Employment Change

DeVry University announces Employment Gap Scholarship program to aid displaced workers

March 18th, 2009

DeVry University will award two Employment Gap Scholarships per eight-week session at each of its 86 undergraduate locations nationwide, as well as online, totaling more than 725 individual scholarships. These scholarships will provide up to $1,000 per semester (two eight-week sessions), per qualified student; up to a maximum of $9,000.
The Employment Gap Scholarships will be [...]

The Change Handbook: The Definitive Resource on Today’s Best Methods for Engaging Whole Systems

November 13th, 2008

Originators and practitioners of such change methods as Future Search, Real Time Strategic Change, Gemba Kaizen, and Open Space Technology outline the distinctive aspects of their approaches, detail roles and responsibilities, share stories illustrating their use, and answer frequently asked questions. A comparative chart allows readers to evaluate the methods to find the one [...]

Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients Change Behavior (Applications of Motivational Interviewin)

November 7th, 2008

Much of health care today involves helping patients manage conditions whose outcomes can be greatly influenced by lifestyle or behavior change. Written specifically for health care professionals, this concise book presents powerful tools to enhance communication with patients and guide them in making choices to improve their health, from weight loss, exercise, and smoking [...]

BARACK OBAMA: An American Dream, A Christian Conservative’s Guide In Embracing Change

November 7th, 2008

Barrack Obama demonstrates the commonness in our understanding of each other. We are but one people under the sun. All the challenges and blessings of his life suggest the goodness of his nature. Rising from the abandonment of his father, the struggle of this man to find himself and try to [...]

Barack Obama: Voice of Unity, Hope, and Change

November 7th, 2008

“Barack Obama has a unique ability to inspire us, lift our spirits, and bring people of all backgrounds together to do great things for our country. In Barack, I see not just the audacity of hope, but the possibility of hope for the better America we can be. Libby Hughes captures his extraordinary appeal [...]

Barack Obama – Hope and Change (Biography)

November 7th, 2008

Barack Obama – Hope and Change is a biography of Barack Obama, who is a candidate for the office of President of the United States and current United States Senator from the state of Illinois. Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to a black Kenyan father and an American white mother. He graduated [...]

Democracy and Self-Organization: The Change of Which Barack Obama Speaks

November 7th, 2008

In Democracy and Self-Organization, Robert Aziz draws on his depth understanding of human psychology and culture to provide us with unprecedented insight into the dynamics of meaning underlying Barack Obama’s politics of change. Conclusions reached about our current cultural crisis [...]

Obama: A Promise of Change

November 7th, 2008

Barack Obama captured America’s attention when he delivered his renowned keynote address to the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Since then, he has come to represent unity among people of all ages and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Follow the story of a boy named Barry, from his childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia to his time [...]

Change We Can Believe In: Barack Obama’s Plan to Renew America’s Promise

November 7th, 2008

At this defining moment in our history, Americans are hungry for change. After years of failed policies and failed politics from Washington, this is our chance to reclaim the American dream. Barack Obama has proven to be a new kind of leader–one who can bring people together, be honest about the challenges we face, [...]

Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves

February 3rd, 2007

The Dalai Lama, Buddhist monks and some of the world’s leading neuroscientists all gather once a year at a conference on the latest discoveries in neuroplasticity: the study of how the human brain can change itself. (This is the second book the subject due out in March, along with Norman Doidge’s The Brain That [...]