Tweet This article originally appeared on The Huffington Post. A recent post on WhiteHouse.gov outlines some discouraging statistics on Latinos getting the education they need to succeed later in life: • Less than half of Latino children enroll in any early learning program. • Only half of Latino children earn their high school diploma on time • Those who do finish high school are only half as likely as their peers to be prepared for college. • Only 13 percent of Latinos hold a bachelor’s

Tweet “Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent,” Steve Martin said, who recently released his 8th book – An Object of Beauty. Writing a book requires a great deal of persistence. But what about promoting it? I was surprised by how much persistence and work was needed after my book was completed. That’s what this third post in a series is about: how to promote your book. The first post discussed how to find a publisher or self-publish. The second post discussed how to

Tweet According to Winston Churchill, “Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a mistress, and then it becomes a master, and then a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster, and fling him out to the public.” And it is indeed an adventure, like any long-term goal. In my second in a series about how to write a book,

Tweet Do you write down your annual or five year goals? I started writing mine down when I was a teenager. My father encouraged me to do so at the beginning of every calendar year. In reviewing mine from a few years ago, I included “write a book” in my five-year plan. Little did I know that that dream would come to fruition so quickly. Paramount Books published my first book, Latino Link: Building brands online with Hispanic communities and content in October of 2010. It’s

Tweet What is language? Originally uploaded by dgray_xplane Here’s a great diagram/illustration from David Gray about Language. He says: Language is more than just communication; it is the primary method by which we do things together. Language is the accumulation of shared meaning – of common ground. 1) One-way communication: message sent 2) Two-way communication: Both sides feel understood 3) Collaboration: Thinking, planning and making decisions 4) Co-creation: Joint activity, making and doing