Building Social

Sixteen-year-old climate activist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez and his group the Earth Guardians believe that choices made now will have a lasting impact on the world of tomorrow, and they want to ensure a positive, just, and sustainable future. Beginning with their empowering story, We Rise explores many aspects of effective activism and provides step-by-step information on how to start and join solution-oriented movements.

In a world where oversharing is the norm, "How to Be Mysterious: 30 Laws to Building an Enigmatic Reputation" by Sterling Demers offers a refreshing and captivating guide to reclaiming your aura of mystery. Through 30 transformative laws, Demers expertly navigates the art of intrigue, teaching listeners how to weave a tapestry of mystique around themselves, both in personal and professional realms.

The last century saw a revolution in life expectancy. Whether you are male or female, born in the global south or north, the chances are that you can expect to live much longer than previous generations. But instead of seeing this as a precious gift of extra life, we see it as a burden, with ageing populations dogged by infirmity, dependent on an ever-decreasing number of young people to support them. Andrew Scott argues it doesn't have to be like that.

If you have trouble communicating effectively and would like to change that so you can enjoy more success in your social and business life, then keep reading! Ineffective communication skills can have a drastic and lasting effect on your life. They can hamper career prospects, end personal relationships, and damage your mental health. Improving your communication skills can be tricky, but with the right help, it is more than possible. Effective Communication is the perfect way to guide you through this learning process.

Very often, people who lack confidence and suffer from social anxiety never reach their true potential in life. The horrible fear of what other people think of you is paralyzing. It does not have to be this way. It is possible to learn confidence and beat social anxiety. This will help you make new friends, get the girl or boy you like, get that career you want, and do everything else you want to accomplish in life.

How to Reach Consensus Making decisions in a group is often challenging. All too often the more dominating members tend to impose their ideas, or the discussion bogs down and no decision is made. The practice of consultation provides a solution to this dilemma, by focusing on the decision-making process as a joint search for truth, in which each person’s perceptions and ideas contribute to a fuller understanding of the reality of a given situation, and consequently to better decisions. The practice of consultation is based on certain guidelines that encourage all participants to share ...

Building Equitable Early Learning Programs: A Social-Justice Approach gives educators the facts, examples, strategies, and approaches needed to create and sustain programs and practices that can best serve our communities.

Disability critiques of architecture usually emphasize the need for modification and increased access, but The Architecture of Disability calls for a radical reorientation of this perspective by situating experiences of impairment as a new foundation for the built environment. With its provocative proposal for "the construction of disability," this book fundamentally reconsiders how we conceive of and experience disability in our world.

Are you craving more profound, more authentic relationships in a world that often feels disconnected? Do you navigate surface-level conversations, longing for genuine emotional intimacy and trust? If so, Connection Code is the transformative guide to creating more robust, more meaningful bonds with everyone in your life—whether it’s with family, friends, colleagues, or even new acquaintances.

Everybody's biased. We all harbor unconscious assumptions that get in the way of our good intentions and keep us from working harmoniously and effectively with other people. In our increasingly diverse society this can be a real stumbling block. Tiffany Jana and Matthew Freeman - consultants who also happen to be a biracial couple - argue that ultimately the only way to really overcome bias is to focus our energy on building relationships.

Once a teenaged mom, Ronessa "Ronne" Brown defeated the odds by stepping over the stereotypes surrounding her to take her family's destiny into her own hands. Ronne's "no excuses" mantra transformed their lives, from being stuck an endless cycle of "jobs" to becoming a millionaire - all by teaching herself how to monetize Instagram. And so can you.

Author Hattie Cooper, the blogger behind The Anxious Girl's Guide to Dating, knows anxiety. She has lived with generalized anxiety disorder for years. Hattie shares immediate, easy-to-use strategies for tackling your social anxiety disorder and creating healthy habits. Featuring expert advice from foreword writer and registered psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald, the tools in this book will help you beat your anxiety and reveal your most confident self.

magine a global blackout. A situation where the entire electrical grid has collapsed. The lights are out, yet the network remains, silently waiting to supply us with electricity once more. You look around—what do you see? Darkness. Now, imagine another kind of invisible network, one that magically connects all living beings on Earth. And at this point, let’s ask ourselves: What kind of energy do we need to break through this invisible web that connects us, to bring Light back into our lives? Is this energy truly theoretical or elusive? What is lacking in our communication, interpersonal...

Racial Emotion at Work is an invitation to understand our own emotions and associated behaviors around race—and much more. With this surprising and timely book, Tristin K. Green takes us beyond diversity trainings and other individualized solutions to discrimination and inequality in employment, calling for sweeping changes in how the law and work organizations treat and shape racial emotions.

In his extraordinary new book, Alain de Botton explores the importance of buildings in our lives, pondering our attachment to our homes and considering such questions as: Why do people disagree about taste? Can beautiful surroundings make us good?

Getting to Reparations makes a logical and necessary case for reparations for Black Americans. It lays out a path as to how we might achieve this, built on the frameworks used throughout U.S. history by the government to pay restitution. It is now time to do the same for America's Black population.

Online social networks marketing utilizes collaborative approaches to communicate, introduce, and advertise products, enhance sales, get feedback, develop items or business image, foster public relations, and harness client support. The expense is minimal as compared to routine marketing and item promo projects on the radio, TV, and print mediums. Company existence utilizing this type of marketing will be worldwide.

Engage and Inspire: Mastering Content Creation for Social Media Success By J. R. Glenn Are you ready to transform your social media presence and captivate your audience like never before? Engage and Inspire: Mastering Content Creation for Social Media Success is your ultimate guide to creating impactful, engaging content that drives results. This comprehensive book provides actionable strategies and insights to help you navigate the ever-changing world of social media. Whether you're a small business owner, marketer, or content creator, you'll find everything you need to build a strong ...

John Galt, the fictional character from Ayn Rand's best-selling novel Atlas Shrugged has come to embody the individualist capitalist who acts in his own enlightened self interest, and in doing so lifts the world around him. Now, in I Am John Galt (2011), inspiring stories are gathered with the keen insight and analysis of well-known market commentator Donald Luskin and business writer Andrew Greta.

For some, projecting confidence and credibility is second nature. For others, it seems like a foreign language they’ll never learn - until now. Rob Jolles delivers down-to-earth solutions for anyone looking to enhance the most basic need of all: to be believed. He leverages his over 30 years of experience to equip listeners with empowering and practical tools for achieving business and social success.