New Releases
One of the ongoing questions in a reader's life is: What should I read next?
To answer that, our editorial staff highlights four newly released titles each week that are sure to catch your attention.
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World Water Day and The Big Thirst
By Porchlight
Designated by the United Nations General Assembly in 1993, World Water Day is held annually on March 22. It's a day to focus attention on the importance of freshwater and sustainable management of water resources that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro. With over half of the world's population now living in cities, this year's focus is understandably on water and urbanization, under the slogan "Water for cities: responding to the urban challenge.
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The Filter Bubble exclusive offer
By Porchlight
Are you getting the information you need or is it being hidden from you? This is the question examined in Eli Pariser's new book The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding From You. Most sites on the web have begun using your online history as cues to narrow down what you will see in the future.
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An Excerpt from Voice-of-the-Customer Marketing
By Porchlight
Ernan Roman didn't just fall off the marketing turnip wagon. Rather than just discussing the latest trends in marketing—in social media and elsewhere—he puts them in a larger context and provides you with performance indicators and benchmarks to measure your marketing efforts over time. And he has the experience to do so.
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LeaveSmarter with Jonathan Byrnes
By Porchlight
We were thrilled to have Jonathan L. S. Byrnes, author of Islands of Profit in a Sea of Red Ink, in Milwaukee yesterday to speak at our latest LeaveSmarter* event, held on the third floor of the breathtaking Grohmann Museum.
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An inBubbleControversy?
By Sally Haldorson
After I posted my new inBubbleWrap article and giveaway last week, a friend commented with a link to a This American Life story which looked into the validity of Steve Poizner's written account of his time at Mount Pleasant, the high school where he, a successful Silicon Valley business man, volunteered to teach for a year in the early 2000's. The accusation against Poizner is that he greatly exaggerated just how downtrodden the school and its students really were. He describes the neighborhood as having "[y]ellowing, weedy gardens" and "driveways marred by large oil spots or broken down cars," the school itself as "painted a surly brown" with "a big portal onto the campus.
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Twitterville Book Launch and Podcast
By Porchlight
Today I had a nice conversation with Shel Israel about his new book, Twitterville: How Businesses Can Thrive in the New Global Neighborhoods, which also, coincidentally was released today via Portfolio. In both our conversation and the book, Shel talks about how companies are becoming involved in Twitter to do better business. He tells stories about companies like Dell, who are getting a better grasp on those dissatisfied with service they've received - and it's better than customer service, where a center waits for a call, and then attempts to deal with it as quickly as possible.
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The World is Flat, Yet Curved (and Excerpted)
By Porchlight
Yesterday saw the release of two books you won't want t to miss, Thomas Friedman's Hot, Flat and Crowded and David M. Snick's The World is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy. Judged by its title alone, you may think The World is Curved is a rebuke of Friedman's philosophy, but it's not.
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Johnny Bunko Trailer
By Porchlight
A trailer for Dan Pink's latest, The Adventures of Johnny Bunko, released this very week. Johnny Bunko trailer from Daniel Pink on Vimeo.
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April Titles
By Porchlight
As we start the next month, here are a few of the titles coming out in April that are sure to be covered in various media outlets. From the author of A Whole New Mind, comes the first ever manga business book. Dan Pink's The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need.
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Michael Gates Gill podcast
By Aaron Schleicher
Michael Gates Gill, author of How Starbucks Saved My Life, was in Milwaukee giving a talk last week. I was able to meet with him and have posted our conversation in the 8cr podcast blog.
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