December 2006 Educate • Entertain • Inspire   

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Happy Holidays From The Lavin Agency!

From all of us here at The Lavin Agency, please accept our warmest wishes for a wonderful holiday season. In lieu of cards we will be making a donation through World Vision which will be used to buy a trio of farm animals for a family in a developing country.

 

 


Tom Wujec's Latest Offering - A Customized "Knowledge Map" for Your Conference
An Incredible Value-Added Product for Your Attendees

In his exciting new program, innovation expert Tom Wujec offers a wonderful value-added option for your attendees —a "Knowledge Map" of your event. In an opening keynote he sets the stage for your conference. He then attends sessions throughout, recording each speaker's key points into idea illustrations. He also leads a series of interactive activities where the audience arranges these images (as well as their own) into useful idea maps to find out which ideas created the most insight, and where they can be applied. To end the conference, Wujec presents his sketches to recall the full range of topics presented and to reflect on any trends and patterns that have emerged.

More information on Tom Wujec


Dr. David Gratzer Offers His Prescription For Our Healthcare System
New Book Argues That Capitalism Can Save Healthcare

In his new book, The Cure, Dr. David Gratzer takes a look at a health care system in need of a major overhaul and gives us a clear direction on how to overcome over-regulation and tight budgets. The late Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman, from his foreword to the book, writes, "If you want a well-written, interesting yet authoritative and thorough account of what is wrong with medicine today and how to cure American health care, this is the book for you."

More information on Dr. David Gratzer


Vali Nasr on The Situation in Iraq
"The Problem is Still The Insurgency."

The War in Iraq is at a critical juncture. Vali Nasr, America's foremost expert on the Middle East and author of The Shia Revival, recently wrote a powerful op-ed on the future of the country, in which he traces the policy failures of the US and the rise of the Sunni Insurgency, before laying out why the only way forward for future peace is to fully engage with Iraq's neighbors.

Read "The Problem is Still The Insurgency" by Vali Nasr

More information on Vali Nasr

 

Contents

Holiday Greetings From The Lavin Agency

Rafe Esquith's New Book A Great Read for Educators

Let Tom Wujec Build A Customized "Knowledge Map" of Your Conference

Great Book Ideas for The Holiday Season

A Cure For The American Health Care System?

Vali Nasr Weighs in On The Iraq War

Rafe Esquith's Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire In Bookstores in January

Teach Like Your Hair's On Fire

Rafe Esquith, who has been called "a modern day Thoreau" by Newsweek, has written an inspiring new book, Teach Like Your Hair's On Fire, which reveals the techniques that have made him one of the most acclaimed educators of our time. A perfect how-to for teachers (and parents), the book will be released in January and is already drawing rave reviews, including a starred review in Publishers Weekly.

Read The Review and an Interview with Rafe

More Information on Rafe Esquith's Speaking Engagements


Still Looking for The Perfect Gift? Consider One of These Great Books From Lavin Speakers

Bill Taylor and Polly LaBarre
Mavericks at Work

A Pick of the Year For Best Book by The Financial Times


Charles Fishman
The Wal-Mart Effect
A Book of The Year Selection by The Economist
Lyn Heward
The Spark
From Cirque Du Soleil's Former President of Creative Content

Tim Flannery
The Weather Makers
The Blockbuster Book on Climate Change—Over 1,000,000 Copies Sold


James Bradley
Flags of Our Fathers
The Bestseller Behind Clint Eastwood's Acclaimed Film

 

 

 

 

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