Horseshoes Vs. Chess

Horseshoes Vs. Chess
Author: Dave Adkisson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2021-01-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9781953655318

Change is Accelerating. Managing a chamber of commerce and providing leadership in a community have never been more challenging. Navigating complexity is certainly more than showing up at a picnic and tossing a horseshoe, hoping to get a ringer. It takes intelligence, strategy, and focus to win prosperity. In Horseshoes vs. Chess, veteran chamber executive and former mayor Dave Adkisson shares the insights he gained from more than 40 years observing chambers of commerce - as a CEO of three very different chambers (a small city chamber, a metro chamber, and a state chamber), as a two-term mayor of his hometown, as a former assistant to a U.S. Senator, and as a chamber leader on the national level. Horseshoes vs. Chess offers the lessons Adkisson wishes he had known when he started. He explores four distinct aspects of living in "Chamber World: " Chamber Leaders' Distinct Personalities and Skill Sets Chamber Leaders Building Their Chambers to New Heights Chamber Leaders Helping Shape Their Communities Chamber Leaders Growing Professionally With compelling stories of victories as well as disappointments, Adkisson celebrates the incredible opportunity chamber leaders have to help their chambers and communities navigate modern challenges and gain greater prosperity.

Echoes Across the Tracks

Echoes Across the Tracks
Author: David C. Moravec
Publisher: First Edition Design Pub.
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2024
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1506911889

In "Echoes Across the Tracks," author David C. Moravec weaves a tale of serendipity and human connection against the backdrop of a bustling New Orleans train station. Charlie, a seasoned business consultant, finds himself at a crossroads when his flight to Chicago is unexpectedly canceled. What follows is a captivating narrative of chance encounters, heartfelt conversations, and the unexpected twists of fate that shape our lives. One of the novel's greatest strengths lies in its richly drawn characters, each with their own unique backstory and motivations. Aura's journey from war-torn Uganda to the vibrant streets of New Orleans serves as a poignant reminder of the resilience of the human spirit, while Jackson's quest for employment highlights the universal struggles of hope and perseverance. At its core, "Echoes Across the Tracks" is a celebration of the power of human connection and the profound impact that chance encounters can have on our lives. As Charlie navigates the uncertainties of travel delays and unexpected detours, he learns valuable lessons about empathy, compassion, and the importance of seizing the moment. One of the novel's most compelling aspects is its exploration of memory and nostalgia, as Charlie reflects on his past experiences and the people who have shaped his life. The author skillfully weaves together multiple threads of narrative, seamlessly blending Charlie's present-day journey with glimpses of his past. Through flashbacks and introspective moments, readers gain insight into Charlie's character and the experiences that have shaped him into the person he is today. With its evocative prose, vivid characterizations, and thought-provoking themes, "Echoes Across the Tracks " is a poignant and captivating novel that will linger in the minds of readers long after they've reached the final destination. Whether you're a fan of literary fiction, business self-help books or simply enjoy a well-crafted story, this book is sure to leave a lasting impression. Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnYcZ-LySDY About the author: David C. Moravec is an accomplished business leader with over 40 years of experience in a variety of industries, including educational technology and printing. A Chicago native transplanted in Cincinnati, Dave’s consultative approach to fractional sales management and chamber of commerce growth has him in high demand as a respected speaker, storyteller, and entrepreneurial therapist. Dave currently serves as President and CEO of the Colerain Chamber of Commerce and consults with clients as Sales Manager for Rent. www.SalesManagerForRent.com

Ramblings from a Recovering Heterosexual

Ramblings from a Recovering Heterosexual
Author: Ruth Clein
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2017-12-20
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1543468942

Ramblings from a Recovering Heterosexual is the story of a woman who left her husband of twenty-seven years to come out of the closet. Never having realized she was in the closet, she goes on to search for answers. Writing with a sense of humor, she chronicles an unusual life of love, loss, cults, drugs, and numerous mistakes made along the way. Her time spent in a mental institution where she received shock therapy in her fifties has ultimately given her the resilience to move on, to make some changes, and to accept herself for who she is.

