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Saturday, July 27, 2013

Catherine Ventura: Trying to Lean In, Sheryl, but Facebook's Not Making it Easy

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While Sheryl Sandberg is working hard to promote Lean In, her book about what's holding women back in the workforce, many hard-working women are having a hard time "leaning in" on Facebook.

That's because Facebook, which Ms. Sandberg helps run, is very helpful to big businesses with giant advertising budgets, but not to small businesses, which are what 90 percent of women business owners run.

That was the hard lesson Jennifer Flanders learned when the new Facebook page she created for her business -- Jennifer Flanders Design -- was hijacked several weeks ago by a Tunisian hackers.

On March 10, Flanders, an accomplished interior designer with a starring role in an upcoming HGTV show, The Real Designing Women, discovered her page had been hacked by someone calling themselves "darksoul12." Not only that, but the hacker removed her as the Page administrator and replaced her professional cover photo with the banner: "Tunisia-Hacker: We are the Best Hackers."

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If your personal Facebook account has been hacked there are steps you can take. But, astoundingly, these steps do not exist for your business page.

There is no specific avenue for recovering a hacked Facebook page if you do not have a a large advertising account and therefore your own Facebook sales rep. In spite of filing over 10 "Report a problem with this page" forms (I flagged it and reached out to Facebook too), Flanders has not received any response from Facebook -- no matter how hard she's tried to "lean in" -- because Facebook is seemingly unresponsive to small business owners who are just starting to use Facebook for marketing.

Facebook Help's only advice for page owners who have been removed as administrators from their own Pages is to message the hackers and ask them to make you an administrator again!

The good news is that Flanders' Facebook Page was "returned" to her this weekend, two weeks after she lost access. The bad news is that there is no indication -- no notification, no email -- that Facebook was responsible -- and responsive -- for the return. More likely it was the hacker, who seemed more mischievous than malicious, who simply returned it to her and moved on (thanks, darksoul12!)

Women now own about 30 percent of America's businesses and the overwhelming majority of them run small businesses. If Sheryl Sandberg's own company -- Facebook -- only offers customer service to giant companies, then they are de facto providing women business owners with less customer service. And if Facebook does not provide customer service to smaller companies that are trying to use Facebook to market, they are de facto making it harder for women business owners to lean in.

Sheryl Sandberg's advice -- Lean In -- is a positive and valuable one. It's ironic, however, that the company she helps run makes it hard for women business owners to do just that.

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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

'Grey's Anatomy': Catherine Avery Swoops In At The Last Minute To Save Seattle Grace (VIDEO)

Before taking a short hiatus, "Grey's Anatomy" wrapped up the hospital bankruptcy situation quite nicely. The plane crash five (Arizona, Callie, Cristina, Derek and Meredith) were looking for an investor to partner with in their bid to buy the hospital. In an unexpected last-minute save, it was Jackson's mother, Catherine, and The Harper-Avery Foundation that saved the day.

She'd come to Seattle to try and encourage Jackson to move to Boston and take a more active role in the foundation. With the crisis at Seattle Grace, she found a way to allow him to stay and still have him more involved.

"It is my pleasure that the Harper-Avery foundation would like very much to take you up on that offer," she told Cristina. The foundation became the majority shareholder, and in doing so demanded one seat on the board. A seat Catherine would fill with Jackson.

"Now give your mama a kiss, Jackson. She just bought you a hospital," Catherine said to her son.

"Grey's Anatomy" returns with new episodes on Thursday, March 14 at 9 p.m. EST on ABC.

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Catherine Gobron: Do We Value Student Compliance or Student Empowerment?

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It's lovely when students value the learning opportunities available to them. How should we respond when they don't?

[Note: All of the names in the following sequence have been changed, except mine, of course.]

My program offers one-on-one tutoring in a range of subjects for students who want it. One of my math tutors, Samantha, was away for most of January, so I got a sub for her students. Samantha has one student in particular, Emmanuel, who is not strong in math, but works on it diligently with her support. It doesn't come easy for him, and it's not something he would do for fun. But he's committed to improving his skills so he meets with his tutor regularly and does his best.

I set Emmanuel up with Kris, the sub, for January. I was expecting that Emmanuel and Kris would work together for the duration of Samantha's absence.

I checked with Emmanuel in the morning after his first session with the sub. "How did it go?" I asked. Without hesitation he replied, "Well, I didn't like Kris. She wasn't patient and calm with me the way Samantha is. She wasn't mean or anything, but she was pushy and basically made me feel like I'm stupid. She just didn't give me the kind of support and encouragement that makes me feel capable the way Samantha does."

"Oh no!" I said. "I'm sorry to hear that it didn't go well. I really like Kris and thought that she would work well with you. But it sounds like it was a bad match. It's OK, though, I can schedule you with a different sub."

But he had had enough of my guesswork. "No thanks," he said. "I think I'll just put math on hold until Samantha comes back."

Emmanuel is 13 years old and he has learned to advocate for himself.

As the program director, I felt beholden to his parents. I had said that he would be having math tutoring. I worried that it would reflect poorly on the program if the math wasn't happening. I was faced with a choice. Should I bribe, cajole, or threaten him into doing his math? Or not?

As teachers and parents we're not surprised when some kids don't want to do their math, but we often think that it's our job to make them do it anyway.

Is it? Is it my responsibility to dismiss his opinion and his choices?

Emmanuel and I discussed it for another minute, but he was resolved. "It's OK," he said. "It's not a big deal to wait." I agreed with him. It's not a big deal to wait.

Which is more valuable: a few weeks of resentful multiplication review, or maintaining trust and respect in my relationship with him? Which should I prioritize: my convenience and desire to tell his parents that yes, he's working on math, or his confidence and burgeoning ability to identify and communicate his requirements for learning? For me (and Emmanuel), the answers to these questions are obvious.

Today happened to be Samantha's first day back. Emmanuel was happy to see her. They had their appointment, and he picked up where he left off a few weeks ago, empowered and confident.

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