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Category Archives: mentoring
Conference Follow-Up: Speed Mentoring and Business Cards
Perhaps as preparation for my mentoring activity at UCF, I decided to accept the invitation to participate as a mentor in a “speed mentoring” activity at the AIAA Space 2018 Forum this week. I also had to learn a hard lesson … Continue reading
Mentoring–A New Opportunity
I recently received an email from the University of Central Florida Alumni association asking former UCF graduates to volunteer to become mentors for current UCF students in the 2018-2019 school year. While I’ve had some mentoring experience here and there … Continue reading
Posted in mentoring, personal
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Summarizing My Career Advice
Yep, still on vacation. But that doesn’t mean I can’t provide useful information in absentia. Today I’ll be reviewing my general approach to people looking to change, improve, or start their career–in technical communication or elsewhere. I’ll be back to … Continue reading
Posted in careers, job hunting, mentoring
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Book Review: From Graduation to Career Ready in 21 Days: A Guide for English Majors
A while back, I started toying with a book on how an English major can get a job at NASA. Well, a website/group called Dear English Major has released a book that covers some of the same ground, focusing specifically … Continue reading
Posted in careers, job hunting, mentoring
Tagged Alyssa W. Christensen, book review, From Graduation to Career Ready
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Knowledge is Power, But How Do You Use It?
With great power comes great responsibility. —Uncle Ben, Spider-Man It’s more or less a truism in the workplace that “knowledge is power.” Knowledge can take many forms, depending on the nature of the work, from hands-on skills to institutional knowledge to having … Continue reading
Posted in consulting, documentation, mentoring, philosophy, workplace
Tagged knowledge sharing, single point of failure, training
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