Books and eBooks
Great Starts for GREAT Meetings
Making Good Meetings GREAT
Inbox Detox
The Silent Signals of Success Journal
Great Starts for GREAT Meetings
Use icebreakers! Getting your meeting participants warmed up and in the right frame of mind at the START of the meeting can cut your meeting time in half, double the impact of your results and keep them coming back for more! Icebreakers work!
This 60+ page gem has more than 50 GREAT icebreakers that will help you get your meeting off the ground!
"I have received so much value by reading and using your book, Great Starts for Great Meetings - Icebreakers You Can Use. Being a trainer for many years, I found these to be very fresh with new ideas. The activities are just wonderful. I especially like using ones such as "What I Like About You" and others that allow team members to diminish any unfavorable notions and brings out everyone's strengths. They feel really good about themselves - what a way to start a meeting!"
--Nancy M. Wagner, Trainer , Penske Truck Leasing
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"I found Marsha's book "Great Starts for Great Meetings" to be helpful not only in my own speaking and training business, but as a professor of education I have recommended her book to teachers as a great resource for their classrooms. Anyone who works with groups of people in any capacity needs this book. It is full of easy to implement ideas that are also fun to engage in."
--Edward D. Hendricks, CAE, Assistant Professor of Education, Sacred Heart University, President, Edward D. Hendricks & Associates, Inc.
"Not only a great read for the beginner, but awesome tips for the experienced. A quick read book with valuable ideas on how to have great meetings, only an experienced insider would know. You will find Marsha Egan's wisdom invaluable!"
--Cynthia Miller, Director of Market Development, Lehigh Valley Medical Center
"This is a great resource. I use these icebreakers regularly in both the corporate world and in my volunteer associations. This book contains loads of great ways to kick off meetings and get people involved.
--David O. Bisbee, CPCU, Project Manager, Nationwide Insurance
Making Good Meetings GREAT!
This 60-plus page gem is jam-packed with GREAT meeting tips. Directed toward the meeting leader, it gives you great tips you can use right away to make the meetings you run GREAT!
"Ninety percent of the success of a meeting lies with the meeting leader!" --Marsha Egan
So you want to run highly productive, efficient, (and even fun) meetings? Get yourself the right skills and tools, and just watch your good meetings turn into GREAT meetings!
"Mastering the art of a great meeting is vital to effective leadership. Marsha Egan gives new insight into the role of the “Chief Communicator”. This could unlock the door for a lot of people!"
Gregory Maciag, President & CEO ACORD
“Whether are an experienced meeting facilitator or a novice, this guide is chock full of ideas to help you increase the effectiveness and efficiency of your meetings. The common-sense approach, sprinkled with a touch or humor, leads to practical application of the concepts.”
Rita Williams-Bogar, MBA, President & CEO, Personal Development Solutions, LLC
Do you feel comfortable that you have GREAT meeting facilitation skills in these areas?
- When to hold meetings
- How to start meetings
- How to involve participants
- How to facilitate (rather than dictate)
- How to delegate in a friendly and effective way
- How to get a lot of work done, on time
- How to have fun!
This book gives you, the leader, common sense approaches and solutions that will help you facilitate meetings that people will appreciate and enjoy.
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Bulk orders are available!
100 books: $10 each, or $1,000 / 250 books: $7 each, or $1,750
500 books: $5 each, or $2,500 / 1,000 books: $4 each, or $4,000
Optional customization available
We can add your CEO's quote and logo to the cover, or whatever!
Call for details 877-749-4036
Inbox Detox
And the Habit of E-mail Excellence
Your inbox is making you sick, and Inbox Detox is the cure.
Order yours today. Detoxify your Inbox tomorrow!
Our newly released book, Inbox Detox - And the Habit of E-mail Excellence (Acanthus Publishing) is 180 pages of helping you change your emailing HABITS.
180 pages of ways to detoxify your draining email habits, and take control of your life. Available on Amazon (5 stars!) or here.
Buy one or many! Detoxify your whole department! Only $19.95
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WHAT'S IN THIS BOOK:
- How much e-mail mismanagement is costing you
- Two e-mail handling assessments
- The internationally acclaimed "12 Steps to Curing Your E-mail Eddiction"
- Twenty "Toxic E-mailer Alert" Profiles - do you know Midnight Manny?
