Comments on: An Ode to P.T. Barnum http://mid-riffs.com/2009/12/an-ode-to-p-t-barnum/ a view from mid-America Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Joanne Jacobs >> P.T. Barnum as a school consultant http://mid-riffs.com/2009/12/an-ode-to-p-t-barnum/comment-page-1/#comment-14022 Joanne Jacobs >> P.T. Barnum as a school consultant Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:03:19 +0000 http://mid-riffs.com/?p=1828#comment-14022 <a href="http://www.joannejacobs.com/2009/12/p-t-barnum-as-a-school-consultant/" rel="nofollow">Consultants are profiting from telling the obvious to Arkansas schools, writes Brian Kisida of Mid-Riffs.</a> Consultants are profiting from telling the obvious to Arkansas schools, writes Brian Kisida of Mid-Riffs.

]]> By: Jay P Greene >> Blog Envy http://mid-riffs.com/2009/12/an-ode-to-p-t-barnum/comment-page-1/#comment-14021 Jay P Greene >> Blog Envy Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:02:41 +0000 http://mid-riffs.com/?p=1828#comment-14021 <a href="http://jaypgreene.com/2009/12/04/blog-envy/" rel="nofollow">I’m suffering from blog envy. Other blogs have had some great posts — much better than what I’ve come up with recently. If I can’t beat them I might as well link to them and poach their material...</a> I’m suffering from blog envy. Other blogs have had some great posts — much better than what I’ve come up with recently. If I can’t beat them I might as well link to them and poach their material…

]]> By: jonah-m-tebbetts >> Calling Out the Con-Sultans http://mid-riffs.com/2009/12/an-ode-to-p-t-barnum/comment-page-1/#comment-14020 jonah-m-tebbetts >> Calling Out the Con-Sultans Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:02:17 +0000 http://mid-riffs.com/?p=1828#comment-14020 Brian Kisida of the Mid-Riffs blog has a good shot and clean kill on the waste of money on high-dollar, no-bid consulting contracts to out-of-state consultants... Brian Kisida of the Mid-Riffs blog has a good shot and clean kill on the waste of money on high-dollar, no-bid consulting contracts to out-of-state consultants…

]]> By: The Rank Stranger http://mid-riffs.com/2009/12/an-ode-to-p-t-barnum/comment-page-1/#comment-11802 The Rank Stranger Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:57:23 +0000 http://mid-riffs.com/?p=1828#comment-11802 I think we should save the district the money...or charge them half of what they would pay...and just go ahead and translate that list into consultant speak now. Actually, that should be your next blog post...translate the list above into consultant speak, and then compare *your* translation to the text of the report when it is released in February. If you are "spot on" with this as well, then I am going to join you and the Mere Academic when you start up your own consulting firm. I think we should save the district the money…or charge them half of what they would pay…and just go ahead and translate that list into consultant speak now.

Actually, that should be your next blog post…translate the list above into consultant speak, and then compare *your* translation to the text of the report when it is released in February.

If you are “spot on” with this as well, then I am going to join you and the Mere Academic when you start up your own consulting firm.

]]> By: The Mere Academic http://mid-riffs.com/2009/12/an-ode-to-p-t-barnum/comment-page-1/#comment-11384 The Mere Academic Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:21:28 +0000 http://mid-riffs.com/?p=1828#comment-11384 Brian ... Sadly, you are spot on. Perhaps we could start a consulting firm and try to get hired to help the district decide which consultants are worthwhile. We could charge less than Tony or Eva! Brian … Sadly, you are spot on. Perhaps we could start a consulting firm and try to get hired to help the district decide which consultants are worthwhile. We could charge less than Tony or Eva!

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