Listening skills

I have a little problem said the bear by Heinz Janisch.

The bear wanted someone to listen to him and in the end he found a friend the fly.  A good picture book.

The death of Vishu by Manil Suri

I enjoyed the poetry and the vivid description of life.

Sidewalk circus by Paul Fleischman

The book is a view of peole on the street similar to a circus. Manisha

Competitive strategy: Palnning your organizations' success, Sarah Layton

A book with worksheets and forms. Corporate Climate Assessment

Jeb Brugman: Welcome to the urban revolution-how cities are changing the world

This book talks about density, scale, association and all this leads to cost efficiences -- extension.

Janet S Wong

The next new year. This book is about the Chinese New Year. It has tangeriens, peaches and fishes. The Chinese word for 'fish' sounds like the Chinese word for 'plenty'.

The trip back home: Set in Korea style. The narrative talks abour - clouds of rice cakes, rivers of small soup fish, and hills of hot chili peppers. Searching fro something crispy, fresh, and cheap enough for five.

Working with you is killing me

by Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster.  The CDs discuss different personalities of the boss such as micromanager/difficult to delegate/idea or credit stealer. It has many business tools. It spoke about our response to a problem such as - physical, verbal, emotional and using of a business tool. Manisha

How to paint from photographs by Tony Paul

How to produce fabulous fundraising events/ Betty Stallings and Donna McMillion

This manual has templates for all the activities that are a part of the program. pg 93-168 has the tasks and the entity responsible for the tasks 'what to do' - board member, development director, executive director, or a volunteer. I like the 'Insider's Tips' such as, 'You want the Celebrity Waiters near the guests 'working' for tips, not in the kitchen getting the meals. I also like the level of depth and details such as 'four greeter volunteers, one security volunteer, and six funny money sellers and collectors, money counters, one counter supervisor/banker, one coat room volunteer, one event photographer, one videographer, three polaroid photographers, four live auction coordinators, .   In the library context, I can add one information navigator. The 'Insider's Tip' = Especially important to train the funny money sellers on how to use the credit card machine.

Insider's Tip = If the tips are collected from the Celebrity Waiters and tabulated by the volunteers several times during the dinner, less time will be needed to finalize the results at the end of the dinner.

• High Tea for teachers
• Celebrity Waiters and tipping revenue

Prepare a preliminary budget:

1. Estimate project event income and expenses
2. Evaluate potential underwriters/sponsors
3. Check with your insurance carrier about event insurance
4. Prepare a preliminary budget to determine if the event as projected will meet the financial goals

Manisha