One of the newest members of NSA-Wisconsin has a new book out. Bonnie Lowell, an author, humorist, entrepreneur and mother of four, has recently released Maternally Speaking: I Gave Birth to Four Eggs!
The book is a celebration of womanhood and a fun tribute to all mothers who remarkably devote almost every ounce of love and patience to raise their precious offspring, while somehow preserving their sanity. It's an amusing collection of observations for any mom deserving a girl's night of camaraderie and candid humor.
Now available at Amazon.com and BN.com, or personalized via Bonnie's website, MaternallySpeaking.com.
Congrats, Bonnie!
A big WOO HOO is in order for Joanne Cantor, chapter member and the newest blogger for Psychology Today. She'll be writing about conquering cyber overload, which just so happens to be the title of her new book. Her first post is about how sleeping can improve your creativity.
Really.
It's a good message for people who don't want to be workaholics. You can check it out here.
Way to go, Joanne!
These days, many people like to brag about how good they are at multi-tasking. Indeed, it seems like being a good multi-tasker is a prerequisite for survival in today's fast-paced, high tech world.
Not so fast.
According to Joanne Cantor, NSA-WI member and the director of UW-Madison's Center for Communication Research, you really can't multi-task.
"The brain can't multi-task," she says. "People technically can't do, or focus on two things at once and the more you try, the worse off you are. You think you're multi-tasking, but your brain is just switching back and forth - rapidly often, but every time that your brain switches back and forth, you lose time and you lose quality."Joanne's quote comes from a recent feature story on WISN TV about the misconceptions of multi-tasking. The author of Cyber Overload: Get More Done, Boost Your Creativity, and Reduce Stress, Joanne doesn't advise giving up all of your gadgets, but did share several tips for being more efficient in using them, including:
NSA-WI Member Ralph Heath was featured on Wisconsin Public Radio by Joy Cardin for his new book Celebrating Failure: The Power of Taking Risks, Making Mistakes, and Thinking Big.
Ralph's depth of business knowledge and witty conversation made for a truly enjoyable hour.
A highlight of the show was when some former employees called-in to the program to praise Ralph's innovative approach to managing and leading employees. You can listen to the whole thing here.
His book will be a featured in the October 8th issue of Time Magazine. Excellent job by Ralph!
Madison's InBusiness Magazine interviewed Robert Ian about gold and the economy for their annual Executive Register issue. Here's an excerpt:
Ian said gold cannot accurately be measured or predicted by the Consumer Price Index. In his view, the CPI is "bogus" because its measurements have been revised over the last several decades. In 1995, the gold price was about $400 per ounce and the money supply was about $4 trillion. Today, the money supply is about $17 trillion and climbing. This should put the price of gold at around $1,700 per ounce, he said.
However, the government's unfunded liabilities and debts, which is money that will have to be created to pay the obligations, are almost $100 trillion. Said Ian: "I think it puts the future price of gold at over $10,000 an ounce, assuming that they stop printing money today, which I don't think they will do. I think we are on the road to hyperinflation. I think it will appear this year, and there are a lot of supporting reasons for that."
Read the entire interview here.
Highlighting ideas to maximize the effective of your next event, Midwest Meetings Magazine has published Kinza's article title "Well-rounded Meetings" in their Spring-Summer issue. The article includes six key points to remember in providing "the experience" and maximum value on a tight budget.
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