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Society and Technological Change, 5th edition
Published in Paperback by Worth Publishers (2005-06-07)
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Boring Book
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Review Date: 2008-04-18
Review Date: 2008-04-18
This is not a good book at all. It has some good information in it but, it is hard to stay interested in the topic because the author uses too many descriptive words instead of just getting to the point. This makes it hard to stay focused on the subject and makes the book very boring.
NOT the Best Text
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Review Date: 2008-01-04
Review Date: 2008-01-04
I have taught a sophomore level class in Technology & Society for about 20 years, and long ago quit using the Volti text. Students find the book boring, it is overly superficial and lacks in-depth examples or analysis, and it does not cover many of the issues central to Science and Technology Studies. The book's breezy "factoids" are maddening, and unless you are willing to build your entire course around explaining and analysing them, the text will confuse students and encourage shallow thinking.
The recent text by Bauchspies, Croissant, and Restivo [Science, Technology, and Society (Blackwell, 2006) provides a much better foundation in the key intellectual issues for STS.
The Marcus and Segal text [Technology in America (Harcourt Brace Javanovich, 1989) provides an excellent historical overview--including a periodization that helps students grasp the way technology and society interact and shape our lives.
The recent text by Bauchspies, Croissant, and Restivo [Science, Technology, and Society (Blackwell, 2006) provides a much better foundation in the key intellectual issues for STS.
The Marcus and Segal text [Technology in America (Harcourt Brace Javanovich, 1989) provides an excellent historical overview--including a periodization that helps students grasp the way technology and society interact and shape our lives.
VERY BORING BOOK
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2004-04-25
Review Date: 2004-04-25
This book is extremely boring! I had a class -Society and Technology where I had to read this book and I love reading but to finish one chapter of the book was hell! no kidding.
I don't know why teachers pick such boring books to educate students...we simply loose interest!
I don't know why teachers pick such boring books to educate students...we simply loose interest!
INCREDIBLE
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2004-11-18
Review Date: 2004-11-18
As a student of philosophy, this book is fantastic. Volti's intelligent perspective on technology and its affect on society is breathtaking. Furthermore, his style is unique and fun to read, leaving no room for misunderstandings. Volti is a professor of Science, Technology, and Society at the highly esteemed Pitzer College in California. I highly recomend reading this book, Volti's insight will change your life.
Great text for education or pleasue
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2002-03-01
Review Date: 2002-03-01
Volti brings to life the wonderous oft-forgotten connection between people and the things they make. This book explores how society has influences technology, and how technology has influenced society.

Soul of a Citizen: Living With Conviction in a Cynical Time
Published in Paperback by St. Martin's Griffin (1999-03-15)
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duh!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2006-12-05
Review Date: 2006-12-05
I read this book for a college class on Social Work, and although Loeb tells many meaningful and powerful stories, this is the same text I have heard before. If you read the first and last paragraph of each chapter you basically get the point. It's an easy read, and some may find it powerful, but I just found it repetitive and over-told.
Every citizen must read
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2006-08-11
Review Date: 2006-08-11
I read Soul of a citizen which inspired me to action. I am now a volunteer activist in my neighbourhood and have formed a group of concerned citizens to negotiate and participate in our city's development plan. We have made an impact in the corporation and even had a few small successes along the way.
A non-academic book for the baby boomer generation
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2007-03-29
Review Date: 2007-03-29
As many other reviewers I was asked to read this book as a part of a college course. My wife was recently assigned the reading in her MSW program. I do believe it has some value, but to a specific generation and type of activist. The book rarely (if at all) discusses a model of activism outside of that born from the peace and love movement of the 60-70s. If you are from these eras, by all means this is the book for you. If you are or will soon be a college student you will likely find little to connect with in the book. I suspect that its over use in courses at this time is a result of faculty promoting a book they feel applies to them greatly without thinking of how it applies to younger generations.
A must read if you believe in service to others
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2006-10-21
Review Date: 2006-10-21
Paul is an outstanding voice in our world. Fantastic book helping bring hope to a difficult time for those of us who aspire to service. It is a challenge to keep engaged in service and Paul does provide hope. I also appreciate his newsletter and recommend it to those who appreciate his work. Great insights.
tired of it
Helpful Votes: 7 out of 21 total.
Review Date: 2006-07-09
Review Date: 2006-07-09
Must we indulge yet another collection of tripe in the guise of self-help? Didn't we get this sort of nonsense out of our systems a long time ago?
If you are the type who hangs around in the self-help section of Borders looking for something you haven't yet read, hoping the nice-looking man ordering the latte isn't as bad as your ex-husband, well, sure, pick this up. You can read it a few hours later after you've snuck that man past your sleeping children's doors and out to his car, and feel good about yourself and how wonderful a person you are for reading something like this.
For the rest of us that live with a real sense of morality, well, we know books like this are just excuses - a mechanism by which the anointed democrat leftists sanctify themselves. Now that I think about it, I'm not sure why I wrote this review. If it offended you, you're beyond help. If it rang true, you already know you don't want to get anywhere near this book.
