Dr. Joan Wallace-Benjamin, President & CEO - The Home for Little Wanderers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_A_Potty"Making the transition from diapers to potty can be one of the most stressful experiences for both young children and their parents. This program attempts to take some of the mystery and stress out of the equation by offering techniques tailored to the special needs of little girls. Parents witness the travails of other parents and receive advice from pediatricians about approaching this topic with their toddlers". ~ Rob Ferrier, All Movie Guide
ONCE UPON A POTTY! For Her and For Him by Alona Frankel
When it's time to shed the diaper, helpful advice to jump start the process is most welcome. Once Upon a Potty DVD is a fully animated version of Alona Frankel's best selling toilet training books. Little ones will enjoy watching Joshua and Prudence graduate from diapers to potty, and will want to emulate these cheery cartoon kids and sing The Potty Song along with them. Approximate run time is 30 minutes. Includes a doctor's commentary section for adults with answers to frequently asked questions and lyric sheet
I took Sabrina to our old local library (meaning where we use to live) to do her sixth-grade homework and as we sat in the children;s section I decided to get up to look around at some of the children's books we use to take out and two in particular gave me a chuckle. I brought them to the table and Sabrina said; "Really MOM"! She just didn;t get it as she is TOO old to appreciate it but TOO young to appreciate it at the same time!
Admittedly a flood of memories came back when I stumbled on these Once Upon A Potty for Her & for Him and the videos (VHS back in 2001!)
Yes, these books and videos helped me during the transition stage of potty training and now new struggles emerge for my soon to be twelve-year-old daughter (on Saturday November 14, 2009) and I am wondering what book of DVD I can take out to help me now.
These were helpful tools I used and finally we did have success (!) ....but WOW it took her until she was four-years-old to finally get potty trained (UM not so much potty she had that down but to do her other business on the grown up toilet that was a (POWER) struggle!). I am not exactly sure why she was scared or why she would rather use her pull ups. I finally STOPPED buying pull ups to save money, or why she wanted to control when she finally DID use the toilet but I am happy we transition from that stage.
New struggles are emerging as we hit the tween years and I hear comments like; "I Hate You", "I Wish You Were Dead". "DIE", "I Don't Want to Live with YOU", and a few others that I may share at some point. And Yes I know those too will pass...
Looking back I know that my struggles with her at not nearly as difficult as the ones that are soon to arrive or the ones that are already taking place. Why is it that I must learn to bite ...MY
tongue when that is what I want her to do??? ....grrr...
Eh Growing pains IS right - not sure who these pains are tougher on ME or HER? Guess it depends on who you ask and who you empathize with...probably BOTH OF US!
How about YOU - share what struggles YOU are facing with your Tween.
What tools and techniquest YOU use to get through your stages?
AND give me some wisdom and a song that this too shall pass like our Potty Training Days!
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Alona Frankel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alona_Frankel
Alona Frankel (Hebrew: אלונה פרנקל, June 27, 1937) is an Polish-born Israeli children books author and illustrator. She was born in Poland and hid throughout the Holocaust, in 1949 she moved to Israel.
Frankel started writing when her son Michael was a baby, creating a book for him called Once Upon A Potty. It was first published in 1975 and became an instant best seller. Frankel gained international popularity and recognition when Once Upon a Potty appeared in English in 1980 for girls - Prudence - and boys - Joshua.
These #1 all-time classic books and videos have sold over 5,000,000 copies in the United States alone. They were listed as No. 1 (His) and No. 3 (Hers) in Publisher Weekly's all-time best-selling Hardcover Childcare charts.
Thanks to their timeless words and beloved images, Once Upon a Potty -- Boy and Once Upon a Potty -- Girl are being discovered and used by a new generation of parents. These two books, with their phenomenal staying power, target and meet the needs of an obviously perpetual market.
Alona Frankel has written and illustrated many other Joshua and Prudence titles for children and their caregivers worldwide.
2009 Second Place WCPS, Mary Cheyne & 2009/10 International President, Gary Schmidt, DTM during the 2009 International Speech Contest - Fowoods photo by Don Saracen
If you don;t like change, you're going to like irrelevance a lot less". This book Change is Good... was a gift given to me (and all current District Governors) by a candidate from the 2009 Toastmasters International Convention. I appreciate receiving it and I enjoyed reading it. It has many great quotes! I recommend it to leaders. I especially like the cover because of my theme for District 31 this 2009-2010 Toastmaster's year
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21 Ways to Inspire Change by Mac Anderson and Tom Feltenstein This business gift book takes a step-by-step approach to inspiring change in any organization and is a must read for every manager in your company. Best selling author Mac Anderson and successful marketing consultant Tom Feltenstein join forces to share their expertise on how to get your staff to embrace new ideas and organizational shifts. Give every manager useful ideas for getting their team on board for change with this motivational gift book. Hardcover; 96 pgs.
