How to Make Your Aspiration Actionable - Garren Katz

In Chapter 1 of 13 in his 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, executive and private life coach Garren Katz shares his approach to realizing his aspiration to live the best life possible. Katz prioritizes intuition and curiosity over intellectual thought to gather feedback on his actions. The attentiveness help guide his actions. Garren is a graduate of Western Michigan University - http://www.wmich.edu/ - and coaches clients on areas such as entrepreneurship, relationships, and personal finances. Learn more about Garren at http://about.me/garrenkatz .

How to Learn From Failure - Jason Anello

In Chapter 14 of 15 in his 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, entrepreneur, creative director, and experience marketer Jason Anello shares learning from failures is more meaningful than learning from successes. He highlights that it is much more powerful to learn from the process of making failures and not failure as a result. Over time, understanding this and then being able to recognize a failure while it is happening is a great way to find long term success. Anello is the co-founder of non-traditional marketing agency Manifold Partners - www.wearemanifold.com . He is the co-founder of Brooklyn-based supper club Forking Tasty - www.forkingtasty.com . Previously he held creative leadership positions as an Ideologist at Yahoo's Buzz Marketing team and as an associate creative director at Ogilvy & Mather - www.ogilvy.com . Anello is an alumnus of the University at Albany - www.albany.edu .

How to Reflect on Failure - Jason Anello

In Chapter 15 of 15 in his 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, creative director, experience marketer, and supper club host Jason Anello processes failure by reflecting on it. To understand failures, Anello first gets out of the space where the failure occurred and then works it out creatively drawing or cooking. Anello is the co-founder of non-traditional marketing agency Manifold Partners - www.wearemanifold.com . He is the co-founder of Brooklyn-based supper club Forking Tasty - www.forkingtasty.com . Previously he held creative leadership positions as an Ideologist at Yahoo's Buzz Marketing team and as an associate creative director at Ogilvy & Mather - www.ogilvy.com . Anello is an alumnus of the University at Albany - www.albany.edu .

What Marriage Teaches About Teamwork - Geoff Hamm

In Chapter 6 of 16 of his 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, online media sales executive Geoff Hamm shares what marriage has taught him about teamwork. He highlights compromise and its importance balancing and sharing parenting responsibilities at home where both parents work. Hamm graduated from the University of Illinois - http://illinois.edu/ - and is now SVP of Sales at at Scribd http://www.scribd.com/ in Silicon Valley. Previously he held online sales management positions at Electronic Arts, Yahoo!, Orbitz, IAC, and Excite.

How to Refine Career Ambition and Build Industry Expertise - Gabrielle Lamourelle

In Chapter 21 of 21 in her 2010 Capture Your Flag interview, global health consultant Gabrielle Lamourelle answers "To What Do You Aspire?"  Lamourelle shares her aspiration to focus her career and develop expertise and the underlying process she is using to get there. Understanding past experience allows Lamourelle to focus on what comes next, namely taking more immersive strides into non-communicable disease and health system strengthening social science work. Lamourelle graduated with a BS in Sociology from University of California at Berkeley and a Masters in Public Health (MPH) in Sociomedical Sciences from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.

When to Settle Down and Establish Career Expertise - Gabrielle Lamourelle

In Chapter 20 of 21 in her 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, global health consultant Gabrielle Lamourelle shares why after working abroad in Uganda and India for years she is settling down to work in the United States. Immersive international experiences working across cultures teach her the importance of establishing presence and building social science career expertise. She finds a prolonged commitment allows for a deeper understanding of a problem and identifying more effective ways to solve it. Ultimately, the abroad work experience teaches her the value of presence and refines her career focus. Lamourelle graduated with a BS in Sociology from University of California at Berkeley and a Masters in Public Health (MPH) in Sociomedical Sciences from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. View more career learning and development knowledge videos at http://www.captureyourflag.com. Follow Capture Your Flag on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/captureyourflag. Follow Capture Your Flag on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/captureyourflag.

How to Make International Work Experience Relevant at Home - Gabrielle Lamourelle

In Chapter 19 of 21 in her 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, global health consultant Gabrielle Lamourelle explains how her non-communicable disease thesis work done in India is applicable to United States public health work. Lamourelle highlights the overlapping diet change and sedentary lifestyle issues affecting resource poor urban settings in both the U.S. and India. She finds many similarities in designing health programs to tackle obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease problems across countries. Lamourelle graduated with a BS in Sociology from University of California at Berkeley and a Masters in Public Health (MPH) in Sociomedical Sciences from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. View more career learning and development knowledge videos at http://www.captureyourflag.com. Follow Capture Your Flag on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/captureyourflag. Follow Capture Your Flag on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/captureyourflag.

