Author: Amma Marfo (she/her)

Friday, September 13th was a day full of TED-based excitement. After a morning topped off with an Academic Convocation featuring TED favorite Dan Ariely, I dashed to Cambridge to attend their local TED event, TEDxCambridge. After becoming a TED devotee online, even establishing a (presently abandoned, but hopefully soon-to-be revitalized) ritual of live-Tweeting TED talks … Continue reading Getting a TED-ucation

I have just finished my copy of 99U’s new book Maximize Your Potential ahead of its official release, and overall found it to be a fun and energizing read. The full title of the book is Maximize Your Potential: Grow Your Expertise, Take Bold Risks & Build an Incredible Career. With such bold claims, I … Continue reading Book Review: 99U’s Maximize Your Potential

Last week, an Inside Higher Ed article about a collection of Tweets written about professors was released, titled "What Are Students Tweeting About Us?", was released. As a social media content curator for my office, I see what students are Tweeting about us, about their professors, and about their lives in general. Perhaps because I … Continue reading The “At” and “About” of Communication

I woke up in a panic yesterday morning.  Normally, for someone who struggles with anxiety, this is not good. Waking up in a sweat, unable to sleep, in what is basically the middle of the night, is not good. But, this awakening from terror happened in the most constructive way possible. It was constructive panic.  … Continue reading Constructive Panic

"I don't just care about making you all good at your jobs, though that is really important. I also want you to be good people. That sounds really cheesy, I'm sure, but it's important and it's something I want to help with." The statement above is a rough excerpt from my speech at our student … Continue reading Sifting Through Your Values

A few days ago, a request for information turned into an email from our vice-principal (on behalf of our President's office) about helping our President coordinate live Tweets into her All College welcome presentation.  That request was internalized, and then turned into the following Tweet: "You have been identified as experienced at incorporating tweets into … Continue reading On Effort and Expertise

August has been a month of pretty cool opportunities for me. In addition to bringing some really cool ideas to fruition at work, continuing slow but positive progress on the book, and growing another year older, I got to turn the tables on my normal Twitter chat activities and step into the role of moderator. … Continue reading Which Came First: The Community, or the Chat?

Jason's great take on how he'll be bringing his Boston Marathon story to life...if you send us and our proposal to SXSWedu. Consider throwing a vote our way? We'd really, really appreciate the opportunity to share our lessons from this experience with everyone in Austin 🙂