The Worst Blog Post Ever

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />Hola y’all! Man, I don’t know why everything has to be such a hassle. You might remember the ridiculous effort it took to just change out a burned-out tail light back in the summer on my car? Well, that thing is at it again, causing trouble. Now it’s the windshield wipers. What could be more basic than that, right? WRONG! You can’t just use ANY wipers. Oh no! The driver’s side gets a different size than the passenger’s side and apparently not too many people make any that will fit.<br /><br />My plan is to try and find just the blades and see if I can rip the old ones out (they’re already ripped anyway) and then slide new ones in. But, we all know I’m going to end up having to get the expensive shit and use some stupid adapter to make them fit. Why do car companies do this? Can we drop another atomic bomb on Japan to make me feel better? Please?<br /><br />It’s always the little things isn’t it? When big things happen, you just sit back, take it all in and then figure out how to deal with it and move forward. But, the little things? Things that should only take a few minutes out of your day and be simple that turn into huge half-day efforts full of running all over town and getting dirty? That’s when you have to keep your cool.<br /><br />I really should work on that. Maybe I’ll make that my New Year’s Resolution. Or not. I can’t be bothered by shit like that right now, I’m too focused on getting ready for my big trip.<br /><br />Shit. You know what? This is the worst blog post I’ve ever done. And that’s saying something too cause I’ve done some stinkers. I’m talking about my windshield wipers like y’all give a crap. I’m sure each of you are on the edge of your seat saying “Damn! Which company still makes wipers that fit your car? Hope it’s not Rain-X cause that’s some expensive shit right there. I know it isn’t Bosch cause they never make anything anyone needs. Or something. I don’t really know, I just read it on the internet.”<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgToSirKuGXSyScq0Mz2pzJtUjr_IjAo7zmcClTP_URnr9jA94WzA_Vw1_uo9u5xoGoNbdg1eKw3S8bYENqo2HowUFJ4_-r5v04gB7Wi_yOmERB3CZgOSpUZCHKMP5Vs736d_EkuXhh_Q0/s1600/Miranda+Kerr+Victoria%27s+Secret+Nude+Hot+Sexy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgToSirKuGXSyScq0Mz2pzJtUjr_IjAo7zmcClTP_URnr9jA94WzA_Vw1_uo9u5xoGoNbdg1eKw3S8bYENqo2HowUFJ4_-r5v04gB7Wi_yOmERB3CZgOSpUZCHKMP5Vs736d_EkuXhh_Q0/s640/Miranda+Kerr+Victoria's+Secret+Nude+Hot+Sexy.jpg" width="425" /></a></div><br />Yeah well, EXCUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEE MEEEEEEEE! I live a very quiet and boring life. The only exciting thing that happened to me all year was when my apartment building nearly burned to the ground a couple of weeks ago.<br /><br />I was originally going to outline my reasons for wanting Arkansas to secede from the union, but I don’t really have any. I mean, what would Arkansas do as an independent country? We can’t even field a decent football team. Our state army would get its ass kicked so fast it wouldn’t even be funny. Probably by Louisiana as they seem like the mostly likely to start some shit with other states that have seceded and are giving it a go as an independent nation. Then Louisiana would control our precious rice fields and they would get to export the rice to Asia and make all that money. Fuck that.<br /><br />Unless we entered into some kind of alliance with Texas and they agreed to whip up on anyone who messed with us. That would be a pretty sweet deal. They probably wouldn’t do it. Texas wouldn’t get anything good out of it. What could we offer them? Not a damn thing. So, that whole secession idea sucks.<br /><br />Oh hey! I’m closing in on 600 words. That means it’s time to wrap it up. You never want a blog post to be too long because people have really short attention spans. I mean, people are busy. Yeah, that’s it.<br /><br />So what have we learned today kids? My car needs wiper blades that aren’t easy to find, little things get annoying really fast and Arkansas wouldn’t last two days as an independent nation. I’m pretty sure none of that shit matters to you, but there you go.<br /><br />Jayman<br /><a href="mailto:Jayman3768@gmail.com">Jayman3768@gmail.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.twitter.com/jayman_iws" target="_blank">@Jayman_IWS </a><br /><br /></div><br />Be sure to check out the I'm With Stupid show! 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The Worst Blog Post Ever

Hola y’all! Man, I don’t know why everything has to be such a hassle. You might remember the ridiculous effort it took to just change out a burned-out tail light back in the summer on my car? Well, that thing is at it again, causing trouble. Now it’s…

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When we were 5....

