as I grew up, I also realised that Mr Average sets a really low bar, which can easily be cleared by most.”

My 15 Hour Work Week spells out why being an average person is frightening and how easy it is to rise above others in this very relatable article.

This motivating piece will drive you to start analysing your day-to-day habits and the consequences of your actions. Knowing that your daily procrastination actually short-changes you significantly in the long run will change your attitude towards financial matters.

Read Also: 3 Simple Traits That Will Make You Successful In Financial Planning

#3 Here Are Some Important Questions To Ask Your Insurance Agent

Budget Babe

“While much has been said about black-sheep agents who mislead their clients into purchasing certain policies, the bigger question of how you can differentiate the bad FAs from the good ones still remains.”

Budget Babe penned down seven different questions you can ask your insurance agent about and what their responses indicate. Getting the insurance plan that meets your needs is important and knowing how to do so is even more vital.

Getting an insurance policy is almost never a one-off thing – it requires us to stick to a long-term plan. Since most of us make our insurance decisions based on advice from an insurance agent, it is important that we are able to find reliable agents whom we can trust.

#4 7 Questions To Ask Yourself Before You Start Investing

“It is important to ask yourself these 7 questions before you start investing. It can be summarized into RRTTLLU (Risk, Return, Time frame, Tax, Legal constraint, Liquidity constraint, Unique objective). This is to ensure that the asset that you are going to invest suit your investment objectives and constraints (IOC).”

If you are new to investing, these questions posed by BigFatPurse will serve as a good guide for your investment strategy. Your answers will help you find out which investment option is best suited for you.

We might be overwhelmed by the amount of information provided to beginners on the internet, but this article allows us to think logically and not act on our emotions. It teaches us to remember the reasons why we are investing and to record down and review them annually.

#5 13 skills that are hard to learn but will pay off forever

Business Insider Singapore

“The best things in life may be free, but that doesn’t mean they won’t take time, sweat, and perseverance to acquire. That’s especially the case when it comes to learning important life skills.”

This article from Business Insider Singapore basically gives you 13 life hacks to succeed in life. Although not entirely related to personal finance, being able to master these habits will be one of the best investments you can make.

Habits of the mind can alter the way we look at life and the way others view us. Knowing the importance of this will help us get very far, not just in the workplace, but also with the management of our own finances.

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The Simple Dollar

“Here’s the secret: it’s not about being rich. Having a big net worth is just an indicator of what this whole process is really about. It’s all about freedom.”

Although this is not by a local website, the article from The Simple Dollar is an extremely easy-to-digest summary on how you can conquer your personal finances with five simple rules. The article breaks down these rules and provides you with solutions and suggestions to achieve your goals.

So here are the five articles, let us know your favourite articles if they are not in the list above!

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Magical Product Swap

Jessica at Mrs. Stanford’s Class blog hosted a product swap and I am here to show you the fun product I got to review.

I am here to tell you and show you Jessica’s Monkey Madness Trace, Stamp, and Write review of letters and numbers.

You can grab all three of these from her store. The alphabet sets are $2.00 each (upper and lower) and the numbers are FREE! Go grab these! They are great for kindergarten or early first graders!

As another added bonus.. they are also aligned to common core!

They are perfect for literacy workstations,centers, group/individual work, or interventions.
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  1. awww you made it look so good!! Thanks for joining for the swap :) I hope you'll sign up for the next!

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It’s a kids life

It’s a funny thing to consider how great it is to have family here when we are training and preparing. It’s a kids life hanging out and swimming at a near by lake. Not just for the kids though. It has been perfect for an old athlete too.

Back in 2007 when we first had family come and stay here I recall that Duncan and I both viewed the experiences as one of our most enjoyable tours overseas.

Now in 2011 with Rowing Australia embarking on continuing the evolution of the family tour I am again loving the lifestyle and how it makes a big difference in preparing.

The training is often challenging, mentally and physically. At times when I have felt like I have nothing left to give my family have reminded me of why I am doing all this. Their support and involvement make it more worthwhile.

Being an athlete is a kids life or at least a charmed one. Being supported to do what we wish. What we love and to have the freedom to prepare for a moment is quiet something. It’s as if we never have to fully grow up. I watch my children play here and at the lake and I am reminded of the joy of play. The freedom to have fun. The limitless mindset and how time really seems to be a wasted perception.

Integrating this into our preparation feels like a great way to expand, deepen and enhance performance. It’s not child’s play but rather a kids life, if that makes sense.

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  1. Nice picture Drewy!! Beats the hell out of winter in Melbourne at this time of the year. Trust the big Duncs is making a speedy recovery. Reggie & Xine in Kenya

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Motivational Minute – A Chiropractic Hero Has Fallen

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He Was Our Chiropractic Hero…

Do you remember growing up and having your favorite superhero? We all did! Powers of strength, flight, and doing and having anything you want. Powers to help those less fortunate. Powers to save and protect. Powers to ensure a safe future…and doing it all with or without a cape.

As I grew up, my fictional hero grew into a real hero. A real Chiropractic hero!

It was 1990! I was in second year at CMCC and went to see an amazing legend at Glendon college, named Dr. John Whitney. His smile was contagious and he spoke elegantly of the possibilities. He laid down path stones of success, a vision of richness in practice, and of having an incredible and most desirable lifestyle through chiropractic.

It was a polar opposite stance from the naysayers and teachers from CMCC. I quickly hitched my horse onto John’s wagon and never looked back. John Whitney was the nexus that changed my life; a pivotal driving force that shaped my career, coaching and outlook on life.

Understand that John was a rarity! A Canadian who was forever positive; hand holding his scared and arrogant students. He exuded a soft, yet commanding voice, and laid the groundwork for so many young doctors, who are now wildly successful. He voiced his beliefs that I too, could carry a torch, lit by him, a Chiropractic legend.

Understand that many of us turned to John as a father figure. That’s how many of us would describe him. A chiropractic father figure. A man who was always there for you. Who never said “No”! and made you believe in yourself and your powers of greatness.

I’m sure he’s sitting at the table with B.J., Barge, Gold, and Williams and other chiropractic greats right now. I can see his smile, as he’s telling one of his jokes. And if you are reading this letter John, understand that because you have helped so many doctors with your chiropractic super powers, you have started a ripple effect, and allowed us to help, so many other people around the world…and that’s what heroes do!

We love you John! Thank you for lighting our torches!

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CEO and Peak Performance Coach of the hugely successful Chiropractic Masters, a coaching company devoted to empowering Chiropractors around the world with the tools and strategies to live the freedom-based lives of their dreams. Dr Mike is proud to be currently building some of the largest and most profitable practices in North America. A popular motivational speaker at venues such as Parker, Dr Mike has passion and drive for new ideas and strategies and moves the crowd with his sense of humor and humility. Over the years, he has mentored hundreds of doctors in designing clinics, (from small to large), enhancing health, fitness, wellness and family values all the while still in practice at his enormously busy clinic in Ottawa, The Hampton Wellness Centre.

