Introducing....

Hi, I'm Nancy and this is my first attempt at a blog - we'll see how it goes. I recently was successful at getting involved with Facebook - thought I should give it a try to keep up with my 12 year old daughter, and I have found that I have been having loads of fun catching up with old friends that have scattered across the country. And I do mean old friends as we were born in '59 and I think we are all thinking back to the good old days about now.....thinking about how really YOUNG we still all feel.

So, with that in mind, I thought it was about time I embark on a career which will fulfill me and give back (hopefully) something positive. I think I have learned a lot that will be worthwhile to the next generation. Even though this technology is really cool - nothing replaces good ol'fashioned values! And, a joy of life that is based in many great years full of experiences from living all across the country, jumping out of planes, climbing mountains, diving Jacques Cousteau's famous "Blue Hole" and sailing through the Bermuda Triangle.

On a more practical side, I have worked most of my years in sales, and most recently for large insurance companies in the service sector. So I have experience knowing a little about a lot of different types of companies and industries which is very helpful in relating to students and some of what they will face and need to learn.

I have used technology to a "medium" extent. Within the firms I have worked for Outlook was typically the email we used with company issued Dell laptops, Proxima viewers for .ppt presentations, cell phones for voice and email, etc. I am proud to say that I do have a little Ipod nano to run with(and a chip in my shoe to track my time and distance) and download podcasts to learn from as well. (I'm not so good at keeping all the files well organized though...)

I love photography and finally switched to digital....but the Adobe Photoshop - I probably have only figured out 1/4 of its capabilities....and my little laptop really is on its last legs I think...

In business - any type of "webinars" I was ever required to sit in on were barely able to keep my attention.........Maybe it was the subject matter? SO one of the things I will be interested in hearing about is how to keep an audience's attention, if a presentation is not live....I am excited to hear about all this new technology...