The world of publishing is changing, and you've already begun to realize it. While there are still the same authors on the same tables at your local bookstore, there are other names that are showing up online and in your email inbox. But how are they getting attention if they're not doing publishing 'the way it's always been done'? For a thought leader like you, you already have bigger ideas about how the world should, rather, how the world COULD work to support the cutting edge thoughts you want to share. You're not interested in simply doing the same old things because you're not interested in the same old results. In the past year, you've noticed how social media has changed the way we interact and the way we share information. You've seen Facebook turn into a sort of gathering place and Twitter become the first place where thoughts are born. But you want to publish. You want to take your ideas a step further and you're not interested in spending a lot of money or sending out hundreds of proposals. "Lead Me to Success in Publishing: 101 Ways" is the book for you. Bestselling author Melissa G. Wilson and literary agent and author Jon Malysiak help set you on your path to bestseller status with these 101 publishing tips that break down the ever-changing world of publishing, and get you thinking about not only writing your book but-just, if not more, importantly-how to market and promote your book once it's published. You may not hit the bestseller lists right away, but with "Lead Me to Success in Publishing," you will be well on your way. Welcome to 2012. This is YOUR year of success.
The Networlding Guidebook is designed as a companion to author Melissa Giovagnoli's bestselling book Networlding. While the first book provided an introduction to the overall concepts and practices of Networlding, this guidebook is intended to help you put Networlding into motion in real-time. Filled with checklists, questions and exercises to help you assess where you are in terms of your networks and the goals you hope to achieve through the implementation of Networlding, as well as a month-by-month action plan to roll out the process, The Networlding Guidebook is a fun, practical and easy-to-understand resource that helps you transform relationships from a pipeline to opportunities to a lifeline in our new world of work.
Based on the bestselling book, #10 on Amazon for an entire year, "Networlding," has merged with networking veteran and winner of a "Best Networker in the World" contest, Billy Dexter's book, "Making Your Net Work." This guidebook takes all of the rich stories and proven networking "How-to's" and provides you with the best of two successful networking processes to offer you both a science and an art approach to the ever-timely top of networking. Worried that networking will waste your time and return poor results? Discover how to cut through business card BS and learn what really works. Are you tired of social marketing events where you get nothing but a free lunch? Want to build up your number of contacts without feeling like a sleazy salesperson? Networking experts Billy Dexter and Melissa G Wilson were frustrated with the typical advice repeated over and over in boring business books. The Fortune 500 executive and the bestselling author have spent 20+ years teaching professionals and entrepreneurs the real processes that get you more results in less time. And for the first time, they're sharing their insider secrets with you. This guide will help you create the reciprocal relationships you need to thrive in your career. With electrifying anecdotes and scientific proof behind their methods, Dexter and Wilson will help you finally understand how to build your network from the ground up. With their time-tested assessment tool, you'll learn where your network stands now and how to turn your current weaknesses into future strengths. In "Making Your Net Work + Networlding = Career and Business Success" Facilitator Guide discover: - What level of networker you are currently (our exclusive time-tested assessment) - How to build your brand and brand story to form connections that last - The 10 reasons why people hate networking - What your networking score is today and the steps you can take to move your networking to the next level - How to create value for others in your network and receive even more in return - How to create "Networking Hubs" that make your networking success soar - The best organizations and associations to strengthen your network over time - How the social media age can take you beyond acquaintances to form deeper partnerships - How to be successful networking when you are shy (note: Melissa is shy and has decades of insights on this) - How to easily make networking a part of your daily life, and much, much more! "Making Your Net Work + Networlding = Career and Business Success" is a motivational guidebook full of solutions for making your future reach limitless. If you like unconventional strategies, personal success stories, and tactics that will bring you new business, then you'll love Billy Dexter and Melissa G Wilson's timeless secrets. With Melissa and Billy's collective 30+ years of hosting live networking events with upwards of 350 people, let these experts show you how you to can build vibrant, sustainable networks that become literal "hubs" of connection and support for you now and throughout your career. From Melissa who has 15 years helping entrepreneurs and professionals in corporations that include: Motorola, Disney, American Express, CDW, Office Max, learn how to build wonderful networking partnerships that last.
Are you … hoping your next networking event will be “the one"? … collecting mountains of business cards? … having countless breakfasts and lunches? … thinking about what you give and get? Then your way of networking is … dead. With social networks, teleconferencing, and webinars, you are able to meet more people in more ways than ever before. But that doesn't mean you're creating new possibilities through valuable connections. Networking Is Dead offers a new approach to fundamental networking misconceptions. Authors Melissa G Wilson and Larry Mohl show it's the quality rather than the quantity of connections that counts. Their fable tells the story of connection expert Dan guiding Meredith, an outgoing social media expert, and Lance, a shy accountant, to build relationships that matter to them and their businesses. It shows an effective process that lets you: • Deepen existing relationships and make meaningful new ones • Connect across your own company to strengthen your business • Find people with similar values to embark on mutually beneficial opportunities • Leverage your connections instead of being overwhelmed by them Networking Is Dead is an engaging story that provides easy-to-implement tips at the end of each chapter. This powerful combination of story and time-tested action steps provides a comprehensive roadmap to achieve even your toughest goals. Networking is dead, but making connections that matter will bring new possibilities to life for you and your organization.
