A Follow-up to Finding Volunteering Opportunities Online
After a recent post about Volunteer Match I had contacted them to see if they have a similar website for Canadian based volunteers and organizations. Apparently I did not look quite far enough through the site. They do indeed and in fact they have opportunities all around the world. Under the Search feature of the […]
Pangea Day – May 10, 2008
This is an incredible world community event that you and I can play a role in or just observe. Pangea Day is set for May 10, 2008. This will be a day were sites around the world including London, New York, Cairo and more will be linked together through web conferencing. Visionary films, speakers and […]
Speaking of Ebooks….
I went on a small tangent yesterday about an ereader and today I found yet another ebook site. ManyBooks.net claims to have 18000 free ebooks for download to pdas, ipods and ereaders. Many of the books on this site I have seen on other free ebook sites (Project Gutenberg – who have by the way […]
Looking For a Great Volunteering Opportunity?
I came across this site today VolunterMatch.com. It’s a website network for volunteering, matching nonprofit organizations looking for volunteers with members of the public looking to donate their skills, time and effort.As a volunteer you can view opportunities by area of interest (animal, health care, children, environment, etc) or skill that you can offer to […]
Thanks to my readers and 2000 visitors.
I started keeping track of visits to my blog June 21 of this year. Well early this morning I had my 2,000th visitor. I know that this includes many of the same readers that come back time and time again to read my posts and respond to some of my questions. I just wanted to […]
Photo of the Day, National Geographic
My home page popped this image up as the photo of the day. I just saw it now and thought it was beautiful. Now I know what a sea nettle looks like…there…I’ve learned something new today.
To e-book or Not e-book? That is the Question.
I came across a bunch of posts today for Amazon.com’s new ebook reader Kindle that is coming out apparently in October. Ugg…I’m sorry but this is one ugly piece of equipment for appx. $400. I like reading books on my pda. In fact I’ve read probably 20 or so in this method. For me it’s […]
Blog Action Day – Oct. 15th, Get Involved
This is a wonderful concept. One Day….One Thought….Cool. So what is Blog Action Day? On October 15th – Blog Action Day, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind. In its inaugural year, Blog Action Day will be co-ordinating bloggers to tackle the issue of the environment. What […]
Welcome Aboard Our New Orientation Format
About a month ago I wrote about how our department was striving to create a new, exciting and more interactive orientation.Well today we launched our S.S. Southlake, General Orientation. Yes indeed we have designed our first day of orientation to be that similar to welcoming guests aboard a cruise ship. We greeted each new staff […]
LMS – I don’t want to be Little Miss Should’ve
“Okay, okay, okay…it’s not all my fault Tony.” — I’d rather be Little Miss SplendidTony Karrer (eLearning Technology) posted today on his blog, 10 Gotcha’s when implementing an LMS into your organization. Apparently after sharing my frustration yesterday, Tony helpped to point out that I may be experiencing #1 – Starting With an Unrealistic Expectation […]