Internet: Computers, Introverts and the Information Age

Computers, Introverts and the Information Age

Written by Susan Dunn

Awhile ago I was researching a topic on repparttar

Internet, and found several psychologists saying that extended time spent on repparttar 118918

Internet led to depression. Something didn't resonate with me when I read that. I spend a lot of time on repparttar 118919

Internet and it energizes me. But then I'm more of an introvert.

But I'm only more of an introvert than an extravert, as I spent years in repparttar 118920 effervescent fields of marketing and P.R. How so?

According to repparttar 118921 Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (M-B), extraverts prefer to interact with people and repparttar 118922 outside world. They tend to enjoy repparttar 118923 high-energy, outgoing professions like sales and marketing. Introverts, on repparttar 118924 other hand, pefer an inner world of concepts and ideas. Their energy comes from quiet thought and introspection. Typical professions for them are writers, lawyers or researchers. But these are only preferences, says Janet Thuesen, co-author of "Type Talk," a book about repparttar 118925 M-B.

Most introverts manage to act like extraverts when repparttar 118926 occasion calls for it, just as left-handed people manage to use repparttar 118927 numeric keypad on repparttar 118928 computer.

Jeb Livingood is a left-handed INFJ who's a full time computer programmer. He did a study of M-B types and their use of computer-mediated communication and came to repparttar 118929 important conclusion that introverts are "connected, communicating, and comfortable in cyberspace."

In fact, repparttar 118930 computer seems almost to have been created for repparttar 118931 peace- loving introverts who make up only 25-30% of repparttar 118932 population. "It allows them to communicate in their preferred manner," says Livingood, "a written dialogue with time to pause for thought and analysis." It gives them a way to express themselves without what Livingood calls "the growing verbal inferno (cell phones, pagers, teleconferencing) [that] threatens to engulf repparttar 118933 world's quieter individuals."

Distance Learning Courses: A Good Source of Revenue

Written by Susan Dunn

Distance learning is used extensively in repparttar

corporate and academic worlds and more and more interested individuals are taking advantage of repparttar 118917

wonderful opportunities it offers to learn and grow.

If you're planning on starting some distance learning courses, here are some things I've learned.

1. Make your courses unusual in some way. There's a lot of competition out there. Try some different graphics or a different format, something that will make them stand out.

2. Be sure they're interactive. This can be as simple a putting polls or quizzes in repparttar 118918 course, or asking questions repparttar 118919 student can respond to by email.

3. A catchy title works wonders. "Get That Promotion" works better than "How to Get Promoted." Somethign action-oriented and promising works well.

4. Offer options. My courses are asynchronous--that is pre-packaged--and ready to go. Once repparttar 118920 student has paid for repparttar 118921 course, they can choose whether they want repparttar 118922 whole thing at one, or delivered to their email once a week.

5. The logistics of a distance learning course are something you don't need to be spending your time on. Get a virtual assistant to keep repparttar 118923 roster, mail repparttar 118924 courses out, and deliver repparttar 118925 completion certificates.

6. Yes, be sure and give your students a certificate at repparttar 118926 end. If you aren't that talented, a virtual assistant can create one for you. (Need repparttar 118927 name of a good VA, email me!)

7. You must retro your writing style to git distance learning. Get a coach. Take other distance courses and process what works and what doesn't. Practice and get feedback from your coach.

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