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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I believe in the power of books to change the world. That is not a particularly radical belief among librarians, but I hope to make you believe even more in the power of books. Today, we are poised at a moment in time where we can transcend the limitations of past book technologies and bring the power of books to all humans.

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Ways We Can All Help Advance Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment

Connection Cafe

Women’s and girls’ empowerment is a sweeping topic, defined and shaped by family beliefs and cultural norms in the community and country where one lives. Some people associate the empowerment of women and girls primarily with challenges faced in communities where poverty and lack of access to education determine one’s level of empowerment.

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Book: Welcome to the Fifth Estate

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There’s been a nice crop of social media books published this spring! So Mondays have become book review days as part of the discipline to keep up with reading. My Zoetica colleague, Geoff Livingston , shared a preview copy of his forthcoming book Welcome to the Fifth Estate and it is a great read!

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“Black & Proud”

M+R

While “Say it Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud)” addresses Black love, joy, and empowerment, the proud (on my t-shirt) is focused on self-affirmation, dignity, and equality. When advocacy groups are successfully leading campaigns to censor and ban books that address race and racism; involve sexual content (e.g.,

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The Enemy Of Engagement - Book Highlights

Eric Jacobsen Blog

" Frustration in the workplace is a silent killer," claim authors Mark Royal and Tom Agnew in their book, The Enemy of Engagement. Employee Engagement Engaging Employees Leadership Books' Further, "in an organizational context, frustration is not as simple as failing to get something you want.

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Announcing the Launch of Book #3:The Happy Healthy Nonprofit

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I am thrilled to announce the official launch of my third book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout with co-author Aliza Sherman. The book explores why burnout is so common in the nonprofit sector and simple ways to practice self-care and bring a culture of well-being into the nonprofit workplace.

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Tools And Tactics For Achieving Optimum Alignment In Your Organization

Eric Jacobsen Blog

And, running coaches, trainers and books all stress the importance of alignment. That's why the premise of the book, Total Alignment , makes perfect sense to me. This book is for leaders and managers in organizations of all sizes," explain authors Riaz and Linda Khadem. Lack of empowerment at lower levels. I run a lot.

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