Microsoft confessions there were a ton o…

Management focus was just on completely different things than what my teams were doing. Successful or not, it was seen as a distraction. Arguably, good management should be able to multitask, look at the world through different lenses, make situation-specific decisions, strategize in a diverse and complicated world.

Realistically, that’s a rare set of skills. Long story short, there were many good and bad experiences over the years.

The bad stuff made me stronger and more confident in my abilities.

The good stuff is work, friendships, and experience I’m still proud of. I know, for a fact, that we helped people. So that’s my story.

I remain proud of what I did and [I am] hopeful for the future.I’m still collecting stories.

Please e-mail joewilcox at live dot com. Stories can be anonymous, but I will need to verify identities.

I'm creating a roadmap for my department, integrating 3-month, 6-month, 1-year, 2-year, and 3-year plans. I could build this in PowerPoint or HTML, but I'd like to find a graphical modeling package -- something where I can plot out the roadmap, include milestone descriptions, and be able to use this as a presentation device. Any suggestions on software for this?


Writing a speech to go with a Powerpoint for school. Based around Australia's political milestones since colonisation. Any tips on information or speech writing?
by ch_ris_l @ April 11, 2008 7:45 pm
Basically, it is no different than writing for any other speech: - Don't memorize perfectly - Do extensive research (you'll memorize automatically this way) - Use careful sources - Concerning Wikipedia: Generally for papers, you would never use wikipedia, but when you are studying for a test or give a speech, nobody cares Just calm down and you'll do fine.

I just need some help for a project, I'm doing a presentation on early childhood language acquisition, I've got the paper practically done, and my visual aide will be either a poster or a powerpoint. I have to create a handout and an actual project. I'm not sure what sort of project I could do and was hoping someone could give me a suggestion. My presentation will be focused on early syntax and language development milestones. I hope someone can give some input!
by Emily K @ March 7, 2009 8:04 am
Maybe you could create a handout that's kind of like a quiz. Like, after you explain the first sounds and words a baby makes, you could give a worksheet that has questions like, Which of the following would a baby be most likely to utter? A) ma B) tha C) za D) la Stuff like that, where you're including content that you've just presented. Good luck!

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