The Name Game with a New Twist

How to Play the Name Game (aka Fishbowl, aka Celebrity, aka Salad Bowl) The Name Game is the best game to play with a large group of people – hands down.  I learned it from friends in college and later found other friends with Usborne Books & More who played it under a different name or with a twist. Just this…

1 out of 3 – we can do better!

“Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers”– Harry S. Truman We need leaders to help change this so we can have future leaders. Can you help me find people who want to help us in our mission to help kids love to read? The first step is having them own their own…

What do you say when making a phone call?

This format can be used to overcome negativity by someone answering the telephone, whether you need to follow up with someone, ask someone to volunteer, or invite neighbors over for a meeting. Post where you might use these words.

Convention Presentation

I am giving a presentation again at my National Convention next week. It’s one of those years when planning ahead got me and my co-presenter working on this right away and we nearly completed all our work. We were just going to need to tweak it. Now, due to life circumstances, it looks like I…

Getting an Owner’s Manual to Understanding People

Guest Blogger: George Boelcke, CCP http://www.vantageseminars.com   At the risk of stating the obvious, you have some really “strange” people in your life. But strange isn’t better or worse, it’s just that your friends, coworkers, boss, and probably your spouse and kids, have a very different personality type from you. You already know that they…

Overcoming Objections

Did you know that when someone has an objection, it is usually just a need for further information? Many times our biggest problem with recruiting or sales is that we don’t know what that objection is! We need to find out what the objection is, so we know whether is it a big objection or…

Start a Boredom Basket to add FUN to your Family Life

Since July was Anti-Boredom month, we’ve really been working at finding ways to combat moments of boredom.  Why?  Because lately, when the kids are bored, they flip on the TV.  Since I give away free books for a living, it’s rather annoying to see my kids flip on the TV instead of picking up a…

Home Business Summer Tips – Part 6

August is a great month to set yourself up for fabulous growth and a full calendar this fall. Take a few minutes today and look at your calendar. Make sure you know all your family obligations because, afterall, most of us are doing this business for our families and we want to work it around…

Usborne Books & More National Convention Doesn’t Disappoint

The 2009 Usborne Books & More National Convention was amazing! We celebrated 20 fabulous years as the home division of Educational Development Corporation as well as the addition of Kane Miller! We learned a LOT from fabulous speakers including Mary Christensen, Jim Trelease and Karen Powell. High achievement got the rightful recognition it deserved on…

Home Business Summer Tips – Part 5

The following three concepts just might change your life completely.  And not just your business life.  If you can effectively put these three ideas into action, you will live a happier life.  I’m not kidding you.  This is valuable stuff.  It will seem easy and simple on the surface, and for some of you, maybe…

Home Business Summer Tips – Part 4

Today, let’s get our calendar done and start making sure it’s filled with income producing activity.  Remember – this isn’t the time to beat yourself up – it’s a time to keep improving!  Today’s step – start to eliminate lists of things you need “to do” throughout the day. At the end of Part 3 I asked you to decide when to…

Raising a Reader – Steps 3 & 4

3. Keep books available. Make it easy to read. Kids of any age shouldn’t have to ask permission to read or look at books.  Have age-appropriate books completely available to them – to touch, to read, to hold, to snuggle with, to play with, to look at without worry of harming the books.  Teach them…