If you are the type who hangs around in the self-help section of Borders looking for something you haven't yet read, hoping the nice-looking man ordering the latte isn't as bad as your ex-husband, well, sure, pick this up. You can read it a few hours later after you've snuck that man past your sleeping children's doors and out to his car, and feel good about yourself and how wonderful a person you are for reading something like this.
For the rest of us that live with a real sense of morality, well, we know books like this are just excuses - a mechanism by which the anointed democrat leftists sanctify themselves. Now that I think about it, I'm not sure why I wrote this review. If it offended you, you're beyond help. If it rang true, you already know you don't want to get anywhere near this book.

How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming (About Our Changing Climate)
Published in Hardcover by Dawn Publications (CA) (2008-03)
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Kids can make a difference
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2008-05-01
Review Date: 2008-05-01
Reviewed by Maya Landers (age 10) for Reader Views (4/08)
"How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate," by Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch, was both interesting and informative. I didn't know anything about Global Warming, or how scientists know about it, but this book explained it to me. It also told me ways that I could participate in helping scientists get more data, which I thought was fascinating. I didn't know that there was anything that I could do to help. One of the ways that the book said that children could help was to record and chart when the first birds began to appear and when the first buds began to blossom.
The pictures were clear and sharp, and they featured extraordinary and beautiful views, as well of pictures of the some children who helped the scientists to collect their data. The type was large and easy-to-read. The book laid its facts out in a simple, easy-to-understand way that young children could understand, and there were definitions for most of the words, making everything even clearer still. While it could be for any age group, I thought that it was best suited for six-to-twelve-year-olds, although children and adults of any age would be able to understand and enjoy it.
The combination of pictures and information helped balance the book so that it was not too much like a textbook. Throughout the book, the authors show pictures and write articles about children who helped scientists collect data. In addition, readers learned facts about Global Warming and how scientists know about it. I thought that this was a very good balance between scientists and non-scientists, something that I do not find in many science books.
There are also photographs in the book that compare "now and then" -- for instance, what the Athabasca Glacier looked like in 1917 compared to what it looked like in 2005. The difference was astounding! I wasn't aware of the changes that Global Warming has provoked, and this book explained it to me. However, it wasn't a discouraging book. It told the facts, and then told you what you could do to help, not dwelling unnecessarily on gloomy or dispiriting things.
I would recommend "How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate" to my friends because I thought that it did a good job separating fact from fiction, and also because it showed real-life situations where children were able to help scientists.
"How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate," by Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch, was both interesting and informative. I didn't know anything about Global Warming, or how scientists know about it, but this book explained it to me. It also told me ways that I could participate in helping scientists get more data, which I thought was fascinating. I didn't know that there was anything that I could do to help. One of the ways that the book said that children could help was to record and chart when the first birds began to appear and when the first buds began to blossom.
The pictures were clear and sharp, and they featured extraordinary and beautiful views, as well of pictures of the some children who helped the scientists to collect their data. The type was large and easy-to-read. The book laid its facts out in a simple, easy-to-understand way that young children could understand, and there were definitions for most of the words, making everything even clearer still. While it could be for any age group, I thought that it was best suited for six-to-twelve-year-olds, although children and adults of any age would be able to understand and enjoy it.
The combination of pictures and information helped balance the book so that it was not too much like a textbook. Throughout the book, the authors show pictures and write articles about children who helped scientists collect data. In addition, readers learned facts about Global Warming and how scientists know about it. I thought that this was a very good balance between scientists and non-scientists, something that I do not find in many science books.
There are also photographs in the book that compare "now and then" -- for instance, what the Athabasca Glacier looked like in 1917 compared to what it looked like in 2005. The difference was astounding! I wasn't aware of the changes that Global Warming has provoked, and this book explained it to me. However, it wasn't a discouraging book. It told the facts, and then told you what you could do to help, not dwelling unnecessarily on gloomy or dispiriting things.
I would recommend "How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate" to my friends because I thought that it did a good job separating fact from fiction, and also because it showed real-life situations where children were able to help scientists.
Lavishly illustrated with full-color photographs throughout
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2008-04-04
Review Date: 2008-04-04
How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming is a nonfiction science book for young people about a hot-button modern issue. Written with the assistance of top scientists in the field, How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate goes into depth on climate science. Though How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate is lavishly illustrated with full-color photographs throughout, its meticulous attention to detail and mere quantity of text is well beyond that of an ordinary picturebook, making it best suited for young adults teenagers, and even curious adults. "Ornithologists were finding that birds were arriving earlier and changing their range - the places animals or plants can be found year after year... But why, they wondered, were these changes happening?" Of particular interest is the final "What You - and a Million Kids - Can Do" section, which lists positive ways kids can help the environment and reduce their carbon footprint, such as recycling, using compact fluorescents instead of light bulbs, minimizing use of appliances and unplugging those not needed, eating less meat, buying less, and getting involved in the community. Highly recommended especially for public and school library collections.