<span style="font-size: large;">My twin sister and I had our birthday the other day.  Amy sent me a birthday wishes text along with this cute pic of the two of us when we were 5.  I love it!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Would you believe we dressed the same for a few years after this picture was taken?!! (I won't embarrass myself by saying for exactly how many years!)</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyDwHyOiy1boK-lyJIs_rJtCo6kzx_ZbcAT5LFIjpSB83wlwPtqxlkOpRRwBav0CJHKNvUM0Cicpy52PCClErl7dBEVUddD0_JhmUrGOq3RE1XkXaSMqRNjh53re2zQY74rYt0vKRBS5PJ/s1600/IMG_2384%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyDwHyOiy1boK-lyJIs_rJtCo6kzx_ZbcAT5LFIjpSB83wlwPtqxlkOpRRwBav0CJHKNvUM0Cicpy52PCClErl7dBEVUddD0_JhmUrGOq3RE1XkXaSMqRNjh53re2zQY74rYt0vKRBS5PJ/s320/IMG_2384%5B1%5D.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>

When we were 5....

My twin sister and I had our birthday the other day.  Amy sent me a birthday wishes text along with this cute pic of the two of us when we were 5.  I love it!Would you believe we dressed the same for a few years after this picture was taken?!! (I won…

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Library Manager - The Hospital of Central Connecticut

<b>Library Manager - </b><span style="color: #48286d;"><b>The Hospital of Central Connecticut</b></span><b> </b>has an excellent opportunity for a Library Manager to join our Health Sciences Library. Reporting to the Director of Medical Education, the Manger will direct the activities of the Health Sciences Library, including strategic planning, development, evaluation, and outreach functions. Administrative responsibilities include: personnel management, space planning, fiscal management, collection development, outreach, quality improvement, and maintenance of resource-sharing arrangements with library consortia. Direct Service responsibilities include: advanced computer information retrieval, reference, and teaching. The qualified candidate will have an MLS with three years of relevant health sciences library experience. Expert knowledge of several computer-based systems including: biomedical online information databases and web services (e.g. Medline via NLM’s PubMed; DOCLINE; OVID databases; OCLC cataloging and ILL) is also required. Skills in using automated library system applications and proficiency in MS Office are also essential. For more information, and to apply online, please visit our website at <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.thocc.org/jobs" href="http://www.thocc.org/jobs" target="_blank">www.thocc.org/jobs</a>. AA/EEO M/F/D/V.

Library Manager - The Hospital of Central Connecticut

Library Manager - The Hospital of Central Connecticut has an excellent opportunity for a Library Manager to join our Health Sciences Library. Reporting to the Director of Medical Education, the Manger will direct the activities of the Health Scie…