Do you wish to surround yourself with people of like-minded values but struggle to find them? Are you experiencing a variety of 'takers' in your life, and spending all your energies defending yourself or your department or your company? The Nanosecond Networlders show us that there are compelling new solutions to some of the most vexing cross-cultural, career, and organizational business issues we face today. These solutions recognize that every decision is made in a split-second, and that although we often deliberate for months, the moment of commitment is the moment that counts. Making that commitment in a way that is firmly rooted in recognized individual core values is the key. No one can remove those barriers alone. This book shows us how to participate in an 'exchange' of ideas, values, and solutions to break through to our true potential-by leveraging the limitless possibilities inherent in every conversation we have.
The mashup has existed for ages, though the term only became fashionable in the past decade. Its recent, renewed popularity in the entertainment and technology industries proves blending the tried-and-true with innovation is a successful means to communicate with the masses. Literature is no exception. Take Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter. Need we say more? Author Melissa G. Wilson has breathed new life into the art form with Masters Mashup. Her book dives into and dissects the uncanny parallel lives of the King of Sonnets and the King of Horror and proposes fascinating mashups using several of their own masterpieces. What do William Shakespeare and Stephen King, born hundreds of years apart, have in common? You may be surprised. Discover shared themes, interesting influences, eerie connections and key turning points in their careers. Looking for a juicy scandal? You get that, too. Wilson discusses several controversial incidents, debauchery and the dark matters each master wrestled with. This is the exciting introduction into a planned series by Melissa G. Wilson. She has written fifteen books, including Networlding, which held a #10 Amazon spot for an entire year. She and her organization, Networlding-created as a result of her bestselling book, provide a comprehensive service for thought leaders who want to create breakthrough books, self-published or published traditionally.
Are you … hoping your next networking event will be “the one"? … collecting mountains of business cards? … having countless breakfasts and lunches? … thinking about what you give and get? Then your way of networking is … dead. With social networks, teleconferencing, and webinars, you are able to meet more people in more ways than ever before. But that doesn't mean you're creating new possibilities through valuable connections. Networking Is Dead offers a new approach to fundamental networking misconceptions. Authors Melissa G Wilson and Larry Mohl show it's the quality rather than the quantity of connections that counts. Their fable tells the story of connection expert Dan guiding Meredith, an outgoing social media expert, and Lance, a shy accountant, to build relationships that matter to them and their businesses. It shows an effective process that lets you: • Deepen existing relationships and make meaningful new ones • Connect across your own company to strengthen your business • Find people with similar values to embark on mutually beneficial opportunities • Leverage your connections instead of being overwhelmed by them Networking Is Dead is an engaging story that provides easy-to-implement tips at the end of each chapter. This powerful combination of story and time-tested action steps provides a comprehensive roadmap to achieve even your toughest goals. Networking is dead, but making connections that matter will bring new possibilities to life for you and your organization.
A progressive, research-based approach for making learning visible Based on the Reggio Emilia approach to learning, Visible Learners highlights learning through interpreting objects and artifacts, group learning, and documentation to make students' learning evident to teachers. Visible classrooms are committed to five key principles: that learning is purposeful, social, emotional, empowering, and representational. The book includes visual essays, key practices, classroom and examples. Show how to make learning happen in relation to others, spark emotional connections, give students power over their learning, and express ideas in multiple ways Illustrate Reggio-inspired principles and approaches via quotes, photos, student and teacher reflections, and examples of student work Offer a new way to enhance learning using progressive, research-based practices for increasing collaboration and critical thinking in and outside the classroom Visible Learners asks that teachers look beyond surface-level to understand who students are, what they come to know, and how they come to know it.
This book examines food in the United States in the age of the Internet. One major theme running through the book is business opportunities and failures, as well as the harms to consumers and traditional brick-and-mortar companies that occurred as entrepreneurs tried to take advantage of the Internet to create online companies related to food. The other major theme is the concept of trust online and different models used by different companies to make their web presence seem trustworthy. The book describes a number of major food companies, including AllRecipes, Betty Crocker, Cook's Illustrated, Epicurious, Groupon, OpenTable, and Yelp. The book draws on business history, food studies, and information studies for its approach.
With more people living longer lives, there is increased importance in the health care industry on improving services for the elderly. This comprehensive book gives an expert overview of the topics and challenges, along with imperative ethical and legal frameworks. The book also details existing programs and benefits in relation to a realistic portrayal of population needs. Other important issues are covered such as long-term palliative care and hospice, other vulnerable populations, elder abuse, public-private collaboration, evidence-based policy-making, and much more.
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