How to Improve Gender-Based Cross-Cultural Communication - Gabrielle Lamourelle

In Chapter 18 of 21 in her 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, global health consultant Gabrielle Lamourelle shares how she overcame gender-based cross-cultural communication challenges as an American woman working abroad in Chennai, India. Lamourelle graduated with a BS in Sociology from University of California at Berkeley and a Masters in Public Health (MPH) in Sociomedical Sciences from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. View more career learning and development knowledge videos at http://www.captureyourflag.com. Follow Capture Your Flag on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/captureyourflag. Follow Capture Your Flag on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/captureyourflag.

How Working in India Teaches Cross-Cultural Communication - Gabrielle Lamourelle

In Chapter 17 of 21 in her 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, global health consultant Gabrielle Lamourelle compares and contrasts her experiences working abroad in southern India and Uganda. During five months in and around Chennai in southern India, Lamourelle learns the many variables creating cross-cultural communication complexity. This includes language, religion, rural vs. urban, and many other variables. Lamourelle graduated with a BS in Sociology from University of California at Berkeley and a Masters in Public Health (MPH) in Sociomedical Sciences from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. View more career learning and development knowledge videos at http://www.captureyourflag.com. Follow Capture Your Flag on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/captureyourflag. Follow Capture Your Flag on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/captureyourflag.

How Young Adult Diabetes Inspires Global Health Master's Thesis - Gabrielle Lamourelle

In Chapter 16 of 21 in her 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, global health consultant Gabrielle Lamourelle details how her masters thesis focus evolved into working in pilot clinics outside Chennai, India. Noticing young adult women were experiencing high rates of diabetes, Lamourelle puts a plan in place to strengthen the health system at both the individual and community level. Lamourelle graduated with a BS in Sociology from University of California at Berkeley and a Masters in Public Health (MPH) in Sociomedical Sciences from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. View more career learning and development knowledge videos at http://www.captureyourflag.com. Follow Capture Your Flag on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/captureyourflag. Follow Capture Your Flag on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/captureyourflag.

Why Focus Global Health Career on Systems Strengthening - Gabrielle Lamourelle

In Chapter 15 of 21 in her 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, global health consultant Gabrielle Lamourelle refines her career focus on health system strengthening while working abroad in Chennai, India. Using systems and frameworks honed during Columbia University graduate studies, Lamourelle looks for post-graduate opportunities to affect change working in the private sector. Lamourelle graduated with a BS in Sociology from University of California at Berkeley and a Masters in Public Health (MPH) in Sociomedical Sciences from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. View more career learning and development knowledge videos at http://www.captureyourflag.com. Follow Capture Your Flag on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/captureyourflag. Follow Capture Your Flag on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/captureyourflag.

How to Prevent Diabetes Using a Social Change Community Model - Gabrielle Lamourelle

In Chapter 14 of 21 in her 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, global health consultant Gabrielle Lamourelle shares lessons learned working on a diabetes prevention global health project. Lamourelle blends behavior change communication and social science research to design a health program that engages the target population - in this case at-risk women in rural South India - at both the individual and community level. The result enables at-risk candidates to take charge of their own health but also to impact the health of those in the broader community. Lamourelle graduated with a BS in Sociology from University of California at Berkeley and a Masters in Public Health (MPH) in Sociomedical Sciences from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. View more career learning and development knowledge videos at http://www.captureyourflag.com. Follow Capture Your Flag on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/captureyourflag. Follow Capture Your Flag on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/captureyourflag.

Why Defer Grad School to Work Abroad for a Year - Gabrielle Lamourelle

In Chapter 13 of 21 in her 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, global health consultant Gabrielle Lamourelle details how she benefited by deferring admission to the Columbia University MPH program and working abroad in Uganda for a year. The additional year of international work experience in the field validates Lamourelle's inclination to pursue a global health career and focuses her studies upon entering the Columbia program. Lamourelle graduated with a BS in Sociology from University of California at Berkeley and a Masters in Public Health (MPH) in Sociomedical Sciences from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. View more career learning and development knowledge videos at http://www.captureyourflag.com. Follow Capture Your Flag on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/captureyourflag. Follow Capture Your Flag on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/captureyourflag.

