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appeal to different learning styles. Shandee Ewert is among several interns at Rutgers University-Newark who polled Twitter followers on appropriate staff reads. They ultimately went with a StrengthsQuest title, Ewert says, because it combined personal and professional development, and the related seminars and materials will facilitate growth. Rutgers-Newark staff had also considered Listening Is an Act of Love by Dave Isay, a book with transcripts of interviews with people from around the United States; This I Believe by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman, which contains personal essays about strongly held values; and Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde, a novel about the residual effects of kindness. Selected interviews and essays from Listening Is an Act of Love and This I Believe have been broadcast on National Public Radio programs, so there would be an audio component to the discussion. “All of these, we felt, could be easily tied into activities that would allow staff to do things, such as beginning their own happiness project, writing their own belief narratives,” Ewert says. Discussions can be expanded by information found on an author’s website, blog, social media resources, and television and radio interviews, Scoufield points out. When the staff read Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin’s Three Cups of Tea, they used some of the numerous interviews the authors did to aid conversation and expand their insights about the book. While the guides and analyses found on the publisher’s website and in other areas can be helpful as a basis for discussion, the questions usually aren’t written with a higher education environment in mind. However, discussion facilitators can use these resources in combination with issues within the department and the profession to guide discussion and apply the reading to the workplace. At Clemson, staff members discuss the book as a group and in teams, eventually narrowing the focus to how the topics apply to their work and creation of plans to apply the new knowledge. A reading program is a relatively low-cost and easy-to-organize way to combine staff development and team-building, with great benefits. “I think it’s been really good to have this common experience, this common language,” Scoufield says. TS
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Talking Stick - July/August 2011
Contents
Online Now
Vision
Just In
Your ACUHO-I
Transition
Res Life
Facilities
Turn the Page
Calendar
Balancing Act
Making Gender-Neutral Housing Work
Conversations
First Takes
Reporting Out
Welcome
Snapshot
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - intro
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - BB1
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - BB2
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Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Cover2
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 1
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 2
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Contents
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Online Now
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 5
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Vision
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 7
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Just In
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 9
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 10
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 11
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 12
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Your ACUHO-I
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Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Transition
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Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Res Life
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Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Facilities
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Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 23
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Turn the Page
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Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Calendar
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Balancing Act
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Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Making Gender-Neutral Housing Work
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Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Conversations
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Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - First Takes
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Reporting Out
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Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Welcome
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Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Snapshot
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