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Feb 1st, 2014
As academics we are good accumulators of many things, among them, computer files. We have data files, and document files, email archives and images fil...
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Feb 1st, 2014
Recognize that essentially everyone’s job involves interruptions of one type or another.  We can acknowledge that and still figure out ways to ke...
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Feb 1st, 2014
Here are ten strategies to use for those times when you find yourself staring at your to-do list and can’t seem to get going on anything. Break u...
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Jan 24th, 2014
Mentors are guides that are willing to provide encouragement and support to another colleague. Mentors have your best interest at heart; and can be tru...
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Jan 24th, 2014
Professors often need (and want) to write grant proposals.  As a fellow faculty member, here are the things that I do when I get ready to write in a se...
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Jan 24th, 2014
Most academics, including administrators, spend much of our time writing. But we aren’t as good at it as we should be. I have never understood wh...
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Jan 24th, 2014
Professors are now among the busiest, hardest-working employees in the nation, being pushed from all sides to do more with less.  So here are some ways...
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Jan 18th, 2014
Mindmapping is not new.  Tony Buzan claims to have coined the term in the 70’s and it is not the purpose of these tips to debate that claim, but ...
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Jan 18th, 2014
Note from Meggin:  Barbara Hemphill was the first person I started really learning from about productivity – and I’ve continued to learn fr...
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Jan 17th, 2014
Ladies, in today’s challenging world, we’d all appreciate tips that make our lives easier. After 20 years as a national Feng Shui consultan...