http://brucerosenstein.com/blog/2009/06/seven-days-of-conferences-and-workshops/ The Blog of Bruce Rosenstein Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:04:38 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://brucerosenstein.com/blog/2009/06/seven-days-of-conferences-and-workshops/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Stan Gryskiewicz Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:04:23 +0000 http://brucerosenstein.com/blog/?p=378#comment-76 Just to confirm what both Bruce and David concluded above from a slightly different perspective. This was my first Berrett-Koehler author co-operative and a very useful learning experience even for someone from the outside looking in. Glad to know that there are many satisfied B-K authors and the external presenters coming in provided some novel insite into the publishing business. I believe B-K works quite well with their authors and stays in touch even after the book is published (novel idea) but I also confirmed what I learned 9 years ago; a book's author is the best person to market one's book. The workshop provided some Positive Turbulence (1999) for me. www.aminnovation.org www.positiveturbulence.com Just to confirm what both Bruce and David concluded above from a slightly different perspective. This was my first Berrett-Koehler author co-operative and a very useful learning experience even for someone from the outside looking in. Glad to know that there are many satisfied B-K authors and the external presenters coming in provided some novel insite into the publishing business. I believe B-K works quite well with their authors and stays in touch even after the book is published (novel idea) but I also confirmed what I learned 9 years ago; a book’s author is the best person to market one’s book. The workshop provided some Positive Turbulence (1999) for me.
http://www.aminnovation.org http://www.positiveturbulence.com

]]> http://brucerosenstein.com/blog/2009/06/seven-days-of-conferences-and-workshops/comment-page-1/#comment-75 David Schmaltz Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:40:32 +0000 http://brucerosenstein.com/blog/?p=378#comment-75 Yea, the workshop was lovely all around. A fine example of community. I was quite moved when Steve Piersanti, President of Berrett-Koehler, reported that even after 34 years in the publishing biz, even HE learned some new stuff at this workshop. As usual, it was not so much the content, but the context that made a real difference. Not so much what people said, but their presence. Like a figure ground puzzle, the reportage seems to always, inevitably focus upon the content and miss reporting on the context, the slideshow, a miss the presence. I guess you have to be there. ... Yea, the workshop was lovely all around. A fine example of community. I was quite moved when Steve Piersanti, President of Berrett-Koehler, reported that even after 34 years in the publishing biz, even HE learned some new stuff at this workshop. As usual, it was not so much the content, but the context that made a real difference. Not so much what people said, but their presence. Like a figure ground puzzle, the reportage seems to always, inevitably focus upon the content and miss reporting on the context, the slideshow, a miss the presence. I guess you have to be there. …

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