Life-in-Progress

Life is more than a day job.

Qualities of a Great Speaker – Educational Value of Content

Posted by Alora Posted on Apr - 15 - 2009

As noted in my previous blog post on this topic, the first quality I believe is necessary in a great speaker is for them to be educational in some way. In my recent bout of conferences, I have seen speakers who fall all over the quality spectrum, but the ones that were truly good ensured  [ Read More ]

Categories: Entrepreneurs, Leaders

There may be no more pervasive and unsavory cliché about lawyers than ‘the ambulance chaser.’ The lawyer who follows an emergency medical team to the scene of an accident for the express purpose of leeching off the pain and misery of others – for the less-than-noble reason of making money – is generally regarded as  [ Read More ]

Culture of Change and Change of Culture

Posted by Alora Posted on Aug - 18 - 2008

Like many other of the career IT professionals I work with these days, I took a decent sized paycut for my current job. (As far as political statements go, that was one my former boss found especially telling.) And when you ask any of us why we would do that — particularly given that, at  [ Read More ]