The C Word: Copyright and the Book Rapper Experience
The Number One Question I’m Asked… I often get asked by people about Book Rapper and copyright issues… Here’s my round-about, in-depth, multiple viewpoint response… Before I started Book Rapper, I spoke to a few people, including an IP lawyer, some authors and an Editor at a major publishing house. Generally I was told copyright is […]
Interview with Eric Knight – Reframe
Recently, we rapped Eric Knight’s book Reframe: How to Solve the World’s Trickiest Problems. And, I had the good fortune to meet with Eric in Sydney and do an interview with him. In the two-minute video, Eric gives a quick overview of his book. And, in the 25 minute audio interview we go into more […]
Book Review: Business Model Generation
The Book Business Model Generation by Alexander Osterwalder (left) and Yves Pigneur (right). Co-Authors Yves Pigneur was Alexander’s PhD supervisor. And, this book was born out of that collaboration. Co-created with 470 practitioners from 45 countries. Who is it For? To quote the book cover: “Visionaries, game-changers and challengers striving to defy outmoded business models and […]
Can a Book Summary Be Worth More than The Book?
I’ve been having some interesting conversations with people about books. Or more specifically, the value and pricing of books. All relative to ‘What’s Book Rapper worth?’ One the one hand we have the view that if the full book is say $20, then because the book summary is less than the full book it should […]
Five Books I Like for August 2012
Which book should we RAP for August 2012? Here’s five books to select from. There is a sixth book to fill our six leadership categories… I’ve decided if there is a strong runner-up in the voting from the previous month then that book should get another chance to be voted the book to rap. Last […]
Six Books I Like for July 2012
Here’s six books (one for each of our six Book Rapper categories) we’re looking at rapping as Book Rapper’s next issue for July 2012. Which one should we RAP? And, don’t say the yellow one! Return on Influence The Revolutionary Power of Klout, Social Scoring and Influence Marketing Mark W Schaefer A recent addition to […]
Five Books I Like
Here’s five of the six books we’re looking at rapping as Book Rapper’s next issue. The sixth book is Heidi Grant Halvorson’s 9 Things Successful People Do, which we previously mentioned here. Demand Creating What People Love Before They Know They Want It Adrian Slywotzky Why do some products succeed and others fail? This book […]
Seven Steps to Business Model Innovation
Recently, I ran a webinar with organisational strategist Norman Chorn on Business Model Innovation. It was an extension to the Book Rapper issue The Business Model Game, as derived from Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur’s fabulous book Business Model Generation. Whilst the plan was to share our full recording, Camtasia has spat the dummy again […]
Four Reasons to Run a Webinar Series
I’m often asked how successful my webinars are… Usually the question is directed at finding out how many people attend my webinars. Whilst this is important it depends on your strategy as to whether this is the key measure of success. Here’s four ways to measure the success of your webinars… 1 The Invite Being […]
Six Books I Like
Here’s six books that I like. And, it’s likely that one of these six will be RAPPED in our next Book Rapper issue. Leave your comment below as to which one appeals to you… 9 Things Successful People Do Differently Plus : Succeed : How We Can Achieve Our Goals Leadership Category : Self Leadership […]