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This Nonprofit Helps Inmates Sharpen Their Literacy Skills

The Claremont Forum's Prison Library Project promotes literacy development and personal growth. Literacy growth and development is important no matter what your age. Believe it or not, the U.S. Depa ...

How Book Clubs Can Help Your Training and Development Initiatives

Have you ever had to sit through the same training and development courses with the cheesy videos or unenthusiastic slideshows? We’ve all been there. We want to help your employees get the most out o ...

Combat the Summer Reading Slide

Research has shown that kids can lose up to three months of academic progress over the summer. Commonly referred to as the summer slide, this trend can easily be reversed by — you guessed it — readi ...

5 Tips to Secure Your Dream Job from "Job U"

What's your dream job? While the Skills Gap — or as I call it, people without jobs and jobs without people — causes frustration for many employers, it represents unprecedented opportunities for peop ...

Behind the Book: Q&A with Job U Author Nicholas Wyman

Fifty-three percent of recent college graduates are unemployed or underemployed, yet 3.5 million jobs remain unfilled. Nicholas Wyman, the CEO of the Institute for Workplace Skills and Innovation, be ...

The Qualities of a Great Leader

Infographic: The Anatomy of a Great Leader There are many components to being a great leader. Not only do you need to have hard skills, you also need soft skills like time management and interpersona ...

AI Leadership Training for Managers: Where AI Strategy Meets Human Leadership

AI is becoming part of everyday work, but training employees to use it is only part of the challenge. Managers also need to know how to lead people whose workflows and responsibilities are changing b ...

An Interview with the Best Bad Presenter

A Preview of Be the Best Bad Presenter Ever: Break the Rules, Make Mistakes, and Win Them Over by Karen Hough, CEO of ImprovEdge and Author A Yale University graduate (’89), ImprovEdge CEO Karen Houg ...

AuthorConnect Chat: Carmine Gallo wants you to get 'Five Stars!'

Learn how to grow your communication skills and master the ancient art of persuasion.We love the opportunity to connect clients with new and exciting content. At BookPal, we believe in the power of b ...

5 Videos to Watch for World Read Aloud Day

Happy World Read Aloud Day! Did you know that reading out loud to children helps improve their reading, oral, written and auditory skills? Here are our 5 favorite videos of children's books read alo ...

So... Why Don't Students Like School?

Why Don't Students Like School: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom (Paperback) by Dan Willingham will knock your socks off. Attention ...

Rob Jolles Explains "Why People Don't Believe You"

As a sought-after speaker and bestselling author, Rob Jolles knows some tips and tricks for sounding credible. When we are tasked with any type of public speaking, our first instinct is to write dow ...