Tell your story, change your lifeThink about people who are paid to speak at events. They're all celebrities, former politicians, or award-winning experts in their fields, right? Wrong. The truth is that every year, thousands of ordinary people generate five- and even six-figure incomes—just from speaking. And you can too.With the right know-how, anyone can harness the power of their own story to carve out a lucrative speaking career. Listen in as veteran s...

When you're asking all the right questions and still don't seem to get an answer, you can find yourself feeling frustrated, unfulfilled, and confused. That's when it's time to consider that just maybe you're asking the wrong people! In this book, Marshall James shares how wrong teaching and wrong understanding leads to deception and can impose limitations that keep many believers from experiencing the fullness of the Kingdom of God right here on earth. Poverty does not please God n...

James Marshall Reilly set out to capture the insights of today's brightest business and nonprofit leaders. He conducted in-depth interviews with Tony Hsieh (Zappos), Blake Mycoskie (TOMS), Shawn Fanning (Napster, Rupture, Path), and Jessica Jackley (Kiva, ProFounder), among many others. And he learned that despite their different fields, they're all using similar tools to seize opportunities and redefine success. Embracing a shift in generational values, these young people share a passion ...

Design learning environments where every student chooses to actively engageEvery teacher dreams of a classroom buzzing with curiosity, but creating genuine engagement is tough, especially alongside today’s endless distractions. If you′ve ever felt like you′re pulling teeth to get a hand raised, you aren′t alone! The Engagement by Design Playbook helps K-12 educators shift from demanding compliance to cultivating real curiosity.Rather than treating ...

A professional development assessment tool to elevate learning and instruction in every classroomThis unique, hands-on flipbook is designed as a classroom observation tool that redefines RIGOR, with a focus on five key elements, or indicators, that form a framework to promote a rigorous, scaffolded learning environment. Explore the five indicators to identify teacher strengths and areas for growth, and to set goals:RelationshipsInstruction

50 Strategies for Activating the Full Potential of Your PLC+ TeamAre you maximizing the impact of your professional learning communities? 50 Strategies for Activating Your PLC+ equips educators with the tools and actions needed to foster highly effective PLC+ teams.Successful PLCs are built on a foundation of strong collaboration, unified purpose, trust, and effective communication. The 50+ strategies in this essential guide address the challenges and poss...

Beautiful Music for Clarinet presents a baker’s dozen of unique pieces with piano accompaniment, gleaned from the symphonic, opera, piano, or folk literature of the Classical to early Modern eras. From Mozart to Holst, each setting is exceptional in its expressive quality and beauty as performed on the clarinet.Ideal for the intermediate to advanced player and collegiate-level recitals, selections include: “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” by Dukas, the Overture from Verdi’s

Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant concept in education. It′s a present-day force reshaping how students learn, and teachers teach. But in the rapidly evolving world of AI, educators need more than just quick fixes or flashy tools. With the guidance of expert educators Salman Khan, Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, James Marshall, and Meghan Hargrave, Teaching Students to Use AI Ethically & Responsibly will prepare you not only how to teach with AI-but how to teach for a wor...

11:34 is a horror compilation featuring 1 novel, 1 novella, 3 novelettes, and 4 short stories that will lead you through dark passageways of horror, dread, and suspense into a world where not every question is answered and not every answer is what you want it to be. If you discover what happens at 11:34, you might wish you hadn't.In order:In "The Haunt" (~9,500 words), Brad begins to suspect that someone is playing pranks on him. Is he beginning to lose his sanity or is som...

Proven practices to rescue struggling education initiatives... or prevent a crisis before it starts.Insufficient planning, unclear outcomes, missing data--for leaders overseeing education initiatives, it can often seem like there′s a crisis around every corner. Drawing on decades of experience in assessment, evaluation, and data-driven decision-making, author and Professor of Educational Leadership James Marshall offers a combination of evidence-based prac...

Pearson English Active Readers present stories carefully written and graded across five levels for teachers of English who want to activate their students’ language through reading, .From original stories, classic and contemporary fiction, to film adaptations and nonfiction titles, an integrated skills approach consolidates vocabulary and develops language skills while learners experience the joy of reading.Find out more at

In the US South, wood-based bioenergy schemes are being promoted and implemented through a powerful vision merging social, environmental, and economic benefits for rural, forest-dependent communities. While this dominant narrative has led to heavy investment in experimental technologies and rural development, many complexities and complications have emerged during implementation. Forests as Fuel draws on extensive multi-sited ethnography to ground the story of wood-based bioenergy...