A Great Resource for Children and Teachers
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2008-03-22
Review Date: 2008-03-22
In a unique partnership, photojournalist Gary Braasch, and children's author Lynne Cherry have teamed up to fill a gap in the myriad of books coming out about global warming. This book focuses on students as a vital part of the research teams assisting scientists in documenting the changes in our environment. The book is a pleasure to read with all its beautiful pictures and clearly explained concepts.
The first section of the book is about where clues about climate change are found. Students are featured gathering data about migrating birds and butterflies, the changing of the seasons, water quality and flow, tree growth, plant diversity and range, and frog populations. Clues are explained such as tree rings, levels of carbon dioxide, changes in penguin and polar bear habitats, melting glaciers, rising ocean levels, and information gathered from mud and ice samples.
In the second section, the focus is on the interconnectivity of all life. Hypotheses are presented with graphs and other visuals to explain some of the effects we are already seeing and those thought to be on the way. Throughout the book, kids are introduced to the scientists doing the research.
The third section is about what kids and scientists can do together to both gather data and mitigate the effects of global warming. Projects are featured along with their teachers and students. Concrete suggestions are presented on how to reduce your carbon "footprint" or impact on the environment. The power of one voice is shown with political action and environmental advocacy. The book is one of hope about such a serious topic.
The resource section contains internet sites and books for further reading for the topics presented. A teacher's guide is available for order.
The first section of the book is about where clues about climate change are found. Students are featured gathering data about migrating birds and butterflies, the changing of the seasons, water quality and flow, tree growth, plant diversity and range, and frog populations. Clues are explained such as tree rings, levels of carbon dioxide, changes in penguin and polar bear habitats, melting glaciers, rising ocean levels, and information gathered from mud and ice samples.
In the second section, the focus is on the interconnectivity of all life. Hypotheses are presented with graphs and other visuals to explain some of the effects we are already seeing and those thought to be on the way. Throughout the book, kids are introduced to the scientists doing the research.
The third section is about what kids and scientists can do together to both gather data and mitigate the effects of global warming. Projects are featured along with their teachers and students. Concrete suggestions are presented on how to reduce your carbon "footprint" or impact on the environment. The power of one voice is shown with political action and environmental advocacy. The book is one of hope about such a serious topic.
The resource section contains internet sites and books for further reading for the topics presented. A teacher's guide is available for order.

Building Powerful Community Organizations: A Personal Guide To Creating Groups That Can Solve Problems and Change the World
Published in Paperback by Long Haul Press (2007-01-15)
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Building Powerful Community Organizations: A Personal Guide....
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Review Date: 2008-01-19
Review Date: 2008-01-19
Great book! The exercises really force you to think and clarify the who, what, why and how of yourself and the group you are creating or trying to improve. I highly recomend this one.
An insightful, practical resource
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Review Date: 2007-10-30
Review Date: 2007-10-30
With great insight and honesty Michael Jacoby Brown has drawn on his extensive experience to produce a practical and inspiring resource. This book is a must for anyone wishing to organize a group to work for social change or anyone who is part of a community organization which needs to rejuvenate or rediscover its purpose. It is beautiful in its simplicity, addressing its issues in a way everyone can understand, and broad in its scope, addressing every aspect involved in successful community organizing. "Building Powerful Community Organizations" demands engagement by the reader. It contains exercises and the reader gains best value from the book by engaging in the exercises at the point they are presented.
Excellen handbook for people working in communities...
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-07-31
Review Date: 2007-07-31
This book should be required reading for hospitals, foundations, public health agencies and people working on any form of community improvement. Michael has documented his learnings with stories and tools that can equip those willing to learn to build powerful community organization, as the title says. There are lots of various community organizing guides but this one mixes stories and tools in an easy to read, nicely laid out style. His wisdom comes from years of community organizing and translates here into practical, easy to access advice. This is the best handbook I have seen in a long time! The author makes himself available with info on how to reach him as well as a website with blog that makes him more than a distant author; he is approachable and willing to extend his teachings beyond the pages of his book. Not may authors do this.
Enthusiastically recommended for anyone looking to harness communal effort and make a lasting difference.
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2006-12-09
Review Date: 2006-12-09
Written by Michael Jacoby Brown, who has more than thirty years' experience in building community organizations, Building Powerful Community Organizations: A Personal Guide to Creating Groups that Can Solve Problems and Change the World is a handy step-by-step guide to creating, strengthening, and revitalizing grass-roots organizations for bringing about social change to solve problems in the community or workplace. From how to effectively recruit (learning to "listen not sell", when short or long visits are appropriate, and how to turn success into momentum) to how to mobilize resources and raise money to the steps for setting change into motion and more, Building Powerful Community Organizations walks the reader through the necessary skills and processes while warning against common obstacles and pitfalls. Enthusiastically recommended for anyone looking to harness communal effort and make a lasting difference.
Best book available on the subject
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2007-01-20
Review Date: 2007-01-20
Author Michael Jacoby Brown has created a book with very detailed information on how to organize, create, and lead a community organization. In it he clearly explains all the steps necessary to create an effective organization that can resolve problems. The various areas discussed include the theory of how a group should work, the chemistry involved, the seven basic steps for building an organization, developing a mission statement, goals, and objectives, designing the organization to last, recruiting others, mobilizing, raising money and taking action. Throughout the book are case studies and exercises to help you not only understand how it all works but also to help you work through developing your organization correctly. If you want to change the world and know you need help to do it then you will appreciate this book. Building Powerful Community Organizations is easily the best book on the market today on this subject.

