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THE LEARNING FLASH
(Drawn by Lacey, from Loogoottee Elementary West) This newsletter is broken into the following segments of brief articles:
This Month's Schedule 10 Steps to Successful Project Management I'm OKAY, You're a Pompous Butt Head: Using Tools and Your Strengths to Lead 360 Degrees Transforming Subject Matter Experts Into Powerful Faculty Faculty Development: Launching Student Success Grow Starts: Jumpstart Admissions Success Leadership Academy Retreat Project Management for Trainers ASTD Certificate Program PLAY GAMES! If you are interested in spending two hours in Indianapolis trying out a management simulation on 8/4 from 10 - noon at the RMA’s Office, please contact Margie Brown ASAP. Project Management Magic Do Females Make Better Project Managers?
Somewhat stereotypically, women are believed to possess better soft skills in comparison to the males, and excel at multitasking, listening and team work. These competencies would predict success at project management. Let us know what you think by emailing info@russellmartin.com. Lessons From Project Management: 101 Ways to Organize Your Life Yes, this blog actually has 101 ways (the author is obviously a gifted project manager to have so much free time!). The ideas are related to project management work as much as life, and here are some of my favorites:
Top 10 Reasons NOT to Use Project Management (David Letterman style)
More? Check out this site If it seems like your project sponsors and stakeholders are a bit unrealistic about project management, consider bringing us in to hold a half day session on Project Management for Stakeholders and Sponsors. Or enroll in the 10 Steps to Successful Project Management public workshop in November in Indianapolis. Contact Margie Brown for more information and availability. Leadership In the Middle Experts as Coaches: Why It Doesn't Work
If you'd like help growing your experts into coaches, or you need coaches for your new managers, contact Margie to be introduced to one of our professional coaches. Contact Margie Brown for more information. The Leadership Academy: All Leadership Training is Not the Same
Join our facilitators Lou and Susan Mosey in August at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Sign up now. Contact Margie Brown for more information. Leading Your Own Life Sardinian sheepherders, Japanese grandmothers and Seventh-Day Adventists in Los Angeles don't seem to have that much in common. But within these groups there are some of the longest-lived people in the world. Author Dan Buettner’s global research culminated in his book The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who've Lived the Longest. Want to learn how? Dan identified four ways to live longer:
One of the idiosyncrasies he discovered is that people who eat nuts four to five times a week, 2 ounces at a time, tend to live two to three years longer than people who don't. Improving Higher Education My special thanks to Debra Carroll, Kim St.Cyr and the gifted faculty and students at Catherine Hinds School of Aesthetics for fabulous facials for me, my daughters and my mother! If you are near Woburn, Mass, check it out: www.catherinehinds.com.
If you've missed these articles, please drop an email to lou@lplusearn.com and we would be happy to send you an electronic version. LINK May 2008 - Past, Present, Future: Using IT to Time Travel CareerCollege Central May 2008 - Healthy Teams, Healthy Profit I am thrilled to announce that I have accepted a position on the Advisory Board for Career College Central. Learning Audit: Are Your Faculty Delivering?
If you answered NO to any of these questions, consider sending your faculty to our classroom changing, four session webinar Grow Starts: Jumpstart Admissions Success starting this month.' Please email me if you have additional questions. Want to transform Subject Matter Experts into Faculty quickly? Attend our 1 day workshop Transforming Subject Matter Experts Into Powerful Faculty on 8/21 and leave with the process and training materials you need to improve your faculty immediately.
Sixteen years after Barbie dolls declared, "Math class is tough," girls are proving that when it comes to math they are just as smart as boys, measuring up in every grade, from second through 11th. Sell Less, Start More High School Presentation Did you know we have a new High School Recruitment Presentation packaged for your high school reps to teach potential students project management. It's not too late to get their attention for a summer or fall start. For a free 30-day trial, contact me now. Training Truths Attend one of our ASTD Project Management for Trainers Certificate2-day workshops: September 8-9th, Alexandria, VA We are currently working on a special December class with Lou… stay tuned. Delegation Options: A Process for Improvement Thanks to Training Systems Inc. www.trainingsys.com for this entry Levels of Delegation In each stage, the manager provides guidance at the level shown in bold type, and the staff member takes responsibility for the level(s).
