Digital-age tips for communicating more effectively. Originally appeared as part of Lois Zachary's post "What Siri Can Teach Us About Effective Communication," on Success Television (http://site.successtelevision.biz/leadershipskills).

5 interesting startup, design & human insight stories from the week of May 5th! From DIY space exploration in hacker spaces, to Google's deep learning, and everything in between. Share your thoughts, we'd love to continue the conversation!

Quotes are take from "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The great book by the greatest writer, who inspires us to chase our dreams.

The words and images in this deck are meant to guide students as they prepare for the AP Biology Exam. The words were chosen based on their emphasis in the AP Biology Curriculum Framework and/or their history of appearing on previous exams. These words are especially important for determining how one should frame their answers to the free response questions. This work builds upon the contributions of many great science teachers. Attributions are listed at the end.

Bad things happen to good teams. Sometimes groups lose direction and momentum. Here are the symptoms and a prescription for re-energizing your team.

9 points for students to use when analyzing the quality of literary works.

What's one thing you'd improve about your writing? In this presentation, adapted from bestselling author Kurt Vonnegut, you'll learn how to write with style—thanks to 10 tips you can start using now. For the full article, check out: http://bit.ly/Tbon7g

This is my first Haiku Deck. I created it while I was sitting in the waiting room of my oncologist, watching others around me. We're regular people, all of us. We just happen to have cancer. Cancer is only a part of our lives. We are not cancer - we are living, loving, laughing, crying, hoping, happy human beings.