ALA Conference Recap Part One
Although the major reason I attended the American Library Association annual conference in Chicago from July 10-14 was to do the first signing for my new book Living in More …
Month: July 2009
My Book Signing at ALA in Chicago: a Huge Success
I have just returned from the American Library Association annual conference in Chicago, where I did my first book signing for Living in More Than One World: How Peter Drucker’s …
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My Book Signing This Coming Saturday at ALA in Chicago
Just a quick post to note that after today, I’ll take around five days off blogging when I’ll be in Chicago for the American Library Association Annual Conference. It should …
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150 Years of Self-Help
Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species was not the only groundbreaking book of 1859 that celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. The BBC’s Kate Williams points out in Self help …
Coach Wooden Going Strong at 98
I’ve been a big sports fan since childhood, and I watched many times on TV during high school and college as John Wooden coached UCLA to college basketball glory. He …
The Listening Architect
What first drew me to Sam Allis’ major Boston Globe profile of architect William Rawn, Starting slow, finishing fast, was the emphasis on Rawn’s listening skills. Rawn says architects aren’t …
The Power of False Starts
Planning for the Rest of Your Life, a concise essay in the Chicago Tribune by Jim Sollisch, an executive with a Cleveland-based advertising and public relations agency, provides food for …
Reinvention Jazz
If personal reinvention is something you’re considering, or would just like to learn more about, take a few moments to read a brief, interesting first-person account, Reinventing Myself: My Journey …
The Aspen Ideas Festival for Those Who Can’t Be There
A nice place to be this week, starting two days ago and running through July 5, is the Aspen Ideas Festival. A large and diverse group of big thinkers from …
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