NEW in Library Periodicals -The Harvard Business Review - Jan/Feb 2010

The Harvard Business Review (HBR) Jan./Feb. 2010 issue, focuses on reinvention. The issue spotlights transformation in terms of one's own business to meet today's challenges. The issue inlcudes 10 breakthough ideas for 2010 and 5 ways to bungle a job change. It is a special double issue.

The HBR is available in the College of Westchester Library. We request that you do not make photocopies of any HBR issue. Please let a librarian know if you'd like to borrow the copy to read in your office.

Thanks in advance,
Monecia Samuel
College Librarian

When time is short: speaking off the cuff

When time is short: speaking off the cuff

By Sheryl Smikle, Ph.D.

Dr. Smikle covers the top concerns most speakers have when it comes to a speaker's time, their audience and the topic. She answers in this article the following 5 questions:

1. Who has requested you to speak?
2. To whom will you be speaking?
3. What is the goal of your talk?
4. How much time will you have to speak?
5. What type of setting will you be in?

The title of this Blog posting leads to the full article.
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A Historical Consumer Behavior Change - Debit Purchases Surpass Credit Purchases for Visa and MasterCard

From the Washington Post, October 7, 2009:

For Gun-Shy Consumers, Debit is Replacing Credit

This article gives new statistics on consumer spending in terms of debit purchases. For the first time, debit purchases exceed purchases on credit on Visa and Mastercards. The article also gives an eye opening historical overview on the emergence of the credit card and how consumers have used credit across the generations.