m2h blogs by Marcia Hansen

These are flowers I’ve planted on the back patio. I’m loving the colors!
So much has happened since I posted last. I’ve accepted a full-time job with Allstate as a Marketing Manager, with responsibilities in social media, community management, and project management of interactive web projects. It’s really a fabulous job that draws on the expertise [...]

I’m loving my work these days. I love that I can:
–be super productive and help move projects forward
–work with others and troubleshoot/resolve issues
–take initiative and be trusted to manage details
–work on visible projects
–work on social media and community building projects (more on this in the coming weeks)
At the same time, I have to confess that [...]

Mom and I went to a few garage sales before breakfast yesterday. At one house, I found a box full of memo pads. Some had pictures of sports teams on the cover. Others had just plain red, blue, or green covers. A few had leather covers with tops that flipped [...]

1. the kindness shown by a man in a red pickup truck who stopped short so I could J-walk.
2. smiles exchanged.
3. Pad Gra Prao – yummy chicken in basil and chili sauce at Thai Kitchen
4. good conversation
5. signing paperwork for $100 travel grant to help recoup funds spent at C’s.
6. Diet Fitz’s [...]

I was reading Are you Leaking at Christine Kane’s blog. In addition to being a great singer songwriter, CD’s & Lyrics, she also talks about life balance and creativity.
In the post above, she talks about energy drains and how any incompletes in our life, from email to laundry to car repairs, can drain [...]

Question for you…
Do non-tenure track contract positions ever turn into job offers for tenure track positions? In other words, does the contract position enable the Uni to check you out first and see if you’re a good fit for the department before they commit to offering you a tenure-track position? Or, do they [...]

This info might be of interest to knowledge management and complexity theory folks.
Anecdote is a consulting firm based in Australia. The key players use knowledge management and complexity science theories, and they help organizations manage change more effectively. How do they do it? They emphasize the importance of telling stories.
One of the [...]

KM, an instructor I took a class from way back, said something along these lines: “We are who we hang with…I grew up with Bethoven and Bach, and I can’t imagine what my life would have been like if not for listening to and playing their music.”
Yesterday, Collin linked to the First Monthly Carnival of [...]

I took a little bit of time this afternoon and linked PhD grad programs at del.icio.us that I’m planning on applying to in the Fall. This list is tailored to my personal interests in digital media, professional/technical writing and communication, rhetoric, and WAC. I’m sorry, I know there are other great programs out [...]

From The Meaning of Life by Bradley Trevor Greive:

Occasionally, everything may seem like a total disaster area….[and you'll] doubt yourself. “Why, oh why, didn’t I keep my job selling hot dogs?” (99-101)
and, on a more positive note:
Never mind who moved your cheese–ask yourself why you were looking for cheese in the first place!
I am [...]