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The New New New Thing: How Will We Inspire the Next Generation?

Steve Larosiliere | Posted 11.03.2009 | Impact

Read More: Stoked, Education, Mentors, Jim Clark, Mentoring, Nonprofits, Snowboarding, Education Reform, Mentees, Impact News
Steve Larosiliere

I've seen firsthand that we need alternative forms of teaching, inspiring and collaborating with youth. If we do not give them skills to compete on a global level, our society will diminish.

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Will Adopt Asian Girl, No Problem

Elizabeth Benedict | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Mentors, Ikea, Elizabeth Benedict, Muses, Monsters, Adoption, The Inner Life, Family, Living News
Elizabeth Benedict

We are the two happy misfits in the family, unconnected by blood or official documents, and connected in our certainty that family is more than either.

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Mentors, Muses & Monsters

Elizabeth Benedict | Posted 10.27.2009 | Books

Read More: Sigrid Nunez, Jane Smiley, Susan Sontag, Jonathan Safran Foer, Mentors, Books News
Elizabeth Benedict

Given the chance to thank the people who changed their lives, several prominent writers made the decision to write their hearts out and let us in on stories they have carried around for years.

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The Man Behind the Man Booker Winner

Amy Hertz | Posted 10.06.2009 | Books

Read More: Henry Holt, Google, Authors, Publishing, Mentors, Dutton, Wolf Hall, Booker Prize, Publishers, Book, Jack Macrae, Editors, Hilary Mantel, Books News
Amy Hertz

In all of publishing and probably much of the world, there's just nobody else like Jack Macrae, the American publisher of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall, which just won the Booker.

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Learning to Be a Man

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Mentors, Volunteering, Mary Landrieu, Children, Rosie O'Donnell, Foster Care, Living News
Daniel Heimpel

It is hard for boys to become men when they don't have any in their lives. For John, the Chris I know and Andrade the difference can be a male role model, a mentor.

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Exit Laughing

Jonathan Tolins | Posted 11.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Larry Gelbart, Writing, Twister, Mentors, Mentoring, Entertainment News
Jonathan Tolins

Larry Gelbart was a terrific and generous teacher. I didn't know him well, but he made a tremendous difference in my life. He knew how to do that because he understood writers. And he loved them.

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What Makes Successful CEOs Tick?

Leslie Pratch, Ph.D. | Posted 09.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Success, Leadership, Mentors, Business, Talent, Malcolm Gladwell Outliers, Don Shula, Successful CEOs, Ceos, Malcolm Gladwell, CEO Traits, Business News
Leslie Pratch, Ph.D.

What makes for uber-success? It is not sheer intellect, and it's not only social skill. It is, as Malcolm Gladwell defines talent, deliberate practice.

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Getting Real: Women Reject A Post-Feminist Kumbaya

Peggy Klaus | Posted 08.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Women in the Workplace, Women Workers, Business Success, Mentors, Career Women, Workplace Discrimination, Female-Bullying, Bullying, Sisterhood, Women at Work, Women-Bullies, Bullies, Career Success, Living News
Peggy Klaus

The frequency at which I hear this kind of war story from women across all professions, career levels, and ages suggested that the issue affects a lot of people.

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The Corporate Freshman: Your Community is Your Most Valuable Tool

Alexandra Levit | Posted 08.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Community, Mentors, Networking, College Graduates, Online, Self-Help, Business News
Alexandra Levit

Although I don't meet with them on a schedule, the people in my "lifeline group" are the people with whom I can be vulnerable, candid, and accountable.

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The "M" Word: Making the Most of Mentoring to Achieve (and Exceed) Your Goals

Shannon Cutts | Posted 07.26.2009 | Living

Read More: National Mentoring Month, Mentors, Service, Mentees, Rainer Maria Rilke, Living News
Shannon Cutts

A mentoring relationship is fundamentally driven by the mentee's desire to maximize their full potential in some area of life, whether it be personal, career, or some combination thereof.

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Women Need to Support Women at Work

Penny Herscher | Posted 06.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Leadership, Women, Mentors, Company Culture, Gender, Business News
Penny Herscher

Gender stereotypes already make it hard enough for women in the workplace but in tough times how women treat other women matters even more.

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A Life in Music

Joanne Bernstein-Cohen | Posted 02.28.2009 | Living

Read More: National Mentoring Month, Mentors, National Mentor Month, Music, Living News
Joanne Bernstein-Cohen

Perhaps the most telling affirmation of Dino Anagnost's influence on my career is reflected in my current position - as Executive Director of The Little Orchestra Society.

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On Being A Big Sister

Kate Snow | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living

Read More: National Mentoring Month, Mentors, Big Brothers, Kate Snow, Big Sisters, Living News
Kate Snow

Good Morning America weekend co-anchor Kate Snow was interviewed for National Mentoring Month by veteran TV industry writer Michele Greppi, who has served as a mentor to so many others herself.

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Thank Your Mentor Day: Bill Clinton, Oprah And Others Recall Their Mentors

NationalMentoringMonth.org, Harvard School of Public Health | Posted 02.22.2009 | Living

Read More: NationalMentoringMonth.Org, Mentor Month, Mentors, Thank Your Mentor Day, Living News

Ray Charles Wiley Pittman, he was the cat. I mean, if it hadn't been for him, I don't think I'd be a musician today. We lived next door to him. He had...

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From High School Dropout To Medical School Valedictorian

Dr. Richard Carmona | Posted 02.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Mentors, National Mentor Month, Surgeon General, Living News
Dr. Richard Carmona

Lucy Mercedes Martinez, my mother was probably my first mentor. She really tried to take care of me in spite of myself, and in spite of her own strug...

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Obama Supports Mentoring Campaign

Jay Winsten | Posted 01.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Community Service, Obama Transition, Mentors, Obama, The Harvard Mentoring Project, Mentoring, Volunteer, Politics News
Jay Winsten

Don't forget: January is National Mentoring Month. Be the change: Mentor a Child!

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Obama's Education Speech Fired Me Up

Dan Brown | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, No Child Left Behind, Mentors, Education, Student Achievement, Teacher Residency Programs, Nclb, Mapleton Expeditionary School of the Arts, Standardized Testing, High-Stakes Testing, Barack Obama, Denver Post, Politics News
Dan Brown

Last week in Colorado, Barack Obama gave a truly incisive speech on improving education in America.

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My Mentor: Better Than Journalism School

Donna Dees Thomases | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Edwin Edwards, Mentorship, National Mentoring Month, Mentors, Louisiana Senate, Louisiana Politics, The Shreveport Journal, The Harvard Mentoring Project, The Giving Life, Living News
Donna Dees Thomases

Veronica "Ronni" Patriquin was the State Capitol bureau chief for the now defunct afternoon daily, The Shreveport Journal. She hired me during my sen...

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My Mentor: My Grandfather

Rand Morrison | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: The Giving Life, Mentorship, National Mentoring Month, Mentors, The Harvard Mentoring Project, Living News
Rand Morrison

I think it's fair to say that my grandfather is the person to be blessed - or blamed - for shaping me into the person I am today. His was a classic ...

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