It has never been easier or more fun for students to compose, improvise, arrange, and produce music than with today's technology. Perfect for pre- or in-service music educators, Using Technology to Unlock Musical Creativity offers both a pedagogical framework and a description of the technology tools for engaging students in creative musical projects.
The classic book The Art of War (or as it is sometimes translated, The Art of Strategy) by Sun Tzu is often used to illustrate principles that can apply to the management of business environments. The Art of War for Security Managers is the first book to apply the time-honored principles of Sun Tzu’s theories of conflict to contemporary organizational security.Corporate leaders have a responsibility to make rational choices that maximize return on investment. The author posits that while conflict is inevitable, it need not be costly. The result is an efficient framework for understanding and dealing with conflict while minimizing costly protracted battles, focusing specifically on the crucial tasks a security manager must carry out in a 21st century organization. * Includes an appendix with job aids the security manager can use in day-to-day workplace situations* Provides readers with a framework for adapting Sun Tzu's theories of conflict within their own organizations* From an author who routinely packs the room at his conference presentations
Carved out of century-old farmland near Chicago, the Prairie Crossing development is a novel experiment in urban public policy that preserves 69 percent of the land as open space. The for-profit project has set out to do nothing less than use access to nature as a means to challenge America's failed culture of suburban sprawl. The first comprehensive look at an American conservation community, Prairie Crossing goes beyond windmills and nest boxes to examine an effort to connect adults to the land while creating a healthy and humane setting for raising a new generation attuned to nature. John Scott Watson places Prairie Crossing within the wider context of suburban planning, revealing how two first-time developers implemented a visionary new land ethic that saved green space by building on it. The remarkable achievements include a high rate of resident civic participation, the reestablishment of a thriving prairie ecosystem, the reintroduction of endangered and threatened species, and improved water and air quality. Yet, as Watson shows, considerations like economic uncertainty, lack of racial and class diversity, and politics have challenged, and continue to challenge, Prairie Crossing and its residents.
I have compiled several years of experience and put together this book of mine. I wrote this book hoping to help others to show how to buy and resell items for profit. Cash for Trash is just that—take someone’s trash and sell for extra cash. This is not a get-rich scheme but an avenue to make some extra money. I have laid out some methods that have worked for me over the years. I hope you put together your plan and put it into motion.
WIN EVERY TIME - Lessons for existing and emerging corporate leaders' is a compilation of thought-provoking, results-focused articles originally published by leading human resources publisher, Croner over a 3-year period. the text invites the reader to take a long, hard look at how they lead their organisation and people and then supportively challenges the reader to focus on creating a step-by-step plan to banish negative behaviours within the office and replace them with practical, personal values driven qualities that can reinvigorate even the most disheartened team and inspire them to new levels of fulfilment and ultimately, performance. Each article can be read in 20-minutes and the accompanying interactive learning activity completed in less than 15-minutes and when applied on a daily basis, can result in rapid and sustainable improvements in personal and team effectiveness.
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