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Presents strategies for any successful and organized volunteer manager, but especially if you lead volunteers as an "add on" to other duties. Learn to clarify expectations, find administrative volunteers and put them to work in vital ways, and share ownership of the volunteer program. Includes a detailed "Volunteer Management Task Analysis," forms and procedures to simplify the workday, and an essential appendix of volunteerism resources.
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Based on a groundbreaking two-year study of more than 300 gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender alumni from the University of Southern California, Lavender Road to Success is the first career guide written specifically for the gay community. Career planning expert Kirk Snyder reveals the truth about a wide variety of issues facing gay professionals, such as what it means to be gay in the workplace, why you will make more money when you are out of the closet at work, how defining your personal identity as a member of the gay community will help you achieve success, and how to find an employer that's your perfect match. Combining extensive research, effective exercises, and real-world case studies, Lavender Road to Success is a sensitive and practical guide to building a successful and enduring career.
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Kirk Snyder is a bright light in the GLBT business and career community..........2006-07-18
Kirk is a great colleague I'm fortunate to know. Lavender Road is a wonderful book. He dared to do this original study when very few had the courage to do so. The material is extremely helpful, no matter where you are in your career journey. You'll see yourself in these pages. His suggestions are sound and research-based, and, if followed, will help many increase their career satisfaction (and possibly their income too!).
Gay or straight with gay loved ones, you will gain much from reading this book! I would also encourage college career counselors and company leaders and managers to read this book to better understand what it's like for their GLBT colleagues, employees, managers, etc.
May be the best 15 dollars you'll ever spend.......2005-05-10
While gay men and lesbians have been "out" for awhile, some of us find that our careers are stalled and that in point of fact there may be a "pink ceiling" through which few of us are allowed to pass, like the rich men through the camel's eye in the Bible. Even graduation from a good school like USC might not be enough in and of itself to help you, particularly with a newly resurgent homophobia rampant throughout America. The Lavender Road to Success may have an embarrassing title, but the money you pay for this may be the best 15 dollars you'll ever spend. And of course with Amazon it's only $12.17 or whatever.
Kirk Snyder's done a lot of research. Is there anyone he hasn't talked to? The anecdotes and life experiences of others are sometimes tedious, like being forced to watch hours of other people's home movies of their vacations, but Snyder brings these stories to life, and we feel that we are not alone in our struggles for validation and also, of course, for more money and success in the marketplace. Do you remember the old movie "Gypsy," with Rosalind Russell playing Mama Rose, and how she kept herself and her girls going by moving from town to town always seeking our former lodge brothers of her late husband? She'd give the "secret handshake" and she'd be in like Flynn. Snyder's program involves this kind of "secret brotherhood" but in addition he presages a sort of gay meritocracy where each rises on his (or her) own merits and on what we have that's unique to us which we can bring to the table. Even if you have your own successful career you might still be interested in this book (you could always develop noblesse oblige and give it as a Christmas gift to your less-succesful exes over whom you're triumphing at the moment). As Snyder reminds us, we meet the same people going up as we did going down.
Amazing and Powerful.......2004-01-02
This book greatly exceeded my expectations. I expected to get a career book with the usual (albeit) useful information, and instead found myself unable to put it down. Kirk Snyder gets his message across by introducing the reader to amazing gays and lesbians who have experienced all kinds of good and bad things in their careers and then translates it into great career advice. Reading this book is like meeting new friends who teach you all kinds of powerful lessons--and not just about how to do well in your career but in life. Gays and straights alike should read this book. If more straight people read books like this there would be less homophobia in the world.
Lavender Road To Success: The Career Guide for the Gay Commu.......2003-09-20
Amazingly fascinating and helpful book! As a career professional, I would recommend this book for all college and university libraries and career centers across the country! Kirk Snyder's book is also very beneficial for those in the work force who need insight and encouragement to select a work environment that is supportive, and that fits with your interests and values. Mr. Snyder's research results, personal stories, and career exercises are motivating, helpful, and heartening. This is a landmark career book that everyone should read!
