CREATE GOOD KARMA: HELP THIS BLOGGER FIND A JOB

Hello, Dear Reader!

I'm writing to let you know about my search for work. If, after taking a look at my Four Basic Criteria for a New Job, you have an idea of someone you would like to introduce me to, feel free to call or email me with your brainstorm. I value your creative ideas!

Eleanor's Four Basic Criteria for a New Job

1. Can be part- or full-time

2. Involves lending my skills to a TEAM of people who work together directly (face-to-face) with other people

3. The work has an element of physicality or a hands-on element (moderate physical labor is fine, as is an outdoor setting)

4. Process-oriented (e.g. is not intensely deadline-driven)

BONUS: I am helping/teaching small groups of people

BONUS: I get to be around the arts (esp. theatre/dance), books, nature, or teens/pre-teens

PS: Doesn’t have to be a fancy title or position, just something satisfying.

Samples of Work Projects

* Co-Produce The Brooklyn Blogfest, an annual gathering for 300 bloggers, artists, local community activists & politicians who write, speak, organize, and make art about their neighborhoods and the world beyond

* Organize The Brooklyn Blogade, a monthly gathering of Brooklyn Bloggers who care deeply about their neighborhoods and about creating good environments for people to work, play, and live in

* Launch ongoing support groups for women artists and entrepreneurs who want to stay on the edge of personal and professional growth.

* Coach individual artists and entrepreneurs to grow their communities of clients and collaborators through both in-person and web-based relationship-building

* Interview entrepreneurs and artists for my blog and newsletter, Creative Times

* Organize first Take Our Daughters to Work Day for a middle school in Washington Heights, and work with 7^th grade girls to create book & organizer’s manual about the day

* Coach parents to connect to their children through open-ended play (also called “play listening” or “special time”)

How to Contact Me

Thanks so much for your support! Please feel free to call or email with questions or ideas.

Eleanor Traubman

creativetimes.blogspot.com
917-499-7395
etraubman@aol.com

CREATE GOOD KARMA: HELP THIS BLOGGER FIND A NEW JOB

MY GOAL: A job (part time is fine) that allows me to do what I love to do, am good at doing, and am already doing in my life!

WHAT I LOVE TO DO AND AM GOOD AT DOING:

Using blogging as a vehicle for building community.

Meeting, interviewing, writing about, and bringing together writers, artists, entrepreneurs, parents, philanthropists, community-minded folks.

Bringing people together for a common purpose or cause.

Introducing people to each other.

Connecting people to tools and resources for personal and professional development.

Choreographing, conceptualizing, and collaborating.

Making people laugh.


OTHER SKILLS & INTERESTS:

Team-building * Going Behind the Scenes and Getting the Scoop * Muppets * Comedy * Dance Facilitating Group Workshops * Client Relations * Children’s Literature * Theatre * Pageantry

IDEAL WORK SETTINGS:
New York-based publications (blogs, newspapers, magazines)
Local radio, television, or film

Libraries
Organizations related to culture/the arts - museums included
A place where creativity, human relations, collaboration, and a sense of humor are valued

Community-based organization

Natural environment/outdoor setting – e.g. Brooklyn Botanic Gardens

HEROES/HEROINES:

• Maira Kalman - Children's Book Author, Illustrator, Designer
• Sally Potter - Director of The Tango Lesson and Orlando
• Jack Black - Star of School of Rock and Nacho Libre
• Ellen DeGeneres - Comic and Talk Show Host
• Fatima Robinson - Choreographer for Missy Elliott and Others
• Julie Taymor - Creator of The Lion King
• Lily Yeh - Founder of the Village of the Arts and Humanities
• Kenny Ortega - Director and Choreographer of Xanadu and Newsies

THIS WOULD BE GREAT:
If you hear of or know of a person, job opening, or organization that you think would be a good fit for me, let me know via email or phone. 917 499 7395 or ETraubman@aol.com

REWARD:
My undying gratitude!