The Blogging Boomers Carnival continues on
By · CommentsThe Olympics may be over for another year, but we Blogging Boomers continue to blog. No medals are on the line. No world records will be broken. However, we share interesting thoughts and ideas about life as a baby boomer.
This week’s carnival covers office romance, hiding your age, career change, a four-month backpacking trip and more. Please join us, read the posts and leave a comment or two if the mood strikes.
Andrea J. Stenberg
6 Ways to Get the Most Out of Attending a Conference
By · CommentsThis past weekend I attended Podcamp Toronto. It was an amazing weekend, in part because of the people who were there and in part because I had a plan. I went into the weekend knowing what I needed to get out of the event and how to get it. My personal event strategy is one that can be used for any conference you may attend.
1. Choose Your Sessions
Unlike some conferences, at Podcamp you didn’t have to register for individual sessions ahead of time. Even so, I spend a good bit of time looking over the sessions and the speakers. Before I got there I had a list I really wanted to attend.
However, I didn’t carve that list in stone. I know from past experience that sometimes the best sessions are not the ones I was expecting. So I kept my ears open. There were a couple of sessions I attended solely because some else said the speaker rocked. In each case, they were right. Being flexible about the sessions made for a better weekend.
2. Plan Who To Meet
Registration for Podcamp is public – you name goes on a wiki when you register. There was also a LinkedIn group and Twitter hash tags for the event. In spite of this, I didn’t see anyone who I really felt I needed to meet.
However, I didn’t just throw up my hands. I decided one of my goals for the weekend was to meet five interesting people who I would want to contact later and continue the conversations we had.
Setting this goal was very important for me. Although many people who know me personally may not realize this, I’m actually very shy. My natural inclination is to sit in Read More→
Blogging Boomers Carnival Sesquicentennial
By · CommentsYes, the Blogging Boomers Carnival has reached 150 editions. That’s 150 weeks of interesting and varied posts by this collection of baby boomer bloggers. This week includes articles about being both gym free and guilt free (boy do I need that one), the 100th birthday of RVs, medical research on aging, wearing plaid after 40 and a post that asks are men with children undateable?
For your Monday morning break, head on over to It’s All About Aging – this week’s host – and sample some of this week’s Carnival. And while you’re reading, don’t forget to put the social in “social media”. Leave a comment, send a link to your friends or Tweet about your favorite articles.
Andrea J. Stenberg
Tips For Effective Time Management
By · CommentsOne of the greatest challenges many people face in business and in their personal lives is that there never seems to be enough time to accomplish everything they need to do, let alone finding time for things they want to do! They look with envy at those who are able to successfully fit work, family, personal, and other activities into their lives. The reality is that we all have the same 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 52 weeks per year – it’s how we choose to spend that time that makes all the difference.
In order to develop a time management system that will be effective for you, it’s helpful to start with some formal or informal assessments to help you compare the way you are currently living your life with the way you would like it to be. Identify the obstacles that are preventing you from managing your time effectively. Become aware of your biological rhythms to determine what type of activity you do best in the morning, afternoon, evening, and late at night. Explore your personality type preferences, and the way they affect the way you perceive and deal with time.
Depending on your specific challenges, some of the following strategies may help Read More→
Seth Godin says Real Artists Ship. Do you?
By · CommentsThe other day I was listening to the Marketing Over Coffee podcast featuring an interview with Seth Godin, talking about his new book Linchpin.
While the entire podcast was interesting – as always – there was one section in particular that stood out. Godin said, “real artists ship.”
By artists, he didn’t necessarily mean people who put paint on canvas. He broadened the term to mean anyone who is creative and bringing something new to the market, in particular entrepreneurs. What he really meant is successful entrepreneurs finish what they start and bring new products (or services) to market. They don’t spend forever making it perfect. They get it close enough, then release it.
During the interview they discussed a few well-known cases of companies taking forever to get a new product to market. In some cases, they never quite manage to release.
This got me to thinking about Read More→
