April 2013
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5 Networking Tips to Help You Build Stronger...
By George Mocharko
The key to effective networking is to remember that it’s the action of building relationships, not just collecting people. Here are five ways to help you build stronger connections with your professional network:
1. Network in all directions
When you’re at a networking event, reach out in as many directions as possible. This means reaching out to supposedly “downward” or...
October 2012
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Book Review: “Little America," has big...
“Little America” 368 pp. Alfred A. Knopf. 2012 $27.95. By George Mocharko, Huffington Post, Book Reviewer
Photo credit: Bill O’Leary
The death toll from the conflict in Afghanistan reached 2,000 last week.
If the U.S. hadn’t reached that grim benchmark would the war still mean anything to the general public right now?
The conflict in Afghanistan is in danger of...
April 2012
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Book Review: "You are Not so Smart."
You are Not so Smart. Why you have too many friends on Facebook, why your memory is mostly fiction, and 46 other ways you’re deluding yourself By David McRaney Gotham Books, 302 pgs. 2012
Let’s face it: You aren’t that smart.
It’s a bold assertion — maybe even an insult — that isn’t likely to endear you toward reading the rest of this article,...
October 2011
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Book Review: Microstyle: The Art of Writing Little...
By Christopher Johnson 2011, Hardback, 246 pages, W.W. Norton & Company $21.95
Omit needless words.
That phrase is the age-old writing wisdom given by Strunk & White, in The Elements of Style. Little did Strunk know when his advice was first published in 1918 that this maxim would become an indispensable truth in the social media era when anything written over 140 characters is seen...
August 2011
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Review: The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is...
August 17, 2011
Psst? Wanna know a secret? The Internet is hiding something from you.
Eli Pariser’s book The Filter Bubble treads lightly into the realm of the Internet with a book that in lesser hands could have become an unwieldy and complex subject.
Beginning with its cover — a sly allusion to Joseph Heller’s satiric novel Catch-22, which resembles a letter censored by...
July 2011
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Book Review of “Out of Mao’s Shadow, The Struggle...
349 pp. Simon and Schuster, 2008. $16.00 (paperback edition)
Philip Pan’s Out of Mao’s Shadow, addresses the topics that modern-day China’s leadership wishes weren’t mentioned publicly. The book details the acts of extraordinary citizens who take a stand against their government, and immovable autocratic Communist regime. The sordid, and oftentimes bloody, results of their efforts are saddening...
June 2011
2 posts
Book Review of "Factory Girls, From Village to...
431 pp. Spiegel & Grau, 2009. $16.00 (paperback edition)
As one travels to new countries, such as China, one begins noticing the myriad differences about the new culture they are immersed in. Yet the further one begins to understand about the country they visit, the more parallels and similarities one begins to recognize than the differences. A journey to China then, is not just about...
Dr. Gillian Tett Offers an Anthrolopologist’s Take...
George Mocharko, Staff Writer, The Stylus
Dr. Gillian Tett, Managing Editor of The Financial Times, spoke at George Mason University’s Founders Hall auditorium on Friday, April 15. Around 70 George Mason faculty, students and members of the Arlington community were in attendance for Tett’s lecture sponsored by the George Mason’s Center for Emerging Market Policies (CEMP).
“[Tett] brings a...
April 2011
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“Building a Community”
George Mason University Commencement Speech 2011 By George Mocharko, Graduating Class of 2011, School of Public Policy
Submitted April 6, 2011
Dr. Merten, George Mason University Board, and distinguished members of the faculty, it is an honor and privilege to speak to you all today.
I especially want to recognize the many distinguished alumni, special guests, friends, family and friends, and...
February 2011
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Take a Coffee Break and Perhaps the Light Bulb...
February 18, 2011
A review of Steven Johnson’s “Where Good Ideas Come From, The Natural History of Innovation,” Riverhead Books 2010.
Most of us have experienced a perplexing moment.
It’s the time when you’ve been stuck ruminating on a certain problem over and over in your mind, and then when you least expect it, suddenly, you come up with an innovative solution—likely after taking a walk, or...
October 2010
2 posts
Washington Ideas Forum brings insiders, luminaries...
