Update: I will be updating the index below daily, with links to the articles which have been posted.
We also got a jump on things here: Learning Needs a Cool Factor and I highly recommend you click into the discussion, including this article by Dwayne Melancon: Ashamed of our naked skins.
Woohoo! A big MAHALO to Tim Milburn for this wonderful banner he created for us!
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At the end of this week we will begin our annual September tribute to lifelong learning with the Ho‘ohana Community; Joyful, Jubilant Learning 2006 begins with our Ho‘ohana on September 1st.
Our writers have been dreaming, drafting, editing, and planning in some very inspired ways off the blog for nearly a full month now, and I can no longer resist giving you a preview of what is in store for us!
These are the Guest Authors who will make an appearance here on Talking Story during September, with a title grab on the articles they have written to help whet your appetite! Make note of those titles which intrigue you…
There will be a brand new learning essay posted every day of the month: Make sure you have your RSS feed for Talking Story all set up and ready to go! 
9/1 I will start us off with our Ho‘ohana for the month of September on ‘Ike loa, the Hawaiian value of Knowledge, Learning, and Wisdom. My article will be called,
“A Place of Knowing and of Practiced Believing”
9/2 From Toni Howard of Imua with Management
“It’s an Obsession””
9/3 From Rebecca Thomas of RebeccaThomasDesigns.com
“Exercise Your Passion For Learning”
9/4 From Dan Ward of Rogue Project Leader
“ Excerpt from “Meet the Boomer Sisters”
9/5 From Adrian Savage of Slow Leadership
“Maintaining Your Ignorance”
9/6 From Greg Balanko Dickson of Business Performance Coaching
“Disaster and Emergency Planning in the 21st Century”
9/7 From Starbucker of Ramblings From a Glass Half Full
“Brother George and the Mid-Term: How One Test Changed My Life (and My Learning)”
9/8 From Andrea Learned of Learned on Women
“Learning from the Outside In: One Woman’s Method to Gladness”
9/9 From Phil Gerbyshak of Make It Great!
“Live” Learn” Lead!”
9/10 From Kevin Eikenberry of Kevin’s Blog on Learning
“Why Learning is a Leader’s Most Important Skill”
9/11 From Leah Maclean of Working Solo
“Top 10 Ways to Become Fluent in Technology”
9/12 From Tim Draayer of Live Your Best Life
“Learning to Live Through Learning”
9/13 From EM Sky of Mind Unbound
“The Joy of Discovery: Designing a Learning Process for the Human Spirit”
9/14 From Dave Rothacker of Rothacker Reviews
“Nodes of Knowledge”
9/15 From Dwayne Melancon of Genuine Curiosity
“You Never Know…”
9/16 From Chris Owen of Take A Bite! the Pink Apple blog
“Shakin’ Off Your ‘Is That All There Is’ Blues”
9/17 From John Richardson of Success Begins Today
“Adding SPARK to Your Business”
9/18 From Steve Sherlock of Steve’s 2 Cents
“Evolutionary Blogging: Stories that make the connections”
9/19 From Wayne Turmel of The Cranky Middle Manager Show
“I Don’t Have a Degree””
9/20 From Lisa Haneberg of Management Craft
“Unplanning Learning: Debunking the Merits of a Traditional Corporate Curriculum”
9/21 From Maria Palma of The Good Life
“Ten Things I’ve Learned So far in 2006”
9/22 From Tim Milburn of studentlinc.
“Content Or Discontent: Which Tent Do You Live In?”
9/23 From Stacy Brice of Virtualosophy
“On Being A Serendipitous Learner”
9/24 From Wayne Hurlbert of Blog Business World
“Books, A Lifelong Learning Key”
9/25 From Yvonne DiVita of Lip-Sticking
“How Executives Fail: The Learning is in Un-Learning.”
9/26 From Blaine Collins of Stronger Teams Blog
“Have We Entered Learning 3.0?”
9/27 Easton Ellsworth of Business Blog Wire
“10 Things I Must Have On My Learning Epitaph”
9/28 From Ken Partain of We Make Marketing Easy
“Take II—My Midlife Awakening”
9/29 Joyful, Jubilant Learning 2006 will be posted as our recap for the Ho‘ohana Community Forum Archives.
Can’t wait? Visit the archives for
Joyful, Jubilant Learning 2005; 64 Ways and Counting
September Ho‘ohana 2005; Lifelong Learning
Appreciation
When did you last feel appreciated by someone outside your normal circle of influence? It’s not often it happens, is it? And when it does, it’s a moment for celebration. So, I just wanted to share a little of my celebration when I was recently asked to…
Lifelong Learning Tips and Tricks
Lookin’ forward to this!
Coverups are a sign of Immaturity
An unwillingness to be seen as ignorant is frequently an obstacle to learning. But a willingness to purge one’s mind of past acquired knowledge and start over in the learning process, frequently leads to more efficient learning and a deeper comprehen…
Podcasts On The Run
Wedding Count Down…Day 1
The wedding nears! On Thursday of this week Tom and I drove to Buffalo to see my Maggie. Maggie and I went to the bridal shop for her final fitting. WOW! I can’t believe how beautiful she’s going to look in that amazing wedding dress. I was there when …
Take II – My Midlife Awakening
I know my posts have been few and far between on this blog lately but I have been asked to write an article for Rosa Say’s Talking Story Blog to be included in her Joyful Jubilant Learning Forum 2006. My
How Entrepreneurs Stay in the Game: Learning to Learn
I sometimes think people who own and operate small businesses think that they are playing in the World Series. It is the bottom of the eighth inning, bases are loaded and your best hitter has stepped up to the…