{"id":1193,"date":"2010-07-14T16:50:45","date_gmt":"2010-07-14T20:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/higheredcareercoach.com\/?p=1193"},"modified":"2014-08-13T15:34:34","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T15:34:34","slug":"hey-you-whos-a-who-do-to-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/higheredcareercoach.com\/staging\/2913\/hey-you-whos-a-who-do-to-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Hey You! Who's a Who-Do to You?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As regular readers will recall, I have been writing a lot about the idea of “gurus”<\/strong> out there who promote themselves as the be-all, end-all authorities for this-that-and-the-other-thing, and contrasting them with “who-dos,”<\/strong> which are people who are out there putting their passion and purpose to work, to change the way we do things in higher education, with social media, in helping people in their careers, and other ways that have positive impacts on society and the world.<\/p>\n

Last month, I was glad to applaud our friends over at BreakDrink<\/a> for their efforts to create free and low-cost-of-entry professional development programs for student affairs professionals, and for their groundbreaking attempt to put together a podcast network of sorts serving the field.<\/p>\n

As I said in the introduction to this concept, I would like to take nominations each month and announce a “Who-Do” of the Month.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Process<\/h2>\n

Here’s how I would like to do this:<\/em><\/p>\n