HOW TO: Read 26 Books A Year
Late in 2009, Julien Smith’s fantastic approach to reading inspired me to set an ambitious target for this year: to read one book every two weeks throughout the year. I even published my target list of...
View Article47 Books For Your 2011 Reading List
Looking for books to populate your reading list for 2011? Here are a few to think about. Last year I set myself a challenge: reading a book every two weeks throughout the year (I actually managed one...
View ArticleBook Review And Interview: Common Sense Leadership
Common Sense Leadership. by Garth Johns, is unlike many of the books I’ve read recently. For one thing, Garth is a local author – working for the Regional Municipality of Durham. For another, the book...
View ArticleImprove Your Effectiveness With Workarounds That Work
You know those books that you want to buy for everyone you know, because you know everyone will get something from it? Workarounds That Work (WTW) is one of those books. Written by Russell Bishop, a...
View ArticleBook Review: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
I read a lot of business books – you know, the kind focused on how to market, or plan, or manage better. So, when I started to read Robin Sharma’s “The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari,” I wasn’t sure what to...
View ArticleThe Non-Review Review: The Now Revolution
A quick confession for you: about six months ago I snagged a pre-release copy of the book “The Now Revolution,” by my friends Amber Naslund and Jay Baer. I quickly read it, absorbed it and loved it....
View ArticleBook Review: Social Marketing to the Business Customer
Despite all of the books out there about social media, most of them are pretty generic or focus on end-user 101s. So, when I heard about Social Marketing to the Business Customer (by Paul Gillin and...
View ArticleBook Review: The Social Customer
The Social Customer is one of the best books I’ve read on practical uses and implementations of social media marketing. Given that I’ve read a fair number of them over the last few years, that’s saying...
View ArticleMy 2012 Reading Challenge: 36 Books
For the last two years I’ve set myself a challenge – one I adopted from Julien Smith – to read at least 26 books per year. That’s one every two weeks. In 2010 I managed 26 books; last year I managed...
View ArticleBook Review: The Social Media Strategist
“Page turner.” Not words you usually expect to associate with a social media book. For anyone who is looking for a solid primer on social media within corporations, though, those two words perfectly...
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