How to Customize a Graduate School Program in Public Health - Gabrielle Lamourelle

In Chapter 12 of 21 in her 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, global health consultant Gabrielle Lamourelle chooses an interdisciplinary program while pursuing her masters of public health (MPH) degree at Columbia University. With several years work experience, Lamourelle builds a multi-track approach including health promotion, social sciences, epidemiology, health policy, population and family health. Collectively this creates a rich fabric that customizes Lamourelle's academic experience. Lamourelle graduated with a BS in Sociology from University of California at Berkeley and a Masters in Public Health (MPH) in Sociomedical Sciences from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. View more career learning and development knowledge videos at http://www.captureyourflag.com. Follow Capture Your Flag on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/captureyourflag. Follow Capture Your Flag on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/captureyourflag.

How Evaluation Frameworks Impove Project Plan Design - Gabrielle Lamourelle

In Chapter 11 of 21 in her 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, global health consultant Gabrielle Lamourelle shares how learning frameworks in graduate school at Columbia University has helped her more effectively design and implement programs in the field. This is especially important in considering evaluation and measuring success at project inception. Frameworks clarify end goal setting so you may work backwards through incremental goals and milestones. Lamourelle graduated with a BS in Sociology from University of California at Berkeley and a Masters in Public Health (MPH) in Sociomedical Sciences from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. View more career learning and development knowledge videos at http://www.captureyourflag.com. Follow Capture Your Flag on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/captureyourflag. Follow Capture Your Flag on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/captureyourflag.

What to Consider in Calculating Grad School Return on Investment - Gabrielle Lamourelle

In Chapter 10 of 21 in her 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, global health consultant Gabrielle Lamourelle shares the inputs involved in making a decision to return to graduate school and study for a Masters in Public Health or MPH degree. Additionally, she elaborates on key factors behind her decision to attend a full-time program instead of a part-time one. Lamourelle graduated with a BS in Sociology from University of California at Berkeley and a Masters in Public Health (MPH) in Sociomedical Sciences from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. 

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Erik Michielsen: When you were looking at calculating the  the investment and associated return on investment you would receive with a masters of health degree, what did you consider?

Gabrielle Lamourelle: I considered the economic cost up front and balancing that against what I could hope to earn in future jobs if I have that MPH degree. I also thought about the difference going back to school full-time and going to school part-time and continuing to work.

Erik Michielsen: What made you decide to go back full-time versus part time?

Gabrielle Lamourelle:  One of the major issues in deciding to go back full-time was whether I could really focus my attention on my education.   And I wanted to really get the most out of the time and the money I was putting into pursuing a masters of public health.  I knew that I needed to go full-time to not split my attention and be torn between work and school. I could have continued working at my former job um but because I was very invested in the work that I do there, it would be nearly possible for me to feasibly scale back my work to really do - commit to twenty hours and only work twenty hours.  And that I would end up sacrificing some of the focus on my education if I did go to school part-time and while I worked full-time or vice-versa.  So I decided to go back to school full-time.

Why to Pursue a Masters of Public Health or MPH Degree - Gabrielle Lamourelle

In Chapter 9 of 21 in her 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, global health consultant Gabrielle Lamourelle shares the reasoning behind her decision to leave work to pursue a Masters of Public Health (MPH) degree at Columbia University. She embraces the academic program to validate her wide range of experiences and to fortify them with frameworks and organizing principles to develop further. Lamourelle graduated with a BS in Sociology from University of California at Berkeley and a Masters in Public Health (MPH) in Sociomedical Sciences from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. View more career learning and development knowledge videos at http://www.captureyourflag.com. Follow Capture Your Flag on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/captureyourflag. Follow Capture Your Flag on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/captureyourflag.

How Field Work Advances Public Health Consulting Career - Gabrielle Lamourelle

In Chapter 8 of 21 in her 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, global health consultant Gabrielle Lamourelle details why intervention mapping and program planning became a priority in her public health career development. Working in Uganda, Lamourelle's field work experience, including working with the ministry of health (MOH), informs her understanding of how effective service delivery can target each level of society. During an internship in southern India while studying at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, Lamourelle refines her structured approach to using intervention mapping to help people acutalize health needs. Lamourelle graduated with a BS in Sociology from University of California at Berkeley and a Masters in Public Health (MPH) in Sociomedical Sciences from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. View more career learning and development knowledge videos at http://www.captureyourflag.com. Follow Capture Your Flag on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/captureyourflag Follow Capture Your Flag on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/captureyourflag