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Episode 123 - 12/14/66

Matthew stares at Josette's portrait. He speaks to it, and it starts to glow. As it does, he runs out of the old house.

Joe stops in to the restaurant and orders a cup of coffee from Maggie. He tells her there's no update on Vicki. Carolyn comes up in conversation, and Joe explains they've crossed each other off of their Christmas card lists. Maggie asks if it's for this season only, and Joe says it's permanent. He describes finding her in Burke Devlin's hotel room the night before. Joe explains that he punched Burke, and Burke punched him before Carolyn broke it up. A woman enters the restaurant and sits down. Joe asks Maggie who it is, and she doesn't know, either.

Matthew returns to the old house and retreats to the secret room. David enters shortly thereafter and calls out for him. Matthew doesn't give away his hiding place. As David walks around, and up to the bookcase, Matthew knocks over a candlestick, which David hears. David then leaves the old house, but peers in the window to see Matthew open the secret door. Matthew comes to the window to look out, and doesn't see David hiding outside.

Maggie offers a menu to her new customer. Joe tells Maggie she looks familiar to him. Maggie asks about the fight, and Joe said that as soon as he mentioned Vicki was missing, Burke all but forgot about Carolyn. Joe leaves, and Maggie offers the woman a cup of coffee. She asks for a glass of water, and then asks Maggie about Grace. Maggie says she replaced Grace when she started. The woman describes the town as not having changed since she last saw it. The woman explains that she just got into town, and she's staying at the hotel. She asks Maggie if the Collins family is the same as ever. She asks about Liz and Roger. Maggie describes Roger as being like Scrooge. She asks about David. Maggie explains that he could use a dungeon.

Matthew steps outside and finds David. David comes in and offers him the food he brought. Matthew says David was snooping. David asks where Matthew was when he was looking for him in the house. Matthew says never mind where he was, and grabs him forcefully. David says he's going to go back to the house. Matthew gets angry and sends him away, and then apologizes and thanks him for what he did. He tells David not to return until the morning.  After David leaves, Matthew goes to get water.

David sees Matthew leave, and he sneaks back into the old house. He goes to the bookcase and opens the secret door. He is shocked by what he sees.

Our thoughts

John: Wow. Joe says he would have liked to have punched Carolyn. Now THAT would have been a pivotal moment.

Christine: Except Joe Haskell would never ever hit a lady. I wonder if Maggie will be his girl before the new year begins.

John: A new face in Collinwood? Who could she be? It didn't take long to figure out that she must be David's mother!

Christine: She was very interested in hearing about David and none too pleased when Maggie suggests a dungeon would help him. It was unusual to hear Maggie reference the holidays, describing Roger as Scrooge and asking if the mystery gal was back for the holidays. Perhaps we'll have a Collins family Christmas and all the ghosts will come a-caroling.

John: David finds Vicki, and we get the fastest outro segment of any episode to date. There's barely enough time to display the Dan Curtis Production vanity card, and without a full refrain of the Dark Shadows theme music. So much for getting the name of the new actress from the credits!

Christine: I wonder if it was done on purpose to keep her identity a mystery. You can find her name in the labels if you want to know who she is. The actress is Diana Millay.

For those who enjoy the minutiae, yesterday's episode taped 12-6, so 12-7 was skipped.

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An organizational culture that prioritizes coordinated response to incidents is vital for monitoring and managing an IT infrastructure. Incident management won’t go smoothly if teams don’t want to or know how to coordinate their response to alerts.

What Is a Coordinated Response?

To break it down simply, a coordinated response in the IT world generally involves notifying the right people and mobilizing teams immediately, providing access to contextual information for seamless alignment, and getting the team onto the right conference bridge or communication channel of choice. A well-coordinated response enables organizations to jump in and resolve incidents quickly and efficiently.

Let’s take a look at some of the challenges to response coordination, then examine strategies and tools that allow organizations to overcome these challenges and optimize incident management.

Coordination Challenges

A coordinated response culture rarely breeds itself within an organization. By default, there are obstacles in place that make coordinated response difficult. The biggest challenges include:

  • RECRUITMENT: The difficulty of recruiting additional people to help manage an incident. This challenge arises when you need to bring others in to help put out a fire, but the additional people you need didn’t receive the original alert. Unless you have an incident management platform like PagerDuty, there is no efficient way to request help from others when an incident occurs. You could email or call, of course, and hope the people respond quickly, but emails and calls are not always the fastest way to get in touch or the best way to get someone’s attention quickly, especially outside of normal business hours
  • COMMUNICATION: Too many communication channels give too many options. Multiple communication channels are available for incident management, from email to video chats to Slack. Depending on the type of incident at hand, one channel may make more sense than another. What you don’t want to do is waste time in the midst of an incident figuring out which channel to use and making sure all your team members are on it.
  • TOOLS: Most organizations have some mode of coordination and collaboration. To create an effective coordination culture, it’s best to work with the tools already on hand, and integrating them with a central incident management platform.

Increasing Coordination

Fortunately, these challenges can be solved easily enough by taking advantage of the features very recently released in PagerDuty. With Response Mobilizer and Response Bridge organizations can:

  • RECRUIT: Recruit additional teammates to help solve a particular incident. The best way to do this is to build the recruitment of additional help into your incident management workflow. That’s better than relying on manual, ad-hoc ways of asking for help in the midst of an incident, and you’ll know you have the experts you need there to help you.
  • COMMUNICATE: Integrate existing and most preferred communication tools with your incident management workflow; whether it be email, SMS, Slack, existing conference bridge from WEBEX, GoToMeeting or Skype. Trying to impose a new communication tool on the team will often disrupt the established workflow and incur resistance from staff. The better approach is to integrate your existing communication tools into your incident management solution.
  • HAVE CONTEXT: Include right contextual information to address business-critical issues in real-time. Providing rich contextual information about the incident and including a brief message to responders detailing why they are needed enables responders to prepare and immediately be aligned.

If you’re seeking to build a better-coordinated response culture for incident management within your organization, take advantage of the new features to make the most of the collaboration and coordination resources available to you, without forcing your team to overhaul its communication workflow.

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The AWA articles from the web define the web devlopment in the most exceptional way. It defines that code review can be considered as an art of reviewing another person’s code, observing and making suggestions and understanding from one another. It is a very useful software development tool which helps in understanding and gaining knowledge about code base and enhancing code quality. With its wise use, code reviews can help you in making better products with fewer defects.

There are usually two forms of code reviews–formal code review and  lightweight code review.