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8 jobs in social media

<br /><div class="RXart" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-right: 20px; text-align: left;"><div class="ArticleHeadline" style="margin-top: -30px;"><div class="hdr_org_bld" style="color: #ff6600; font: normal normal bold 18px/normal arial, helvetica;"><h1 id="articleHeadline" style="color: #000066; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span id="cbArticle_lblHeadline">8 jobs in social media</span></h1></div><b><span id="cbArticle_lblByLine">By Susan Ricker, CareerBuilder Writer</span></b><br /><div class="cb_share_more_wrapper"></div></div><br /><div class="ArticleContent"><div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" class="media-image" src="http://artstg.icbdr.com/sites/all/files/styles/large/public/Social%20media%20careers_0.jpg" typeof="foaf:Image" /></div>Most people try to stay off of social-media websites such as <a href="http://www.facebook.com/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">Facebook</a> or <a href="http://www.twitter.com/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">Twitter</a> while working, knowing that if their boss catches them, they'll get lectured about putting more time and effort into their work. But what if your job required you to be on Facebook, interacting with friends and getting paid for having the most retweets?<br /><br />You're in luck: This workplace daydream is a career reality. Demand for social-media jobs is growing as more companies want to join the social-media community. "The world's dependency on technology, the pervasiveness of social media and the need to drive sales and expand into new markets are all driving double-digit growth across a variety of fields," says Matt Ferguson, CEO of CareerBuilder. The Bureau of Labor Statistics' <a href="http://www.bls.gov/ooh/about/projections-overview.htm" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">2010-20 projections</a> show the same, stating, "The growth of social media will result in the need for more workers to maintain an organization's public image."<br /><br />Here are eight jobs that either directly relate to or involve social media*:<br /><br /><strong>1.</strong> <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/advertising/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;"><strong>Advertising</strong></a><strong>, </strong><a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/promotions/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;"><strong>promotions</strong></a><strong> and </strong><a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/marketing+managers/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;"><strong>marketing manager</strong></a>: Advertising, promotions and marketing managers plan programs to generate interest in a product or service. They work with art directors, sales agents and financial staff members. According to the BLS, "Advertising and promotions managers will be needed to plan, direct and coordinate advertising and promotion campaigns, as well as to introduce new products to the marketplace. They will also be needed to manage digital media campaigns, which often target customers through the use of websites, social media and live chats."<br /><strong>Pay: </strong>According to the BLS, the median annual pay for advertising, promotions and marketing managers is $108,260.<br /><br /><strong>2.</strong> <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/social+media+AND+blogger/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;"><strong>Blogger</strong></a>: According to <a href="http://www.creativegroup.com/Home" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">The Creative Group's</a> guide for social-media job descriptions, bloggers are "responsible for opinionated, stylish writing and frequently posting new content to the Internet. Duties may also include developing and/or revising text for other venues, including online communities, press releases, Web articles and video blogs."<br /><strong>Pay:</strong> The median annual pay for bloggers is $55,420, according to the BLS.<br /><br /><strong>3. </strong><a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/social+media+AND+community+manager/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;"><strong>Community manager</strong></a>: "Community managers create and execute social-media strategies designed to accomplish real business objectives for brands," says Katherine Leonard, digital-content developer at <a href="https://lonelybrand.com/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">lonelybrand</a>, a digital marketing agency in Chicago.<br /><strong>Pay: </strong>According to social-media education company <a href="http://socialfresh.com/how-much-money-do-community-managers-make-infographic/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">Social Fresh</a>, the average annual pay for a community manager is $61,800.<br /><br /><strong>4.</strong> <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/social+media+AND+content+marketing+manager/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;"><strong>Content-marketing manager</strong></a>: "I spend my days writing and promoting business blogs, e-books and white papers," says Jasmine Henry, content-marketing manager for <a href="http://www.inboundmarketingagents.com/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">Inbound Marketing Agents</a>in Nashville, Tenn. "No blog does well in a bubble, so being able to parse pithy quotes and pick topics that are going to inspire shares and retweets on major social-media channels is critical to our clients' success. I typically spend a great deal of time watching conversations on Twitter to figure out which topics are driving conversations, writing blog articles about these topics and then responding to questions and retweets."<br /><strong>Pay: </strong>According to CBSalary.com, the national average salary for content-marketing managers is $56,752.<br /><br /><strong>5.</strong> <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/event+planner/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;"><strong>Meeting, convention and event planner</strong></a>: Meeting, convention and event planners coordinate all aspects of professional meetings and events. They choose locations, arrange transportation and coordinate other details. The BLS states that "planners must be familiar with computers, database software, budgets and online social media."<br /><strong>Pay: </strong>According to the BLS, the median annual pay for this role is $45,260.<br /><br /><strong>6.</strong> <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/public+relations/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;"><strong>Public-relations manager and specialist</strong></a>: PR managers and specialists create and maintain a favorable public image for their employer or client. They write material for media releases, plan and direct PR programs and raise money for their organizations. "Growth of both will be driven by the need for organizations to maintain their public image in a high-information age and with the growth of social media," notes the BLS.<br /><strong>Pay: </strong>According to the BLS, the median annual pay for PR managers and specialists is $57,550.<br /><br /><strong>7.</strong> <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/social+media+AND+analyst/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;"><strong>Social-networking analyst</strong></a>: "A good portion of time is spent engaging with customers and acquiring new followers and fans," says Giselle Gonzales, social-media analyst at <a href="http://www.sandboxindustries.com/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">Sandbox Industries</a>, a venture capital firm in Chicago. "We also scour the Web finding content that is most relevant to our follower base and will help us get a good conversation started."<br /><strong>Pay: </strong>According to CBSalary.com, the national average salary is $82,020.<br /><br /><strong>8.</strong> <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/social+media+AND+social+media+manager/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;"><strong>Social-media manager</strong></a>: "Social-media managers are responsible for deciding what content to feature on our social-media channels, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn," says Jodey Smith, Web and social-media manager for <a href="http://www.seaventures.com/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">SeaVentures Inc.</a> in Alpharetta, Ga. "Daily tasks include posting, responding to community discussions and combating spam. Ongoing testing and various strategies and techniques make up a large part of the day."<br /><strong>Pay: </strong>According to CBSalary.com, the national average salary for social-media managers is $106,160.<br /><br /><em>Susan Ricker is a writer and blogger for </em><a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;"><em>CareerBuilder.com</em></a><em> and its job blog, </em><a href="http://www.theworkbuzz.com/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><em>The Work Buzz</em></a><em>. 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8 jobs in social media

