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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, and the American Book Award, the best-selling Common Ground is much more than the story of the busing crisis in Boston as told through the experiences of three families. As Studs Terkel remarked, it's "gripping, indelible...a truth about all large American cities." 

From kidnappings to terrorist incidents, violent armed stand-offs to talking someone back from the ledge: all these make up the day-to-day life of Nicky Perfect’s job as a crisis and hostage negotiator. One of the first on the scene in situations that most would run from, Nicky is deployed to defuse the most volatile and fraught situations imaginable. After a decade on the frontlines, confronting the extremes of human behaviour, these are the stories and cases that have shaped a career spent on high alert, where life often hangs in the balance.

Estos contenidos, hacen parte de los materiales que conforman el curso Administración de la Comunicación en Crisis, impartido en la licenciatura de Relaciones Públicas y Comunicación del Centro Universitario de Ciencias Económico Administrativas - CUCEA, de la Universidad de Guadalajara, México. Disclaimer: la imagen ilustrativa de este podcast, así como algunos fragmentos de audio de sus episodios, han sido creados usando herramientas de inteligencia artificial generativa.

Leadership is difficult even during stable and predictable times. Leadership in a crisis is the quintessential leadership challenge. There are no handy fool-proof guides on how to deal with a unique crisis situation. This podcast series aims to shine a light on different dimensions of crisis leadership and provide insight into both challenges and solutions in stormy times. These programs were produced by students at the Stockholm School of Economics as a part of their Master course “Leading Change”, led by course director Dr. Andrew Schenkel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

This podcast series is about how leadership style can be crucial in determining the outcome of a crisis for an organisation, and the various strategies that can be drawn upon to lead through a crisis, with a focus on reframing crisis as an opportunity. Daniel talks to leaders from a variety of industries about how organisations can develop strategies to detect potential crises, manage those crises creatively, and leverage what is learned through crises positively. This is a University of Southern Queensland Master of Business Administration podcast presented by Dr Daniel Maddock.

In Teach for Climate Justice, accomplished educator and social and emotional learning expert Tom Roderick proposes a visionary interdisciplinary and intersectional approach to PreK-12 climate education. He argues that meaningful instruction on this urgent issue of our time must focus on climate justice—the convergence of climate change and social justice—in a way that is emotionally safe, developmentally appropriate, and ultimately empowering.

Paul France asks this not as pitch for distance learning. But because part of the reason distance learning has been so challenging, Paul asserts, is that we’re replicating long-standing practices that promote dependent learning in our students. Why not use this unique moment of time to reconnect with the true purpose of teaching: to help our students become liberated learners and free thinkers? The next logical step in teachers’ months-long distance learning “journey,” Humanizing Distance Learning describes how to center humanity and equity in our process of reimagining learning.

From coronavirus lockdowns to critical race theory in the classroom, it has become crystal clear that America’s schools aren’t working for America’s students and parents. No one knows this better than Betsy DeVos. Long before she was tapped by President Trump to serve as secretary of...

From the leader of the online army in America's parental rights movement comes the real story of how moms and dads across the country are turning the tide against radical activists in public schools. It’s no secret that our government-run public education system has held generations of...

How We Can Build a Better World is a practical guide for building a better world. This is a realistic objective because, with the awakening catalyzed by the global crisis, we can now change the world. This manual shows how we can change it effectively and for the better.

Le guide de la survie: Planifiez votre aventure survivaliste et soyez complètement prêts à débuter une aventure inoubliable, en harmonie avec la nature. Vous souhaitez savoir si vous seriez en mesure de survivre seul dans une région sauvage ? Vous voulez apprendre où chercher pour trouver de la nourriture, de l’eau et un abri adapté ? Vous êtes attirés par l’idée de vivre seul en complète autonomie, comme les chasseurs cueilleurs autrefois ?

America has been steadily sliding in global education rankings for decades. In particular, our students are increasingly unable to compete globally in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields. According to the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP), in 2010 only 26 percent of high school seniors in the U.S. scored at or above proficient level in math. Another 36 percent were failing.

В Точке кризиса ведущий эксперт в области личностного и профессионального роста Брайан Трейси подскажет, как выходить победителем из сложных ситуаций и преодолевать любые трудности, встречающиеся на вашем личном и карьерном пути.

A clinical and forensic psychologist, author, speaker, and chairman of the National Center for Emotional Wellness, Dr. Mark Lerner gives concise guidance and help to people going through many of life's most challenging experiences, including handling bullying in school, a school crisis, and a college or university crisis.