From Donald T. Tosti, ISPI Conference session 2000 The Boss Should Go First
'Me first! Me first!' says the admin clerk. 'I want to be in the Bahamas, driving a speedboat, without a care in the world.' Puff! She's gone. 'Me next! Me next!' says the sales rep. 'I want to be in Hawaii, relaxing on the beach with my personal masseuse, an endless supply of Pina Coladas and the love of my life.' Puff! He's gone. 'OK, you're up,' the Genie says to the manager. The manager says, 'I want those two back in the office after lunch.' Technology Are You Missing the Social Media Marketing Party?
Should direct marketers be trying to reach potential customers via blogs or social media?
Should my company have a blog?
How can I get the most value out of my blog?
For more information please visit www.cgsm.com. Check out Lou's blogs at the end of this newsletter. Do you have a blog that you would like to highlight? Send it to us at info@russellmartin.com. Join Me! The 10th Annual Signature Customer Service and Support Professionals Conference When: September 29 - October 1, 2008. Where: Loews Coronado Bay Resort San Diego, CA. You don't want to miss this event! Register now so you don't miss our Early Bird Special by registering before August 23 and saving $100! You can register at www.helpdeskconference.com or by calling 425-398-9292. Join me at my presentation titled More for Less: Minimal Project Management for Maximum Results at this legendary conference on Customer Service. Web Wonders Easy to Be Green
The Contest There's still plenty of time to sit by the pool, go to band concerts as well as wait in airports for storms to clear. Try out this contest while you wait! Send us your answers and you'll win FABULOUS MERCHANDISE. Make as many small words out of this phrase as you can. Send your answers to info@russellmartin.com. LECTURE AS A LAST RESORT
July CONTEST Summer Beach Reads Thank you to everyone who responded with their favorite summer reads. Here’s the list – get busy reading!
Come See Us Recent Articles by Lou Russell Check out all my articles on Inside Indiana Business. Free Webinars: Previously recorded sessions by Lou Russell:
Upcoming sessions:
Lou’s Blogs
Where the RMA Staff Will Be in August: Lou:
Margie:
Mary Cook
Deirdre Gengenbach
Susan Mosey
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Our summer started slowly with all the rain, but now the heat and intensity of summer is here. In some states, including Indiana, school starts in only a couple of weeks! How could it fly by so quickly? 
Project Management stills seems to be dominated by males though increasingly females are entering this field. When I speak at PMI meetings, the percentage of female attendees is still relatively low. 
10. Our customers love us, so they don't care if our products are late and don't work.
It seems a simple decision to match an experienced sales person up with a novice so that the new person ramps up quickly. In fact, it often does not work. Why is that?
There are many good options for growing leaders, but 
Lou’s Articles in LINK and Career Central
July 2008 - Technology Scorecard Plinko
Take this simple quiz:
We Caught Up! Girls and Math
What is the biggest mistake your reps are making? Probably it's talking too much. 'Reps that sell through questions start more students. The easiest thing to do is to "lecture" to a prospect about all the wonders of the school, but research shows that most of us don't retain much from that kind of approach. Instead, teach your reps to ask How and What questions, finding out what's important to the potential student, and showing him or her ways the school meets those needs. For more techniques to maximize starts, send your reps to Grow Starts: Jumpstart Admissions Success a four part webinar series beginning August 22.
A sales rep, an administration clerk, and the manager are walking to lunch when they find an antique oil lamp. They rub it and a Genie comes out. The Genie says, 'I'll give each of you just one wish.'
Mark Kolier writes that while social networking and blogging both offer great opportunities to build your brand and create conversations about your products, it is not an area in which your company should consider for making direct sales to prospects and customers. On the Web, we are first and foremost "citizens" since we are not "owned" by any company trying to sell us products.
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