mentoring
October 26, 2009
- More Black Success Volume 6 features a very moving article by Dena Strong about mentoring young people. If you are involved in mentoring, or would like to be, you will want to check out her 10 Tips for Mentors. Plus, for online entrepreneurs, Larry Beacham writes about How to Deliver Value to Your Customers. And Internet entrepreneur Diana Bloomfield shares her thoughts on Finding Your ...
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July 3, 2009
- "The job of the artist is to uplift men's souls." spoken by Nicoli Seroff in LOCAL COLOR, the movie now opening across the States
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April 15, 2009
- Girls Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides year-round academic enrichment and skill building programs, as well as counseling services to the participants and their families. This organization has adopted a youth-based mentoring approach by incorporating and focusing on girls’ ideas and perspectives. In 2007, Girls Inc. of Alameda County was recognized for its commitment to the ...
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March 22, 2009
- 1. You don't want to repeat yourself, or to let the audience get bored (or fear that they've heard it all already). Bringing in some new talent to open the show gives the audience some new literary delights. Some of these emerging writers display dazzling gifts, both on the page and on stage.2. You can help to promote the reputations of emerging writers. This is good karma. Someone did ...
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February 28, 2009
- When I went to Barnes & Noble in Jack London Square to hear Susan Taylor speak about mentoring, I had the opportunity to learn about Cinnamongirl, Inc., an Oakland nonprofit founded by Renee Richard-Smith. Cinnamongirl, Inc. serves to inspire and empower girls of Latina American and African American descent to reach their highest personal and professional aspirations. In 2006 ...
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February 17, 2009
- This presidents' holiday weekend, Bay area residents had several opportunities to meet and hear an extraordinary woman -- Susan L. Taylor. For 37 years she was associated with Essence magazine. Her new passion is the National CARES mentoring movement, which she founded several years ago (www.caresmentoring.com). On Sunday she spoke at all three services of the East Bay Church of ...
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December 15, 2008
- I'll be teaching a poetry workshop in Auvillar, France, June 12-18, for the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, my favorite artist colony. The workshop is limited to 8-10 participants, and some writers have already enrolled. The little town of Auvillar is one of the most beautiful villages in France. It was built in the 12 century, and some of the batiments remain, though the town has ...
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November 25, 2008
- Do you sometimes dream of a time and a space where creating beauty is the only thing that matters?Such places still exist on earth and the movie Χρώματα Ζωές/Local Color is such a place. As a young man, John Talia, Jr. has already found his bliss pursuing his painting talent. Some of us struggle for decades to discover our bliss! Don't ...
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November 23, 2008
- Do you have a writing mentor? Or did you, at some earlier point in your journey? Are you mentoring another writer?I just finished reading a recently published book called Women Poets on Mentorship: Efforts and Affections, edited by Arielle Greenberg & Rachel Zucker (U of Iowa P, 2008). I was very glad to see it come out -- I'd been hearing about it for months, and I was totally ...
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October 5, 2008
- This is a market campaign for a self published book that all authors could benefit from seeing. . totally inovative and compelling. Check it out athttp://blog.coyotesguide.com/?p=91 Let me know if you are compelled to buy the book as well. Linda
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