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A collaboration framework from stories of a friend collector.
Tools to effective collaborations often get overlooked in personal and organizational development. This book highlights everyday events (unintentional collaborations) to examine how we intentionally collaborate with other independent organizations and actors. The collaboration framework is illustrated with engaging stories from the author’s life. With this framework, individuals and organizations can examine opportunities to create more impactful collaborations in their lives.
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Gregg Potter, You Fool! is a look at how we can collaborate more effectively to create more impactful outcomes. Currently, when someone is looking to build their collaboration skills, they page through sites and books where a talking head is spouting off skills a person should develop or reasons why collaboration is important. Collaboration contains multiple sets of behaviors, egos, and patterns that must be maneuvered while accomplishing a common goal. It is very important to practice collaboration skills on a personal level however, creating spaces to actually practice real life situations are difficult to come by. Resources describing collaborative circumstances to use skills or identify the importance of working together seem to miss the mark because examples are often perfect outcomes. That is not how actual collaboration in the real world works. There are disputes, missed expectations, and fouls created. These difficulties often leave the community being served responsible to clean it up.
With Gregg Potter, You Fool!, we look at collaboration from the germination point to evaluation. The process starts within us and how we show up in the world. Each step is outlined with tools to successfully accomplish them while also supporting each reader's personal journey. The examples used are real life, relatable and entertaining stories that help readers fully understand what is being taught. Lessons also weave in informal collaborations that is universal (i.e. the grocery store checkout line). Most collaboration guides look at this work as one entire chunk. There are many small pieces in a collaboration where details can easily get overlooked. Just deciding to collaborate or not can make or break an idea. Assembling a team, delegating roles, creating agreements, hosting meetings, and ending the collaboration are all significant parts of a successful group effort. A component Potter repeats in the book is the need for a facilitator. A good unbiased facilitator will help the pieces move fluidly. This book is an entertaining resource guide to assist anyone managing a collaboration to successfully get from beginning to end while leaving the project ready for a new team to begin if necessary.
Gregg Potter has been fortunate to have lived many lives, worked with a diverse group of humans, and is not bashful to share stories. His collaborative journey started early as a teenage manager in a hotel and has participated in projects in many corners of the world. He worked with different Starbucks stores in Los Angeles to create impactful community projects. In Little Rock, AR, while in graduate school, Potter put people and resources to work and successfully executed a supplies drive for those affected by Hurricane Sandy. In Johannesburg, South Africa, after going back and forth with the police, he mobilized homeless men to get repairs done to public baths. Gregg’s experience is one reason why this is a great book to learn from. A larger reason is that he is a connector, facilitator, and storyteller. The book combines all Gregg's passions into one package that will open the reader up to more successful collaborations.
The target audience is primarily professionals from 25-60 who work in nonprofit leadership, community engagement, and city planning / politics. These are primarily women who are tired of reading dry resource books. They may even be seeking a gay best friend.
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Brandylane Publishers, Inc.
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100 copies • Completed manuscript. Service publisher Children Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mind & Body, Mystery, Thriller, Horror & Suspense, Romantic Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, YA Fiction, Biography & Memoir, Business & Money, Career & Success, Cookbooks, Food & Wine, Health, Fitness & Dieting, History, Journalism, Personal Growth & Self-Improvement, Politics & Social Sciences, Religion & Spirituality, Science, Society & Culture, Sports & Outdoors, Technology & the Future, Travel Worldwide |
First, I am so grateful about the response in just the first day. Each one of you hold very specific spots in my heart ...
Good luck Gregg! Can't wait to read it
I am so proud of you! I miss you 🤗. You are, and have always been amazing!
Excited for this!
I love you and want to support your dreams! I can pay extra for shipping or pick it up next time I’m home.
So looking forward to this, Gregg!
I can't wait for this book! It has been amazing to watch the twists and turns of its development and I am so happy that it is coming to fruition. You are a rockstar, Gregg Potter!
Congrats Gregg! This is very exciting!
Can't wait to read it Gregg!!!!
XOXO. WAY TO GO!!!!!!
I am so excited to read this! Congrats on your EPIC achievement of writing your first book!!!!!!!
The world needs what you are sharing Gregg!
WOO HOO!!! So exciting! Go, go, go Gregg!
You inspire me everyday and I know that this book will inspire thousands! I am proud to be one of the friends that you have collected over the years!
YOU ARE AMAZING!! I'm so excited to read your book!
Thanks for writing this book, Gregg! Can't wait to learn more about collaboration.
So happy for you! My friend is an author....My friend is an author!!!!!!!!
Congrats and very excited for you!
Kerri x
Congrats love!
I love you and I’m so so so proud of you!!!
Love you Gregg!!! Can't wait for this!!!
Can’t wait to in read the whole book!
Looking forward to seeing the book become a reality- and to reading it! Collaboration is one of my fav words so I'm definitely intrigued :)
Can't wait to see this shiny new creation! Congrats Gregg!
I cannot wait to read this!!! You rock, Gregg 💗
Yah for you!!!!! Love love love!!!
Gregg,
I am so thankful I met you through Jeff & Scott! I am excited to help make your dream come true. Wishing you all the best! - Miranda
Gregg Potter, You Fool!
I just pre-ordered 3 of your new books!...
...so who's the fo0l now? ;-)
Can't wait to read and gift them.
Love you brother,
Steve Whayland
Very excited for you!
Congrats
SO EXCITED FOR THIS!!!!
Can't wait to hear your reollections of MardiGregg. That weekend was blurry. It wasn't about, just blurry.
So excited for you, Gregg!! The Langlie clan is cheering you on :>)
I am so excited for you Gregg! It is a big accomplishment to follow through on writing a book. I can only imagine the number of hours you have put into this. I can’t wait to read it! Wishing you so much success both with pre and post launch and I hope it brings you many new and exciting opportunities.
Love,
Kris
P.S. can’t wait until you move to Milwaukee.
I'm so excited for you, Gregg!
So excited to read your book!
I am so happy to be able to support and finally have your book! I look forward to reading your amazing stories!
Congratulations Gregg!! This is so incredibly amazing!! So excited for you!! Love you to the moon!!
Love you!! and I am so excited for your brain to finally be put on paper!!! Let's collaborate soon on deliberate practice. I can't wait to pick up what you are putting down. Xoxox -from Michele, Tala the Wurse and Mr Brown.
I love you forever and always!
I’m beyond ecstatic for you, Gregg! What an exciting journey you are on! Congratulations!
So excited for you and excited about this book! I can't wait to read all the stories.
Dolly and I are so excited to read this book. Congrats Gregg we love you and are so excited for others to see how exceptionally amazing you are with your words and your past experiences.
on Feb. 9, 2021, 1:17 p.m.
Can’t wait!