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It’s an interesting relationship that book lovers have with the Internet: most would rather read a physical book than something on an iPad or Kindle, and even though an Amazon purchase is just two or three clicks away, dedicated readers would rather take a trip to their local indie bookstore. Yet the literary world occupies a decent-sized space on the web. Readers, writers, publishers, editors, and everybody in between are tweeting, Tumbling, blogging, and probably even Vine-ing about their favorite books. In case the demise of Google Reader threw your literary Internet browsing into a dark void, here’s a list of 25 book sites to bookmark. The Millions Ten years is a mighty long time in terms of Internet life, but that’s how long The Millions has been kicking out a steady stream of reviews, essays, and links.
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The Vision The first step is to develop a realistic Vision for the business. This should be presented as a pen picture of the business in three or more years time in terms of its likely physical appearance, size, activities, structure, scale offerings etc. Answer the question: "if someone from Mars visited the business, what would they see (or sense)?" Consider its future products, markets, customers, processes, location, staffing etc. Here is a great example of a vision: I will come to America, which is the country for me. The Mission The nature of a business is often expressed in terms of its Mission which indicates in a factual way the purpose and activities of the business in terms of operations, (unique) characteristics, functions, customers, offerings, sectors/segments, scale/scope/penetration, methodologies, technologies, resources etc. Intel's original plan, written on the back of a menu (view copy), is an excellent example of a hard statement:
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Sir Terry Pratchett in conversation with Jacqueline Simpson
“Almost running parallel with folklore for me is an interest not only in just the history of London but in the history of the development of the countryside.” Terry Pratchett How did this podcast come about? Sir Terry Pratchett and Dr Jacqueline Simpson met many years ago at a book signing in Worthing and have since worked together as co-authors. Jacqueline is a member of the Folklore Editorial Board and is also on the Committee of The Folklore Society, of which Sir Terry is a lifetime member. “I’m fascinated by the way folklore is entwined with truth in people’s lives” Terry Pratchett On 26th August 2010 at the Annual Discworld Convention in Birmingham, Sir Terry and Jacqueline sat down to record a discussion on the topic of folklore and its significance to them. Also present to record the discussion were Routledge representatives Katie Brown and Julie Sutton. Suggested Further Reading Win a signed copy of Folklore This competition has now closed. Contact us The Folklore Society
What are strategy maps? | Balanced Scorecards
Strategy maps are diagrams that allow you to quickly visualize the performance of your balanced scorecards. If you don’t know balanced scorecard terminology yet, it’s a good idea to start there first. The main idea is that each objective in your balanced scorecard is represented by a shape, usually oval or square. These shapes are then grouped by perspective and lines are drawn to show the cause and effect chain. Here are some example strategy maps from around the web: (source) (source) (source) (source) (source) (source) (source) (source) (source) (source)
