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There _is_ such a thing as a free lunch.
By Porchlight
Remember that special offer I mentioned? It's up at inBubbleWrap. com.
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Speaking of the State of the Union...
By Porchlight
I found this interesting and fitting, seeing as Tuesday was the State of the Union address; it explains the beginning of pulse testing (a way to gauge the public opinion on specific parts of political speeches). Tuesday, I ran across a review in the WSJ [paid subscription required] of Dr. Frank Luntz's Words that Work.
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Like rubber on glue
By Porchlight
We know you want to meet these guys. Just a reminder that Dan Heath and Chip Heath, authors of Made to Stick, will be in Milwaukee in just two weeks, on February 6. These guys are drumming up a lot of media and support.
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Bob Sutton on Today tomorrow
By Porchlight
I am getting this up late, but Bob blogs that he and The No Asshole Rule will be featured on the Today show tomorrow morning (Wednesday 1/24/07) at 8:32AM (I am guess Eastern Time).
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Beauty and The Geek talks with Freak(onomics)
By Porchlight
One of the keys to the success of Freakonomics is the widespread media coverage the book has gotten. Good Morning America did a series of interviews with the authors. The authors were featured on 20/20.
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Susan Quandt at Mequon Schwartz Bookshops
By Porchlight
This is for the Milwaukee area residences in our audience. Local business book author Susan Quandt is doing a talk the Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop in Mequon.
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Growing Great Employees Interview with Erika Andersen - Part 2
By Porchlight
This is the second part of my interview with Erika Andersen, author of Growing Great Employees: Turning Ordinary People Into Extraordinary Performers. We start talking about the Social Styles Model and how it supports Daniel Goleman's Emotional Intelligence concepts. We spend some time talking about the importance of diversity as it relates to Social Styles.
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The Dip: A New Book Coming From Seth Godin
By Porchlight
During our October NYC trip, we heard there was a new book coming out from book machine called Seth Godin. Since there wasn't much to say beyond "Hey, Seth has a new book coming out! ", we held off.
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Books from The Computer Class
By Porchlight
Sally (editor of ChangeThis) and I are taking a class on Adobe InDesign right now. We both consider ourselves computer literate, but find the Adobe products start from a different base than we are familiar with. We got a free book with the class for future reference.
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File This Under: Weird Coincidences
By Porchlight
The information technology department at 800ceoread compiled sales reports today. Scott, our chief analyst, brought to my attention some weird coincidences in our year-end sales report. He noticed as you looked down a list of our best selling books that pairs of titles seemed to go together.
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