Stretch Yourself
What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds. ~Wayne Dyer Have you ever really thought about what it takes to...
Category: Professional
teaching, learning, doing,& dreaming
It’s been a dream of mine to teach college or more correctly, simply be involved with college students at some level. See, right out of law school, I worked at the Sandra Day O’Connor...
RN2JD: What being an RN taught me about being a Privacy Attorney
Nursing school is harder than law school. Seriously. As a nurse (and a nursing student), you really do have someone’s life in your hands. As an attorney, some may argue that you do, but...
Executive Women in Privacy – my recollections and reflections
This past week, I had the privilege to speak on a panel with three amazing women, Ruby Zefo (intel), Sharon Anolik (Privacy Panacea), and Debra Bromson (Jazz Pharmaceuticals) – moderated by Lourdes Turrecha at...
Life takes you to unexpected places. Love brings you home….
I’ve been radio silent lately – not only did I switch jobs, but I moved states. I consider home to be in Arizona – a true transplanted southerner. Although I did not move from...
Go beyond Talking Heads: How to build a panel presentation that Pops
Wanh. Wanh. Wanh. No matter how interested you are in a topic, talking heads start sounding like the teachers in the Charlie Brown cartoons. Sometimes, the panel can even put their audience to sleep. Most...
You have arrived: how does one define success?
I once had a navigation system that when I reached my programmed destination, it would say “You have arrived.” I would circle the block just to hear that over and over. In a professional...
Can you be yourself at work?
Recently, I spoke to an executive coach who says she works with executives for years before many can finally accept who they are – and let themselves be themselves. I tried to find a really...
How does one get into Speaking?
At a recent conference, I was asked by several people “How do I start speaking at conferences?” There are several ways to do this, but to be frank, I don’t know that I ever...
IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2015: session highlights and closing session
In this post, I won’t go into details about each day or every session. You can see the schedule and descriptions here. However, I do want to touch on some key points. With over...