It’s not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what’s required. — Sir Winston Churchill
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Word Power!
Posted on June 25, 2010 by danspira
Over 150 students have enrolled in my “Word Power: Vocabulary Builder” course on SpacedEd. Try it out at: http://www.spaceded.com/DanSpira/courses/299-Word-Power-Vocabulary-Builder …it’s fun, fast, free, and colloquially expansive!
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Dry Socket, Out of Pocket
Posted on June 18, 2010 by danspira
Last Friday an oral surgeon cut into my gums with a blade, then using a high-power saw, some clamps and brute force, cut and tore out two large teeth from the back of my jaw. They call them wisdom teeth because apparently when you have them removed, you’re supposed to be smart enough to give [...]
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End Them, Don’t Mend Them: True Cost of PK-12 Education
Posted on June 18, 2010 by danspira
End Them, Don’t Mend Them <FANTASTIC article on the true cost of public education (true immediate cost, which is vastly understated, and true long term cost, which is often ignored). Hat tip to Glenn Warren / Stephen Dill, on this discussion.
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Two Kinds of Consultative Sales Training (and how to suceed at both)
Posted on June 4, 2010 by danspira
When it comes to the topic of consultative selling (sometimes called “solution” selling, “trusted advisor” selling, “soft” selling, or even simply “the new way of selling”) there are two very different kinds of training & development programs: programs for salespeople who are learning to be more consultative programs for consultants who are learning to be better [...]
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