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Links for a Monday Afternoon
By Porchlight
➻ Cory Doctorow has laid out an interesting chronology of intellectual property rights since the first part of the 20th century for The Guardian's Comment Is Free interview series. Arguing that Every pirate wants to be an admiral, he tells a story that begins with sheet music composers and ends with the Internet about how elements of every innovation are seen as piracy until they become the mainstream, at which time they begin accusing the next generation of innovators of piracy. Stating at the beginning of the video that "The way to increase the health of the cultural realm is to allow more people to participate in it in more ways," he ends with anxiety that, for the first time in history, lawmakers may end up on the wrong side of the debate between the so-called "pirates" and supposed "admirals.
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Blog / News & Opinion
Surviving Your Serengeti
By Porchlight
Do you want to overcome a challenge? Do you have a goal to achieve? Would you like to discover your instinctive strengths?
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Blog / News & Opinion
Smart or Lucky?
By Porchlight
Sometimes we need a little luck, to be in the right place at the right time, to meet the right people, and to make the best choices. We also need the skills and experience to back up what we can do with that luck. It's no use having it if we can't use it.
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Content Rules Interview with Phil Gerbyshak
By Porchlight
Earlier this year, I passed on a copy of Content Rules to friend of the company and all-around awesome fellow Phil Gerbyshak. And, being the good friend that he is—and proving that content does, in fact, rule—he returned the favor by giving us a review of the book when he was done with it. But Phil didn't stop there, he went out and got an interview with the authors and gave that to us, too.
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Wharton Digital Press and The Leader's Checklist
By Porchlight
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania made a big announcement last month, launching Wharton Digital Press. From that release: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announces the launch of Wharton Digital Press, an innovative global all-digital publishing initiative that will publish books electronically, including ebooks, enhanced ebooks, mobile apps, and print books available through print-on-demand technology. In collaboration with Knowledge@Wharton, the School’s online journal of research and business analysis, Wharton Digital Press will take advantage of the Wharton School’s global presence to communicate relevant business knowledge from experts throughout the world to readers wherever and whenever they need it.
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LeaveSmarter with Peter Sims
By Porchlight
We were overjoyed to have Peter Sims in town earlier this week for our LeaveSmarter* series. We first became aware of Peter when he coauthored True North with Bill George, which was a favorite of ours when it came out, and one of our bestsellers in 2007 and 2008 (and, coincidentally, Bill was in town to speak about True North at a previous LeaveSmarter event). So, we were really excited when we saw Mr.
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Blog / Staff Picks
Read and Adapt
Book Review by Porchlight
We last covered Tim Harford here when Random House released his last book, The logic of Life, which we reviewed as a Jack Covert Selects. But you may have heard his name more recently because of the press that his new book, Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure, has been getting. There was an excerpt on Slate last week entitled The Airplane That Saved the World: What the RAF's World War II Spitfire Can Teach Us About Nurturing Innovation and Radical Ideas.
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Blog / News & Opinion
Sales Surge!
By Porchlight
Jeffrey Gitomer and Noah Rickun will be LIVE in Milwaukee on June 10th at the Sales Surge Seminar! Here's what you'll hear: Building business momentum. .
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Presentations in Action
By Porchlight
We all know a great presentation when we see it. With Jerry Weissman's new book, Presentations in Action, we get lessons from 80 great presentations about what makes them great. For those that have ever presented to a group, you're familiar with the myriad of issues one needs to address (and often realizes they missed once in front of the group - too late!
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Blog / Excerpts
In the Smallest of Moments - An Excerpt From TouchPoints
By Porchlight
We get pitched to a lot—about books, ideas, authors, projects; from authors, publicists, agents and publishers. It is part of what we do here, and listening to all comers is part of how we weed through the massive amount of material that is published each year, find what we think are the best projects, make connections and stay successful. But it can get a little tiring at times, especially when you know someone isn't really thrilled about the project, idea or author they're pitching.
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