Finally, a quality career book for us!.......2003-09-13
Kirk Snyder's "Lavender Road to Success" is not just about success and money. Itýs about really getting honest with who you are as a gay person and believing that you are worth going after your dreams. Snyderýs ý7 Points of Successý is worth the price of the book alone. Finally, somebody "gets it" when it comes to being gay and creating your own career success.
A lot of career books just talk around issues, but this one cuts to the chase, in part due to the stories Snyder tells about other gay people all over the country. I didn't go to USC, but I felt like I knew all of these people so well and learned so much from them. I have never seen a compilation this complete and so well told. It's actually a page-turner which surprised me.
The exercises in the book seemed like they were written just for me, which after reading this book, I know that others have experienced so much of what I have went through in my own life. Reading the book gave me a plan of my own to move ahead and I also feel like I'm part of a greater whole.
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Volunteering in New York City: Your Guide to Working Small Miracles in the Big Apple
Richard Mintzer
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With more than 300 listings in all five boroughs, Volunteering in New York City is the only guide of its kind for the Big Apple. Whether you can give an hour a week or an hour a day, volunteering is a great way to meet people, gain experience in a new field, feel good about yourself, and, most of all, make a difference.
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Community development - the economic, physical, and social revitalization of a community, led by the people who live in that community - offers a wide range of exciting and rewarding employment options. But until now, there has been no "road map" for professionals, volunteers, students, or anyone wishing to become involved in the field.
A Guide to Careers in Community Development describes the many different kinds of community development jobs available, ranging from community organizing, to financing housing and new businesses, to redeveloping brownfields. It offers advice on how to break into the field along with guidance for career advancement and lateral movement.
Following an introductory chapter that offers an overview and definition of community development and its history, the authors describe:
- different institutions in the field and how they fit together
- pros and cons of community development careers, with a self-assessment quiz for readers to use in analyzing their suitability for the field
- the work and skills involved in different kinds of positions
- how to prepare for and move up in a career
- how to land that first job
Also included are detailed appendixes that provide information on job descriptions with salary ranges; universities and colleges offering community development curricula; training programs; where to look for job announcements; internet resources; internships, fellowships, and volunteer positions; and much more.
A Guide to Careers in Community Development is an essential reference for anyone interested in working in the community development field, including graduate and undergraduate students, volunteers, and mid-career professionals seeking a more fulfilling line of work.
Customer Reviews:
great service.......2005-10-04
book came in a quick time and in good condition
thanks and i would deal with them again
A very helpful source of guidance.......2005-05-09
After graduating from college I tried a lot of different things, seeking my niche. I knew I wanted to do work that would influence my community and make it a better place, but I didn't know on what scale I wanted to operate or how my day-to-day might look. This remarkable book helped me broaden and clarify my thinking about what directions I might go in. I highly recommend it to any other do-gooder who feels herself in a bit of a career crisis.
Finally, community development coming of age.......2002-11-08
Ever heard the joke about the city planner who married his wife just so he wouldn't have to explain what city planning is on another first date again? Community development is often even harder for the general masses to comprehend, and yet we are a part of it all the time. CD is basically what happens when neighbors get together and decide they want a better neighborhood, where people can afford to live and still feel safe, still find economic opportunity and a sense of community. Over the last generation, a whole industry and profession has grown around this simple idea. CD is something you can now get a masters degree in. Most people in the CD field entered it through a back door. Today's CD professional is more than a person with good intentions. He/she has skills in real estate development, group facilitation and strategic planning, public policy analysis, and finance. This book is the first of its kind--an actual front door into the field--and it's a godsend for anyone considering a challenging and meaningful career in making neighborhoods better. The book gives great background on the industry, has real case studies with leaders--as well as everyday joes--in the field, lists common job titles and responsibilities, and even estimates pay scales. It's an ambitious, yet slim, readable book that delivers what it promises.
Great Guide to Great Careers.......2001-11-11
Excellent guide for anyone considering or already starting out working or volunteering in the field of community development (CD) human services, economic development, planning, banking, politics. Comprehensive, well written, reader friendly, up to date, with specific tips and examples. Features: Concise overview of broadly interpreted CD industry and movement in U.S. of community renewal, organizing, planning, construction, financing, managing in lower income or disinvested communities. Great profiles of those working in the field from many walks of life, levels of formal education. Numerous profiles of nonprofits, for-profits, congregations, and public agencies leaders in CD. Good section on figuring out if this field for you and listing of pros and cons. Best ever appendices featuring texts, web sites, job hunting resources, schools, and portals, and organizations. Read in one one hour what has taken many several years to figure out. Great for guidance counselors, career services departments at universities. Useful too to educate board members and interns or philanthropists.