- Best practices for e-mail efficiency, eco-friendliness, and etiquette
- Habit changing practices and tips
EXCERPT: While companies are losing worker productivity, employees are extending the length of their workdays, going to the office on weekends, and checking their e-mail while on vacation because they can no longer manage the volume of communication that requires their attention. This is how e-mail habits have become toxic to individuals and businesses alike.
"What’s most unique and valuable about this book is that Marsha has developed a process for managing your email. Follow her steps and two things will happen: You will be more productive and have less stress."
--David Markovitz,President, GMP Training Systems, Inc. http://TeddySpeaks.com
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"After reading your book, I immediately became more aware of the length of my e-mail messages to others as well as who I sent copies of the e-mail to. Your book is an excellent guide for the sole entrepreneur, as well as a corporation with thousands of employees. The advice you offer is bound to save people time and focus their attention on tasks of higher priority. Thank you!"
Rosemarie Rossetti, Ph.D., President, Universal Design Living Laboratory http://www.UDLL.com
EXCERPT:
TOXIC E-MAILER ALERT! VERBOSE VELMA
Verbose Velma’s e-mails run on and on and on and on and on and on...
Velma’s Antidote: Shorten the message, Velma! Her rule of thumb should be that if it will take longer to type your e-mail than to pick up the phone or visit the person and simply relay the message through conversation, don’t waste time creating the e-mail message. Rather, call or visit, explain the situation, and if a record is needed, summarize it later by e-mail. That summary e-mail will be shorter than the originally intended one. In the long run, it will take Velma less time, and bring her better results.
In the book, you'll meet some other "Toxic E-mailers: "CHATROOM CHUCK, COPY-HAPPY HARRY, MIDNIGHT MANNY, URGENT URSULA
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INBOX DETOX And the Habit of E-Mail Excellence
(Acanthus Publishing, 2009) 180 pages, Digital version
MORE ABOUT THE BOOK, AND WHY YOU NEED IT...
Workplace interruptions cost the U.S. economy $900 billion per year (according to research by information-technology research firm Basex[1]) – that’s not a number any company wants to see during a recession. The study found email to be the third largest culprit when it comes to workplace interruptions. Basex indicates that employees spent a total of just 11 minutes on a project before being distracted by an incoming email, and that it took them an average of 25 minutes to get back to that particular task. In a time when layoffs and cutbacks are becoming the norm, companies cannot afford to keep losing productivity if they want to survive.
The solution is for companies to work toward creating productive workplace habits. Email misuse is a habit – a bad one – and it’s imperative to recognize it as such. And, like any other habit, you can learn how to break it. Developing new, productive email habits can save your company hundreds of thousands of dollars – and yourself a great deal of time and energy, according to internationally recognized productivity expert, author, and coach Marsha Egan. She tackles the process of taking control of your inbox in her new book, Inbox Detox and the Habit of E-mail Excellence (Acanthus Publishing, 2009).
Books on how to increase your workplace productivity are a dime a dozen, but none of them deal with email mismanagement as a HABIT that can be broken. Inbox Detox goes deeper, highlighting the point that email misuse is a bad habit that can only be fixed by undergoing a series of steps to establish a pattern of good email behavior. The book provides readers with practical, hands-on solutions for how readers can tame their inboxes, showing them how to regain real, measurable productive time – fast.
In Inbox Detox, Egan walks readers through first recognizing that unproductive email habits, while easy to spot, can be challenging to change. The key to the process is for them to recognize the habits that are sapping their productivity and rework their approach to technology, starting with identifying the problem. The book includes diagnostic quizzes that allow the reader to gauge how well they deal with both incoming and outgoing email and then offers a 12-step solution for how to “cure” the habit. The second part of the book outlines the healthy email practices the reader should aim for, from green email habits to career-enhancing etiquette. Egan has also included the humorous Toxic E-mailer Alerts!, featuring characters we may recognize in our everyday interactions – or even within ourselves.
“It’s so easy to become a slave to your inbox,” says Egan. “While the solutions may not be rocket science, this book provides a process to take control of your inbox and your life – just one month of focus can bring huge returns.”
