Free Feet http://www.carleemallard.com forging your own path Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:52:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Brazen Careerist Meetup On Wednesday, September 22, we’ll be hosting our 2nd Meetup Everywhere event where groups all over the world rally together to answer life’s hard-hitting questions. Together. Then later, bring what they discovered back online to share with the community at large.

This month’s question is:

What makes your city a great place to live and work?

Meet up with local Brazen members and discuss what brought you to your city in the first place. Why is it so great? Why is it not so great? With enough support, what could you change?

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]]> http://www.carleemallard.com/2010/09/brazen-careerist-meetup/ PechaKucha Night #5 Check www.pknraleigh.com for details

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]]> http://www.carleemallard.com/2010/09/pechakucha-night-5/ SPARKcon SPARKcon celebrates creativity in the NC Triangle. For 4 days, Raleigh’s Fayetteville St, public spaces, clubs and stages will be filled with art, music, dance, film, fashion, design and more. SPARKcon showcases local cultural richness through an open-source approach to collaboration and cross pollination. It’s completely grass-roots and by the people for the people! Join us as we explore the creative spirit of the Triangle!

SPARKcon is a “creative potluck” of SPARKs or creative themes such as art, music, film, fashion, etc. Each SPARK is put together by individuals who are deeply embedded in that specific local scene. . . . → Read More: SPARKcon Related posts:

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]]> http://www.carleemallard.com/2010/09/sparkcon/ PechaKucha Night #4 at ideaSPARK SPARKcon opens with 5th Annual ideaSPARK at KINGS

August 18, 2010—Raleigh, NC – SPARKcon 2010 will open with a sharing of new ideas and creativity at the 5th Annual ideaSPARK. The event will take place at the recently renovated KINGS in downtown Raleigh on September 16th, 2010 at 7:30 pm. This year’s ideaSPARK repeats last year’s successful format as a PechaKucha Night. The Thursday night opener will be the fourth PechaKucha Night coordinated by PKN Raleigh organizers and sponsored by Lonerider Beer, KINGS, Yelp! and TechShop.

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]]> http://www.carleemallard.com/2010/09/pechakucha-night-4-at-ideaspark/ HASO (Help A Sister Out)! And by that I mean literally, my fresh-out-of-college unemployed little sister, Rianna. She’s probably the

best person that I know, and I’m probably the best sister that anyone could have. Which is why I’m dedicating an entire post to her today.

I’m not sure exactly when she decided she had to move to New York City after graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill with an Anthropology degree this past May, but I’m pretty sure her mind was made up when we visited the city during her Spring Break back in March. While I was walking around complaining about my . . . → Read More: HASO (Help A Sister Out)! Related posts:

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]]> http://www.carleemallard.com/2010/08/haso-help-a-sister-out/ To the unemployed whiners: make your own job! Am I wrong to scoff at those unemployed citizens who keep applying for job after job like everyone else out there? I can’t help but think that if you’re not thinking like an entrepreneur and creating a job for yourself instead of waiting until someone creates a job for you, you’re just not living in the now.

There aren’t a heck of a lot of jobs out there. And when a job opens up, a million people are going after it. The fact of the matter is that unless you’re some big wig superstar or have been dating . . . → Read More: To the unemployed whiners: make your own job! Related posts:

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]]> http://www.carleemallard.com/2010/08/to-the-unemployed-whiners-make-your-own-job/ Triangles Crowdsource Our Careers (Brazen Style) On Wednesday, August 18, 2010 I organized a local chapter of the

Brazenites at the first official meetup

Brazen Careerist’s “Crowdsource Your Career” meetup where 8 other fellow brazen careerists and I met – some for the first time, although many were very familiar faces—to talk about why we were drawn to Brazen Careerist and to discuss the question of the day (below). It was certainly a success (if I ignore the loud after-work crowd at nearby tables). I both met some new people (with new perspectives) and made even stronger connections with some Brazenites that I . . . → Read More: Triangles Crowdsource Our Careers (Brazen Style) Related posts:

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]]> http://www.carleemallard.com/2010/08/triangles-crowdsource-our-careers-brazen-style/ Quit Planning & Just Do It! For as much as a planner as I am, I’m currently en-route to Montego Bay, Jamaica with absolutely no idea where I’ll sleep, eat, or how to get from one place to the next.

I travel a lot, but almost always at least somewhat planned. I’ll at least purchase plane tickets more than 3 days ahead or book a hotel or hostel room for a night or two (or know which friend’s couch I’m crashing on). Sometimes I go all out get guide books ahead of time and make a list of all the places I want to . . . → Read More: Quit Planning & Just Do It! No related posts.]]> http://www.carleemallard.com/2010/08/quit-planning-just-do-it/ Confessions of the frail: I am STRONG . . . → Read More: Confessions of the frail: I am STRONG Related posts:

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