New Location -- November Curriculum Network Meeting

The November Curriculum Network meeting will be held at a new location on November 7th. The meeting starts at 8:30 a.m. at the Johnston Heartland Office (6500 Corporate Drive) in Rooms 3 & 4 and the ICN Room. Click here for the agenda.

Available at the Professional Library -- NSPRA 2008 Conference Audio CDs

Heartland purchased recordings of some of the sessions from this year's National School Public Relations conference. They are available for checkout from the professional library.

A new look at school finance elections (255927)
Presenter: Gay Campbell.

How to eat an elephant, making your district budget digestible (255919)
Presenter: Jay Remy.

Public education, a brand worth marketing (255921)
Presenters: Rudolph Crew, Cathleen Healy, and Alberto Carvalho.

I'm here to H.E.L.P (255918)
Keynote speech by Riney Jordan.

Making lemonade out of lemons, turning a referendum loss into a successful two-year campaign (255917)
Presenter: Susan Brott.

The top 5 in 5, the key trends that will occupy you and your district in the next 5 years (255923)
Presenter: Brian Woodland.

Using your online resources to tip your bond election (255922)
Presenter: Jim Cummings.

Why should the boss listen to you? The seven disciplines of the trusted strategic advisor (255920)
Presenter: Jim Lukaszewski.

Free Audio Download -- Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization

A free audio download is available of Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan. This download includes an audio foreword featuring Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com talking with the author about organizational culture and core values. The book draws upon research from a 10-year study of more than 24,000 people in two dozen organizations. It argues that tribes have the greatest influence in determining the culture of an organization and how much and what quality work gets done. The authors identify the five stages of employee tribal development—Life sucks, My life sucks, I'm great and you're not, We're great and Life is great—and offer advice on how to manage these groups.

Go to http://www.zappos.com/tribal.zhtml. It requires a brief registration process. You can download the entire book or separate files for each chapter.