Career Opportunities with Douglas E. Welch

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This is the audio from my talk A Year of Visibility at BarCampLA-5 on March 1, 2008. 

One of the most important career moves you can make today is to “Show people what you do and how well you do it!” This call for visibility began in 2008 and continues as one of the main tenets of my carer building to this day.

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More on Visibility…

• Video: Visibility and Your Career from LaidOffCamp LA
• Audio/Text: Raise your visibility to protect and enhance your career - Visibility in a down economy
• Video: A Year of Visibility from BarCampLA-5
• Visibility for You and Your Career from Career Opportunities Column
• A Year of Visibility Talk from BarCamp San Diego
• Douglas appears in “NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” Segment

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Dr. Rosanne Welch speaks on “Presenting Yourself Well on Paper” for CareerCamp Online 2009.

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From the archives, here is a video of Douglas E. Welch presenting on “A Year of Leadership” for the very first CareerCamp, CareerCamp Online 2009.

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I was invited out to speak to the career group, Tuesdays with Transitioners, in what has become an annual presentation. This year I present “A Year of Self Preservation.” You can watch the entire presentation below in this YouTube video.

It is a fact of nature that we often spend many hours of each day focused on someone else. We focus on our boss, our job, our family, our projects — but one person is usually left out of this focus — you! We can easily lose ourselves in the clamor for our attention. This year, though, I call for “A Year of Self Preservation”. A year of returning the focus to ourselves and our own lives, so that we can continue to help others.

It is my firm belief that we can only, truly, help others when we ourselves are in a good position. If we try to do too much, without the support of friends, family or a stable income, we risk placing our own life, work and income in jeopardy. This isn’t selfishness. Self preservation is about establishing a firm foundation where you can stand so you can offer a helping hand to others.

The tenets of A Year of Self Preservation are:

• Taking care of yourself first — not last
• Learning when and how to say — No
• Distancing yourself from negativity and avoiding the downward cycle

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“Valuable information, superbly presented. Time well spent.”

“Very good subject and some great insight on the topic. I enjoyed it.”

“Today’s meetup was very thought provoking. Douglas’s presentation was wonderful and very timely. We must constantly be reminded of this “self preservation” and the importance it plays in our happiness throughout life.”

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Join me tomorrow (February 19, 2013) for my next presentation at Tuesdays with Transitioners, A Year of Self Preservation. I will be recoding that talk, too, and will post it here sometime this week.  Complete info at the Tuesdays with Transitioners site. — Douglas

Douglas E. Welch (http://douglasewelch.com), wirter and producer of Career Opportunities Column and Podcast, presents to Tuesdays with Transitioners, a career group in Northridge, California (http://tuesdayswith transitioners,ning.com)

In today’s career world, you must be responsible for all aspects of your career including producing your own content, promoting that content and being constantly proactive in building the career you deserve.

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A Year of Self Preservation with Douglas E. Welch @ Tuesdays with Transitioners

Tuesday, February 19, 2013, 12 Noon to 2 pm

Congregational Church of Northridge
9659 Balboa Blvd, Northridge, CA

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It is a fact of nature that we often spend many hours of each day focused on someone else. We focus on our boss, our job, our family, our projects — but one person is usually left out of this focus — you! We can easily lose ourselves in the clamor for our attention. This year, though, I call for “A Year of Self Preservation”. A year of returning the focus to ourselves and our own lives, so that we can continue to help others.

It is my firm belief that we can only, truly, help others when we ourselves are in a good position. If we try to do too much, without the support of friends, family or a stable income, we risk placing our own life, work and income in jeopardy. This isn’t selfishness. Self preservation is about establishing a firm foundation where you can stand so you can offer a helping hand to others.

The tenets of A Year of Self Preservation are:

• A rested parent/worker/caregiver is a good parent/worker/caregiver
• Taking care of yourself first — not last
• Knowing when and how to ask for help
• Learning when and how to say — No
• Distancing yourself from negativity and avoiding the downward cycle

Join Douglas at Tuesdays with Transitioners and see how you can make 2013 the best year possible.