Avoiding Miscarriage: Everything You Need To Know To Feel More Confident In Pregnancy
Published in Paperback by Sea Change Press (2006-09-01)
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Excellent Book
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-04-17
Review Date: 2008-04-17
This is the most update book I have seen. I love the charts and the chapters. It is extremely well organized.
By Far the Best Book I have Read on Miscarriage
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-03-11
Review Date: 2008-03-11
This book is by far the best book that I have read on miscarriage. It helped me to truly understand what was going on with my body during a very scary time. It also gave me hope for the future. It combines real life stories with the scientific data. I recommend this book for anyone the is miscarrying, has miscarried, is pregnant, or wants to get pregnant. 2 thumbs up!!!
Take control of your fertility/miscarriage
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2008-07-21
Review Date: 2008-07-21
This is the book for women who want to take control of their fertility life. This book explains what causes miscarriages, how to test, and what your probabilities are of having different diagnosis or future miscarriages.
Even if you are just wanting to be able to ask intelligent questions to your doctor or fertility specialist, this enables you to have your research done.
No place online - No other book - Nothing I have read has enabled me to feel in control of this situation giving me a direct way to help diagnose myself (to an extent) and give me freedom and ability to question the - "Just go try again." line that you get from doctors.
Strongly recommended to anyone who has had an unfortunate multiple pregnancy loss such as I have.
Even if you are just wanting to be able to ask intelligent questions to your doctor or fertility specialist, this enables you to have your research done.
No place online - No other book - Nothing I have read has enabled me to feel in control of this situation giving me a direct way to help diagnose myself (to an extent) and give me freedom and ability to question the - "Just go try again." line that you get from doctors.
Strongly recommended to anyone who has had an unfortunate multiple pregnancy loss such as I have.
Wonderful, Up to date, Easy to read
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2008-05-31
Review Date: 2008-05-31
I was initially a little apprehensive about this book, wondering if it was going to leave me feeling more worried or be full of information that I could do nothing with. It doesn't. This is one of the best books I've read so far and it is so full of up to date information. The author makes it so easy to read, even though it is primarily medical info. The stories that precede each chapter are touching, and a great way to add a personal experience you may relate to. In short, great book, worth every penny, wonderful information. You truly will feel armed with the info you need to confidently experience pregnancy again.
A wonderful book offering hope and the knowledge necessary to advocate for a healthy pregnancy
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2008-03-26
Review Date: 2008-03-26
I recommend this book to anyone wanting to have a baby. I wish I had read it before we had a miscarriage and then an ectopic pregnancy. It is reader-friendly and is packed with invaluable information about every aspect of pregnancy loss: physical, emotional, relational, medical. The author speaks from personal experience as well as the experiences of many other couples. Armed with the information in this book alone, I feel confident that we will realize our dream of a healthy pregnancy. I now know what questions to ask, what medical support to request, and when to advocate for my self and my baby.

Beyond Heroes and Holidays: A Practical Guide to K 12 Anti Racist, Multicultural Education and Staff Development
Published in Paperback by Teaching for Change (1998-05-01)
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Never recieved
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 9 total.
Review Date: 2005-09-26
Review Date: 2005-09-26
The product I ordered was not actually for sale! Don't post an product if you don't have it in stock!
confusing
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 20 total.
Review Date: 2006-10-08
Review Date: 2006-10-08
Does failure to use what this book advocates make one a proponent and practicioner of racist education? Does an exploration, for example, of the links between, say, Alexander Hamilton's plan for absorbing state debt and encouraging manufacturing and the fact that the US was surrounded by the British in Canada, the West and at Sea...does teaching this make one a racist? A proponent of white, male hegemony?
The problem with this book and the whole gamut of "multicultural" (it should be called what it is: leftist and politicized and dishonest) pedagogy is its presumption that curriculum in the United States is racist and that it must be reformed if racism is to end. That is bull. Multiculturalists define something largely apolitical as a political extreme and thus give themselves permission to be the extremists that they are.
The problem with this book and the whole gamut of "multicultural" (it should be called what it is: leftist and politicized and dishonest) pedagogy is its presumption that curriculum in the United States is racist and that it must be reformed if racism is to end. That is bull. Multiculturalists define something largely apolitical as a political extreme and thus give themselves permission to be the extremists that they are.
Excellent book on innovative teaching!!!
Helpful Votes: 10 out of 10 total.
Review Date: 2005-06-15
Review Date: 2005-06-15
Don't let the title of this book veer you away from it - as a registered Republican, I at first thought that this would be a diatribe of Liberal brain washing
quite the contrary - the book is filled with lesson ideas and suggestions, towards teaching, on how we can better use ethnicity and culture as a strength within the ways we teach, rather than alienating these topics from ourselves and the teaching
The book takes race itself, and shows how we can make a curriculum out of it, that is free of bias, non-alienating to anyone, and most of all, creates fun learning environments
highly recommended, especially for teachers!
