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Innovation in Higher Education: Student Centered Teaching
February 1, 2013
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Higher Education
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Prior to my career in higher education, I consulted with organizations on how to effectively use emerging media to achieve strategic goals. One client was an intermediate school district. I recall conversations with the district’s curriculum consultants about how experts knew (and preached) the value of innovation in teaching and learning, but failed to actually put it into practice.
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It’s a New Year: Make Your Relationships Count
January 31, 2013
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General, Health Sciences
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Like clockwork, when the New Year rolls around people everywhere resolve to make a fresh start. It makes sense. The slower pace of the holiday season that precedes the New Year is a perfect time for personal reflection. It’s during that time, your mind gravitates to the many things you wish you had done but never seemed to make time for.
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How to Identify Stakeholders in Project Management
January 30, 2013
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Business and Management
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As a project manager responsible for completing projects successfully and within scope, it’s imperative that you know the stakeholders. Stakeholders can be a person or organization with an interest in the project’s completion. This can be anyone from an influential customer, sponsor, the public or performing organization involved in the project.
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A Look Inside the Mind of a Rapist
January 29, 2013
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Criminal Justice
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One of the most difficult things law enforcement officers must do is to interview rape victims. They must be asked highly intrusive questions that force them to relive an extraordinarily painful experience. Yet the hard, cold fact is that cops aren’t therapists. Their primary goal is to capture the rapist and to keep another victim from going through the same pain.
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5 Essential Steps to Protect Your Company’s Data
January 28, 2013
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IT and Computer Science
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In most organizations, the Chief Security Officer (CSO) or Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is responsible for alerting the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and other key executives of potential security risks related to the business’ critical Information Systems (IS) infrastructure and data. Another key responsibility is to mitigate cyber-attacks.
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Personal Data Security: Creating Smart Passwords
January 25, 2013
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General, IT and Computer Science
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In previous posts, I’ve written about potential security threats you face when it comes to protecting your computer systems and data. In this post, we get personal as I share ideas for protecting your personal assets from digital vulnerabilities.
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How S.M.A.R.T. are your goals?
January 24, 2013
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Student Success
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The word “smart” can be defined in many different ways. Such a seemingly simple word can mean anything from bright and quick-witted to the more negative connotation of being insolent. In the 1980s more meaning was added to this simple word when George Doran, Arthur Miller and James Cunningham used “smart” as an acronym to define a goal setting process to be used when managing people.
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Use Your Digital Identity to Advance Your Career
January 23, 2013
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Career Advice
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Anyone pursuing new professional opportunities these days understands that leveraging social media, and the identities established in the various communities, is critical for success. But does social media really work? Check out these statistics from an annual Jobvite survey.
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Trans-border Crime: The New Gateway for Terrorism
January 21, 2013
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Homeland Security
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I recently presented at the Trans-Border Narco-Terrorism Conference co-hosted by Angelo State University, Texas Tech and the Transborder International Police. The conference was a perfect example of regional collaboration between academia, public sector – both from the U.S. and Mexico – and the private sector. It was a success, not by virtue of the number of participants, but rather by who was present, the information shared, and discussion of the hard issues found at the nexus of narcotics trafficking, crime and terrorism.
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Rebuilding the Broken Economy
January 18, 2013
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Business and Management
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There’s no question. The economy is broken. But what can be done to fix the challenges we are facing? Can whatever we do be fixed all at once? How long will it take to fix it? Unfortunately, these are simple but very complex questions.
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