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- office: 419-732-1770 • cell: 419-260-3949 • cathy@creativeoptionc.com
- All contents property of Creative Option C. © 2011
Original Articles
In the course of my nearly 25 years in politics, government, and issue advocacy I have benefited tremendously from kind and careful mentoring of people who were skilled in various aspects of public work. Some of this is related to doing issue campaigns—how to target efforts or choose from the various methods of voter contact. Other skills—such as fundraising or generating media coverage—have more general application. I have written this series of articles as a way of capturing what I have learned over the years. *Unless otherwise noted, all documents are in PDF format and require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to open, view and print.
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Cathy's Reading List
I devour books on organizational development, leadership, business principles, personal effectiveness. After reading, I type up my notes, considering how each idea might be applied by my clients. Yet, I have often found that key learnings are too quickly gone from memory. That's why I started compiling these two-page synopses for my own use. With the encouragement of friends and colleagues, I offer my notes now through the Creative Option C website so that others may gain insight from my favorite authors and perhaps be inspired to read the entire work. *Unless otherwise noted, all documents are in PDF format and require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to open, view and print.
Organizational Development
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Fundraising by Cathy Allen, Creative Option C $5.95 |
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Earned Media / Public Relations by Cathy Allen, Creative Option C $5.95 |
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Stakeholder Assessments by Cathy Allen, Creative Option C $5.95 |
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Community Assessments by Cathy Allen, Creative Option C *This document is in Microsoft PowerPoint file format $5.95 |
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The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Restoring the Character Ethic by Stephen R. Covey $2.95 |
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The Winners Manual for the Game of Life by Jim Tressel, with Chris Fabry $2.95 |
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The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking by Roger Martin, Professor of Business at the University of Toronto $2.95 |
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What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful by Marshall Goldsmith, Executive Coach and Consultant $2.95 |
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The Secrets of Six-Figure Women: Surprising Strategies to Up Your Earnings and Change Your Life by Barbara Stanny, Journalist, Columnist, Motivational Speaker $2.95 |
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The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less by Barry Schwartz, PhD, Social Theory Professor, Swarthmore $2.95 |
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First Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman, Gallup Organization $2.95 |
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The Magic of Thinking Big: Acquire the Secrets of Success…Achieve Everything You’ve Always Wanted by David A. Schwartz, PhD, Georgia State University, President, Creative Educational Services $2.95 |
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The One Thing You Need to Know…About Great Managing, Great Leading, and Sustained Individual Success by Marcus Buckingham, www.marcusbuckingham.com $2.95 |
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Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher, William Ury, Bruce Patton, The Harvard Negotiation Project $2.95 |
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Six Disciplines for Excellence: Building Small Businesses that Learn, Last, and Lead by Gary Harpst $2.95 |
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Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton $2.95 |
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Go, Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance by Marcus Buckingham $2.95 |
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Strengths-Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie $2.95 |
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Could Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker $2.95 |
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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni, The Table Group $2.95 |
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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t by Jim Collins, University of Colorado at Boulder $2.95 |
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Breaking Robert’s Rules: The New Way to Run Your Meeting, Build Consensus, and Get Results by Lawrence E. Susskind and Jeffrey L. Cruikshank, Consensus Building Institute $2.95 |
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Losing My Virginity: How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made Fortune Doing Business My Way by Sir Richard Branson, Founder/CEO, The Virgin Group $2.95 |
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The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything by Stephen M. R Covey with Rebecca Merrill $2.95 |
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Learning From Strangers: The Art and Method of Qualitative Interview Studies by Robert S. Weiss, Research Professor, University of Massachusetts, Boston $2.95 |
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The Secrets of Self-Employment: Surviving and Thriving on The Ups and Downs of Being Your Own Boss by Sarah and Paul Edwards $2.95 |
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First Things First: To Live, to Love, to Learn, to Leave a Legacy by Stephen R. Covey with A. Roger Merrill and Rebecca Merrill $2.95 |
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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande, M.D. $2.95 |
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Who Moved My Cheese? An A-Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life (plus 3 bonus synopses!) by Spencer Johnson, M.D. $2.95 |
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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink $2.95 |
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The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Dont Work and What To Do About It by Michael E. Gerber $2.95 |
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Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill $2.95 |
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