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inBubbleWrap Giveaway!
By Sally Haldorson
Last week on inBubbleWrap we offered Content Rules by Ann Handley & C. C. Chapman.
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Wii are 800-CEO-READ
By Porchlight
Behold, the staff here at 800-CEO-READ. To learn more about us, visit our new about us page. *Wii portraits by 800-CEO-READ staff.
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The 2010 Business Book Awards
By Porchlight
2010 was a fine year for business books. In fact, it was almost difficult to keep track of all the great books coming across our desks. Come late summer though, the entries for our Business Book Awards started to pour in, and before long, piled up around us.
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ChangeThis: Issue 78
By Porchlight
Practically Radical: Four Simple Truths about Leading Change and Making a Difference by William C. Taylor “We are living through the age of disruption. You can’t do big things if you’re content with doing things a little better than everyone else or a little differently than how you did them before.
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inBubbleWrap: My Orange Duffel Bag giveaway!
By Sally Haldorson
As Sam Bracken, author of My Orange Duffel Bag, says below, "Everyone has their own story. " By all accounts, Sam Bracken's story is one of success. He graduated with a 3.
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The Price of Everything
By Porchlight
Eduardo Porter's new book The Price of Everything: Solving the Mystery of Why We Pay What We Do addresses cost and value from a variety of perspectives. Not only is it an interesting book to read as a general consumer, it also can give business owners insight into what makes people buy things, and the prices they're willing to consider. We all make choices everyday.
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Friday Links (On a Snowy Monday Afternoon)
By Porchlight
It's been a while since we linked up a Friday afternoon, and since I didn't get the chance to do it last Friday, I thought I'd do so today. ➻ Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody and Cognitive Surplus, contributed an article to the current issue of Foreign Affairs about The Political Power of Social Media. You'll need to purchase the full length article ($0.
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Our 2010 Retrospective
By Sally Haldorson
2010 was, for 800-CEO-READ, a year of stability, growth and redesign. Not everyone nor every company is so lucky as to say the same about the past year, but after the chaos, both internally and externally, of 2008-09, we count ourselves lucky that we close the year in a celebratory mood. Some highlights and happenings from 2010: January: We celebrated the winners of the annual 800-CEO-READ business book awards and other industry folks at a party in NYC.
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The Bestsellers of 2010
By Porchlight
This year saw a big development in our monthly bestseller lists, as Inc. magazine decided to partner with us to spread the word about what books businesspeople are purchasing for themselves and their teams. Thus was born the Inc.
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The Keen Thinker v. 13
By Sally Haldorson
What will this edition of The Keen Thinker, our monthly newsletter, offer you? A list of the category winners of the 800-CEO-READ Annual Business Book of the Year Awards. Links to original video recorded by many of the 800-CEO-READ Author Pow Wow attendees and speakers.
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