The Bamboo Project Blog. was playing around with TagCrowd this morning and put in the URL for The Bamboo Project. thought about this while reading Druckers Take on Making Mistakes : "Nobody learns except by making mistakes," Drucker wrote in his 1954 landmark book, The Practice of Management. The other day I mentioned Alfie Kohn , best known for his book, Punished by Rewards , which I devoured when it first came out and still return to from time-to-time. Tag Cloud Wisdom. It was sort of like a fortune cookie or a Magic 8 ball, getting back this message. MORE >>

Jonathan Fields’ new book is amazing. and start out on some exciting new projects and engage in a blizzard of creation. So here is the deal: Leave a comment below and re-tweet and/or G+1 this post to enter in the contest for a free copy of this book, I have an extra one and will mail it to you. will mail the book to the winner of the drawing and we can embrace the unknown together. Share and Enjoy: Business Development Productivity book reviews contest learninghave just started to read it but never fear – I have pen and notebook handy. MORE >>

They talked candidly (and colorfully) about Julien’s new book, The Flinch : These guys literally wrote the book on Trust Agents , so when Brogan starts warning Smith that this book is one that might get read, but people won’t do anything about it – and Smith agrees (“There’s only so far you can < flinch-causing expletive >hold people’s hands”). As I was watching, I went to Amazon and pre-ordered the free book (thanks Godin ). Books Brain Stew Change Domino Project Fear FlinchYou ever get that feeling? MORE >>

Writing two unpublished novels, two business books, and a graduate thesis teaches you a thing or two about long writing projects. When embarking on such a project, it helps to have a writing program, very similar in nature to a training program that an athlete embarks on to prepare for a marathon or a long season. Here are some methods that helped with these five projects: Use a Blueprint. Parts help break a book into major components. For example, a communications book may focus on strategy and then tactics. The project becomes easier as you close. MORE >>

In this series of posts about social media books, I invite the author to share something about themselves and why they wrote the book, and what in the book might be of particular interest to association or nonprofit audiences.  . Maddie’s Take:  This book is supremely fascinating to me, as a content creator. So that is why I wrote the book. Switzerland’s largest commercial TV broadcaster, TeleZuri, as well as a host of smaller projects such as Eritrea’s ERI-TV and Sri Lanka’s SLBC. So watch this space. call it ‘screenworld’. 1993-1996). Potluck MORE >>