A Twice-Published Author Among Us!!!

My Mother (Ellen Sautter) and her co-author Diane Crompton are speaking at the Career Directors International Convention in San Diego TODAY- on the topic of her latest book “Finding a Job Through Social Media.”

CONGRATULATIONS, ELLEN and Diane: I am SOOO proud of you both and your book!!!!

By the way, Marian Salpeter has already reviewed and praised your book in her column yesterday on The Examiner:

In today’s world of work, social media savvy is a must—no matter your age, employment status, education level, occupation or industry. Career management consultants Diane Crompton and Ellen Sautter deliver the guidance needed to achieve this essential know-how in their recently released book Find a Job Through Social Networking, Second Edition.

Throughout this guide, Crompton and Sautter reveal how to avoid the pitfalls associated with social networking and discuss how to create and implement a plan for getting the most from LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, blogs and other popular sites and online tools. Specifically, they offer actionable advice for:

• Sharing your expertise and learning from others in your field.
• Building your credibility through online publishing and speaking.
• Connecting with industry insiders across the country and the world.
• Optimizing social network searches to research potential employers or clients.
• Infusing your personal brand into all your online efforts.
• Presenting your accomplishments in professional profiles.
• And much more.

To read the rest of her article, click here:

New book explains power of social networking for career and job search success

Ellen Sautter has provided career transition support to tens of thousands of clients of all backgrounds including professionals and executives. She is a Senior Career Management Consultant with Right Management and has nearly 20 years experience as a career coach in the career-transition industry.

Diane Crompton brings more than 15 years experience in career-transition services, recruiting, education, and consulting. She has coached professionals at all levels from a wide range of functional and industry backgrounds and with varying career objectives, including self-employment.

Now….can I have an autographed copy, please?

Cracked has emitted a gem idea in presenting retro-popcultural/cinematic analysis – in UFC FIGHTING FORM!!!

This is so inspiring!!!!!!  I think Cracked may have inadvertently inspired a new trend in pop-culture puzzles, the one to finally overtake the “6 FILMS to KEVIN  BACON” bar brain teaser!! Two different films, presented head-to-head (in the UFC cinematic style below), fighting to prove a hilarious series of cinematic similitude between them!!

So I challenge YOU, dear readers, to send me your best candidates and I’ll match them with their cinematic doppelganger!!

BRING IT ON!! LETS GET READY TO RRRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUMMMMMMMBBBBBBBLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

Radio Days!

I have been caught up in a tornado of excitement around my new volunteer opportunity, and in sharing my experience with you here I’m hoping to bring more awareness to this fantastic service!

One of my favorite senior Marketing Communications mentors, Deborah Galloway, introduced me to a specialty radio station called GaRRS – the Georgia Radio Reading Service.  Part of the Georgia PBS family, it’s a 24/7 radio station dedicated to reading aloud for people with visual impairment conditions.  Their official tagline is, “Providing Access to the Printed Word and Information for Georgia’s Blind and Print-Handicapped.”  So at any point in the day, “readers” are selected to read aloud various books and periodicals; some broadcasts are pre-recorded and others are broadcast live. There are even specialty programs, such as the National Enquirer hour and Golden Oldies from the heyday of radio programming (Abbott and Costello, Jack Benny, George and Gracie Burns, etc.).  It’s an inspiring service  – an entire radio channel dedicated to keeping visually impaired people engaged in all current events and best sellers!! My family has been very fortunate to avoid any visual impairment issues, but I do regret not having learned about or come into contact with this service earlier.

I just can’t say enough good about it – imagine THAT!

Last week I auditioned at GaRRS, and was selected to be on their reader team…and even more exciting, I am now part of the Friday news radio broadcasting team! Every Friday night from 6-8pm, I’ll be one of three readers covering the AJC print and online breaking news – LIVE!!  It’s a nurturing, caring and supportive service for the visually impaired — it’s also a fun, exciting and thrilling opportunity for me and I’m very grateful to have the opportunity to contribute my time.

I would invite you to read more about their service – and to either pass along the word to anyone in need or, if you love reading aloud, offer to volunteer your time to support their efforts!  You will be richly rewarded for your good purpose works!!

Dedicated to My “Audience of One”

One of the major news channels estimated that 2 million people were expected to attend today’s inauguration and another few dozen million people would watch it on TV around the country. For a variety of reasons people have been building anticipation around today’s events, and most of the nation appears to have been caught up in the tractor beam of ‘change’ propaganda.

Most of the nation, but not all.

Against the pull of this inaugural hyper-focus, I’d like to express appreciation to my new “Audience of One”, Paul Gothier, who discovered and commented on our humble blog in spite of the inaugural media deluge!

Dedicating this post to our new “Audience of One” is in itself a tribute to Comedy Central’s first-ever late night talk show, Night After Night with Allan Havey, that ran from 1989-1992 on The Comedy Channel (now known as Comedy Central).  From the fan site (linked above):

“To cover the history of Night After Night, we have to go back in time. Back to a time before Cartoon Network. Back before the premieres of E.R. and Friends. Back to when MTV still showed music videos. Back to 1989. Back to when Viacom created a small network devoted to comedy. This was the Comedy Channel.”

“Night After Night was on for 3 hours, since all the hosts did VJ duty, introducing video clips from the latest comedy film out in theaters, or some classic comedy routine from Monty Python. But, there was something about Allan. He had the late shift. His set was the most intimate one on the network. When guests started getting booked on the show, the intimacy remained. His studio audience consisted of one person, who soon became known as the ‘Audience (or Audient) of One.’ “

Allan Havey and his sidekick, Nick Bakay, have since moved on to other projects – Allan Havey was cast in Hancock with Will Smith, and Nick Bakay went on to work as sidekick on The Dennis Miller Show.

But a clip from this pioneering show, with it’s intimate setting and unorthodox, informal, ‘VJ-like’ interviewing style is another hidden gem of comedy that I’d like to share with you!

Dedicated to our “Audience of One”, Paul Gothier, this “Night After Night with Allan Havey” interview features Joel Hodgson in 1991, discussing his new soon-to-be-cult-show-hit Mystery Science Theater 3000. Enjoy!

more about “Allan Havey with Joel Hodgson from MST3K“, posted with vodpod

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