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Jana Kemp Bio
Enjoy these columns from the Volume 10, Issue 1 Better Meetings for Everyone newsletter. Feel free to call (800) 701-9447 or e-mail publisher Jana Kemp
Table of Contents:
1. Meeting Quotes and Websites
2. Purpose can be found - article
3. Meeting Facilitation
4. Contact us
1 . Meeting Quotes and Websites
By Jana M. Kemp
Quote:
"It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained." - Elizabeth II, Queen of England
www.presentations.com
Ideas on improving your presentations. Equipment reviews.
www.skywestmagazine.com/Features/Conventions.html
Article about meeting planning. Jana Kemp featured.
Meetings@Work www.janakemp.com
Articles, Links, learning Products, and more await your browsing visit
2 . FEATURE ARTICLE: Purpose can be found
by Jana Kemp for an article originally appearing in the Idaho Press Tribune newspaper
Dozens of stories over the last decade have included lines about quitting a job and finding real meaning and purpose in something else. We're no longer in an economic environment where quitting work seems realistic. So, with long hours looming, work piles growing and household chores continuing, how can we find meaning in each day?
According to "Answering Your Call" author John Schuster, "a call is the urge to do something significant and meaningful. A call isn't necessarily tied to a job or a profession." Finally, a book about meaning in our lives that doesn't tell us we need to quit working.
In eight conversational chapters, Schuster debunks the myths of answering a call. "It has to be heroic." A call can be answered in the things we do every day. Look to the roles you play each day, mother, father, spouse, employee, manager, innovator, volunteer and so on. Perhaps your call is to be the best parent or an inspiring volunteer.
Another myth is that people get "one big call" that lasts their whole lives. Schuster's research uncovered that more typically people have three or four calls that correspond to different times in their lives. If you are waiting for that one big call, forget it. Start looking for the meaning and significance in your everyday activities.
Schuster offers these tips for managing through the times we don't feel like we are answering to our highest purposes. "First, take it a day at a time and find the little joys to celebrate each day. Second, look at becoming more of yourself. Ask yourself 'what do I need to hold on to, what can I let go of and what can I take on to become more of myself.' Then be open to the possibilities. And remember that just because there is no sign it doesn't mean you aren't moving in the right direction."
And Schuster reminds us "when things aren't working on the outside, keep working on the inside - on who you are. And when thinking about working on ourselves, consider this. A job you can find. A career you can manage. A calling you become worthy of."
ACTION ITEMS: Identify the things you do every day that are a part of your call: working, parenting, neighboring, volunteering. Ask yourself what conversations you could have to provoke more meaning into each day. Decide how you will add value to the world today.
3 . Meeting Facilitation
Are you ready to participate in a meeting and get someone else to move participants to action? If so, you are in search of a meeting facilitator or moderator.
Meeting & Management Essentials can help. For more information, click here .
And feel free to contact Jana Kemp:
Jana Kemp
Speaker, Facilitator, Moderator
Meeting & Management Essentials
www.janakemp.com
 Meetings@ Work
Stay connected to the world of day-to-day business meetings. Explore the Meeting & Management Essentials' website www.janakemp.com to learn more about the services Jana Kemp offers and to discover useful meeting skill development resources, tools and Internet links. At the site you can:
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Link to meeting-related sites. |
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