This incredible resource is a guide to facilitating powerful activities to create more connected and more engaged teams.

Networking is one of the most important skills that is necessary for success in business, but is rarely something we’re taught. This volume teaches readers the importance of making new connections and keeping them. The narrative explains the type of connections a person should seek, which ensures that the quality of those connections can open doors, not close them

The Art of Professional Connections is a four-part series. The first book of the series, Seven Steps to Impressive Greetings and Confident Interactions, serves as a foundation for all four books. These are skill sets that go with you everywhere from an interview or client meeting to negotiations. You will refer back to this book often for hints or reminders about those ''what to do when ...'' networking situations or for constructive insights to evaluate your own communication and networking skills. About the Author Gloria Petersen is president and founder of Global Protocol, Inc., a premier resource for developing a dynamic business culture. Gloria energizes audiences with her down-to-earth style and inspires them to take control of their careers and to serve as role models for others. Her customized programs have a twenty-five-year proven track record for teaching individuals how to develop the social intelligence necessary to inspire, lead, and succeed. Credentialed as a certified protocol professional and a graduate of the Protocol School of Washington and the Professional Image Institute, her accomplishments include directing and hosting her own FOX network television show, Image of Success, serving as an etiquette judge on The Learning Channel, and authoring articles for numerous publications. She keeps current by conducting surveys, attending frequent symposiums, and monitoring the business climate for emerging issues. Additional information about Gloria Petersen can be found at: GlobalBusinessProtocol.com GloriaPetersen.com What are people saying? "Gloria proves herself a competent expert and capable author with this book. Gloria shines a light on networking as a career management tool for the professional worker and takes the guesswork out of networking -- empowering us to take the brave steps to get in the game " Christine Vicari, Founder-President, Southwest Job Network (SJN), www.southwestjobnet.org "I hate networking, but even I've become quite proficient following Gloria's sage advice. Success Strategies helps from the handshake to the hors d'oeuvres, and the cocktail to the commentary." Alan Weiss, PhD, Author, Million Dollar Consulting and The Consulting Bible

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE WINNER • With music pulsing on every page, this startling, exhilarating novel of self-destruction and redemption “features characters about whom you come to care deeply as you watch them doing things they shouldn't, acting gloriously, infuriatingly human” (The Chicago Tribune). One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Bennie is an aging former punk rocker and record executive. Sasha is the passionate, troubled young woman he employs. Here Jennifer Egan brilliantly reveals their pasts, along with the inner lives of a host of other characters whose paths intersect with theirs. “Pitch perfect.... Darkly, rippingly funny.... Egan possesses a satirist’s eye and a romance novelist’s heart.” —The New York Times Book Review

Educators who work with pre-service teachers understand the significant role they play in mentoring the next generation of teachers. Those who have "walked the talk" and been classroom teachers themselves, working with students daily over the course of a school year, can share powerful stories on transformative teaching. To fully prepare tomorrow's teachers, educators need to mix theory about best practice with the reality of teaching in classrooms. Cases on Emotionally Responsive Teaching and Mentoring provides a collection of case studies from former classroom teachers who now work with pre-service teachers to provide an understanding of the expectations and outcomes of teaching through actual K-12 teaching experiences. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as cultural identity, teacher development, and learner diversity, this book is ideally designed for pre-service teachers, mentors, educators, administrators, professors, academicians, and students seeking current research on the diverse nature of schools, children, and learning and applying concepts to best suit the profession.

Connections is an innovative program, built from the ground up with a growth-mindset approach to college and career success. Written by counseling psychologists Paul Gore, Wade Leuwerke, and A.J. Metz, Connections shows students from day one how to be learners, whose mindset, drive, and strengths will help them meet any challenge on their way to college, personal, and career success. The expertly designed program is firmly rooted in the most current research in positive psychology, using self-reflection as a tool for goal-setting; goal-setting as a tool for imagining one's potential; and imagining one's potential as the motivation for realizing it. Connections puts students at the center of their own personalized learning path, facilitates their purposeful choice of an academic and career plan, and develops all the skills they need--cognitive and non-cognitive, academic and life--to foster their self-growth and success. Built around the most common issues faced in the classroom, LaunchPad for Connections, Second Edition gives students everything they need to prepare for class and exams, including author-developed digital tools linked directly to the eBook, the ACES student self-assessment (taken at the start and end of term), and our acclaimed LearningCurve adaptive quizzing. For instructors, LaunchPad offers everything they need to quickly set up a course, customize the content, prepare presentations and lectures, assign and assess homework, and guide the progress of individual students and the class as a whole.

“For introverts who panic at the idea of networking, Wickre’s book is a deep, calming breath.” —Sophia Dembling, author of The Introvert’s Way Former Google executive, editorial director of Twitter, self-described introvert, and “the best-connected Silicon Valley figure you’ve never heard of” (Walt Mossberg, Wall Street Journal), offers networking advice for anyone who has ever canceled a coffee date due to social anxiety. Learn to nurture a vibrant circle of reliable contacts without leaving your comfort zone. Networking has garnered a reputation as a sort of necessary evil. Some people relish the opportunity to boldly work the room, introduce themselves to strangers, and find common career ground—but for many others, the experience is awkward, or even terrifying. The common networking advice for introverts are variations on the theme of overcoming or “fixing” their quiet tendencies. But Karen Wickre is a self-described introvert who has worked in Silicon Valley for thirty years. She shows you how to embrace your quiet nature and “make genuine connections that last, that we can nurture across the world for all kinds of purposes” (Chris Anderson, head of TED). Karen’s “embrace your quiet side” approach is for anyone who finds themselves shying away from traditional networking activities, or for those who would rather be curled up with a good book on a Friday night than out at a party. With compelling arguments and creative strategies, this “practical, easy-to-use” (Sree Sreenivasan, former chief digital officer of Columbia University) book is a perfect guide.