HAPPY READING!!!!!
quite the contrary - the book is filled with lesson ideas and suggestions, towards teaching, on how we can better use ethnicity and culture as a strength within the ways we teach, rather than alienating these topics from ourselves and the teaching
The book takes race itself, and shows how we can make a curriculum out of it, that is free of bias, non-alienating to anyone, and most of all, creates fun learning environments
highly recommended, especially for teachers!
HAPPY READING!!!!!
A wonderful and exciting resource
Helpful Votes: 13 out of 13 total.
Review Date: 2001-03-13
Review Date: 2001-03-13
As someone in the field of anti-racist public education, I found this book very useful and thought-provoking. There are background and theory articles, lesson plans, handouts, and a complete range of resources. And all these items are in bite-size articles and excerpts that make them very practical and useful for staff and students. I was thrilled to find this book and even more thrilled to read through it!

Do It Wrong Quickly: How the Web Changes the Old Marketing Rules (IBM Press)
Published in Paperback by IBM Press (2007-09-23)
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From newfangled marketing, to newfangled direct marketing, to the newfangled you. It's time to take hold of Internet Marketing!
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-12-18
Review Date: 2007-12-18
I liked this book. It seemed to be written for an audience of older timer marketing professionals who have not taken the plunge into the Internet world. The target audience seems to have followed the rule "If it ain't broke, then don't fix it," and they followed that rule too long and now they are not very effective marketers. Such people will get a lot from this book if they intend to continue working as a marketing professional. It covers Internet Marketing, and how to get comfortable doing it.
The book is comprised of just 9 chapters:
1. They're doing wonderful things with computers
2. New wine in old bottles
3. Marketing is a conversation
4. Going over to the dark side
5. The new customer relations
6. Customers vote with their mice
7. This doesn't work for me
8. This doesn't work where I work
9. This stuff changes too fast
It is well organized and well written. And it was very easy to read. My first pass on it involved reading the summary of Section 1 which lead me directly to the chapter summaries for chapters 1 to 3. Then I read the summary for Section 2, which lead me directly to the chapter summaries for chapters 4 to 6. Lastly I read the summary for Section 3, which lead me directly to the chapter summaries for chapters 7 to 9. It all made perfect sense. And in no time I was done with the book.
What these old time marketers who read this book will learn is that marketing is not totally new in our Internet Age. Instead, the Internet just offers new twists on old marketing approaches. Marketing used to be done through passive mediums. But the Internet with Web sites and email have made it possible to do marketing as a give and take process. Marketing is now about building relationships with customers rather than simply winning customers.
As the author says in the book: Marketing is now a conversation, and feedback from your customers helps you adjust what you do every day.
Sometimes what you will do will not be well received or produce good results. These are instances that the title of the book is referring to (Do It Wrong Quickly). As long as you adjust your tactics quickly, nobody is going to hold you liable for not doing it right the first time. We all make mistakes. And we all hopefully learn from our mistakes. The point of the book is that companies that perform Internet Marketing in order to build good relationships with their customers will come out ahead in the competitive world of business. 4 stars!
A Must Read!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-03-12
Review Date: 2008-03-12
A direct hit on how the web is revolutionizing marketing!
More importantly, "Do It Wrong Quickly" is packed full of advice and tips for small businesses to leverage the Internet to take the lead in their marketplace, even against the titans!
More importantly, "Do It Wrong Quickly" is packed full of advice and tips for small businesses to leverage the Internet to take the lead in their marketplace, even against the titans!
Refreshing Presentation on a Complicated Issue
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Review Date: 2008-01-14
Review Date: 2008-01-14
What makes this book such a great reading experience is the fact that Mike Moran has left no one out. We all come to this new arena of web marketing with a sense of uncertainty. This book allows you to preview the most promising networking solutions available on the web today, and encourages you to get out there and find (or invent!) some of your own.
Do It Wrong Quickly is a very entertaining read that is thick with relevant information. Ignore it at your own peril.
Do It Wrong Quickly is a very entertaining read that is thick with relevant information. Ignore it at your own peril.
Practical, strategic, fun--this book is worth reading
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Review Date: 2008-01-12
Review Date: 2008-01-12
This is an excellent book that is worth taking the time to finish. Mike breaks down complex information into tips that readers can use immediately. Plus, his humor and comedic timing make reading the book a fun learning experience. Adult learners who need an introduction into the value of Web marketing will find this book useful.
An Excellant and Entertaining Introduction to Internet Marketing
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Review Date: 2008-01-04
Review Date: 2008-01-04
Mike Moran's second book, "Do It Wrong Quickly", has something for every reader. The seasoned marketer will no doubt garner at least a few new ideas (though probably more than a few) to try, whether in innovative ways to start the conversation with customers, or in how to effectively listen to the customer in the Web Age. A novice to the field will quickly realize the growing importance of the internet marketing field and some of the fundamental changes that are a result of all companies, big or small, risking their reputations in the public forum.