Formal Code Review requires detailed process and involves multiple participants and various phases. It is a traditional way of code review, where software developers join for numerous meeting and review codes thoroughly line by line. These are usually done using printed paper copies containing the codes. It is an effective way of finding coding defects.

Lightweight Code Review is detailed when compared to a formal code review but can be equally productive when performed with due diligence.

Why Code Review

The objective of doing code reviews is to check for:

  • Defects or possible defects.
  • Inconsistency with the design of the program.
  • Noncompliance of coding standards.

Apart from the above mentioned benefits, reviewing codes also helps in identifying any security-related vulnerabilities. Another important benefit with other advantages is mentorship. Often, the junior developers or the senior developers of the team have some knowledge others on the team may not know. Displaying other team members how you create code could help them gain and find out few tips and tricks which you may have acquired. Furthermore, reviewing code developed by others, expressly the ones which have been developed by some of the younger developers can help you in understanding diverse ways of solving a problem and may help the way you may encounter software development-related problems in the future.

One of the other reasons people consider reviewing code is to reduce the delays which might happen due to the unavailability of a coder who has been working solely on a particular project. At times, it may take long for the team to get up to speed on work which was being done by a team member who may be unavailable. In some extreme cases, the codes might be required to be rewritten in total. By ensuring that codes are being reviewed by another person, the code review process really assists in mitigating the concerns that arise in unforeseen difficult circumstances.

One of the most compelling reasons for which you might consider code review is to discover any defects at an early phase in your development process and to resolve them as quickly as possible. A fresh set of eyes are better, and with another person investigating the code aside from the code developer, there are very less chances of any defects which might slip by. However, reviewing codes does not guarantee that all the defects in the codes will be detected and the program will be error free—it provides a sanity check and helps in accurate software development.

How to Review Code

The mechanics of code review include:

  • Writing some codes.
  • Asking someone to review the code so created.
  • Incorporating the feedback provided by the reviewer of the code.
  • Submitting the code to the repository.

There are numerous tools which you can employ for reviewing code. Gerrit is one of the tools which was designed by Google Android team for performing remote code review. Review Board is also one of the tools which you may use with several version control systems and which serves a similar result.

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Mikheil Saakashvili. Photo: hronika.info

Georgia’s authorities have applied to President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko with a written request over Odessa Governor Mikheil Saakashvili’s calls for revolution in Georgia.

In an official letter, Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili  ‘expresses concern’ that Saakashvili’s  ‘known talks’ with his supporters in Georgia – former secretary of the National Security Council Giga Bokeria and director general of Rustavi -2 TV Nika Gvaramia ‘contain direct calls for anti-state actions and threaten the security and stability in Georgia.’

All this runs contrary to the friendly relations of the two countries, the Georgian prime minister says in the letter.

Justice Minister of Georgia Tea Tsulukiani, in turn, calls on President Poroshenko to respond to Prime Minister Garibashvili’s message.  “A citizen of Ukraine cannot occupy a high post in Georgia and make anti-Ukrainian statement. It is beyond one’s imagination. President of Ukraine and the authorities must respond to this,” she said.

President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili called it “inadmissible for a high ranking official of another state to interfere with the internal affairs of Georgia.”  Defense Minister Tinatin Khidaisheli demands explanations from Kiev.

Georgian diplomacy assesses Saahkashvili’s calls as “interference with the internal affairs of Georgia.” Friday, Foreign Minister of Georgia handed over a note of protest to Charge d’Affairs a. i. of Ukraine in Georgia over Saakashvili’s calls for revolution.  Georgia’s Ambassador to Ukraine submitted a similar note to the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine.

Justice Ministry of Georgia has launched the procedures of Saakashvili’s denaturalization. Minister Tea Tsulikiani said they received an official note from Kiev saying that ex-president of Georgia has Ukrainian citizenship.

EADaily reported earlier that Georgian mass media published audio reports of Mikheil Saakashvili’s talks with his supporters in Georgia calling them for ‘revolution,’ ‘barricades,’ and ‘fire.’

In motherland, Saakashvili is charged with four articles of the Criminal Code and may face 11 years in prison. Despite this, the ex-president of Georgia repeatedly says he will return to power in Georgia. Kiev has already refused to transfer him to Tbilisi, calling the proceedings against him in Georgia ‘politically motivated.’

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Nuoret Apuun -project in cooperation with Coreorient

We were interested to learn about Piggybaggy‘s road from inspiration to innovation. What happened along the way and was it rocky at times?

To learn about this, our Swedish and Danish parnters can read this article in Swedish.

We, on the other hand, were hoping to meet the CEO of Coreorient in person, so we contacted him in order to ask him for an interview or a skype conference, to which he agreed. Two days later, Harri Paloheimo got back to us with an amazing offer:

He invited our students to participate in the testing and development of their new solution Talkootori in Tampere. You can read about the project in English here. Currently, the company is cooperating with various municipal agencies of Tampere to develop a service, through which all kind of people can participate easily in occasional voluntary work directly in private housholds.

This service provides meaningfull activities for the long-term-unemployed, provides CV-material for young people and promotes the integration of immigrants while it offers more help to those in need, such as elderly people and families with children.

Students work in occasional jobs all around the world, but they might also be interested in voluntary work, if it is made easy enough and fits in their lives.

Of course we embraced this rare opportunity to concretely be part of this process of developing, testing and applying a new solutiuon. Coreorient applied for a grant form the HundrEd– foundation.

Watch this video to find out, what HundrEd is about:

Based on our experienes the aim is to find a model which works for various agencies and also in other cities and municipalities. Later, this concept and good practices can be multiplied in other upper secondary schools in Finland in order to promote the active citizenship of the students.

After our pilot project, the idea is to broaden the specturm to other functions such as occasional jobs, the profit of which will be automatically transferred to common-good purposes such as school trip accounts.

Our project name in Hundred is Nuoret Apuun – youth to help.

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Bitcoin's profitability dwarfed by cryptocurrency rivals Ripple, Ethereum

WATCH: Bitcoin explained by Dwayne Henne of KCCU Wealth Solutions.

Bitcoin may be the most famous cryptocurrency but, despite a dizzying rise, it’s not the most lucrative one and far from alone in a universe that counts 1,400 rivals, and counting.

Dozens of crypto units see the light of day every week, as baffled financial experts look on, and while none can match Bitcoin’s $242 billion market capitalisation, several have left the media darling’s profitability in the dust.

In fact, bitcoin is not even in the top 10 of the crypto world’s best performers.

READ MORE: KFC Canada briefly accepts Bitcoin as payment for $20 bucket meals

Top of the heap is Ripple which posted a jaw-dropping 36,000 percent rise in 2017 and early this year broke through the $122 billion capitalisation mark, matching the value of blue-chip companies such as, say, global cosmetics giant L’Oreal.