Change is Good - You Go First Gift Book
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Mac Anderson
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• Founder of Successories and Simple Truths
• Author / Co-author of five books
• Dynamic leader on business issues
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In his recent best-selling book, IT'S OKAY TO BE THE BOSS, Bruce Tulgan puts his finger on the biggest problem in the workplace today--an undermanagement epidemic affecting managers at all levels of the organization and in all industries--and offers another way. His clear, step-by-step guide to becoming the strong manager employees need challenges bosses everywhere to: spell out expectations, tell employees exactly what to do and how to do it, monitor and measure performance constantly, correct failure quickly and reward success even more quickly. That's how you set employees up for success and help them earn what they need.
Here is a gem of a book! It's Ok To be the Boss, It was given to me after the Rhode Island Toastmasters Leadership Institute we had at Salve Regina by my Area G4 Goveror, Jan Wheeler. Jan has a signed copy by Bruce Tulgan who was our 2009 Toastmasters International Convention Golden Gavel awardee.
I really liked Bruce's energy and enthusiasm when he accepted his Golden Gavel award. I also enjoyed reading his book and am planning on using the advice he shares in It's Ok to be the Boss! (thank you Jan!).
Do YOU have any leadership/management books that you recommend?
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Bruce Tulgan's Website
http://www.rainmakerthinking.com/
Bruce Tulgan's email
mailto:emailbrucet@rainmakerthinking.com
Book Description
Do you feel you don't have enough time to manage your people?
Do you avoid interacting with some employees because you hate the dreaded confrontations that often follow?
Do you have some great employees you really cannot afford to lose?
Do you secretly wish you could be more in control but don't know where to start?
Managing people is harder and more high-pressure today than ever before. There's no room for downtime, waste, or inefficiency. You have to do more with less. And employees have become high maintenance. Not only are they more likely to disagree openly and push back, but they also won't work hard for vague promises of long-term rewards. They look to you—their immediate boss—to help them get what they need and want at work.
How do you tackle this huge management challenge? If you are like most managers, you take a hands-off approach. You "empower" employees by leaving them alone, unless they really need you. After all, you don't want to "micromanage" them and don't have the time to hold every employee's hand. Of course, problems always come up and often snowball into bigger problems. In fact, you probably spend too much of your time solving problems and falling behind on your work . . . which leaves even less time for managing people . . . which opens the door for even more problems!
In It's Okay to Be the Boss, Bruce Tulgan puts his finger on the biggest problem in corporate America—an undermanagement epidemic affecting managers at all levels of the organization and in all industries—and offers another way. His clear, step-by-step guide to becoming the strong manager employees need challenges bosses everywhere to spell out expectations, tell employees exactly what to do and how to do it, monitor and measure performance constantly, and correct failure quickly and reward success even more quickly. Now that's how you set employees up for success and help them earn what they need. Tulgan opens our eyes to the undisciplined workplace that is overwhelming managers and frustrating workers and invites bosses everywhere to accept the sacred responsibility of managing people. His message: It's okay to be the boss. Be a great one!
Book Review: Jennifer Blanchard A Generation Y Perspective
It’s Okay To Be the Boss: The Step-By-Step Guide to Becoming the Manager Your Employees Need, by Bruce Tulgan
GOLDEN GAVEL AWARD
Toastmasters' most prestigious award, the Golden Gavel, is presented once a year to an individual who represents excellence in the fields of communication and leadership and is a non Toastmaster. Since 1959, this award has been presented every August at the organization's International Convention, and it is a highlight for many Convention attendees to hear a speech given by the year's Golden Gavel recipient.
See this link to view previous Toastmasters Golden Gavel Recipients
http://www.toastmasters.org/FunctionalMenuCategories/Media/GoldenGavelRecipients_1.aspx
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I filed for an Employee Identification Number (EIN) today. I am slowly beginning the steps to building my own public speaking business. I am also in training and will be working for James Feudo teaching public speaking courses. I first met Jeff via the internet through the Public Speaking Igroops Internet Forums. http://www.igroops.com/ I finally met James in person a few months ago at the Framingham & Natick Toastmasters Club's 30th Anniversary meeting.
We spoke after the meeting and he offered my an opportunity to help teach his public speaking courses. I was enthusiastic about the idea and next week will train and observe how he runs his class. More as it develops but for now I applied for my EIN.
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