George Mocharko , Staff Writer, The Stylus
Friday, October 1, 2010
Washington D.C.— The 2010 Washington Ideas Forum, which took place September 30 to October 1, brought together high level government figures, businesspeople, and the news media for a salon-styled event.
The event, presented by The Atlantic in partnership with the Aspen Institute took place at the Knight Conference Center at...
826 Valencia Offers Tutoring & Writing Help to...
George Mocharko, Staff Writer, The Stylus
826DC, a nonprofit writing and tutoring center, recently opened its doors in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington. The draw for the new nonprofit is a storefront called the Museum of Unnatural History. The museum houses the skeletal remains of mythical animals and sells products such as unicorn tears, sabertooth dental floss and primordial...
September 2010
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When Beginning a New Job, Seek to Be "Effective...
September 12, 2010
It’s no secret that it is a tough economy out there for job seekers. For those lucky enough to get hired during this current time, they’ll need to step up, stand out and show what they are made of from day one.
“Effective Immediately: How to Fit in, Stand Out, and Move Up at Your First Real Job“ challenges its readers to step up their game from the onset of their...
August 2010
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Does Journalism Need a Blood Transfusion?
George Mocharko, Staff Writer, The Stylus
The news media is on life-support and beginning to flat-line.
Tremendous ad revenue losses, spurred by a public who increasingly refuse to pay for content, has resulted in consumers being less likely to view traditional media as an authoritative source on all matters.
Not so fast, indicate the speakers at Transforming Journalism: The State of the News...
June 2010
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WatchMy Trip to Nepal and India in 2010
March 2010
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"The End of Work..." Helps you Begin the Mission...
March 13, 2010
Does the thought of going to your office everyday and completing task after task make you feel good because you’ve accomplished so much, yet you still feel as if you are helping someone or something else accomplish their goals?
Enter “The End of Work as You Know It: 8 Strategies to Redefined Work on Your Own Terms,” by husband and wife team Milo Sindell and Thuy Sindell, PhD....
November 2009
3 posts
“Just Listen.” Dr. Mark Goulston on How to Get...
Can I Have Your Attention? Focusing on the Task at...
When How to Unlock the Hidden Job Market When...
August 2009
4 posts
Vanessa Hall Speaks on “The Truth About Trust in...
Charles Garcia Shares the Leadership Lessons of...
Alan Deutschman Talks About How to ‘Walk...
Want to be the Expert? Celebritize Yourself.
August 3, 2009
Perhaps you have been an expert in your field for years, but you are seldom contacted for your opinion. One idea you may not have thought of is to become a celebrity. Celebrities seemingly have magic powers and exude a certain appeal. As a celebrity you would be sought out for your knowledge while being the name and face in the media associated with the field you...
July 2009
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Don’t Quit Now…You’re Only...
April 2009
1 post
It’s Not Who you Know, It’s the Power of WHO, Ya Know?
April 3, 2009
Networking. We hear this term so often, but rarely take the time to think what is behind it. Is it shameless self-promotion by shoving your business card into every empty hand you see, or is it something more nuanced such as a business lunch, golf outing, or happy hour?
Finding people who share those values...
March 2009
5 posts
“Never Surrender,” An Interview with...
What Qualities Make One a Power Presenter—a...
Utilizing Networks Effectively
Melissa...
Interview with SBA District Director...
Interview Job Hunting in the Recession? Look No...
March 3, 2009
Financial implosions. Plummeting stock numbers. Company reductions in force. How does one find work in D.C.’s chaotic and troubled economy? One bestselling author knows the answer…
Hard work.
These two words do not provide much clarity for already frazzled laid-off employees leaving them wondering why hard work didn’t work out in their last job.“There is a direct relationship...
February 2009
4 posts
“If You Are Going to Be a Bear, Be a Grizzly!”
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Frank Maguire Speaks to FBLA-PBL about the...
Interview with NYC Fashion Entrepreneur Christine...
Job Hunting in Tough Times, An Interview with...
December 2004
1 post
Globalization: An Insider's Perspective
December 12, 2004
Books rarely tackle huge topics without bogging the reader down in endless pages of academic citations or mires of technical detail; but no matter how large a topic globalization may be to our current reality, Thomas Friedman can boil the essence of it down to an understandable personal anecdote, found piece of advertising copy, or oft-repeated joke. And Mr. Friedman does so...