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A Year of Self Preservation with Douglas E. Welch @ Tuesdays with Transitioners

Tuesday, February 19, 2013, 12 Noon to 2 pm

Congregational Church of Northridge
9659 Balboa Blvd, Northridge, CA

Please RSVP on

Facebook — Meetup.com

It is a fact of nature that we often spend many hours of each day focused on someone else. We focus on our boss, our job, our family, our projects — but one person is usually left out of this focus — you! We can easily lose ourselves in the clamor for our attention. This year, though, I call for “A Year of Self Preservation”. A year of returning the focus to ourselves and our own lives, so that we can continue to help others.

It is my firm belief that we can only, truly, help others when we ourselves are in a good position. If we try to do too much, without the support of friends, family or a stable income, we risk placing our own life, work and income in jeopardy. This isn’t selfishness. Self preservation is about establishing a firm foundation where you can stand so you can offer a helping hand to others.

The tenets of A Year of Self Preservation are:

• A rested parent/worker/caregiver is a good parent/worker/caregiver
• Taking care of yourself first — not last
• Knowing when and how to ask for help
• Learning when and how to say — No
• Distancing yourself from negativity and avoiding the downward cycle

Join Douglas at Tuesdays with Transitioners and see how you can make 2013 the best year possible.

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Everyone wants to make money in their career, but many of us also want to have the biggest effect possible on the world. We seek out ways to do good as well as live good using our work and enterprise as the engine for the good.

They panel discussion from Yale holds some interesting thoughts about how to engage in social good while also being good to your career and life.

Panelists champion careers in social good

For all Yale students considering investment banking, Doug Hausladen ’04 has a message for you: Do not go to the dark side.

The undergraduate organization Net Impact hosted an event to launch its organization on Tuesday that aimed to inspire Yale students to explore the field of social enterprise — or socially-conscious entrepreneurship. The panel included Hausladen, Ward 7 Alderman and the co-founder of ActualFood; Barry Nalebuff, co-founder of Honest Tea and professor at the Yale School of Management; Maxim Thorne LAW ‘92, former vice president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Cary Krosinsky, senior vice president of TruCost; and Kate Cooney, an SOM professor. At the talk, the speakers explored their definitions of social enterprise and suggested an alternative to traditional careers in business or non-profits.

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Douglas E. Welch (http://douglasewelch.com/career) presents “What is success….and why you might have it already!” at CareerCampSCV (Santa Clarita Valley) 2012 (http://careercampscv.wordpress.com)

There has been a “perversion” of the meaning of success these days with only the extremely famous or rich being labelled as successful. Douglas’ definition of success is “if you can support yourself and and your family doing something you love.” Success is not black or white, it has many shades of grey and we are wise to remember it.

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Douglas E. Welch (http://douglasewelch.com/career) presents “What is success….and why you might have it already!” at CareerCampSCV (Santa Clarita Valley) 2012 (http://careercampscv.wordpress.com)

There has been a “perversion” of the meaning of success these days with only the extremely famous or rich being labelled as successful. Douglas’ definition of success is “if you can support yourself and and your family doing something you love.” Success is not black or white, it has many shades of grey and we are wise to remember it.

Please like this video if you found it useful. Your likes help to suggest it to more YouTube viewers.

Can’t see the video above? Watch “What is success…and why you might have it already!” on YouTube

Check out Douglas’ Career and Social Media Books on Amazon.com

* Kindle books are readable on all platforms and even using your web browser

Please like this video if you found it useful. Your likes help to suggest it to more YouTube viewers.

* See more of Douglas’ content at DouglasEWelch.com
* See more career-related content on the Career Opportunities column and podcast
* See more information on CareerCampSCV
* Follow Douglas on Twitter at http://twitter.com/douglaswelch and http://twitter.com/careertips
* Like the Career Opportunities column and podcast on Facebook
* Like CareerCamp International on Facebook
* Circle Douglas on Google+
* Circle Career Opportunities on Google+
* Circle CareerCamp International on Google+