By: Liz Linssen on December 8, 2014
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By: Bill Dobrenen on December 8, 2014
Greetings to all! My file is too large with pics to post to our site so this is the text only version of my VE Synthesis paper. If you would like to see the whole enchilada with pics, you can download the file through this link: https://docs.google.com/a/georgefox.edu/uc?id=0B1HbbIUQoPuyWV9WajZwamVjMHM&export=download I hope the link works for you. I…
By: Deve Persad on December 8, 2014
As I write this post I’m looking at a painting I purchased in the Capetown harbour market. Having the chance to meet the artist and his brother, helped me to understand the real life application of many of the stories we heard while in South Africa. Their story does not appear in my report or…
By: Carol McLaughlin on December 8, 2014
Thank you for the privilege of sharing this learning journey. The meaning of our motto, Never Above, Never Below, Always Beside continues to unfold. links to visual ethnography: Flickr Haiku Deck (pretty new format, decided to give it a try). Word. doc McLaughlin_dmin737_VEsynthesis
By: John Woodward on December 5, 2014
To My LGP4 Cohort, Advisors, and Staff, Thank you for an amazing experience this semester. What a blessing to share this learning with all of you. My best wishes to all of you for a blessed and joyous Christmas season. In His Mercy, John Woodward woodward dmin737 VEsynthesis
By: rhbaker275 on December 5, 2014
Baker_DMIN737_VEsynthesis What a great experience we shared. I thank all the cohort members and special thanks to staff who worked for well over a year to provide us this great leaning experience. A very happy Christmas to you and your family. Ron
By: Mary Pandiani on December 4, 2014
You can check out my initial foray into using Prezi (be sure to choose the 10 second interval for the music) at this site: http://prezi.com/d2cv95ndbqeq/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy Most of the pictures in the Prezi you’ll know from the GFS Facebook blog. But this one above you might not have seen – it best expresses my…
By: Jon Spellman on December 3, 2014
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By: Julie Dodge on December 2, 2014
I wish you all a wonderful Christmas season, celebrating our Saviour! We’ll chat soon, no? Dodge_DMIN737_VESynthesis
By: Phillip Struckmeyer on December 1, 2014
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By: Nick Martineau on December 1, 2014
This was a fun assignment. I hope in Hong Kong to take better pictures now that I have a better idea of expectations. Peace to you all and praying for you as you finish up your work this week. Word Download: Martineau_dmin717_VEsynthesis
By: Ashley Goad on November 30, 2014
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Happy First Sunday in Advent, friends. VE Paper: I Love to Tell the Story VE Presentation: CapeTown Advance
By: Stefania Tarasut on November 27, 2014
What I appreciated it about Charlene Li’s book Open Leadership: How Social Technology Can Transform the Way You Lead, is the way she describes the organizational models. She talks about three models that seem to be dominant in our culture, organic, centralized and coordinated. It seems to me that open leadership is taking the best…
By: Julie Dodge on November 27, 2014
“The task of leadership is to create an alignment of strengths in ways that make weaknesses irrelevant.” Peter. F. Drucker I wrote down that quote by Drucker many years ago. I wish I could find the source – I’ve looked, but keep coming up empty. It has been a guiding theme in my training, consulting,…
By: Dave Young on November 26, 2014
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By: Richard Volzke on November 22, 2014
Charline Li’s book, Open Leadership: How Social Technology Can Transform The Way You Lead is about how social media is changing the way that leaders and their followers must interact in order to be effective. It provides rules or guidelines that will help one to maintain command, while having relationships within the world of social…
By: Carol McLaughlin on November 21, 2014
In 1972 three brothers were given a new cereal to eat for breakfast. The two older brothers were skeptical especially since this cereal was supposed to be better for you (Yuck!). First one then the other, “I’m not gonna try it, you try it!” Not wanting to be the first one, they turn to…
By: Telile Fikru Badecha on November 21, 2014
It has been a couple of years since I first came to the States and one of the things like is the customer service. Most businesses and organizations value their customers’ opinions and they try to make sure their customers are happy with their services and product. Access to the Internet has made it easy…
By: Clint Baldwin on November 21, 2014
Open Leadership: How Social Technology Can Transform The Way You Lead by Charlene Li is an excellent text that does exactly what it says it will do in its title. The book explores how social technology has paved the way for leaders to be more open in their leadership style and with organization functioning. As…
By: Julie Dodge on November 21, 2014
I have a friend who, whenever we get together, almost always says, “Tell me a story, Julie Dodge. I need a story.” I love a good story. I think stories bring us together; they remind us of our common humanity. And interestingly enough, if we are paying attention, there is usually a good story to…