“Its value shot up when a newspaper said that around 100 financial institutions were going to adopt their system,” said Alexandre Stachtchenko, co-founder of specialist consulting group Blockchain Partners.

WATCH: Consumer Matters: What is ‘cryptocurrency?’

Using Ripple’s technology framework, however, is not the same as adopting the currency itself, and so the Ripple’s rise should be considered as “purely speculative”, according to Alexandre David, founder of sector specialist Eureka Certification.

Others point out that Ripple’s market penetration is paper-thin as only 15 people hold between 60 and 80 percent of existing Ripples, among them co-founder Chris Larsen.

They can’t be best at everything

But it still got him a moment of fame when, according to Forbes magazine, Larsen briefly stole Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s spot as the fifth-wealthiest person in the US at the start of the year.

Ether is another rising star, based on the Ethereum protocol created in 2009 by a 19-year old programmer and seen by some specialists as a promising approach.

READ MORE: North Korea appears to be mining cryptocurrency, like Bitcoin, to fund regime: report

Around 40 virtual currencies have now gone past the billion-euro mark in terms of capitalisation, up from seven just six months ago. The Cardano cryptocurrency’s combined value even hit 15 billion euros only three months after its creation.

In efforts to stand out from the crowd, virtual currency founders often concentrate on the security of their systems, such as Cardano, which has made a major selling point of its system’s safety features.

WATCH: Montreal is becoming a hub for bitcoin and blockchain

Others work on connected devices so “machines understand each other and are able to send each other value units, money, without going through a person or centralised third party”, Stachtchenko said.

Some, like Monero, focus on guaranteeing anonymity, and others on share and bond issues, or on speeding up the confirmation time for transactions, like Litecoin.

“It is impossible for a cryptocurrency to be the best at all the various tasks,” said Stachtchenko said.

READ MORE: Bitcoin more of a gamble than investment, Bank of Canada governor warns

Meanwhile financiers, established banks and regulators keep issuing stern warnings to the investment community to stay clear of cryptocurrencies.

Legendary investor Warren Buffett said that cryptocurrencies would “come to a bad ending” and that he would never stake money on them.

The South Korean government said it was working on a bill to ban cryptocurrency trading, but then backtracked.

READ MORE: South Korea prepares to ban cryptocurrency trading, exchanges raided

Analysts meanwhile predict that rollercoaster ride of virtual currencies is set to carry on.

“When Wall Street bonuses hit bank accounts on January 15, I imagine we’ll see a crypto buying spree of epic proportions” said Meltem Demirors, director of the Digital Currency Group, which invests in crypto businesses.

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The College of Education offers undergraduate study in teacher preparation and kinesiology and a minor in Educational Studies. The Teacher Preparation Program prepares students for careers in elementary, secondary and special education. Undergraduate students in the Department of Kinesiology study aspects of physical activity by majoring in Kinesiology or Athletic Training.

The College of Education prepares students for careers that promote physical activity, sports participation and healthy lifestyles through undergraduate study in athletic training and kinesiology. These degree programs can lead to jobs in health and wellness promotion, community physical education, fitness leadership, coaching and sports administration. Many kinesiology graduates prepare for advanced degrees in medicine, physical therapy or research.

Teacher Preparation

Michigan State University’s five-year Teacher Preparation Program, which culminates in a year-long, post-graduate internship, is an innovative and demanding model for producing successful educators. Students choose from elementary education, special education and secondary education, with many possible subject-area majors and minors.

The program, nationally accredited by the Teacher Education Accreditation Council, focuses on preparing teachers who have deep content knowledge and use the best methods for classroom teaching. Spartan teachers recognize the need to improve education for all learners. Many of them gain specialized skills for teaching in high-need settings, such as internationally diverse classrooms and those in under-resourced urban communities.

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The Minor in Educational Studies helps students from other majors at Michigan State University prepare for non-teaching careers that involve working with children and schools, such as law, policy, social work, psychology and more. Learn more about the Minor in Educational Studies.

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The Elementary Teacher Preparation Program at Michigan State University prepares teachers who have the knowledge and skills needed to teach all subjects in kindergarten through fifth grade (K-5) and the depth to teach a specific subject area in sixth through eighth grade (6-8). Elementary education students are expected to gain a strong foundation in all core content areas as well as additional depth in the core subject area that is chosen as the teaching major. They also complete a professional education program and a fifth-year teaching internship to ensure they have the skills they need to become effective classroom teachers.

In addition to Education, two other degree majors lead to elementary certification: Special Education and Child Development (with the teacher certification emphasis). Students with these degree majors must complete all requirements for elementary certification, including one of the four elementary teaching majors, the Planned Program for Elementary Education and a series of professional education courses.

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The Secondary Teacher Preparation Program at Michigan State University emphasizes deep content knowledge in the subject(s) each student will teach in sixth through twelfth grade (6-12). The College of Education works closely with departments and colleges across the University in which teacher candidates earn their degrees and take the subject matter courses required for their teaching majors and minors. Students also take professional education courses in the Department of Teacher Education and complete a fifth-year teaching internship.

The secondary program ensures that students are competent in their subject matter knowledge and know how to effectively impart that knowledge in K-12 classrooms. Secondary education teachers prepared at MSU teach for understanding, reach diverse bodies of students, are thoughtful about linking subject matter in a responsive curriculum, cultivate learning communities and are engaged in democratic reform.

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Athletic training is a specialty in the sports medicine field in which active involvement with athletes, physicians and coaches affects the health and well-being of competitive and recreational athletes. At Michigan State University, athletic training students have opportunities for educational and professional experiences that prepare them for jobs in high school, collegiate, professional, clinical and industrial settings.

Students are exposed to state-of-the-art philosophies, equipment and research while working with numerous athletic teams at MSU and in high schools. They have learning experiences that require immediate decision making, physician consultation, injury evaluation and communication with intercollegiate and high school coaches, student-athletes and clinical athletic training supervisors.

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Educating for Democracy: What We Can Do

January 09, 2018
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In a challenging time for our democracy, how can we help students prepare for civic and political life in the digital age? The Educating for Democracy Deep Dive from Teaching Channel and the Civic Education Research Group collects case studies and resources.

Teresa Chin works with youth in downtown Oakland, Calif. at Youth Radio — a media production company driven by young people. One thing she works with youth on is the development of first-person commentaries. She wants them to learn how to draw on their life experiences in order to share their perspective on a societal issue with a broad audience. As Teresa explains, “Commentaries are a really powerful tool for civic engagement. Your story is how you can get people to build empathy and understanding.” Here is a video of how Teresa does this as well as related curriculum materials: Writing Commentaries: The Power of Youth Voice.

