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Sal Pellettieri — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:35:05 +0000

The emergence of the internet has given people the opportunity to become as visible as they want to be. Visibility means people can spill their guts and reveal themselves in so many new ways. We can post our opinions on blogs, update our ‘status’ as often as we want on Facebook, Tweet about things...

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Should students learn entrepreneurship?

Sal Pellettieri — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:00:34 +0000

They say if you give a man a fish you’ve fed him for a day, but if you teach him how to fish then you’ve fed him forever. So why don’t we apply this logic in the classroom? In other words why don’t we teach students (of all ages) how to start a business of [...] Should...

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‘Speak like Churchill, Stand like Lincoln’ – Some thoughts on better public speaking

Sal Pellettieri — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:23:33 +0000

Have you ever worried about writing or presenting a speech? All of us, from the novice to the very experienced, get somewhat anxious about public speaking. Using examples from some of the most successful public orators as well as his own lengthy experience, James C. Humes has put together a book...

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Failure @ Harvard

Sal Pellettieri — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:21:19 +0000

In life we tend to study only successful people, companies, governments and so on. Even when we study the lives of these “successes” we tend to gloss over their mistakes, indiscretions and failures. Take for example, Abraham Lincoln who is considered one of America’s greatest...

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Lessons from ‘Managing Smaller Projects’ by Mike Watson

Sal Pellettieri — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:28:27 +0000

When I was in school I never considered my group assignments as ‘projects’. Instead I looked at them as the same type of work I had done before, but now shared with other people. In fact I never really knew what project management was until after I graduated from business school. I realize now that...

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Are Checklists worth the effort? The Checklist and the Group Project

Sal Pellettieri — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:55:32 +0000

I don’t know about you, but I am the type of person that likes to get things quickly and not spend a lot of time debating or arguing. Case in point, whenever I go shopping I tend to buy things quickly with the goal of getting out of the store as soon as possible. This [...] Are Checklists worth the...

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Self-control is a social phenomenon?

Sal Pellettieri — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:41:08 +0000

Here’s an interesting result from a scientific study – self-control (or lack of it) is infectious! In other words, these studies found that when we affiliate ourselves with people who have a lot (or little) self-control it affects our life decisions. Maybe this isn’t so shocking...

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What’s the State of Distance Learning?

Sal Pellettieri — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:28:18 +0000

Part1 of A Review of Technology and Education This article is part I of my multi-part investigation into the extent that technology is becoming a part of the educational process. As I am building a website which is designed for students to collaborate and manage their group projects online, I...

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Road Block! How to Move your Group Projects Forward

Sal Pellettieri — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:07:06 +0000

Have you ever worked on a group project which seemed doomed to failure? I think most of us have been there at least once. At the point where a project gets stalled it’s extremely important to get past whatever obstacle is impeding your project because your morale will suffer and your deadline will...

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What is ‘Leadership’ really?

Sal Pellettieri — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:07:41 +0000

I just read an article from Forbes.com which discusses the new Center for Leadership at Dartmouth’s business school. The idea is that leadership can be taught and that an important component of leadership is knowing yourself. If you don’t know yourself, how will you know your strengths...

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