[1] http://www.basex.com/press.nsf/0/E53F4C6142D119A6852570F9001AB0EC?OpenDocument
An easy read, packed with great info! --Mary Marshall Palmer, Founder, Design From Your Soul www.designfromyoursoul.com
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"You will read the following in the Preface of this most helpful book; “Inbox Detox is your guide to learning the absolutely most efficient ways of handling your e-mail, then changing your habits so that they become engrained and second nature to you. It takes time and focus to change habits, and that habit-shift leads to maintaining an empty inbox, every time you open it.” I can assure you that this is not a sales pitch: It’s 110% accurate! The only thing I’d change about this book might be the title. I might have called it Veni, Vedi, Vici (I came, I saw, I conquered), because in my case, I came to the conclusion a while back that I needed help with my email problem, I saw the light provided by Marsha in her book, and with her help, I conquered my inbox, forever, and got my life back in the process. Thank you “Marsha Caesar”!"
Daniel Saint Jean, CEO, BizzBoosters http.www.The-Bizz-Boosters.com
The Silent Signals of Success Journal
The Silent Signals™ of Success Journal by Marsha Egan
This is like a journal you have never seen!
It is devoted to helping you enhance your success through the silent signals you send to others. It provides 52 weekly challenges to you to be more successful, with an opportunity for you to make notes, note progress, and return to check on yourself.
"There is no question in my mind that if you choose to take this weekly journey of discovering and understanding the power of these eight Silent Signals, you will experience greater success in both your personal and professional life. This Silent Signals of Success Journal is like a road map and guided tour filled with incredible discoveries and adventures. Marsha has provided us with a unique and powerful approach that allows each of us to discover and experience our own wisdom and the gems that we each possess"
Winston Connor, Professional Coach -- Coaching Dynamics, Inc.
Here is an Excerpt:
Foreward
I believe that everyone sends “Silent Signals™,” signals that convey to others our potential to be successful. Many times we send these signals unknowingly, yet they are present. And they tell others a lot.
Sometimes we can see another person’s roadblocks to achieving true success so clearly, yet we have trouble realizing our own. It is only when we discover what it is we want to change, that we can make positive changes in our lives.
I have identified eight Silent Signals™ of Success, signals sent by successful people. For each of the signals, there are thought-provoking challenges that enable you to discover whether you are sending those signals. You will discover ideas that you can use to change. For good.
The pages in this journal challenge you to assess yourself and the signals you already send. Then you decide what you will do differently to become even more successful.
The journal is set up in fifty-two weekly segments. For each week, there is a page of intriguing challenges, followed by pages on which you can complete your ideas, thoughts, and progress. As you make your way through the journal, you can revisit the previous segments and add comments about your progress.
A quick word of caution: You shouldn’t try to change everything at once; it’s best not to address the segments in one fell swoop. Take your time and commit to working on one segment each week.
This will be a building process. Just think of all the positive changes you’ll make in a year’s time. What a celebration that will be!
As always, to your success!
Marsha Egan
Here are some of the weekly success signal challenges:
Self Confidence Breeds Success
- Dare to Dream
- Why We Should Set Goals
- Who Spends Your Time?
- Honesty's Internal
- The Cost of Anger
- Are You Ready to Change?
- Go Where There is No Path...
...and there are 44 more gentle nudges in over 220 pages that will enable you to be your best; to find your own success.
Here's what others have said...
It was only through reading and absorbing your words that I started to feel the exhilaration that comes from helping my team succeed and the energy that radiates from them is enough for both of us! Thanks for helping me to look for the light in others & to find my own.--Tara Kennedy Kline
The way you've organized the material makes it very approachable and not at all overwhelming. --Ginny Kravitz
Thank you for inspiring me and keeping me moving forward!--NM-Vokorokos
Would you invest 50 cents a week in your self improvement? ORDER NOW! We'll ship your journal to you as soon as we receive your credit card order!
Only $.50 cents a week!
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Not convinced? Here's a sample of a weekly challenge:
What about that evil tongue???
Leaders are straight shooters.
They don't gossip
Because they know how hurtful it can be.
10 SECOND REALITY CHECK
Do you gossip? Much? At all?
If you do, what do you gain from it?
What productive thing results from gossip?
"No sword bites so fiercly as an evil tongue."--Sir Philip Sidney
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Gossip hurts others.
But it hurts you more.
People don't trust gossips.
"Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you." --Spanish Proverb
SO WHAT WILL YOU DO DIFFERENTLY?
Share only that which you know,
And that which won't hurt... anyone
Stop listening to others' gossip
Be positive; everyone has strengths. Everyone.
"Never tell evil of a man, if you do not know it for certainty, and if you know it for a certainty, then ask yourself, 'Why should I tell it?" --Johann K. Lavater
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What signals do YOU send?
SOCIAL MEDIA SAVVY?
Check out this audio series with Social Media expert Tom Gray!
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