Chela Delgado teaches high school at Coliseum College Preparatory Academy in Oakland. She has her students research an issue they find compelling and study its root causes. They then develop a theory of change, engage in an action project, and present their findings to the community. As part of this effort, she has her students learn to create infographics. She wants them to develop skills to communicate their perspective succinctly and to clarify their theory of change. Her broader goal is to help students come to see themselves as informed and effective actors in their community and beyond. See how Chela makes this happen and check out her lesson plan in this video:

Teresa and Chela are focused on different kinds of civic media skills. Teresa works in a youth organization while Chela teaches high school. But, they share a core commitment — preparing students to be active participants who can help strengthen our democracy.

Challenging Times for Our Democracy

The need to strengthen our democracy feels more acute today than it has in decades. Our government is supposed to be of the people, by the people, and for the people. Unfortunately, in a 2017 national survey, just 20 percent of Americans said they trusted the government to do what is right. Something significant is wrong.

Indeed, only about one-third of younger adults said they are optimistic about the nation’s future. To make matters worse, an increasing number of young people do not believe democratic processes are a good way to respond. In 1995, for example, Foa and Mounk found that 16 percent of young Americans believed that democracy was a “bad” political system for their country. In 2011, 24 percent of U.S. millennials considered democracy to be a “bad” way of running the country. That’s a 50 percent increase in a generation — and we suspect the number is higher today.

To be sure, these problems have multiple roots and will require action on many levels. But, as educators, it’s incumbent on us to ask what we can do. And countless educators, like Chela and Teresa, working in schools and in youth organizations, are doing just that. One thing that makes these efforts exciting is that many educators are recognizing that educating for democracy in the digital age needs to be different because the practice of politics is changing. Supporting youth to build the critical skills and capacities needed in the digital age is not easy, but its import is clear.

A New Collection of Resources

For these reasons, we are thrilled to announce the new Educating for Democracy Deep Dive developed by the Teaching Channel and the Civic Engagement Research Group at the University of California, Riverside. The Deep Dive is a curated collection of videos accompanied by educational resources, blogs, and articles related to preparing youth for civic and political life in the digital age. It provides educators with the opportunity to see key aspects of civic learning and digital media learning in action. It also provides avenues for educators and their students to explore the ways in which our civic, political, and digital lives are inextricably linked in the 21st century.

For example, there are videos and resources that highlight various ways educators can integrate civic learning in line with the following essential questions:

  • INVESTIGATION & RESEARCH: How do I help students research issues that matter to them?
  • CIVIC KNOWLEDGE: How do I help further students’ civic knowledge and understanding?
  • DISCUSSION: How do I help students have productive discussions about current and controversial issues?
  • VOICE: How can students voice their perspective on issues that matter to them?
  • ACTION: What are effective ways to take action in the digital age?
  • LEARN MORE: Where can I learn more and find resources?

New content will be added to the Deep Dive on an ongoing basis, so follow @Ed4Democracy on Twitter and sign up for the Educating for Democracy newsletter or regular updates.

We hope this collection is helpful and please let us know your thoughts or ideas in the comment section below.

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Re-run Sunday: A toast to ice

Still not too late to impress your neighbors by planning your 200th birthday for ice next November. Yes, ice is only 199 years old. Not the kind you find in nature. No, the kind you put in the glass. The essential ice.

Not sure if it’ll be warm where you are this week, but here from summer 2012 is a story about the genius who in 1815 invented ice as we know it.

Mark your calendars for November 2015. That’s when ice celebrates its 200th birthday.

The declaration will no doubt startle those who revere the literal word.

How could ice be only 200 years old when earth endured what is known as “The Ice Age” 20,000 years ago?

Let me to explain.

Prior to 1815, ice was a substance that inspired one expression: profanity. It was slippery. It impeded motion. It made drinking water without a campfire difficult.

Sure, there may have been some Nordic types who reveled in ice, but that’s only because they had no choice. Guaranteed, go to Disney World this February and I’ll wager you dollars to lutefisk you’ll spend at least an hour standing in line with folks named Sven and Olga.

No one in their right mind chooses to live in landscapes dominated by ice. In fact, the only species that seems to do so is one the one famously ill-suited for any kind of mobility. That is the penguin.

It can’t fly, its webbed feet make migration impossible, and its lack of thumbs rule out the hitchhiking option. They seem like agile swimmers, but that can’t be or else they’d have long ago colonized places like Key West.

So we can all agree ice is a menace to hospitable living, right?

Wrong. And that’s why 1815 is a year to commemorate.

All hail Frederic Tudor!

He is to ice what Benjamin Franklin is to electricity. He didn’t invent it, but he realized its potential and harnessed it.

In fact, you could draw a line through history right at Tudor and 1815. On one side is barbarity, the other side civilization.

Tudor is the visionary who in 1806 gazed upon frozen New England ponds and saw gold.

Perhaps I’m drawn to celebrating him and his achievement because he seems like exactly the kind of guy with whom I could sit around and enjoy a cold beer.

And that was precisely the problem.

Cold drinks were an unheard of luxury back in the 19th century. No one ever dreamed ice had a utilitarian potential.

No one but Tudor. The third son of a wealthy Boston lawyer, he was a renown family layabout who’d skipped going to Harvard, as was his privilege, because he reasoned excessive study would bore him.

Sensing a kinship?

One day he and his rich brothers were enjoying an afternoon idyll with ice cream -- I like to imagine hammocks and really, really early Jimmy Buffett songs were involved -- when the oldest brother casually remarked what a pity it was that people in the sunbaked climes would never know what it was like to experience a chill.

The speculation immediately brain barnacled in the young Tudor’s head.

Why not, he wondered, take the chill to them?

It’s interesting to wonder if he considered mass moving equatorial people north in what would be a racially charged version of Make-A-Wish. Probably not. Taking ice in the other direction made more sense.

He’d spend the next six years and thousands of dollars in other people’s money trying to make that happen.

With borrowed money he bought a freighter and set sail on a 1,500-mile journey with a cargo preposterous enough to earn ridicule from the Boston Gazette. This from the paper’s February 10, 1806:

“No joke. A vessel has cleared the Custom House for Martinique with a cargo of ice. We can only hope this doesn’t prove a slippery speculation.”

Who knew smart ass bloggers existed 200 years ago?

His early efforts were uniform failures that led him to long stretches of debtor’s prison. The ice kept obeying basic physics and melting from solid to slush to liquid then being too tuckered from the exertion to turn to steam.

My favorite part of the story is imaging him trying to explain to baffled islanders why he kept showing up on their shores with boats full of warm water.

A restless self-promoter, he’d carry a cooler of ice with him to restaurants to add to the glasses of fellow diners to create demand where none previously existed.

