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Summary: Highly useful tools
Review: This book is an excellent resource for those involved in planning. In addition to the background and conceptual information provided in the book, the authors have included a variety of activities that can be employed to address specific objectives. There are numerous exercises with "easy to understand" instructions on how to facilitate the activities. I've used several of them recently and received excellent feedback about the process. More importantly, the outcomes were great!
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Summary: Outstanding "cook book" for change agents and leaders.
Review: This book is fabulous! And I use it for much more than planning. The step by step "designs" are clear, flexible, and can be modified for nearly any audience. They can be layered upon each other for a variety of purposes. I have used this collection of great designs (which are easy to locate in the contents) many times with great success. The audience has varied from front line staff to senior leaders in education, business, and health care. The information in this book is so easy to read and follow that even a novice group facilitator could get it right by reading the introductions and the steps. There is NO other book on the market that has so much in such a useable format - And I've looked! It's really a bible for change agents who want fail safe designs that really excite and stimulate the audience as well as get the work done. This is a rare combination. The authors have managed to package a "1 Stop Shopping" tool kit, cook book, workbook, all in one 3 ring binder that is a living book you can add to as you find other things that work or as you modify a design to meet a group's needs. Simply irreplaceable and worth 2ce what it costs. I'll keep this book in front of me forever - it's already getting dog eared! Roxana Hewertson - Organizational Consultant and Change Partner -- Roxana Bahar Hewertson and Associates And Also-- Director of Administration Facilities and Campus Services Cornell University.
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Summary: Great resource for planning in a school district.
Review: This is a great book for people who plan for a living. There are dozens of different ideas that are easy to do. Most of the books I read have a few good ideas, this book makes a real contribution to the field.
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Summary: A Wonderful Resource for planners
Review: This is a great book for people who plan for a living. There are dozens of different ideas that are easy to do. Most of the books I read have a few good ideas, this book makes a real contribution to the field.
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Summary: Great resource for planning in a school district.
Review: We have used these activities in a highly inclusive strategic planning process in our school district. We wanted to involve many different stakeholder groups (parents, teachers, students and community members) in our district-wide planning effort. Participants enjoyed these activities. Our district now has a vision of the future that people are proud of and an implementation plan to make it work.
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Summary: A Creative Book on Planning !! Finally it's here!
Review: What a pleasant surprise, a book on planning that is interesting and imaginative. The authors are great at explaining how to make planning interesting and involving. A colleague suggested I read this book and I'm glad she did. I use these ideas in planning and in everyday meetings. The book is expensive!but I must say it is worth it. One of the best books I have read in this field.
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Summary: Best book I've read about planning
Review: What makes this book great is the authors ability to make planning understandable and INTERESTING! They offer many ideas on how to really involve people in the planning process. They provide lots of help, and explain things carefully. I have used two of the planning activities successfully and i am looking forward to using more. I have read a lot of planning books, this is the first one that got me excited
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