grace rodriguez

Community Leadership: We Can’t Build On Broken

grace — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:06:52 +0000

Whenever I talk to people about community development and leadership, it seems like the discussion always steers towards pinpointing and highlighting individuals perceived as “official” leaders. From the elected official to the religious spokesperson to the organization president to the

“What Do You Do?”

grace — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:40:35 +0000

This winter has been a doozy. From Brandon’s wrong-way trip down the Sam Houston tollway to Yuki’s murder by her own son, from Tita Edna‘s passing from cancer to the emotionally wrenching fight for Andrew‘s dad Alex, who was suddenly stricken by an extremely rare

My New Year’s Resolutions for Business & Personal Productivity

grace — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:47:17 +0000

Barry Moltz outlined his 12 New Year’s Resolutions for 2012 in the American Express OPEN Forum for Small Businesses. In the spirit of Number 7 — “I will focus on less” — I’ve narrowed his list down and tweaked it

Can Your Kid Code? Developing Child Developers

grace — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:15:53 +0000

Can we start teaching kids to code, already? Childhood development should include actual "development"...

Happy Halloween! What’s Really Scary About Social Media

grace — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:52:34 +0000

All fears about 600,000 Facebook security breaches a day possibly making your private bits public aside, Shoutlet interviewed 134 people to see what scares them most about social media. Then they converted those fears into this fun infographic: Remember: Please

On Privacy: Klout + Facebook = UnLike

grace — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:00:22 +0000

Facebook's "frictionless sharing" initiative may have already caused friction with Spotify users, but it presents very real privacy issues when it comes to Klout.