You even get to delve into numbers a bit, with the discussion of web metrics and how looking at the factors involved in running your website can dramatically increase your number of conversions. To go along with the prospect of learning something you didn't know, there is the added benefit of Mike's friendly and funny writing style. He also provides useful and interesting examples, sprinkled in just enough to always keep the material fresh and entertaining. I highly recommend this book to everyone seeking to learn more about internet marketing, or even just to learn more about how the Web has changed the way we do (successful) business today.
You even get to delve into numbers a bit, with the discussion of web metrics and how looking at the factors involved in running your website can dramatically increase your number of conversions. To go along with the prospect of learning something you didn't know, there is the added benefit of Mike's friendly and funny writing style. He also provides useful and interesting examples, sprinkled in just enough to always keep the material fresh and entertaining. I highly recommend this book to everyone seeking to learn more about internet marketing, or even just to learn more about how the Web has changed the way we do (successful) business today.

Breakthrough
Published in Paperback by Corwin Press (2006-04-05)
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Breakthrough by Michael Fullan
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Review Date: 2007-10-11
Review Date: 2007-10-11
Michael Fullan does an excellent job discussing differentiated learning. His book, Breakthrough presents a new way to look at educational reform and break away from current curriculum first strategies of educators. Instead, he discusses focused learning with students at the center. In the book, learning is individualized and geared towards individual needs. Fullan provides examples and ways to collect data using focus sheets, student profiles, and instructional matrixes. Great book to read for those interested in serving all students and their needs.
New thinking . . .
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Review Date: 2007-10-06
Review Date: 2007-10-06
As an educator, I am always looking for fresh approaches in the classroom. This book offers some new ideas and brings forward some ideas from my previous learning. The three "P's" are a great way to express instructional in the classroom as well as the professional development portion of administration. The best aspect is that Breakthrough focuses on the children. Many other "theories" are so rich in esoteric thinking that the children are lost.
Breakthrough
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Review Date: 2007-07-19
Review Date: 2007-07-19
Michael Fullan comes through again! Every school principal should read this book, which takes schools to the next level in understanding what's next in closing the gap. Data is only the beginning of the equation, but of course a necessary piece. It focuses on the teacher who should frequently, even daily, progress monitoring every child, and then adjusts instruction to meet individual needs. It isn't necessarily a new idea, but one that emphasizes again that the teacher is the key in a breakthrough systems change that serves each student.
An Excellent Postulation of the New Critical Learning Instructional Paths Model
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 10 total.
Review Date: 2007-01-14
Review Date: 2007-01-14
I could not agree with the authors more when they say "What is required now is to understand why dominant current strategies do not work and what would be entailed in creating a new approach that incorporates the essential components into one integrated system that has the power to bring about the transformation." In the new paradigm of positive 21st-century independent, data-driven, student-centered problem-solving and adaptability, the most salient high-yield strategies must focus on coherent, complex, systemwide, strategic productivity. According to the National Urban Association of Hope for New School Deconstruction Methodology (NUAHNSDM), this paradigm is not only doable, but extremely achievable. And as the noted international education expert Dr. Mortimer Lilliput notes in his excellent article "Fast-Paced Change at an Ever-Changing Pace" (2007), "I believe that teachers, learners, and administrators can teach, learn, and administer. Now where's my honorarium?"
The new mission articulated by Fullan, Hill, Crevola, and Chevrolet will almost certainly promote responsive coverage of future components and a tightening of instructional focus. But what about parallel changes to independent, substantial student learning portals? Luckily, the authors have anticipated that contingency as well. It turns out that "When you don't know what you don't know, it's difficult to see what needs to be done." What a refreshing notion!
I highly recommend BREAKTHROUGH to anyone truly committed to ongoing, personalized, student-centered, data-driven instruction. After all, research shows that schools of the 21st Century will get what they deserve if they buy into this kind of nonsense-driven snake oil.
The new mission articulated by Fullan, Hill, Crevola, and Chevrolet will almost certainly promote responsive coverage of future components and a tightening of instructional focus. But what about parallel changes to independent, substantial student learning portals? Luckily, the authors have anticipated that contingency as well. It turns out that "When you don't know what you don't know, it's difficult to see what needs to be done." What a refreshing notion!
I highly recommend BREAKTHROUGH to anyone truly committed to ongoing, personalized, student-centered, data-driven instruction. After all, research shows that schools of the 21st Century will get what they deserve if they buy into this kind of nonsense-driven snake oil.
Down to earth
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2007-05-12
Review Date: 2007-05-12
Fullan and fellow authors present a logical, no-nonsense approach to reforming education where it is needed the most - in the classroom. They present the argument that only when instruction is changed to meet the needs of all learners, instruction is monitored daily through student progress so that it can be adjusted, will real improvement in student academic achievement be realized. It is an easy read. It should be required reading in all educational leadership programs.

Confronting Reality: Doing What Matters to Get Things Right
Published in Hardcover by Crown Business (2004-10-19)
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Play Where the Puck Is Going to Be
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Review Date: 2007-10-06
Review Date: 2007-10-06
"Avoiding reality is a basic and ubiquitous human tendency," write Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan. Leaders often tilt that way also and lack the discipline to confront reality. They comment, "Exercising the power of realism requires an open and inquisitive mind, intense curiosity, the intellectual ability to sort out complexity, the ability to persuade others, and--undergirding it all--the courage of inner strength. People who lack these qualities can't be considered leaders. They should look for other work." Yikes!