He never quit and history shows that on Nov. 1, 1815, Tudor succeeded in delivering 150 tons of ice to the Caribbean, a region that today is difficult to fathom without frozen pina coladas and other cocktails to slurp.

I suppose I’m drawn to his story because it so contrasts with mine. He never had access to cold liquor and changed the world.

I have access to plenty of cold liquor and rarely bother to change my profile picture.

I bare him no historical grudge. I can’t imagine enduring these forecasted scorchers without access to ice for my bourbon or to add refreshing chill to beer-filled coolers.

He’s a man who should be memorialized.

Anyone think a big ice sculpture is too obvious?

Sounds cool to me.

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Sports Spirit Sunday: Score Goal, New Roles, More Soul

In ♥ & Soul, Community, Higher Ed, Home Sweet Home, Pro-DiSPO, Public Interest, Relationships, Spirit Sunday, Sports, Sports Sunday, Travel, Weekly Wonders, What's Hot, Workin' Woman, Yours Truly on 12/06/2015 at 12:50

Two-Day Game Warning: Almost the End of Regulation!

Announcement Maze with CardsIMG_8296Announcement with Photo Credits

As I approach my Big Day (Public Dissertation Defense) to complete my Doctor of Philosophy, my journey toward this ultimate goal may be drawing to a close while my next one toward my career advancement will begin.

However, my Ph.D. pursuit has helped me grow, not just professionally, but also personally, and most of all: spiritually. Furthermore, this undertaking couldn’t have been accomplished single-handedly: GOD’s grace provided, JESUS’ example was all-sided, and the HOLY SPIRIT’s light guided, in addition to Team Dr. D, who had my back. I forever will be grateful to the †Heavenly HOLY TRINITY† and my positive supporters here on Earth, who’ve rooted me on all the way, leading up to this Tuesday, December 8 ~ save-the-date!

My next anticipated title this AdventTita Elaine.

We expect my future niece or nephew to arrive around CHRISTmas time ~ the very 1st grandchild of my parents, who recently celebrated their ♥wedding♥ anniversary.  Yes, my family is very blessed. Regardless of these joyous times, I pray that we’ll always turn to the LORD, as we lead our lives here while preparing our eternal home in Heaven.

Sending peace and goodwill to San Bernadino, CA, in the wake of this terrorist tragedy. ✌

Sports Spirit Sunday: DC is for …

In ♥ & Soul, Community, Higher Ed, Home Sweet Home, Pro-DiSPO, Public Interest, Relationships, Spirit Sunday, Sports, Sports Sunday, Sunday Fun Day, Travel, Weekly Wonders, What's Hot, Workin' Woman, Yours Truly on 11/22/2015 at 12:30

Dallas CowboysDissertation Completion –> Championship!

Those are my goals for today:

  • hopeful ‘BOYS victory with Tony Romo back as quarterback ~ countdown to end of regulation (game on)
  • imperative submission of my final draft for review ~ countdown to my dissertation defense (16 more days!)

Grad Cat / Asia Felina Catalina & Stats Cat / Sweet Annie have been by my side all the way …

Mini Milestones: Feline Friday & Study Saturday

Happy ANNIE-versary♥ to her & yours truly 1 week ago!

Study Saturday: Conscientiousness

In ♥ & Soul, Community, Higher Ed, Home Sweet Home, Pro-DiSPO, Public Interest, Relationships, Study Saturday, Technology, Travel, Weekly Wonders, What's Hot, Workin' Woman, Yours Truly on 09/26/2015 at 08:00

During this week’s conference call with my dissertation chair, she called me

I not only accepted this ~ to ♥heart♥ and absolutely at face value ~ as the best compliment from her (when we were discussing the running and re-running of my statistics for my research results) but also am ensuring that I live up to this standard.

St. Joseph the Worker

St. Joseph the Worker †prayer† that contains the word conscientiously from my Doctor of Philosophy friend who I idolize

When my cohort members and I were admitted into our doctoral programconscientiousness* happened to be one of the personality traits for which we tested and that we studied in our leadership theories literature. It comes from the (1b) Big Five psychometric assessment that uses the “OCEAN” acronym:

  • Openness (or Originality)
  • *Conscientiousness (or Consolidation)
  • Extroverion ~ I’ve also consistently tested high for this in the (2) Myers-Briggs (as an ENFJ for Extraversion • Intuition • Feeling • Judging) both when I took it as a psych minor for my undergrad and again in doc school
  • Agreeableness (or Accommodation)
  • Neuroticism (or Emotional Instability) ~ the reverse of this attribute as leaders and doc students is ideal to deal

According to the (1a) instrument provided by my doctoral degree program, someone who is conscientious is “achievement”-oriented and “self-disciplined” ~ so this implies that conscientiousness involves intentions (definitely something for which I strive).

Currently, my conscientiousness has stuck with me through school ~ as both a scholar and an educator!

Grey's Cat

Throwback: Some timing that Grey’s Anatomy premiered its 12th season this week ~ I actually reported on it during my 1st year of doc coursework (my Grad Cat is the #PhotoBomb #BombDotCom shortly before baby sis Stat Cat‘s birth Annie-versary) ~ this is an example of a presentation aid that I just covered with my speech students

This past week, I taught my students about literary terms, so I tied them into ♪music♫ and pop culture:

Asyndeton in ♫George Strait‘s ♪The Chair♪

Irony in ♫Alanis Morissette‘s ♪Ironic♪

Verbal and Nonverbal Communication in Jeremy Lin‘s How to Fit in the NBA

Personification plus Alliteration and Assonance in Funny Face that featured Audrey Hepburn!

If it (Quality magazine) won’t speak to me, it won’t speak to them.

~ Ms. Prescott, Editor-in-Chief

D for

  • Down * Dreary * Dull * Depressing * Dismal andDeadly

Banish the Black Burn the Blue * Bury the Beige

  • Think pink * Red is dead * Blue is through * Green‘s obscene * Brown’s too boo

Now I know that my advisor wasn’t trying to flatter me, but her acknowledgment meant encouragement … of the ♥heart.

I challenge you fellow servants and leaders to consider which personality traits that you have in order to enhance your strengths and improve from your weaknesses!

Site Sources

  1. Big Five/OCEANhttp://ipip.ori.org/ and http://oaks.nvg.org/big-five.html
  2. Myers-Briggshttp://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/

Another Reference (when I minored in psychology)

Oldham, J. M., & Morris, L. B. (1995). The new personality self-portrait: Why you think, work, love, and act the way you do. New York, NY: Bantam Books.

After I helped lead my †Church† in prayer at Vigil Mass, Fr. Bob, our Pastor, greeted me as “Soon-to-be Dr. Dispo” ~ to which I replied, “GOD-willing,” and “to glorify GOD.”

