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This Week's Top 5 Blogs
February 28, 2013
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General
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This week's top 5 blogs: From learning about the challenges police face in maintaining public confidence in the wake of Officer Dorner's rampage to the importance of LinkedIn recommendations, here's a sampling of this week's most popular posts.
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Securing the Systems We Can’t Live Without
February 27, 2013
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Homeland Security
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What’s the first thing you do when waking in the morning? Turn on the lights? Brush your teeth? Or maybe fire up your laptop to check the morning’s emails? Much of the activity we perform is tied to a web of interconnected systems that allow us to function throughout our day. But what happens when systems critical to our daily living stop working? An example is noticeable on the East Coast, where many of our fellow students and faculty recently dealt with the effects of the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Sandy and hazardous winter conditions.
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How to Successfully Pass the PMP Exam, A Q&A With Fahad Usmani, PMP
February 26, 2013
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Business and Management
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Interested in adding a Project Manager Professional (PMP) designation to your career toolkit? Recently, I reached out to PMP and friend, Fahad Usmani, to gain his insight on the PMP certification process.
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5 Tips for Getting LinkedIn Recommendations
February 25, 2013
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Career Advice
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LinkedIn recommendations will never replace a traditional reference check, but they certainly can’t hurt. They can speak to your credibility, while giving your LinkedIn profile a boost. While recommendations are important, it’s important not to overdo it. Quantity matters less than quality in many cases.
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To Whom It May Concern: Why Knowing Your Audience is Key for Effective Writing
February 22, 2013
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General, Student Success
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In my 12 years as a writing instructor, I recognize the negative feelings people have toward writing. I see the anxiety students have at the thought of putting proverbial pen to paper. Some are even adamant that they’ll never need writing skills for their chosen profession. Yet it’s hard to dispute that we live in a time more dependent on writing than ever before. Ultimately, effective writing depends on how well you analyze and address your audience.
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How to Find Your Passion in 2013
February 21, 2013
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Business and Management, Student Success
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The best leaders are also great visionaries. Being a visionary is not just about having great dreams. It’s about having the passion to transform those dreams into reality. That passion motivates others to follow leaders in accomplishing their vision. John Maxwell says, “A great leader’s courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.” What is the passion that will define your leadership in 2013?
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This Week's Top 5 Blogs - 2.20.13
February 20, 2013
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General
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This week’s Top 5 blogs: From hot cybersecurity jobs to the role of true grit in accomplishing goals, here’s a sampling of this week’s most popular posts.
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After Christopher Dorner’s Rampage, How to Build Community Trust in Police
February 19, 2013
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Criminal Justice, Homeland Security
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LAPD officer Dr. Sunil Dutta, a Master’s in Homeland Security course developer and instructor at Colorado Technical University, recently published an op-ed for the Washington Post discussing the ongoing challenges police officers face in order to maintain public confidence. The issue of community-based policing is a critical topic for current and aspiring criminal justice professionals to consider – particularly in light of instances like those involving Officer Dorner.
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True Grit: Does it Help You Become More Successful?
February 18, 2013
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Higher Education, Student Success
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Recently, I came across the idea of “true grit,” or the ability to persevere through the greatest of odds and succeed. This resonated with me because of its relation to my thesis topic on resiliency and cultural expectations where I assessed how cultural upbringing affected resiliency in children.
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Hot Career Alert: Demand for Cybersecurity Experts on the Rise
February 15, 2013
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Homeland Security, IT and Computer Science
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Virtually all government and business databases and operations are digitized. Most are linked through communications networks, with many accessible via the Internet. Since information, from national security secrets to trade secrets and daily business operations, is housed in computers and their networks, it’s not surprising that cyberattacks are a major threat to the cyberworld. Within cyberspace, attacks motivated by criminals, hostile governments, terrorists, ex-employees with grudges and hackers have become an epidemic problem.
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