Author: Barbara Seiders
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Got writer’s block? Try a little meditation!
For 2012 NaNoWriMo, I signed up for NaNo Swap, where you agree to send small care packages to fellow WriMos. I got two swap buddies, both of whom won NaNo and both of whom sent endearing care packages. As part of the package I sent to them, I created a finger labyrinth with some of…
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Respect the Work: Shortcuts Used to Republish Public Domain Works
The first post of this series, “Respect the Work: Republishing Public Domain Works” called for those who republish materials in the public domain to honor the original author with an authentic, faithful reproduction of their work. The post was prompted by the controversy that arose over the inappropriate choice of cover model used in a…
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Respect the Work: Republishing Public Domain Works
A child of about eleven, garbed in a very short, tight, very ugly dress of yellowish-gray wincey. She wore a faded brown sailor hat and beneath the hat, extending down her back, were two braids of very thick, decidedly red hair. (The reader first meets Anne Shirley, in Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud…
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Ok, I Took the StrengthsFinder 2.0 Assessment. Now what?
As an enthusiastic proponent of strengths-based leadership, I often recommend to my colleagues that they take the StrengthsFinder 2.0 assessment. I also try to encourage them to learn more about the foundation of the concept, by reading First, Break All the Rules and Now, Discover Your Strengths. For many of them, taking the time to…
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Vice President Joe Biden and the Incalculable Calculus
“If you are elected, what could you both give to this country as a man, as a human being, that no one else could?” Martha Raddatz to Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan, Vice Presidential Debates, 2012 In 2008, when then-Presidential candidate Barack Obama picked Senator Joe Biden as his Vice Presidential running…
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What Seattle Seahawks’ QB Russell Wilson Teaches Me about Leadership, Dignity and Humility
The Seattle Seahawks played their first game of the regular 2012 NFL season on September 9th at Arizona. Coming off of four wins in preseason and a surprising announcement that rookie Russell Wilson had won the competition for starting QB, expectations were high going in to the game. Coming out of the game, statistics for…
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Islam and American History
There is a particularly hateful article that has been posted on a number of blogs and recently on facebook that I find stunning in its bigotry. [Update June 8, 2013: I had posted the text of the article before but have discovered that people were linking to it directly. I have removed it so that it…
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A Response to Mitt Romney’s Opinion of Obama Supporters
With apologies in advance — I try to keep my commentary as neutral as possible, respectful, and generally dispassionate. This is not one of those posts. In an amazing article, Mother Jones reports that Governor Romney told a group of wealthy supporters what he really thinks of Obama supporters. MoJo quotes: There are 47 percent…