Recently I had lead a Social Media workshop. Specifically what social media is and how to us it your clubs. Social media can help in your recruiting processes, education processes and in basic communication to members and non-members. Social media…
Category: Leadership
Using Social Media in Toastmasters Clubs
Posted in Community, Contributing, How To, Leadership, Social Media Tagged with: Social Media, Toastmasters
Development Team Relationships
This week I pushed out some old blogs outlining the relationships between senior and more junior developers. I did this because I thought it was very important to listen to each other. We can all learn from old and new…
Enhance Your Technology Career By Learning To Speak
Have you ever had a customer, co-worker or manager look at you as if you had two heads? When an IT Professional, speaks it is very important that who we speak to understands what we are saying. You cannot sell…
Posted in Employment Search, Goals, How To, Ideas, interview, IT, job interview, Job Search, Jobs, Leadership, Personal Learning and Growth, Personal Thoughts, Professional Development, self-improvement, Success, Team, Technology Tagged with: Career, Communication, Speaking
Keeping a Cool Head
Recent events at work caused 3 days of fire fighting to keep systems going. It was a lot of work and was not easy. Stress levels were at an all-time high. While showing the rest of the staff that I…
Senior should be a Junior for a Day
There are times where a Senior Developer should take a step back and become a Junior Developer. There are times when a Junior Developer can teach a Senior Developer new skill, thoughts and patterns. Granted there are a fair number…
IT Professional and Communication Skills
It is a well-known fact that Information Technology professionals are often lacking skills in the communication department. Almost every job posting lately had stated you must have good Oral and Written communication skills. This was not me; at least until…
Be Kind to Those You Meet
You never know when you meet someone what they will be to you in your life. You may meet them in a service club, be a customer of yours, be a friend or an in-law. You just never know when…
My Cover Letter
Dear Business Owners, Team Leaders and Information Officers; I am not just a developer. I am a developer who can blend in with a team, lead a team and be part of a team.
Failure
Failure is an opportunity to find an alternate way of finding success. Dig deep, learn from the events and change. Through change, you can overcome failure. Change brings failure or success; it is a 50% wager. Evolve, learn and morph…
Posted in evaluation, How To, Ideas, Leadership, Listening, Personal Thoughts, Professional Development, Success
Project Manager – Team Lead – Manager of Development
I have been asked a few times for resources and tips for a new Project Manager, Team Lead, Manager of Development type position. My tips are a generalization as I can pull out more resources for certain situations. Tips 1.…
Posted in Beginning New Management Position, Bosses, Contributing, Developer, Downtime, How To, interview, IT, job interview, Junior, Leadership, Listening