Happy Belated Birthday to our Fr. Kumar, our Parochial Vicar!

Thirsty Thursday: Spiritual DNA & Bootcamp

In ♥ & Soul, Community, Health, Higher Ed, Home Sweet Home, Pro-DiSPO, Public Interest, Relationships, Thirsty Thursday, Travel, Weekly Wonders, What's Hot, Workin' Woman, Yours Truly on 09/24/2015 at 08:00
Pope Francis

Our Holy Father has spread joy & hope all around the world leading up to his World Meeting of Families | Courtesy ABC‘s Pope Francis & the People special

¡Biénvenidos, Padre!

Girl Sings to the Pope

“Don’t walk alone, always be encouraged. Walk with courage. Courage gives you joy, and joy gives you hope. Always move with courage, and always move with hope. Ask GOD for these.” ~ Pope Francis tells young girl in Spanish (this translated message transcends to all of us) … Similarly, Bishop Mike advised me to always look at the †cross† to refresh my soul with new hope, ♥love♥ and trust. | Courtesy ABC‘s Pope Francis & the People special

As Pope Francis journeys on his well-anticipated trip to America (Philly to D.C. to NYC)

Pope to America

Pope Francis has addressed the *U.S. Congress* | Courtesy ABC‘s Pope Francis & the People special

our awareness has been raised on how we take care of our environment … and each other.

Pope Addresses the Valley

Pope Francis has connected with my previous home: el Valle | Courtesy ABC‘s Pope Francis & the People special

We also must consider how we take care of ourselves, in terms of our own †spiritual† health.

Boy Consults the Pope

Pope Francis lifted up this young man’s spirits for taking care of his family | Courtesy ABC‘s Pope Francis & the People special

Lately, I’ve reflected on my self-centered tendencies and been praying to be relieved of them in order to put my life in GOD’s hands. This hasn’t been easy. Fortunately, more messages have reminded me to get more †spiritually-fit.

Has this already been part of our genetic disposition* or is this something that we can learn**?

Courtesy United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

*Spiri†ual DNA

M is for

Maryknoll‘s Father Finch uses a molecule metaphor about our spirituality already being part of our †souls, from the Holy Spirit to uncover GOD’s mysteries. By following these “spiritual† genetic instructions,” we serve and lead faithfully.

Pope Francis Prayer

en españolCourtesy United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

**Spiri†ual Bootcamp

First, we must make sure that we maintain our religious practices for the mind:

  • Go to Confession every month
  • Pray the Rosary everyday ~ offering our daily duty to be closer to the Holy Spirit
  • Scapular ~ “form me and shape me, Mother, in the form of Your Divine Son” (Marian way of life)

Furthermore, we must stay in good physical shape, so we have capable bodies:

  • Calisthenics are effective to take care of our temples ~ this activity is more ideal for our spirit than pop culture (e.g., watching TV, going online)
Providential Findings

Courtesy The Lake

Bearing in mind and heart all of the above advice plus last week’s scripture, I realize now more than ever that I’m no better than anyone else in the way that I treat others and ought to be treated; after all, as said every Ash Wednesday:

For you are dust, and to dust you shall return. ~ Genesis 3:19

 That being said, let’s follow the Pontiff‘s solid guidance to seek from GOD: courage –> joy –> hope ~ as I’ve studied this leadership practice for several years:

Encourage the ♥Heart♥

Courtesy Maryknoll

Spiritual Sources

  • ABC. (2015, Sept. 4). “Pope Francis and the People.” [TV special].
  • EWTN. (2014). Women of Grace “Marian Devotion: For Such a Time As This.”*
  • Finch, Fr. Raymond J. (2015, Sept. 20). Reflections from Maryknoll.** [Email].

Inspired by Pope Francis | Courtesy Maryknoll

Motivational Movie Monday: Vic Vids

In ♥ & Soul, Community, Health, Higher Ed, Home Sweet Home, Motivational Monday, Movie Monday, Pro-DiSPO, Public Interest, Relationships, Sports, Technology, Travel, Weekly Wonders, What's Hot, Workin' Woman, Yours Truly on 08/10/2015 at 10:10

For a 💡dose🍊 of motivation:

My 👓Must-See👀 💿DVDs📀

Get Coached is a collection💾 of 🎬segments🎥 from 🌠winning🏆 🏉football🏈 📣coaches📢

  • 4 NFL head coaches, including 2 Mikes ~ one (Singletary) who played for another Mike (Ditka) & the father (Buddy Ryan) of another featured coach (Rex Ryan), + another one (Sean Payton) who I actually reported on for one of my last doctoral classes
  • The Florida State Seminoles former coach (Bobby Bowden)

I also am including how their speeches🎤 ~ which are relevant not just in terms of athletic leadership, but 👔corporate💼 🏣business, as well ~ tie in with the 🌈exemplary💭 leadership theory that I’m exploring in my doctoral🎓 📜dissertation.

📢Cheers👏🏽 to 🏉NFL🏈 Preseason I 🎊2015🎉 👟kickoff!

Study Saturday: Stress & Spirit

In ♥ & Soul, Community, Home Sweet Home, Pro-DiSPO, Relationships, Study Saturday, Weekly Wonders, Yours Truly on 01/31/2015 at 18:45

When I wined and dined the other night, I was filled with a wealth of insight!

My pilot friend, a fellow Catholic, categorized a couple of things that are strongly involved in our daily lives:

Stress and Spirit

He broke down stress into two types:

  • Constructive stress ~ in which you’re engaging in activity that produces rewarding results (i.e., exercise)
  • Deconstructive stress ~ in which you’re waiting and worrying rather than doing (i.e., stressing at computer)

He split spirit into these two:

  • Encouraging spirit ~ in which someone motivates you to do your best (i.e., mentor)
  • Discouraging spirit ~ in which someone downplays your activities or goals

Also, Captain Kirk pointed out to me (the obvious ~ yet I was oblivious until now) that my initials stand for education:

ED = Elaine Dispo


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The Trees are Down by Charlotte Mew

The Trees are Down by Charlotte Mew.

The Trees are Down by Charlotte Mew

He cried with a loud voice: Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees – Revelation

They are cutting down the great plane-trees at the end of
the gardens.
For days there has been the grate of the saw, the swish of
the branches as they fall,
The crash of the trunks, the rustle of trodden leaves,
With the ‘Whoops’ and the ‘Whoa’, the loud common talk,
the loud common laughs of the men, above it all.

I remember one evening of a long past Spring
turning in at a gate, getting out of a cart, and finding
a large dead rat in the mud of the drive.
I remember thinking: alive or dead, a rat was a
god-forsaken thing,
but at least, in May, that even a rat should be alive.

