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It's Getting Better All The Time?
(Can't Get Much Worse) On August 9th, 2014 an eighteen-year-old boy named Michael Brown was killed in Ferguson, Missouri. On December 13th, four months later, millions of people participated in organized marches to protest police brutality and institutional racism in the United States. Meanw...
December 15, 2014
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“What is wrong with black women?” The question was met with a bit of an awkward silence when Tamara Winfrey Harris asked it on her Author Day at the Berrett-Koehler offices. Obviously, the answer is "nothing," so why is the question being asked? It may sound silly, but the idea that there's so...
November 24, 2014
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Awards: The Business Solution to Poverty by Paul Polak and Mal Warwick
The Business Solution to Poverty by Paul Polak and Mal Warwick has won Gold at the 2014 Axiom Awards in the Philanthropy/Nonprofit/Sustainability category! The Axiom Business Book Awards are intended to bring increased recognition to exemplary business books and their creators, with the understa...
September 29, 2014
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Awards: Ice Cream Social by Brad Edmondson
Ice Cream Social by Brad Edmondson received a silver award in the Adult Trade Book Non-illustrated category of the 2014 PubWest Book Design Awards! The PubWest Book Design Awards recognizes superior design and outstanding production quality of books, e-books, and book mobile apps in 23 different...
September 29, 2014
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Awards: Be the Best Bad Presenter Ever by Karen Hough
Be the Best Bad Presenter Ever by Karen Hough has been named a gold honoree in the Enhanced E-book category of the Benjamin Franklin Digital Awards! The Benjamin Franklin Digital Awards honors innovation in electronic book publishing by individuals and organizations of all sizes, including publi...
September 29, 2014
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Awards: Enough is Enough by Rob Dietz and Dan O’Neill
Enough is Enough is a silver winner in the Nature and Environment category of the 2014 Benjamin Franklin awards! The Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) today announced the 2014 Benjamin Franklin Award honorees. Contributors to this year's list of honorees include the 39th U.S. presid...
September 29, 2014
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Awards: Simply Managing by Henry Mintzberg
Simply Managing by Henry Mintzberg was a finalist in the Career category of this year's IndieFab Book of the Year Awards! June 27, 2014—The Foreword Reviews’ IndieFab Book of the Year Awards, judged by a select group of librarians and booksellers from around the country, were announced this even...
September 29, 2014
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Awards: Learning from Leonardo by Fritjof Capra
Learning From Leonardo by Fritjof Capra received a gold award in the Science category of the IndieFab Book of the Year Awards! June 27, 2014—The Foreword Reviews’ IndieFab Book of the Year Awards, judged by a select group of librarians and booksellers from around the country, were announced this...
September 29, 2014
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Awards: The Power of Latino Leadership by Juana Borda
The Power of Latino Leadership has been recognized by the 2014 International Latino Book Awards! Author Juana Borda received an honorable mention for the book in the Best Latino Focused Nonfiction Book – English category. The International Latino Book Awards occurred on June 28th in Las Vega...
September 29, 2014
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Tailoring Social Media to Target Audiences
Different Ages, Different Sites: What I Learned as a Social Media Intern The rise of social media has made it easier than ever before to communicate with audiences around the world. It has also made it nearly impossible to connect with these audiences. Why is this? Social media users e...
September 24, 2014
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Ask Me Anything with TerraCycle's Tom Szaky (A BK Webinar)
Previously recorded live with video of the author February 25, 2014. A follow-up to a previous webinar, this talk with TerraCycle founder and CEO Tom Szaky digs deeper into the concept of garbage, and explains why the problem of waste is a solvable one: it's all a matter of perspective...
September 19, 2014
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Green Business: Tom Szaky & Brad Edmondson (A BK Webinar)
A Berrett-Koehler Webinar "In the Green: The Benefits & Challenges of Sustainable Business" Recorded on 1/26/14 Berrett-Koehler authors Tom Szaky (Outsmart Waste: The Modern Idea of Garbage and How to Think Our Way Out of It) and Brad Edmondson (Ice Cream Social: The Strugg...
September 19, 2014
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Become the Hero of Your Career in Vietnam
This webinar was recorded live by the BK Global Task Force April 22, 2014. Become the Hero of Your Career in Vietnam examines ways in which emerging leaders in Vietnam can maximize their natural leadership potential. Panelists explore the influence of culture and psychology in the sha...
September 18, 2014
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