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As we prepare to celebrate Independence Day on July 4th we often reflect on the thoughts and sacrifices made by the leaders that have preceded us.  Take a few minutes to enjoy the movie, “Great Quotes from Great Leaders,” which is filled with timeless wisdom from great leaders who have inspired, encouraged and led us to do the right thing. 

The Great Quotes Movie


In his book, “Sandbox Wisdom,” Tom Asacker has rewritten the rules on leadership and service. It is fun, refreshing and a terrific theme for any organization to encourage creativity and great service.  It is quite possibly a life altering read.  Click on the link below to read an excerpt from the book.
Sandbox wisdom

 

Thought for the Day

 

 

"All our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pursue them."

 

Walt Disney

 

Latest Videos and Movies

 

Watch and Read for kids ...

High School Musical 3

Coraline

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Hotel for dogs

Race to Witch mountain

Videos For adults

Library Love Management of change

Take control of your email

Killer presentation skills

Hummingbird

 

From the Quizzes and Tests page, a series of quizzes on business writing:
  • Commonly Misspelled Word Quiz on the most often misspelled words in business writing.
  • Subject and Verb Agreement Quiz: This quiz will help you learn whether you have a problem with subject and verb agreement.
  • Active and Passive Voice Quiz: This interactive quiz allows you to rewrite sentences to make them active.
  • The 26 Most Common Business Writing Errors Quiz: The quiz covers common errors in commas, “that” and “which,” quotation marks, colons, semicolons, dashes, capitalization, and other areas in business writing.
  • Commonly Confused Word Pairs Quiz of the 25 word pairs often confused in business writing.
 

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Latest article - Engage your audience when you speak

 

How do you make your presentation more interesting to your audience? Perhaps the most important technique is to include them when you speak. You can choose your words to engage your listeners — or leave them out. If you leave them out, boredom is the probable result. In this article, I'll give you some specific techniques for crafting your content in a way that grabs the attention of your audience.

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Latest Booklists for kids

 

The 2009 Indies Choice Book Awards

St Patrick's Day

Children's Choice Book Awards 2009

Step-by-Step/Sequencing picture books

The Newbery Medal 2009

 

 

Latest Books for kids

 

Drawing Words & Writing Pictures:

by Jessica Abel and Matt Madden

Chicken Little

by Rebecca Emberley

Finnikin of the Rock

by Melina Marchetta

The 39 Clues: The Sword Thief

by Peter Lerangis

39 Clues.  Book 1 - The Maze of Bones

by Rick Riordan

 

 

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You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks, jump over the hurdles and break through the brick walls that are always going to be placed in front of you. If you don't have that kind of feeling for what it is you're doing, you'll stop at the first giant hurdle." 

-- George Lucas