Here we are in the traditional middle of summer, but I am sure you have already started to see the "Back to School" signs in the stores. It might seem early to be thinking of school, but the coming Fall is the time for considering all the things we have learned and all the things we have yet to learn, regardless of our age. Technology has become an important part of our learning, both in facilitating learning and learning how to use the technology itself. We would all do well to take a few moments to think about the technology around us, and how it helps or hinders us in our daily lives.



Next Friday: April 6, 2007: Creativity in All Careers

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As I was chatting with some folks on Talkshoe the other night, I found out that people who read one of the WelchWrite Blogs, or listen to one of the WelchWrite Podcasts, might not know about the other blogs and podcasts that I do.

In an effort to expose you to all the WelchWrite.com has to offer, here is a list of the four blogs and podcasts currently available. Maybe there is something here that might also interest you.

My Word with Douglas E. Welch

A catch-all blog and podcast which highlights Los Angeles Events, Podcasting, and any neat thing that catches my eye.



A Gardener's Notebook

Come and join me in my garden!

Gardening information, audio podcasts, instructional videos and more.



Career Opportunities: Helping to Build the Career You Deserve

This is the web home of my career column, now entering its 12 year and the podcast, now over 350 episodes.



TechnologyIQ

Control your technology, don't let it control you!

The new home for technology info -- moving these items out of My Word. Technology-related blog posts, audio podcasts and audio recordings of my twice-monthly Internet Seminars at my local library.

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Here we are in the traditional middle of summer, but I am sure you have already started to see the "Back to School" signs in the stores. It might seem early to be thinking of school, but the coming Fall is the time for considering all the things we have learned and all the things we have yet to learn, regardless of our age. Technology has become an important part of our learning, both in facilitating learning and learning how to use the technology itself. We would all do well to take a few moments to think about the technology around us, and how it helps or hinders us in our daily lives.




Next Friday: March 30, 2007: When it's time for a new line of work...

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Burt Lo was a presenter at BarCampLA on Saturday with a topic of "What I learned as an IT manager." I enjoyed his talk and recorded it, as well. I should have it up in the Career Opportunities feed today.

Update: Audio for Burton's presentation is now available.

Listen to: What I learned as an IT Manager from BarCampLA-3









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My wife, Rosanne, recently returned to teaching, working as an undergraduate history professor at a local CSU campus. Watching her grade mid-term tests combined with my recent thoughts on office performance reviews lead to a bit of an epiphany. Instead of managers and workers relying on their (often faulty) memories for performance review topics, why shouldn't each side of that relationship keep a grade book, like any good teacher, so that you have hard evidence of past successes and challenges? This one step could help to remove the sometimes adversarial nature of reviews and give both managers and workers a clear view of their productivity.



Next Friday: March 30, 2007: When it's time for a new line of work...

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Wandering through "The Grove", a new shopping mall in Los Angeles, I was struck of some similarities between retail sales and your high-tech career. Long gone are the days of the "do everything" department store, hardware store, grocery store. Today, we have reached the logical, if not somewhat absurd, pinnacle of shopping...not just the niche market, but the ultra-niche market.



Next Friday: March 23, 2007: Keep a grade book to track work performance

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I've been playing around with Twitter this week. Want to know what I am up to? Use the link below to find out.

follow dewelch at http://twitter.com

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How are you treating those around you? How do you treat your customers? Are you letting your day-to-day interactions with them cloud your judgment and effect your behavior? This is one of the most insidious problems you can experience as you build your career and yet it is something we experience every day in our work and in our lives. Despite our best efforts, if you deal with certain problems frequently enough, you can forget that people are still individuals and should be treated as such.



Next Friday: March 23, 2007: Keep a grade book to track work performance

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The next BarCampLA is coming and I will probably be in attendance again. It is a great time for all and very enlightening. You can read my posts and see my pictures from the last BarCampLA to find out what it is all about.

Carmen De Jesus has also written a great post on BarCamp on the BarCampLA blog entitled, Dispelling Social Anxiety & Fears about attending BarcampLA.

As she says at the end of her post, "C’mon down. Don’ be skeered."

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I talk with Michael Lawshe, Sound Supervisor and Supervising Sound Editor on several prime time television series including Smallville and Supernatural. We'll talk about how he decided his career path and how he has remained on that path for so many years.



Next Friday: March 16, 2007: Don't treat everyone as a criminal, or an idiot

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Dean Jensen, of the SoHo Technology Podcast had me on for a series of talks on computer consulting and the second segment appeared today.

More segments will be forthcoming over the next few weeks.

Listen: SoHo Technology Podcast with Dean Jensen

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A LIVE interview with Michael Lawshe, Emmy and Golden Reel Award-winning Sound Supervisor and Supervising Sound Editor on several primetime television series.

We'll talk about how he decided on his career path and how he has remained on that path for so many years.

Listen tomorrow, Wed, March 14, 2007 at 9PM EST/6PM PST
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This podcast is well worth a listen for an introduction to Sutton's book and the concepts within.

I have the book on-hold at my library already. Can't wait to read it!

Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Robert Sutton, Author of The No Asshole Rule and the Stanford Professor and author, who has scientific research proving a negative work atmosphere is bad for you. They talk about Sutton's new book which looks at "Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't."

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When talking with Career Opportunities readers and listeners, I regularly hear stories of how a particular company does, or does not, provide the basic necessities for success. Some workers are left without an office or even a cubicle to call their own. Companies refuse to buy needed hardware or software and yet workers are still required to hold the infrastructure of the company together or risk bad performance reviews or worse. Training is poor, erratic or non-existent. The fact is, each of these issues, and countless others, clearly indicates how much your company and your management respects and values your work. Lack of respect for your work isn't just business as usual, it is a fundamental flaw that effects everything you do.



Next Friday: March 16, 2007: Don't treat everyone as a criminal, or an idiot

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bPeople who are good at their high-tech career, like all of you, know that sooner or later your clients come to think of you as the font of all (or most) high-tech knowledge. They bring you their most intractable problems and pepper you with countless questions. Thankfully, you usually have the answers to their questions -- or you know exactly where to look. In today’s world, though, it is just as important that you share the information you have gathered before they ask for it. In the spirit of this week’s theme, below are a few ways to “share the wealth” while helping both you and your clients.



Next Friday: March 9, 2007: Does your company respect your work?

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In the typical corporation, you will find many people whose main role is that of "The Enforcer." Project managers who enforce project timelines, human resource staffers who enforce work policies, union representatives who enforce labor agreements and even IT workers who enforce company standards, approved hardware, software and password policies. While, in most cases, all of these items need policing and enforcing, playing the role of the enforcer could be damaging to your career as a whole.



Next Friday: March 9, 2007: Does your company respect for your work?

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