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POTENTIAL UNLEASHED

Moving Forward from Nurturing Potential  

Issue 06 - October 2013

LATEST NEWS

From our Friends

Stories and information received from friends and colleagues that we hope our readers will find informative and interesting 

 

SYLVIA'S BLOG FROM SPAIN

It is autumn, October 1st 2013. There has been no rain for several months and temperatures are still high 80s in the shade. There has been a lot to learn in the garden.

  Read entire blog.

 

JOE'S BLOG

A gap of two months in this blog, due to the third issue of New Nurturing Potential appearing in September.

But there has been no gap in my enjoyable theatre-going experiences, enhanced by a succession of visitors from overseas.

Click here for details

PS: And just before putting this blog "to bed" I learned that grand-daughter Jessica-Ann had landed the lead (Eliza Doolittle) in the production of Pygmalion at the Bob Hope Theatre in March 2014.  Well done, girl!  Talent does get recognised!

 

 

 

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Reflections, Actions and Prospects

Reflections

The New Nurturing Potential Issue 3, the Autumn issue, was duly published in September 2013.

The next issue - Winter 2013 - is scheduled for publication towards the end of December 2013.

In the meantime, we hope you will avoid withdrawal symptoms with the aid of this issue of Potential Unleashed and the issue that will appear in late November. 

Actions  

We have created Nurturing Potential groups on both the Facebook and the LinkedIn social networking sites.  So far we have a disappointing number of members, that suggests (and we don't think this is being naively modest) we may not have advertised it appropriately on the sites, or have made it difficult for applicants to sign-up for membership.  If you have any information or suggestions to support this, please let us know, using our direct email link team@nurturingpotential.net .

Prospects 

The Winter 2013 issue of Nurturing Potential iIt will feature the conclusion of the main theme of Teamwork.

Amongst other articles that have been commissioned or promised are

In the Education Section

Reinforcement Theory - using "positive reinforcements," to maintain discipline in schools and strategies to deal with bad behaviour.

In the Arts Section

Social Networking - what are the pros and cons of social networking?  Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn . . . there are a multitude of options for people who want to get together with other people.  But to what purpose?  What does it provide - and to whom - that is not available elsewhere?  What are the risks?  What are the potential rewards?

For one of the more extreme examples of the risks, click here

In the Book Review Section

The right-hand column starts with a list of books we have received for review in the next issue of New Nurturing Potential.  If you would like to review any of these, please let us know.


We are looking for contributions in the form of articles, or "Letters to the Editor" on these or - indeed - any other subjects for inclusion in the next issue of New Nurturing Potential.   Last date for contributions is December 15, 2013. 

 

 

If you would like to collaborate with us, please get in touch with Joe Sinclair via contact details at the foot of this page.

 

Click below to access previous issues of Potential Unleashed 

 Issue 01

Issue 02

Issue 03

Issue 04

Issue 05

 

 

 

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  BOOKS   RECEIVED FOR REVIEW
 
The following books have been received for review. Click on titles for publishers' information.  Please advise if you are interested.
 
Careless Thought Costs Lives by Janet Radcliffe Richards Published by OUP

Sociolinguistics by John Edwards - OUP Very Short Introduction

Little Book of Demons by Ramsey Dukes - Published by Aeon

On What Matters  in two volumes by Derek Parfit  Published by OUP

Homo Mysterious - Evolutionary puzzles of human nature   by David  P. Barash, PhD  Published by OUP

 

BOOKS BEING REVIEWED

Titles that are already scheduled for review in the next issue of Nurturing Potential are the following:

Cosmopolitanism -  Uses of the Idea  By Zlatko Skrbis and Ian Woodward. Published by Sage

Stillness in a Mobile World  Edited by David Bissell and Gillian Fuller.  Published by Routledge

 

BOOK REVIEWS    Click to access this section)

The following books are reviewed in this issue of Potential Unleashed and may be repeated in New Nurturing Potential Issue 3

Enlightenment Shadows by Genevieve Lloyd -   Published by OUP

Improving Mental Health Care edited by Graham Thornicroft  -   Published by Wiley-Blackwell

Can I Tell You About Adoption  by Anne Braff Brodzinsky-   Published by Jessica Kingsley

A User's Guide to Thought and Meaning  by Ray Jackendoff Published by OUP [preliminary review only]

No One's World  by Charles A. Kupchan Published by OUP  [preliminary review only]

 

TEAM NEWS

Click on the names below to see what these colleagues are doing at present.

MICHAEL MALLOWS

LAURA SZMUCH

SYLVIA FARLEY

JULIE HAY

 

Click here for biographical data of some current and past contributors reproduced from our specimen issue.