As some of you may know, July marks the six month anniversary of the release of my first book, THE I’S HAVE IT: Reflections on Introversion in Student Affairs. To honor the occasion, I’m taking some time to highlight certain issues that the nature of our work may present for introverts. Today’s topic: icebreakers. Few words … Continue reading Mythbusters: Breaking Ice with Introverts
Mythbusters: The Publicly Speaking Introvert
This month marks the six-month anniversary of the release of The I's Have It, my e-book about introversion in student affairs. It's been an amazing journey to put my proverbial baby out into the world, watch her reach her first milestones (first time she was gifted to a reader! First time someone gave her a … Continue reading Mythbusters: The Publicly Speaking Introvert
Use “The Pop-In” as a Refresher
I could not have spent my Saturday in two more different places. And yet, there was one big tip that I took away from both. I spent the bulk of the day at EdCamp BOS. An unconference largely populated by K-12 educators from Massachusetts and neighboring states, it was refreshing to talk about the challenges at … Continue reading Use “The Pop-In” as a Refresher
Pull, Don’t Push
I didn't mean to drop the mic. I really didn't. But during today's #sachat on "moving up or moving out" in student affairs, we were posed the following question: MOD - Q2: Lots of folks feel like NO, not enough jobs. How does that impact the attrition rate in our field (60% in 1st 5 … Continue reading Pull, Don’t Push
The Stewart School of Talent Development
I've been thinking a lot about what makes a good supervisor lately. While I am not presently in a supervisor role, talk has started about the possibility of me getting an intern, and my role on the NACA Conference Committee allows me to work with other staff members whose work I oversee. I do a … Continue reading The Stewart School of Talent Development
Take Your Program Improvements to the Streets
We're coming to the time of year where we're starting to ask questions. Be they questions of our advisers about their experiences with us, or students that have learned with us in our classrooms, wee want to know how we're doing. And how do we do this typically? Course evaluations. Focus groups. Surveys on surveys … Continue reading Take Your Program Improvements to the Streets
Agile Setlists and Strong Material
As some of you may have seen over the weekend, I had the chance to see Mike Birbiglia this weekend as part of our college consortium's Spring Weekend comedy show. After seeing him earlier this year, I was interested to see what material he would choose to share. Because we're a Catholic institution, there was … Continue reading Agile Setlists and Strong Material
Two Sides of the Mirror
As part of my continued education, I started a University Teaching 101 course via Johns Hopkins and Coursera a few weeks ago. It's an intimidating class, but I've really enjoyed the content thus far, and look forward to the topics we'll explore in the weeks ahead. I took this class with the hopes of preparing … Continue reading Two Sides of the Mirror
Summer Project: The Virtual Reciprocity Ring
I want to first give a serious shout-out to Kelley McCarthy, who has once again managed to inspire. Nearly three years after she blew me away with her dedication to her #52in52 project, she posted this quote this morning on Facebook to close out Women's History Month: Kelley's post got me thinking about a project … Continue reading Summer Project: The Virtual Reciprocity Ring
#saHaHa
*QUICK DISCLAIMER: This is not a "you should" post as it pertains to humor in student affairs. This is simply a collection of my thoughts on the matter, thought through with a few colleagues, and ultimately the standards I try to follow when joking around in cyberspace. Everybody good? Good. On we go.* Pete Pereira … Continue reading #saHaHa
Amma Marfo 