Sending a Video Camera to “Near Space”
For the past two years I’ve volunteered with TEDx Asheville. For the November 2012 event we selected the theme of “THE EDGE”. I thought the theme was the perfect opportunity to send a video camera to “the edge” of Earth’s atmosphere. In the fall of 2012 I began working with a group of middle school […]
Sending a Video Camera to “Near Space”
For the past two years I’ve volunteered with TEDx Asheville. For the November 2012 event we selected the theme of “THE EDGE”. I thought the theme was the perfect opportunity to send a video camera to “the edge” of Earth’s atmosphere. In the fall of 2012 I began working with a group of middle school […]
Leadership Webinar: Katie Spotz — Leadership lessons learned while rowing solo across the ocean
In 2010 Katie Spotz rowed a tiny boat 3,038 miles across the Atlantic Ocean all by herself. Katie was 22 years old then and she set the new world record for such a feat! Throughout her row, Katie wasn’t just seeking to make history. She was also raising money, for the Blue Planet Network, a San Francisco-based non-profit funding safe drinking […]
Mental Models — How does your perspective shape your reality?
This school year, like last school year, I volunteer each Friday morning at the middle school my son attends. I teach a leadership class and use the curriculum developed the Center for Creative Leadership. This week and next I'll be teaching a lesson on "Mental Models". Mental Models (think "paradigms") are deeply held images of […]
Virtual Team Research Project
Do you work on a Virtual Team? IATF member and doctoral candidate Faisal Shehab is conducting a study on Emergent Leader Detection and Identification in a Virtual Team Environment. Date: November 12, 2012 To: IATF Members & Community Re: Request for Participation in a Doctoral Study to Investigate Emergent Leader Detection and Identification in a […]
Free Leadership Webinar: “Mean Girls at Work” with authors Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster
Watch the recording of the Webinar now in the IATF Members Only Area BASIC Membership is FREE More than 90% of women of different social strata claim that envy and jealousy toward other women colors their lives. 90% of women in diverse jobs also report that competition in the workplace is primarily between other women, rather than between women […]