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There are four stages that a relationship goes through when it starts to go wrong and by recognising what they are you are more able to make changes to what’s going on and be able to do something about it before it’s too late.

1. Disillusionment / discontentment

Before I started at SoE, I was actually just calling around getting price quotes and asking for individual lists of supplies so I could try to figure out all that was needed. This is a link to a friendly general contractor company in Seattle. They are willing to give quotes and possibly advice if you are nice enough to them:

We're on the lookout for some great interns to join us over the summer at Everything HQ. According to Internsforyou.com this is what start-up life looks like:

We're not sure where they got that from. Compare and contrast with this photo of our CTO Pete (on a good day):

Josef Davies-Coates, founder of United Diversity has kindly let us know his top places to learn green skills.

There are lots of good courses being run at 3 of my favourite places:
http://www.ragmans.co.uk/ (many, including the one I'm doing now run
by http://patrickwhitefield.co.uk/)
http://www.radfordmillfarm.co.uk/
http://www.embercombe.co.uk/

Been told they do really great stuff at: http://www.agroforestry.co.uk/

In London there is: http://www.naturewise.org.uk

Graham Burnett does lots of courses too: http://www.spiralseed.co.uk/

Another great article from Seth Godin who talks about how we should all have a super power, particularly in business. The example he gives is the Wasp
“I’m the Wasp. I have the ability to shrink to a height of several centimeters, fly by means of insectoid wings and fire energy blasts.”
Some fancy marketers might call this a positioning statement or a unique selling proposition. Of course, it’s not that. It’s just her super power.

We're very pleased to announce a new round of investment for School of Everything.

Tim Jackson, founder of QXL.com and LendAround, has become an investor and joined the board of the company. Channel 4 has followed up its initial investment through its new innovation fund 4iP and Sean Park and Geoff Mulgan join existing investors Rocco Pellegrinelli and the Young Foundation in this round.

We're very excited because it means we'll be able to continue to grow School of Everything both in the UK and internationally, helping more people find new things to learn near them.

I've been teaching for 6 years now and getting busier every year...until October 2008.

As a knitting teacher, Sept-Dec is my busiest time of the year...classes book up up to six weeks in advance. But Oct 08 was like a ghost town for Knitting SOS. My years finances have averaged out pretty healthy due to a couple of big jobs last Spring, but I'm noticing that I can't fill classes as easily as I was 12 months ago.

Has anyone else found this and do they have any suggestions to inspire people to learn?

Softscripts was established in the year 2003. Our main motto is to help in eradicating illiteracy from the world ,so we developed a platform connecting tutors ,teachers and professors with students and renting books online in an easier way . Teachers can showcase their classes to the world. Students can reach teachers in a better way .

Find-guru.com started online quiz for students, teachers. Any one can play weekly quiz and win exiting prizes $50 gift hampers.

I was into email about a decade ago. These days I prefer to avoid communication forms that demand my attention. I can definitely recommend ending an email (and twitter) (and RSS) addiction.

I'd be interested to hear about how different teachers ask for and accept payment.

I'm a knitting teacher and I started off about 5 years ago not asking for any money in advance, just cash on the day. It took about 6 months of endless no-shows before I started asking for a 50% deposit. Then on the advice of students, I made this 100% deposit with a cancellation policy (see below).

But there are still times that people book and need endless chasing for payment (these are the one's that want to pay last minute and they often cancel last minute).

An interesting opinion piece from the CEO of netflix on why Obama's plan to cap the pay of CEOs of US public companies is the wrong move.

I know that it is only just past Christmas, but thought that you would want to be the first to know that our latest 2009 information brochure is available.

A "must have" for any serious business student or corporate training manager.

email - [email protected] - today & we will be delighted to send you a copy

Happy New Year!

Rachel Rose Reid has kindly shared this recipe - a delicious alternative to mulled wine. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.

Smoking Bishop

“A Merry Christmas, Bob!” said Scrooge. "I’ll raise your salary, and endeavor to assist your struggling family, and we will discuss your affairs this very afternoon over a bowl of Smoking Bishop"
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens

"It's natural for organizations to learn from mistakes. The problem is, people who propose new checks almost never consider that the check itself has a cost."
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Probably the smartest piece of advice to any growing organisation.

This is a great collection of books that are not just motivational but really life changing, with interesting perspectives and more.. as the name says Read This Change Your Life at www.readthischangeyourlife.com

We don't really have a clue, but so far, it looks like it might be ok.