A Random Book about the Power of ANYone

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Edition: 1st
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Pub. Date: 2012-10-02
Publisher(s): Free Press
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Summary

From the incredibly impressive and inspiring teenager who unified the fundraising efforts of children across the USA, reporting more than $10 million (yes, MILLION) for the survivors of Hurricane Katrina at the age of ten, comes the ultimate, and most unexpected, guide for everyone who dreams of making a difference.Talia Leman's heroic efforts on behalf of the survivors of Hurricane Katrina ranked in the top five of the relief fundraisers, including major international organizations. After completing that incredible project, she continued with something even bigger: orchestrating and leveraging the philanthropic efforts of millions of children from twenty countries to bring aid to four continents, so far. And she did all of this before turning sixteen. Now this dynamo, who has made appearances on the Today show, NBC Nightly News and CNN's American Morning, offers the sort of inspirational guide that only she could write. Poised, smart, charming, and always positive, Talia has brought young people together to focus their energy and passion to such projects as providing clean, safe water sources in the developing world, supplying corrective braces to children with clubfoot across the planet, and funding green solutions in schools throughout the United States. Writing with infectious enthusiasm, humor, and resoluteness, she shares her secrets to successas well as her catchy maxims, like: Use Your Inexperience Shamelessly, Sideways is a Better Way to Go Forward, and Too Many Cooks is the Right Number. Talia proves that any one has what it takes to do exactly what she didkids and adults alike. A random book about the power of anyone is set to electrify a generation of achievers.

Author Biography

Talia Leman has orchestrated the philanthropic efforts of 12 million children on four continents. Through RandomKid, a federally tax-exempt non-profit organization, frequent speaking, and now her new book, Talia provides the concepts, resources, and tools to power up any idea for the world. She has appeared on the Today show, NBC Nightly News, and CNN's American Morning. She lives in lowa.

Table of Contents

A Confessionp. xiv
Sideways Is a Better Way to Go Forwardp. xvi
Random Happensp. 2
If Life Gives You Lemons, Lemonade Is Just One Optionp. 6
When a Pirate Knocks, Let Him Inp. 15
Jump on a Moving Trainp. 23
Interlude: The Power of Believingp. 30
Everything I Didn't Mean to Learnp. 32
Big Things Come in Small Toolboxesp. 35
Anyone Can Use Their Youth Shamelesslyp. 43
Don't Line Up Your Ducksp. 50
Too Many Cooks Is the Right Numberp. 57
Impact Happens at the Beginningp. 65
Square Pegs Can Fit in Round Holesp. 77
What's Second Needs to Come Firstp. 85
Look for Dead Endsp. 93
Drive Faster by Being a Passengerp. 103
Sell Yourself Shortp. 112
Big Efforts Can't Measure Upp. 122
Invest in Inexperiencep. 133
Purpose Happens by Accidentp. 144
No Donors Allowedp. 152
Interlude: The Best Reason to Do Anythingp. 163
How to Do It All and a Little Morep. 164
How to Know When Something Is Your Passionp. 167
How to Build a Team and Grow Itp. 170
How to Get People to Come to Meetingsp. 173
How to Brainstorm the Best Ideasp. 175
How to Make a Winning Planp. 182
How to Rally Supportp. 188
How to Give an Escalator Speech (the New Elevator Speech)p. 191
How to Get What You Need Without Asking for a Dimep. 193
How to Create Successful Collaborationsp. 194
How to Run an Awareness Campaignp. 197
How to Create a Message That Spreadsp. 199
How to Start a Revolutionp. 201
How to Get Media Attentionp. 204
How to Speak Like a Presidentp. 209
How to Move Onstagep. 216
How to PowerPoint Like a Prop. 219
How to Sell Something for More Than Its Given Valuep. 221
How to Win an Online Voting Competitionp. 222
How to Write a Winning Grant Award Nominationp. 227
How to Measure and Increase Impactp. 230
How to Create the Perfect Boardp. 232
How to "How to": The Tools of the Tradep. 234
Epiloguep. 236
Bloopers and Outtakesp. 239
How-to Indexp. 247
Project Indexp. 248
General Indexp. 249
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