What if the story that broke you became the very reason others trust you, follow you, and find healing through your words?Rewrite the Story That Tried to Break You: and Turn It Into Strategies That Stick® is more than a memoir — it's a blueprint for transforming pain into purpose. Through raw, true stories and a proven framework for healing, Hailey Evans shows how to move from heartbreak to hope, from survival to significance.Part I: The Breaking — Stories That Shaped Me

Your nonprofit's best stories are dying in draft folders. It's costing you $73,000+ per year in lost donations. Here's the 5.6-second fix.Most nonprofits are sitting on million-dollar stories. But without the right structure, those stories become forgettable noise that donors scroll past in 2.3 seconds.You don't have a fundraising problem. You have a storytelling problem.And it's expensive.While you're crafting "mission statements" and program descriptions, ...

Feel like no one's really hearing your message?"Your story isn't connecting because you're telling it the wrong way. Hailey Evans has created a storytelling framework that's not only clear and flexible but also scalable. If you're in fundraising, sales, or any role where storytelling drives action, this book shows you exactly how to make it work. It combines powerful story structure with AI-driven workflows in a way that's both practical and effective. I've had the privilege of pre...

Feel like no one’s really hearing your message?The EPIC Framework™ is the only universal, emotionally resonant messaging system that works with any audience, on any platform, anywhere.It’s your shortcut to clarity, connection, and measurable results — delivering content that converts with heart and builds trust fast.AI alone can’t tell your story but when paired with the proven EPIC Framework™, it unlocks t...

Since the release of Doug Stephens’ first book, The Retail Revival, change in the global retail sector has accelerated beyond even the boldest forecasts. As predicted, online giants like Amazon and Alibaba.com are growing at a dizzying pace. Hundreds of well-known brick and mortar retailers have closed their doors, and brands and retailers across categories are struggling to understand the shifting needs and expectations of a new consumer.Picking up where The Retail Re...

Take your gamification efforts to the next levelWhen The Economist covered Kevin Werbach and Dan Hunter's new book For the Win in 2012, they referred to gamification as a "management craze." Since then, gamification has proved to be much more than a fleeting fad: it is a global movement. For the Win has been published globally in English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Spanish, and more than a quarter of a million people have tak...

A powerful guide to building a data-centric corporate culture that unleashes talent and improves engagement Amazon delights customers with recommendations that are spot on. Google amazes us by generating answers before we've even finished asking a question. These companies know who we are and what we want.The key to their magic is Big Data. Personalizing the consumer experience with the collection and analysis of consumer data is widely recognized as one of the biggest business opp...

Something happens in students when they define themselves as makers and inventors and creators. They discover powerful skills—problem-solving, critical thinking, and imagination—that will help them shape the world’s future … our future. In LAUNCH, John Spencer and A.J. Juliani provide a process that can be incorporated into every class at every grade level ... even if you don’t consider yourself a “creative teacher.” And if you dare to innovate and view creativity as an essential s...

Over the next decade, today's connected world will be explosively more connected. Anything that can be distributed will be distributed: workforces, organizations, supply webs, and more. The tired practices of centralized organizations will become brittle in a future where authority is radically decentralized. Rigid hierarchies will give way to liquid structures. Most leaders—and most organizations—aren't ready for this future. Are you?It's too late to catch up, but it's a great time...

"A QUICK BUT THOUGHTFUL LOOK INTO THE PROS AND CONS OF GAMIFICATION…."—Daniel H. Pink, Author, DriveWhy can't life—and business—be fun?For thousands of years, we've created things called games that tap the tremendous psychic power of fun. In a revised and updated edition of For the Win: The Power of Gamification and Game Thinking in Business, Education, Government, and Social Impact, authors Kevin Werbach and Dan Hunter ar...

“Create the digital games you love to play.”Discover an exercise-driven, non-technical approach to game design without the need for programming or artistic experience with Game Design Workshop, Fifth Edition.Tracy Fullerton demystifies the creative process with clear and accessible guidance on the formal, dramatic, and dynamic systems of game design. Using examples of classic and popular games, illustrations of design techniques, and refine...

Change Your Training NarrativeAs a trainer, you try to facilitate connections for learners, knowing you must first make connections for yourself. One way to do that is to be a storyteller. But how do you tell stories? How do you find stories to tell? StoryTraining: Selecting and Shaping Stories That Connect explores how to find your stories and deliver them for learners, ultimately strengthening the storyteller you already are.The challenge with storytelling, according to a...