The week’s work here is as good as done. There is just
one bough
on the roped bole, in the fine grey rain,
Green and high
And lonely against the sky.
(Down now! – )
And but for that,
If an old dead rat
did once, for a moment, unmake the Spring, I might never
have thought of him again.

It is not for a moment the Spring is unmade to-day;
These were great trees, it was in them from root to stem:
When the men with the ‘Whoops’ and the ‘Whoas’ have carted
the whole of the whispering loveliness away
Half the Spring, for me, will have gone with them.

It is going now, and my heart has been struck with the
hearts of the planes;
Half my life it has beat with these, in the sun, in the rains,
In the March wind, the May breeze,
In the great gales that came over to them across the roofs from the great seas.
There was only a quiet rain when they were dying;
They must have heard the sparrows flying,
And the small creeping creatures in the earth where they were lying –
But I, all day, I heard an angel crying:
‘Hurt not the trees’

At the Hands of Humans by Nina Lewis

Trusting dark eyes stare out from behind the cage

an expression of insecurity

sorrowful mistrust,

Head bowed,

the human hand persists,

voice soothes as fingers stretch out and repeat

the motions through the small opening.

Minutes later the response is love,

licking the fingers of the hand that saved him,

released him from captivity.

He and eight others are transported

sadness burning in their eyes,

a branding tattoo inside each ear,

A number.

An item.

The first moment outside captivity is

captured on film.

They have never seen the sun

Or clawed the earth

and when their cages are opened they

have no idea what to do.

Wary of life beyond the metal.

Trusting spirits still intact

with encouragement and time

they wander out to explore the world.

The same world that wrote them

a very different life story.

Give Us Sweet Peace. A Tiger’s Plea by Janet Jenkins

Poetry in motion, but wanted for potions;

we’re a dying breed and I fear it’s too late.

The evil ones came, they trapped my brother;

their only thought was exterminate!

Our body parts have special powers;

they’re wanted for healing, or so I am told.

I stalk through the jungle in search of a meal,

while poachers are prowling

and waiting to steal:

my whiskers, for toothache,

my brain for spots,

my bile, for convulsions,

my testes, for nodes,

my teeth, for rabies, sores

and charms.

The list is endless my caring friends,

It’s time to speak out;

support our cause.

Stop these bullies; give us sweet peace.

Fight for our beauty; protect our land.

Help us to cope in a challenging world,

Please give us a future;

it’s all in your hands.


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New York Mets captain and third baseman, David Wright, begins Game 3 of the World Series with one very loud, very swift swing of the bat.

We spoke about it earlier in the day while discussing how the New York Mets can get off to a hot start in Game 3 of the World Series tonight.

We said, should David Wright homer in the first-inning, it would mirror what Don Mattingly did in 1995 and bring Citi Field crumbling down with emotion.

Well, what do you know, Wright came up in the first-inning with his team down 1-0 and took young Yordano Ventura over the left center-field wall (Video Above).

As it stands right now the Mets are down 3-2 after the Kansas City Royals scored two in the top of the second. It could’ve been a couple of more runs if not for Wright making two brilliant defensive plays at third.

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What happened on Wednesday night to Charles Oakley was bizarre, to say the least, even by New York Knick standards.

The New York Knicks have, for the entirety of James Dolan’s tenure as owner, been a joke.

There is simply no way around it. The list of achievements under the Dolan regime includes losing records, trading unprotected draft picks for aging or injury prone players, coaches charged with sexual harassment and most recently, tossing out legendary Knicks for voicing displeasure.

 RELATED: LeBron James has the back of Charles Oakley with caption of ‘legend’

The Knicks have never and may never be a stable franchise under the leadership of Dolan. The only move he has made that has received praise (at the time) was the hiring of Phil Jackson.

Unfortunately for Dolan, he does not have the Midas touch.

Jackson’s tenure as President of Basketball Operations for the New York Knicks has been nearly as pathetic as Dolan’s ownership tenure. Just like Dolan, Jackson’s time in New York has been marked by failure and drama.

If you looked inside a Knicks’ jersey it would read “Once a Knick, Always a Knick,” but it has become more clear than ever that it means nothing to these two executives.

 CHECK OUT the New York Knicks Team Center: News, Stats, Standings

Oakley was the heart and soul of the 90’s Knicks. You know, the last time the Knicks held a respectable basketball team.

In the franchise’s history, Oak ranks six in games played, third in minutes played, first in offensive rebounds, third in total rebounds and of course, the Knicks’ tough guy ranks second in personal fouls.

Oakley is one of the most important figures in Knicks history. To this day, he continues to be vocal about a team he, for some reason, still holds near and dear to him.

What has this gotten Oakley? Well, we saw on Wednesday night when his Knicks pride earned him is condemnation from James Dolan.

Carmelo Anthony, like Oakley, prides himself on being a New York Knick. He has been more loyal to the organization than arguably any player since Oakley — and what has Melo received for this?

Under Phil Jackson’s leadership, Anthony has been outcasted. Jackson, who could easily lessen the tension between the two by speaking to the media, has remained silent.

If anything, Jackson has only tried to worsen the relationship with his star player through social media. Recently, he appears to have come out and agreed with an article criticizing Anthony.

The star player of the New York Knicks, who as ESPN showed last night, has stuck with the Knicks through five coaches and has seen his teammates change more than 80 times, is getting pushed out the door.

 RELATED: Charles Oakley gives his side of the story

The reality of the Knicks’ situation is simple: James Dolan and Phil Jackson have made the Knicks a team where former and currently players are not welcome. If Knicks who have spent years as loyalists to the organization can be treated with this much contempt, what does this say to future free agents?

There is little doubt in my mind that Carmelo Anthony, who is extremely well connected throughout the league, has been voicing his frustrations to guys around the league.

Players like Chris Paul, who may have had an interest in playing with Anthony, are certainly going to be hesitant to join the atmosphere Jackson has created.

He has made the Knicks, even with New York City and a player of Anthony’s status, a destination to avoid at all costs. To make matters worse, Jackson was hired in part because of his ability to attract free agents, in which he has failed miserably in.

Now, Dolan has made the Garden a place where former employees, including all-time greats, are not welcome to the point where if you voice your displeasure with the team, you will receive the Oakley treatment.

That is, facing the humiliation of being thrown out in front of the same fans you put everything on the line for each and every night.

“Once a Knick, Always a Knick,” right?

 NEXT: Amid Charles Oakley noise, New York Knicks collapse against Clippers (Highlights)

Charles Hart
Charles is a sophomore at Pennsylvania State University from Long Island, New York, majoring in broadcast journalism. As a member of Penn State's CommRadio, the official radio station of the College of Communications, Charles has written various articles covering Penn State football and basketball. In addition to writing, Charles also co-hosts Empire State College, the only New York sports talkshow on campus.