Resources from the people I follow on Twitter, professional emails, and my own surfingHello from EduCon 2.5 in Philadelphia. On January 26, 2012 I lead a conversation with thirty educators titled: Leading When the King has no Clothes: What do teachers and leaders do while we wait for policy makers to discover that the test culture they have created is a mistake? Everyone agreed that there are a […]
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January 27th, 2013Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Chip and Dan Heath
January 25th, 2013
Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Chip and Dan Heath deals this one of the most important topics faced by any leader and everyone else. They believe that the primary obstacle comes from conflict built into our brains. They explore this conflict between our rational brain and our emotional brain that compete for control. This book will help your two minds work together. It draws on decades of research from multiple fields to shed new light on how you can effect transformative change. Discover the pattern they have found and use it to your advantage. Click below to purchase this important book.
Read entire post...How To Deliver a TED Talk: Secrets of the World’s Most Inspiring Presentations
January 23rd, 2013How To Deliver a TED Talk: Secrets of the World’s Most Inspiring Presentations (© 2012) by Jeremey Donovan, gives you a step-by-step guide to doing your own inspiring TED-style presentation. If you haven’t seen a TED Talk it’s time to start. Click the icon below to purchase this quick, quality read. Share this:
Read entire post...To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others by Daniel Pink
January 6th, 2013
To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others by Daniel Pink is a fresh look at the art and science of selling, which is something we all do. If you want to better understand others’ perspectives, make your message clearer and more persuasive. Click below to purchase this book. It is purposeful and practical and may change how you see the world as it transforms what you do at work, at school, and at home.
Read entire post...The Dragonfly Effect: Quick, Effective, and Powerful Ways to Use Social Media to Drive Social Change by Jennifer Aaker and Andy Smith
December 29th, 2012The Dragonfly Effect: Quick, Effective, and Powerful Ways to Use Social Media to Drive Social Change by Jennifer Aaker and Andy Smith with Carlye Adler, (©2010, Jossey-Bass: SanFrancisco, CA). will help you harness the power of social media to achieve a single, focused, concrete goal. The authors also hope you will be inspired to use […]
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