Online optimization slide deck
Last night I spoke at the Leadership Institute. As part of their comprehensive fundraising school, I talked about online optimization.
The Grapes of Wrath
My theory, emerging during this 50 in 2014 project, is: Great literature both motivates you to read and makes you think for a long time afterwards.
Startup Stories (25 of 50)
Jordan is living a life that intrigues me. A politico and digital guy, he started a real company.
The Goldfinch (24 of 50)
Good authors are fun to read; great authors' words resonate for months.
1954 (23 of 50)
Baseball. Summer is about listening to, talking about, and sometimes watching our national pastime.
Why Stories: 10 Characteristics of Effective Stories
I hosted, along with Tim Snyder of 9 Lenses, the first of two storytelling webinars for the Leadership Institute.
Last Night at the Lobster (22 of 50)
While in high school, I worked at Wallingford Farm, a somewhat touristy food and garden store. My coworkers were an odd mix of local workers: people spending a lifetime in dead-end jobs along with some high-school students like me. As a fairly privileged and definitely homeschooled kid, Wallingford was quite the learning experience.
Life of Pi
When a book becomes a movie, watching a few trailers gives away the plot. This is usually enough to keep me away. When I saw Life of Pi on the side of the road, I almost didn't pick it up. But, free books. The movie didn't tell me the best part of the story: the first hundred pages or so are all about how a spiritually inquisitive teenager finds religions.
Can People Teach Themselves?
I think the best thing coaches and teachers can do is help people realize how much can teach themselves.