This is no quick-read novelette with three points and a poem. It's a thinking person's serious book with an innovative business model as the reward for your reading diligence. When programs, products and services all start to look alike (cell phones, music, churches, hamburgers, conferences, airlines, eNewsletters, etc.) the authors quote IBM's CEO with this warning, "Either you innovate or you're in commodity hell."
Why do leaders fail to confront reality and change? There are six habits of highly unrealistic leaders, suggest Bossidy and Charan: 1) Filtered information, 2) Selective hearing, 3) Wishful thinking, 4) Fear, 5) Emotional overinvestment and 6) Unrealistic expectations of capital markets.
How can you anticipate change before it's too late? The authors reference hockey great Wayne Gretsky's famous answer, "A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be."
This is no quick-read novelette with three points and a poem. It's a thinking person's serious book with an innovative business model as the reward for your reading diligence. When programs, products and services all start to look alike (cell phones, music, churches, hamburgers, conferences, airlines, eNewsletters, etc.) the authors quote IBM's CEO with this warning, "Either you innovate or you're in commodity hell."
Why do leaders fail to confront reality and change? There are six habits of highly unrealistic leaders, suggest Bossidy and Charan: 1) Filtered information, 2) Selective hearing, 3) Wishful thinking, 4) Fear, 5) Emotional overinvestment and 6) Unrealistic expectations of capital markets.
How can you anticipate change before it's too late? The authors reference hockey great Wayne Gretsky's famous answer, "A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be."
Strategic solutions for a familiar problem
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Review Date: 2006-12-11
Review Date: 2006-12-11
Authors Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan start with what you know: the business world has dramatically, irrevocably changed. Companies confront the new reality of globalization, free capital flows and powerhouse retailers. The book's strength lies in its relentless insistence on a basic fact that business leaders know but have apparently been trying to deny: you must see the economic world as it really is. This is not new. You know the ground has shifted, but have you figured out everything that you need to do now? Most of today's business models describe how companies made money in the past - but survival now requires more than a model based on the old economy. You need that elusive, intuitive attribute Bossidy and Charan call "business savvy." Even if they can't quite seem to nail down a precise definition, their case studies illustrate how this super sense works, and why you need it. We recommend their book to managers and executives who want to learn how to rethink their businesses in today's environment.
Confronting Reality : Doing What Matters to Get Things Right
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Review Date: 2006-03-13
Review Date: 2006-03-13
Clearly a reality check around the problems we all face as our customers and shareholders expectations are changing. In reviewing three major telecom institutions, Larry reminds us of the fundementals of we are in business. It's a good model for use when we're looking in the mirror at our own situation.
Definately worth the investment to read.
Definately worth the investment to read.
Excellent Business Book!
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Review Date: 2005-12-25
Review Date: 2005-12-25
Confronting Reality" is a gold-mine of perspective on how to get an organization properly focused - starting by confronting reality. It belongs on the bookshelf of every manager with bottom-line responsibility.
Bossidy begins by stating that any plan for a business has to answer three questions: 1)What's the nature of the game we're in? 2)Where is it going? 3)How do we make money in it? Incredibly, says Bossidy, in many organizations they rarely get asked, much less adequately answered.
Strategic plans of most companies don't work. A key reason is that little time, if any, is spent harmonizing the facts of the external environment, the financial targets that are set, and the internal capabilities of the business. People with a well-developed sense of business savvy seldom have a strategy ahead of time - instead, they devise their strategies as a means of meeting financial targets, not the other way around.
Buyers have much greater power today than in past years. Globalization + overcapacity (in many business lines) have shifted power to large buyers and intermediaries (Wal-Mart).
Questions that help detail the answers to the first three include: 1)Is the how of making money in my business and industry changing? 2)Who is winning in my industry, who is not, and why? 3)How, specifically, are the winners making money? 4)If my business is a winner, what do I need to do to stay on top? Conversely, if I need to change my game, what specifically should I be doing? 5)Am I in a growth industry or not? If not, and I want to continue, how do I change it or play it better than the competition? 6)Is my organization moving quickly to spot and take advantage of growth opportunities generated by these changes? 7)How do major customers see my products? 8)Am I bound by legacy costs (eg. pensions, healthcare) that make competing difficult?
Bossidy then identifies behaviors as common causes of failure to confront reality. (President Bush needs to read this section VERY CAREFULLY.) 1)Filtered Information: Possibly due to getting information only from those with the same point of view - typically in organizations looking at the world from the inside out rather than outside in. 2)Selective Hearing: The most common reasons are preconceived notions or the arrogance of past success. 3)Wishful Thinking: The merger will succeed because we need it to work (or have the best people on it). 4)Fear: Some tyrants fire people for disagreeing with them; more common is a situation where companies force-rank executives and use "attitude" as one of the criteria.