Provoking Curriculum Studies

Provoking Curriculum Studies
Author: Nicholas Ng-a-Fook
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2015-08-11
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1317574281

Provoking Curriculum Studies pushes forward a strong reading of the theoretical and methodological innovations taking place within curriculum studies research. Addressing an important gap in contemporary curriculum studies—conceptualizing scholars as poets and the potential of the poetic in education—it offers a framework for doing curriculum work at the intersection of the arts, social theory, and curriculum studies. Drawing on poetic inquiry, psychoanalysis, phenomenology, life writing, and several types of arts-based research methodologies, this diverse collection spotlights the intellectual genealogies of curriculum scholars such as Ted Aoki, Geoffrey Milburn and Roger Simon, whose provocations, inquiries, and recursive questioning link the writing and re-writing of curriculum theory to acts of strong poetry. Readers are urged to imagine alternative ways in which professors, teachers, and university students might not only engage with but disrupt, blur, and complicate curriculum theory across interdisciplinary topographies in order to seek out blind impresses—those areas of knowledge that are left over, unaddressed by ‘mainstream’ curriculum scholarship, and that instigate difficult questions about death, trauma, prejudice, poverty, colonization, and more.

The A C T Balance To Life

The A C T Balance To Life
Author: Ken F. Riley Jr.
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2017-09-15
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 138722946X

The absolute, complete, and total balance to life with can be used to govern one's self. A guide on how to be a good person and how not to be a bad person.

The Pleasure of God

The Pleasure of God
Author: J. Ellsworth Kalas
Publisher: Presbyterian Publishing Corp
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2016-01-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1611646456

How can anything be ordinary if we find the glory of God there? Whatever might be said of life's most thrilling or transformative moments, most of our time is spent in ordinary things. We spend a third of our lives sleeping. In our adult lives, perhaps a quarter to a third of each week is spent at work. And then there's more of the common stuff: eating, waiting in line, bathing, getting dressed, and watching TV. So it is that our seventy, eighty, or ninety years go by in common ways, and we have no idea where they've gone. Is there glory in any of this? Where is the abundant life of which Jesus spoke? In this inspiring new work, J. Ellsworth Kalas says that the glory is found not just in the ecstasy of love or victory but in all of life, whether ecstatic or ordinary. Kalas believes it is possible to live with such joy and gladness of hearts that we find our ordinary lives graced by the pleasure of God. He offers a guide to spiritual contentment in the midst of busy lives, showing us the meaning in those seemingly small aspects of every day.

The Memoir of Arthur Lanning

The Memoir of Arthur Lanning
Author: Jay Bynum
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2008-07-11
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1465330240

It is 1980 and American literati are trying to decide how to rank Faulkner, Hemingway, and Lanning. The first two are dead and Lanning is coming on strong, but Arthur Lanning is bad mannered in his arrogance and his insulation from his reading public. He claims to have been born in Richmond, but the newspapers research the claim and find nothing. Suddenly he commits suicide above his isolated Sanctuary home in Idaho, and young Professor Zack Thohus is chosen to write his official biography. Thohus is a conscious Lanningphile; he frankly ranks Lanning ahead of Hemmingway. He is wondering, 6 months after the death, how he will be received at Sanctuary. He finds that it is solidly anti-Arthur. Beloved Ruth reveals her fifteen year marriage has never been consummated and, an early orphan, children had been her fondest hope. Siley Alcott, the general factotum, agrees with friend Ruth in every way. None of Arthurs early promises to her have been fulfilled. Zack, feeling himself a psychologic twin of Arthurs and something of a look-alike, is, of course, the central character. He knows something of the history of his own illegitimacy, and he has some of the same feelings Ruth has: a rich hunger for love, a thwarted parental need. He is falling in love with Ruth. Ruths gynecologist thinks she may have two or three opportunities to become pregnant, and Ruths body temperature chart indicates she is starting ovulation. This is the second them of the novel: love is all there is of good sex, but sex is not all of love. Good sex is shared sex. (Divided sex: one for you, one for me, is not shared sex. Shared sex is this and we for us.) Rape is another planet: hate. Well, if you are with me, the book ought to make it plain. Zack finds out that Arthur was a bloody bastard who didnt write all of the good books. And Ruth gets pregnant three times and the first one has hair in silver curls like Zack, and all of them are theirs. In my books, the good guys with every time. Its the way my world is run. Amen.

Counterfeit Community

Counterfeit Community
Author: John F. Freie
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1998
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780847688722

As Counterfeit Community shows, building genuine community means no quick fixes and no false appeals. The hard work of weaving relationships must be combined with political, economic, and social change to counter the counterfeit trend.