8 jobs in social mediaBy Susan Ricker, CareerBuilder WriterMost people try to stay off of social-media websites such as Facebook or Twitter while working, knowing that if their boss catches them, they'll get lectured about putting more time and effor…

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winterizing the kitchen

I was baking cookies the other day and as I waited for the timer to ding I stared at this.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr7jOtMMPlqpo3qugoGd9k8FB98XlXJJpgm19SoaOgWn-Nfs_zjrEivhv6kqIyR8Bi4oV6pXQ2_wzIMoUxr20Yl9JXRKC_GNskZmG2HJUBIeWVTTFJGwv8LPcDNMnhpPmXPWrOXKtNaqNS/s1600/PA300411.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr7jOtMMPlqpo3qugoGd9k8FB98XlXJJpgm19SoaOgWn-Nfs_zjrEivhv6kqIyR8Bi4oV6pXQ2_wzIMoUxr20Yl9JXRKC_GNskZmG2HJUBIeWVTTFJGwv8LPcDNMnhpPmXPWrOXKtNaqNS/s640/PA300411.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />I'm over it.<br /><br />Not the shelves, but the white. Ever since I added my <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/10/paint-rug-party-week-3-reveal.html" target="_blank">lovely new rug</a> by the sink, I've been thinking the other side of the kitchen needed some blue as well.<br /><br />This is where all of those purchases of blue and white come in handy. Proof to the hubs that you can never have too much blue and white. 10 minutes later...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8UTCXvpOWhkoR3xIkbzRbkn499uL-zLW1RadkoCt5c8XTIWZyu6p8h21S_TtINaxKyjVF4ih5_lvrZUkzXwQ8pFCGgffdgvtbA_c14izTOZhk4Z7JqZzOqJUuYtOqVC9uMR-6cY2AoKcI/s1600/BlueandWhiteKitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8UTCXvpOWhkoR3xIkbzRbkn499uL-zLW1RadkoCt5c8XTIWZyu6p8h21S_TtINaxKyjVF4ih5_lvrZUkzXwQ8pFCGgffdgvtbA_c14izTOZhk4Z7JqZzOqJUuYtOqVC9uMR-6cY2AoKcI/s640/BlueandWhiteKitchen.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><br />Voila. Much better and a bit cozier for winter. We'll consider this my 'winter kitchen'. If you can't have a winter home, you can at least have a winter kitchen.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7IzEIFoF_-nuRjp74VSCrj8HPDs0aZv5WDvduuIlk5xQxejSlqGsyopPUmrywYYM_IwfJn_y8pvGsULAKV_1XD2ApMHHa4rmo2qF1Y2dXBkrgZB-IlDF8zfylN3FdEolZX29I5D-AZh0/s1600/BlueandWhiteKitchenclose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7IzEIFoF_-nuRjp74VSCrj8HPDs0aZv5WDvduuIlk5xQxejSlqGsyopPUmrywYYM_IwfJn_y8pvGsULAKV_1XD2ApMHHa4rmo2qF1Y2dXBkrgZB-IlDF8zfylN3FdEolZX29I5D-AZh0/s640/BlueandWhiteKitchenclose.jpg" width="630" /></a></div><br />And if I decide to change it again in the Spring, I know it will be quick and easy.<br /><br />Have you made any quick changes around the house? Have a collection that moves from place to place? Have a winter home you'd like to share with me?

winterizing the kitchen

I was baking cookies the other day and as I waited for the timer to ding I stared at this.I'm over it.Not the shelves, but the white. Ever since I added my lovely new rug by the sink, I've been thinking the other side of the kitchen needed some blue …

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The Global Education Online Conference is well underway

