Jossey Bass imprint: 1362 books
Idea Stormers
How to Lead and Inspire Creative Breakthroughs
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012
How to solve critical business challenges by generating more and better ideas
Every organization needs a steady supply of fresh, relevant ideas, but managers can?t just lock teams in a room with a mandate to brainstorm and hope for the best. Ideation is both a science and an art, and when group...
Responsibility at Work
How Leading Professionals Act (or Don't Act) Responsibly
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2010
Filled with original essays by Howard Gardner, William Damon, Mihaly Csikszenthmihalyi, and Jeanne Nakamura and based on a large-scale research project, the GoodWork® Project, Responsibility at Work reflects the information gleaned from in-depth interviews with more than 1,200 people from nine different...
The Influential Fundraiser
Using the Psychology of Persuasion to Achieve Outstanding Results
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2008
How to apply the latest developments in psychology and neurology for better fundraising and influencing skills
Leading fundraising expert Bernard Ross offers an alternative yet effective model for asking and influencing potential donors and peers, using the latest techniques developed in the...
The Responsible Entrepreneur
Four Game-Changing Archetypes for Founders, Leaders, and Impact Investors
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2014
"Individuals, acting on deeply held beliefs and passion, are boldly imagining and bringing into existence a different world... Whether you're a business entrepreneur, a social entrepreneur, an investment entrepreneur, or an academic, artistic, or civil servant entrepreneur, devour this important...
by John Carver, Carver Governance Design Inc., Miriam Mayhew Carver
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2009
The Carver Policy Governance® Guide series includes six booklets that offer board members a description of John Carver's Policy Governance model of board leadership. Policy Governance enables a board to fulfill its accountability to its organization's "owners," whether the owners are association...
Creating a Sense of Presence in Online Teaching
How to "Be There" for Distance Learners
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2010
Creating a Sense of Presence in Online Teaching
This important new resource shows how a strong sense of online presence contributes to greater student satisfaction and retention. The authors explore the psychological and social aspects of online presence from both the instructor and student...
The Teacher's Big Book of Graphic Organizers
100 Reproducible Organizers that Help Kids with Reading, Writing, and the Content Areas
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2010
Tap into the power of graphic organizers for classroom success
Veteran educator and NCTE trainer Katherine McKnight shows how students can use graphic organizers as an important tool to organize new information. Providing a visual representation that uses symbols to express ideas, concepts,...
Using Wikis for Online Collaboration
The Power of the Read-Write Web
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2008
How can online instructors and course designers' instruction harness the popular Web 2.0 tool, the wiki, for successful collaboration and learning outcomes? This book focuses on using wikis in the active learning processes that are the hallmark of collaborative learning and constructivism. It provides...
by Susan Manning, Kevin E. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2011
Instructors are under pressure to integrate technology into their traditional or online instruction, but often they aren't sure what to do or why they should do it. The Technology Toolbelt for Teaching offers instructors a down-to-earth guide to common technologies, explains the pedagogical purposes...
Learning in Real Time
Synchronous Teaching and Learning Online
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
Learning in Real Time is a concise and practical resource for education professionals teaching live and online or those wanting to humanize and improve interaction in their online courses by adding a synchronous learning component. The book offers keen insight into the world of synchronous learning...
Empowering Online Learning
100+ Activities for Reading, Reflecting, Displaying, and Doing
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2009
This is an essential resource for anyone designing or facilitating online learning. It introduces an easy, practical model (R2D2: read, reflect, display, and do) that will show online educators how to deliver content in ways that benefit all types of learners (visual, auditory, observational, and...
A Guide to Online Course Design
Strategies for Student Success
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
A Guide to Online Course Design offers faculty and professional staff a practical and easy-to-follow model for creating exceptional online courses that focuses on quality standards in instructional design, transparency in learning outcomes, and learner persistence. A comprehensive resource, the book...
The Elementary Teacher's Big Book of Graphic Organizers, K-5
100+ Ready-to-Use Organizers That Help Kids Learn Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, and More
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2013
100 ready-to-use graphic organizers that help elementary students learn
Graphic organizers are a powerful metacognitive teaching and learning tool and this book features 100 graphic organizers for teachers in grades K-5—double the number of any other book on the market. These graphic organizers...
Social Media for Educators
Strategies and Best Practices
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2012
Praise for Social Media for Educators
"At last, a book that provides a straightforward discussion of the pedagogical reasons to use social media, and how to effectively use the tools to enhance learning experiences. A practical must-have!"—Rita-Marie Conrad, instructional strategist...