Walk for Hope is Saturday, May 9th

I'll be keeping a look at the news this weekend, and looking for our Kimberly!

10th Annual San Diego Walk for Hope

Saturday, May 9th

Start Location:

University of San Diego5998 Alcala' Park San Diego, CA 92110

Walk for Hope is a national breast cancer walk series that raises millions of dollars in support of breast cancer research, treatment and education programs at City of Hope.

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Kimberly supports the WALK FOR HOPE!

Rah Rah Rah to Kimberly Bondad!

This weekend, she is participating in the “Walk for Hope” for breast cancer this SATURDAY, MAY 9th!

Check out her team: TEAM BOOGIE! Under Kimberly’s leadership as team captain, Team Boogie has raised $65 and is working their way towards their team goal of $150.

If you have an interest to JOIN TEAM BOOGIE, Kimberly welcomes any or all help and contributions!

"Etiquette for LinkedIn and the Professional Networking World"

Remember how Claire talked about LinkedIn as the online networking resource with the strongest credibility (vs. Facebook or MySpace, for example).

Well, I found this nifty article the etiquette involved in using LinkedIn, and you can read it too.

Key highlights:
1) Create a user-friendly profile
2) Invite true friends - or at least, true acquaintances - to connect
3) When you make a request, be clear about your intentions
4) Reciprocity is a wonderful thing, and gratitude is key
5) Pass along requests promptly, or say why you won't
6) Avoid the boilerplate (see definition 4) text, if you can
7) Don't abuse your network
8) Don't invent history to acquire colleagues
9) Play by the rules
10) Value relationships over transactions

Enjoy!

I used goat toes as a musical instrument

Scott Paulson handed me goat toes, and I used them to play music.

I never thought that'd ever happen but as we've all noted this year, hangin' out with Scott is always filled with adventure.

My favorite instrument of all was this non-electrical musical knocker. Get this: instead of producing a "knock, knock" sound, you'll here this baby chime.

While playing with all the instruments in Scott's eclectic selection, I used my new networking tips so say "hi, how are you" and participate in good old fashioned "F - U - N".

I learned a few more good tips from Scott about networking too, such as making use of an object as a conversation starter. I saw Scott mingle with over 20 strangers, asking them to participate in the show. Within half of hour, Scott made an impression with a large audience as a creative, fun, and talented musician.

Not bad.

Not bad at all.

While Scott and his trio played music, a silent film about a grasshopper and a beetle played just outside The Loft.

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Starring Scott Paulson

Experimental Films (with a Musical Twist)
live music at the loft video gallery

Throughout April (April 1–April 30), ArtPower! Film welcomes Scott Paulson to The Loft Video Gallery (LVG).

Each month, ArtPower! invites a guest curator to choose their own theme and the films or videos that support their interests. Almost anything goes!

Scott's intriguing theme for April is “Experimental Films (with a Musical Twist).” Scott is an award winning local musician, UCSD alumnus, and outreach coordinator of the UCSD Arts Library.

In case you missed Scott's live performance on April 2, he and his Tiny Tiny Pit Orchestra for Silent Films will play a live set again–right in front of the LVG on April 28 at 12 PM–to bring his LVG curatorial debut to a close (until the next time!).

Films
Symphonie Diagonale (l924), 7.5 minutes
Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926), 67 minutes
La Souriante Madame Beudet (1922), 35 minutes
Menilmontant (1926), 37 minutes
Revenge of the Kinematograph Cameraman (1912), 13 minutes
Kiss (1963), 50 minutes

His own performance ensemble, The Teeny-Tiny Pit Orchestra, provides live music for silent film screenings, ballet productions, radio dramas, operas, theatrical productions and experimental avant-vaudeville shows. P

aulson plays oboe in the San Diego Chamber Orchestra and also is the University Carillonneur at UCSD, performing live on Geisel Library's rooftop chimes (yes, he takes song requests!) Scott also serves as the Outreach Coordinator for the UCSD Arts Library for which he founded and directs various festivals: The Short Attention Span Chamber Music Series, the annual Toy Piano Festival, The Not-So-Silent Film Festival, and a Paper Theatre Festival.

Performers
Scott Paulson
Ryoko Amadee Goguen
Christian Hertzog
Matt Swagler

About Scott Paulson and his silent film band:
"An out-of-the-ordinary cinematic experience"–LA Times
"Weird and wonderful"–San Diego CityBeat
"Unique and popular...Scott Paulson's merry band of eccentric nightingales is an inspired notion."–SD Union Tribune
"This madcap ensemble is reinventing an art form."–LA Times
"Classically trained and charmingly twisted"–SD CityBeat
"Madcap and somewhat in the Spike Jones/Dadaist tradition."–SD Union Tribune
"Paulson's brand of G-rated fun, a sort of modern day morphing of Captain Kangaroo and Spike Jones, is always lively and at times wonderfully chaotic"–LA Times

Happy Staff Appreciation Week

Happy Staff Appreciation Week!

As part of this week's celebration, I attended the TIKI ROOM luncheon held at the Price Center ballrooms with my department colleagues.

This year, the entertainment came from local UCSD hula clubs and from UCSD staff. Check out the video below for how one staff member volunteered for the hula dancing competition.

Apply for SEOEP funding by today!

It's today! It's the last day that you can submit your proposal for up to $500 in funding towards your professional development training activity.

New this year: the application is ONLINE.

Great resources to identify the right training opportunity:

• Seek advice from your supervisor in examining your skills — strengths and needs.
• Consider UCSD Staff Education & Development
• or UCSD Extension.