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxlkHzfRXG5ZwZMPoxAwvNGANeajm2ugKlEV-nsaAubjFEuAQco6zrK0n0ePwTRODyYdTB4zOa6osmaA-vUj3Dj44MRtbysY3iRSbopAyGyAq8YMsyX3YsLwCbDVO6PuKeu4UBZJdEh3g/s1600-h/image%25255B2%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="80" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBiW9tAwTXLA7cKG3WKMlMjqaDX-ZNqLVGAA5G0OVaLuhNqsIu0znl45AklIJre32BEQKX6EbXjp1E4x6CT4uzKHmWGaqVP2aFn98E3VYZxFL4YBg1Kj9hbdQ1KFo9bfn98TgY7I6RvQ/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is just an update from Lucy Gray on the amazing, online global conference that is currently taking place.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“My co-chair, Steve Hargadon, and I would like to extend a warm welcome to new members of our online global education community. Nearly 1000 people have joined in the last day, and we're astounded by the response to our online and free conference. I predicted that we'd reach 15,000 members by the end of this year; I think we're going to be over that number by the end of the week!</span> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm most impressed, however, by the sheer professionalism and generosity of spirit shared by participants, presenters, and volunteers so far It's lovely to watch the conversations that are going on in our community.</span> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">At any rate. this is a mid-conference update that may help everyone get oriented to live events going on this week. Please read this memo carefully!</span> <br /><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">UPCOMING KEYNOTES</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We've been privileged to hear from a slew of global thought leaders thus far, and more experts will be joining us in the second half of the conference. Please check out their biographies and schedules here: <a href="http://www.globaleducationconference.com/page/2012-keynotes"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.globaleducationconference.com/page/2012-keynotes</span></a><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">RECORDINGS</span></strong> <br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Don't worry if you missed a session. All are recorded and will be available shortly after their conclusions:</span> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.globaleducationconference.com/page/2012-global-education-conference-recording-links-and-information">http://www.globaleducationconference.com/page/2012-global-education-conference-recording-links-and-information</a></span> <br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">PRESENTERS INFORMATION</span></strong> <br /><strong><br /></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We asked all presenters to join our 2012 Presenters Group (</span><a href="http://www.globaleducationconference.com/group/2012-presenters-group"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.globaleducationconference.com/group/2012-presenters-group</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> upon proposal acceptance. This is essential because we communicate conference updates to presenters in this community subgroup. You will find tips for promoting your session, a speaker's checklist, and your presenter (moderator) links to your Blackboard Collaborate rooms. Remember, there are public links for participants found in sessions and schedule page, and private links with moderator privileges for presenters only. </span> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Please make sure you've viewed training videos ahead of your time and practiced a bit. If you want more information on this, visit our training page: </span><a href="http://www.globaleducationconference.com/page/training"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.globaleducationconference.com/page/training</span></a><span style="font-size: small;">. We have people staffing our conference lounge, too, in case you need assistance: </span><a href="http://goo.gl/1AnnL"><span style="font-size: small;">http://goo.gl/1AnnL</span></a><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span> <br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">JOINING CONFERENCE SESSIONS</span></strong> <br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our free, online conference started Monday, November 12 and runs around the clock for five days. All sessions take place in Blackboard Collaborate webinar rooms linked from our web site. No registration is required but we do encourage you to join this network for email updates and to connect with presenters and participants.</span> </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To participate in live webinar sessions:</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><strong>STEP 1:</strong> Go to the </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.globaleducationconference.com/page/2012-sessions-and-schedule"><span style="font-size: small;">SESSIONS AND SCHEDULE PAGE</span></a><span style="font-size: small;">.</span> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>STEP 2:</strong>Select your time zone and click on its corresponding blue link to the left of the locations listed. </span> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>STEP 3:</strong>The conference schedule should load on this page and you should be able to see all sessions in YOUR time zone. To quickly locate a session, search the page by using Control+F (Command+F on a Mac).</span> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">TIP: The schedule is in a Google Calendar. You can add events to your calendar or subscribe to the entire calendar by clicking on the button in the lower righthand corner. </span></em> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-size: small;"></span></em> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>STEP 4:</strong> Open up a session calendar entry and click on a blue SESSION link.</span> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>STEP 5</strong>: You should arrive at a purple Blackboard Collaborate page. Enter your name and login. Blackboard Collaborate will take a bit of time to launch. You will see the Blackboard Collaborate environment shortly.</span> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Note that you may have to download a small java applet to run Blackboard Collaborate. We can provide some help in our conference lounge: </span><a href="http://goo.gl/1AnnL"><span style="font-size: small;">http://goo.gl/1AnnL</span></a><span style="font-size: small;">. More technical support is available here: </span> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Collaborate/Support/Support-for-Blackboard-Collaborate.aspx"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Collaborate/Support/Support-for-Blackboard-Collaborate.aspx</span></a> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you want more basic information and links to suggested sessions, please download our conference guide: </span><a href="http://api.ning.com/files/2cERrRylB3Iit4vYB1L-0CPdr9l1v6VOuUwj3pepVyamh7ZX6A0mrayqAbqsWCZ6fyUGl9kzzRd8mHmgtqw4Lw__/2012GECGuide.pdf"><span style="font-size: small;">2012GECGuide.pdf</span></a> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks again for your support, and hopefully we'll see you online soon.”</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Lucy Gray</span> <br /><br /><br /></div>

conferences The Global Education Online Conference is well underway

This is just an update from Lucy Gray on the amazing, online global conference that is currently taking place.“My co-chair, Steve Hargadon, and I would like to extend a warm welcome to new members of our online global education community. Nearly 1000…

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