Summarizing - a well thought-out framework for realistic planning is provided by a highly credible former top executive.
Bossidy begins by stating that any plan for a business has to answer three questions: 1)What's the nature of the game we're in? 2)Where is it going? 3)How do we make money in it? Incredibly, says Bossidy, in many organizations they rarely get asked, much less adequately answered.
Strategic plans of most companies don't work. A key reason is that little time, if any, is spent harmonizing the facts of the external environment, the financial targets that are set, and the internal capabilities of the business. People with a well-developed sense of business savvy seldom have a strategy ahead of time - instead, they devise their strategies as a means of meeting financial targets, not the other way around.
Buyers have much greater power today than in past years. Globalization + overcapacity (in many business lines) have shifted power to large buyers and intermediaries (Wal-Mart).
Questions that help detail the answers to the first three include: 1)Is the how of making money in my business and industry changing? 2)Who is winning in my industry, who is not, and why? 3)How, specifically, are the winners making money? 4)If my business is a winner, what do I need to do to stay on top? Conversely, if I need to change my game, what specifically should I be doing? 5)Am I in a growth industry or not? If not, and I want to continue, how do I change it or play it better than the competition? 6)Is my organization moving quickly to spot and take advantage of growth opportunities generated by these changes? 7)How do major customers see my products? 8)Am I bound by legacy costs (eg. pensions, healthcare) that make competing difficult?
Bossidy then identifies behaviors as common causes of failure to confront reality. (President Bush needs to read this section VERY CAREFULLY.) 1)Filtered Information: Possibly due to getting information only from those with the same point of view - typically in organizations looking at the world from the inside out rather than outside in. 2)Selective Hearing: The most common reasons are preconceived notions or the arrogance of past success. 3)Wishful Thinking: The merger will succeed because we need it to work (or have the best people on it). 4)Fear: Some tyrants fire people for disagreeing with them; more common is a situation where companies force-rank executives and use "attitude" as one of the criteria.
Summarizing - a well thought-out framework for realistic planning is provided by a highly credible former top executive.
Look! A FOREST!!!
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 2006-01-11
Review Date: 2006-01-11
Instead of peicemealing a business to death: strategy, marketing, finance, etc. Bossidy and Charan give us a view of a whole business, from the chair of the savvy Entrepreneur or that of the CEO. They show hot to fit all the peices of a business together.
Bossidy and Charan use well-known examples and analyze the pitfalls and successes of these examples (Home Depot, Walmart, Thompson) according to a three-part business model: external environment, internal operations and financial targets. They also show you how to integrate by juggling the three simultaneously!
This was a great introductory book to orient businesspersons of any trade, level and experience to the whole shebang of business.
But. . .
Truthfully, i have read this 'business model' stuff before, with more depth and more analysis. I read the book "The Escher Cycle" by F. Jackson a couple of years back. That book goes into much more detail about most of Bossidy and Charan's three-part business model. Couple that book with "Value Migration" and you'll have a much better handle on the hurly-burly world of business.
Bossidy and Charan use well-known examples and analyze the pitfalls and successes of these examples (Home Depot, Walmart, Thompson) according to a three-part business model: external environment, internal operations and financial targets. They also show you how to integrate by juggling the three simultaneously!
This was a great introductory book to orient businesspersons of any trade, level and experience to the whole shebang of business.
But. . .
Truthfully, i have read this 'business model' stuff before, with more depth and more analysis. I read the book "The Escher Cycle" by F. Jackson a couple of years back. That book goes into much more detail about most of Bossidy and Charan's three-part business model. Couple that book with "Value Migration" and you'll have a much better handle on the hurly-burly world of business.

Dominion!: How Kingdom Action Can Change the World
Published in Hardcover by Chosen (2008-01-01)
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A powerful paradigm shift for the 21st century
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Review Date: 2008-04-05
Review Date: 2008-04-05
Dr Wagner has provided us with a introductory and thought provoking primer for kingdom thinking and action for the 21st century. Even for those who will disagree with his thesis, it provokes a creative and challenging new way of pursuing ministry. I heartily recommend this book, and I look forward to watching the ripples of it spread.
Dominion - What an Awesome Read
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Review Date: 2008-03-25
Review Date: 2008-03-25
Dominion by C. Peter Wagner - is a book for the times we are now in. If you are a believer or someone wanting to explore a deeper relationship with God by understanding God's timing for your life. This book has helped me to answer questions or dare me to seek God more with what I have come to know, believe and experience from God's move in my life on a deeper level.
I highly recommend this book to ministry Leaders and every believer wanting to experience God on a deeper level. Sheila Moore - Baltimore, MDDominion!: How Kingdom Action Can Change the World
I highly recommend this book to ministry Leaders and every believer wanting to experience God on a deeper level. Sheila Moore - Baltimore, MDDominion!: How Kingdom Action Can Change the World
Excellent book!
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Review Date: 2008-02-25
Review Date: 2008-02-25
For centuries we have prayed "thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven" - Dominion tells you how we can accomplish it. Straight forward, logical and Biblical - this is a book you've got to get if you are Kingdom minded or want to be.
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