Customer Reviews:
Okay, but a little limited........2001-10-16
Renamed "Success with People".
I found the book interesting with the suggestions and solution proposed very good for the subject covered. The book does not advertise that it has a solution for every problem at work and at home, and you can easily see what is covered with a glance. The subjects covered are fairly common so the book should be applicable to most managers.
What I really like is that some major homelife issues are covered. As anyone who knows me would understand, I run my company with a One-Life Policy. In other words, everything you learn at work should be applicable at home. After all, with today's fast-paced world, our home life and work life frequently blend into each other. Hence, One-Life Philosophy. The book also blends them fairly well.
The book gets three starts because many of the ideas are situation specific. If you have one of the problems in the book, pick it up and read several times. Otherwise, get the book from the library and spend your money elsewhere.
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Children in Need and Voluntary Sector Services: The Northern Ireland Approach
Kerry O'Halloran ,
A. P. Williamson , and
Goretti Horgan
Manufacturer: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
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Land of Plenty: Oklahomans in the Cotton Fields of Arizona, 1933-1942
Marsha L. Weisiger
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This digital document is an article from The Oral History Review, published by Oral History Association on June 22, 1997. The length of the article is 1487 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Land of Plenty: Oklahomans in the Cotton Fields of Arizona, 1933-1942. (book reviews)
Author: Anne B.W. Effland
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The Oral History Review (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 1997
Publisher: Oral History Association
Volume: v24
Issue: n1
Page: p143(4)
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The most original and influential comic mind of our generation gives us a rollicking tour of his expansive imagination. Alongside the hilarity are intimate, revealing, and poignant recollections of childhood`s pains and lost love, as well as remarkable illustrations from Winters` accomplished, surreal pen. From the Jonathan Winters'
Introduction: Throughout my life, I've been gratified that I've been able to keep the child in me alive and inspire others to do the same. If these stories do that for you, I'll be happy. (Or maybe I should say happier.) Not all of these tales, of course, are funny, but I hope they all let you use your imagination in whatever way that sets you free. It's what they've done for me, and if I'm lucky, they will do the same for you, too.
Customer Reviews:
Less Odd than You Might Think........2004-06-10
These aren't short stories--more like scenarios, or poems in the form of scenarios. Jonathan Winters impersonates children, a baby robin, a migrating duck, a tiger, a lunatic from an asylum on a picnic, a bear cub that becomes a teddy bear, a child going to an asylum, the President of the United States hosting a boring reception, a man attacked by a bear, soldiers, an alcoholic Navaho artist looking to his Medicine Man for a cure, a test pilot, orphans, Santa Claus & a turkey, among others. He has it in for Admiral Byrd--maybe the name, because birds appear often. Each "take" has a twist at the end, more for surprise than irony. His tone is more screwball than bizarre, as if he were trying to bean the reader with a wild pitch. His method is to strew stimulation everywhere, but he also deals with serious subjects--love, war, loss. His mood is plaintive rather than deep, like a kitten crying. He searches for value & finds none except laughter, as if he were Kafka scripting an episode of "The Twilight Zone." If the book gets thin in places, it's because the written word is less effective for a performing artist than the spoken word. Listen to the casette first.
tales that exaggerate too much in writing.......2003-08-19
jonathan winters is great while watching him
reading him made me feel that his tales were exaggerated and too unbelievable. i quickly put it down
Tales to last a lifetime.......2002-02-17
What a wonderful book. You would expect a book by a comedian to be full of laughs (and this one is definitely full of laughs), but there is a serious note to many of the stories; it's the kind of book that puts you into a state where you don't know whether to laugh or cry. Jonathan Winters writes like O. Henry; you never know how his stories will turn out, but you know there will be a twist in the end. These stories beg to be read aloud; I hope that someday a spoken-word version will be released.
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