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<channel><title><![CDATA[ANDRE KOEN.COM - AMH_Blog]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.andrekoen.com/amh_blog]]></link><description><![CDATA[AMH_Blog]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 11:59:04 -0800</pubDate><generator>Weebly</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Books on race, racism and resources for change.]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.andrekoen.com/amh_blog/books-on-race]]></link><comments><![CDATA[http://www.andrekoen.com/amh_blog/books-on-race#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2015 03:32:16 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.andrekoen.com/amh_blog/books-on-race</guid><description><![CDATA[Found from various places online: The Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire Angela Y. Davis - Are Prisons Obsolete? Angela Y. Davis - Race, Women, and Class The Communist Manifesto - Marx and Engels Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde (link updated 1/14) Three Guineas by Virginia Woolf Critical Race Theory: An Introduction by Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic&nbsp;(link updated 1/14)&nbsp; The Black Image in the White Mind: Media and Race in America- Robert M. Entman and And [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="paragraph"><p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"><br />Found from various places online:</p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"><a href="http://en.bookfi.org/book/656985"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">The Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire</span></a></p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"><a href="http://www.feministes-radicales.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Angela-Davis-Are_Prisons_Obsolete.pdf"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Angela Y. Davis - Are Prisons Obsolete?</span></a></p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"><a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/dkkgb9"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Angela Y. Davis - Race, Women, and Class</span></a></p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"><a href="http://slp.org/pdf/marx/comm_man.pdf"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">The Communist Manifesto - Marx and Engels</span></a></p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"><a href="http://great-britain.ru/checker/key/?file0.34022907190956175=%22sister%20outsider%22%20download%20free.%20Electronic%20library.%20Finding%20books%20BookFi"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches</span></a> by Audre Lorde (link updated 1/14)</p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"><a href="http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/content/BPL_Images/Content_store/Sample_chapter/9780631177241/woolf.pdf"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Three Guineas by Virginia Woolf</span></a></p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"><a href="http://en.bookfi.org/book/1069409"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Critical Race Theory: An Introduction</span></a> by Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic&nbsp;(link updated 1/14)&nbsp;</p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"><a href="http://en.bookfi.org/book/1122059"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">The Black Image in the White Mind: Media and Race in America-</span></a> Robert M. Entman and Andrew Rojecki (link updated 1/14)&nbsp;</p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"><a href="http://en.bookfi.org/book/1471521"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Ain&rsquo;t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism </span></a>- bell hooks&nbsp;(link updated 1/14)&nbsp;</p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"><a href="http://en.bookfi.org/book/1057721"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Feminism is for Everybody </span></a>- bell hooks&nbsp;(link updated 1/14)&nbsp;</p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"><a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/9yx7c4"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Faces at the Bottom of the Well</span></a><a href="https://anonfiles.com/file/ed1d030995be1d461e8f01c1b24bc442"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"> - Derrick Bell</span></a></p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"><a href="http://bookzz.org/book/818616/ed8080"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">I am Your Sister - Audre Lorde</span></a>&nbsp;(link updated 1/14)</p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"><a href="http://bookzz.org/book/993635/d97573"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Black Feminist Thought</span></a>-Patricia Hill Collins (updated 1/14)&nbsp;</p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"><a href="http://autof.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/butler-judith-gender-trouble-feminism-and-the-subversion-of-identity-1990.pdf"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Gender Trouble </span></a>- Judith Butler</p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"><a href="http://hardhatpartycat.tumblr.com/post/44562283675/oumkhartoum-mehreenkasana-four-books-by"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Four books by Frantz Fanon</span></a></p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"><a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/v7pw24"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Their Eyes Were Watching God </span></a>- Zora Neale Hurston</p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"><a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/4cgbvr"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Medical Apartheid -</span></a> Harriet Washington</p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"><a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/7rim08"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Fear of a Queer Planet: Queer Politics and Social Theory&nbsp;</span></a> - edited by Michael Warner</p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"><a href="http://bookzz.org/book/827391/03e637"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Colonialism/Postcolonialism -</span></a> Ania Loomba (updated 1/14)</p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"><a href="http://www.4shared.com/office/5FpQYN7R/foucault_michel_discipline_and.html"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Discipline and Punish</span></a> - Michel Foucault</p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/view/?2dh1cvbu2h2yxxa"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">The Gloria Anzaldua Reader</span></a></p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"><a href="http://www.haraldpeterstrom.com/content/5.pdfs/Mark%20Fisher%20%E2%80%93%20Capitalist%20Realism,%20Is%20There%20No%20Alternative.pdf"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? </span></a>by Mark Fisher</p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/view/?t0vp3t4n9e8s3eb"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">This Bridge Called by Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherr&iacute;e Moraga &amp; Gloria Anzald&uacute;a</span></a></p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"><a href="http://bookzz.org/book/1209030/2d141d"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">What is Cultural Studies? - John Storey </span></a>(updated 1/14)<br /></p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"><a href="http://bookzz.org/book/996308/72d14b"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Cultural Theory and Popular Culture </span></a>- John Storey (updated 1/14)<br /></p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"><a href="http://bookzz.org/book/1004213/1d6d95"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">The Disability Studies Reader </span></a>(updated 1/14)<br /></p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"><a href="https://anonfiles.com/file/7f6f71160ba58dbfc50ececa604b7197"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Michel Foucault - Interviews and Other Writings </span></a><br /></p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;">Michel Foucault - The History of Sexuality, <a href="https://anonfiles.com/file/9f0a1b5598cbcfc9b6e6e5b4870068f2"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Vol. 1</span></a>, <a href="https://anonfiles.com/file/e11f229c4afe30dbf01c52d9a14f26a4"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Vol. 2</span></a>, <a href="https://anonfiles.com/file/c828f7d08ebe17245bcd00ea30ac04c1"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Vol. 3&nbsp;</span></a><br /></p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;">Michel Foucault <a href="https://cdn.anonfiles.com/1342846157990.pdf"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">- The Archeology of Knowledge </span></a><br /></p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;">&nbsp;</p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"><a href="http://readabookson.tumblr.com/"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">This blog also has a lot more. </span></a><br /></p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;">(Sorry they aren&rsquo;t organized very well.) <br /></p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"><a href="http://flanneryogonner.tumblr.com/post/40237682151/free-pdf-books-on-race-gender-sexuality-class"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">12:44&nbsp;am&nbsp;&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;11&nbsp;January&nbsp;2013&nbsp;&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;67,961 notes</span></a></p> <p dir="auto" style="margin-bottom:1px;"></p> </div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[8 PRINCIPLES OF ONLINE PRESENTATIONS]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.andrekoen.com/amh_blog/8-principles-of-online-presentations]]></link><comments><![CDATA[http://www.andrekoen.com/amh_blog/8-principles-of-online-presentations#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2015 14:51:57 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.andrekoen.com/amh_blog/8-principles-of-online-presentations</guid><description><![CDATA[8 PRINCIPLES OF ONLINE PRESENTATIONS #1 Available &ndash; Access anywhere you have an Internet connection and a browser, nothing to install, upgrade or manage, just log-in, get your work done, log off AND deliver consistent results on every platform Mac/iOS, PC, Chrome OS, Android etc., no cross platform or software version concerns. Every time you log in you get the latest updates (no upgrade to wait months or years for). #2 Complete &ndash; The ability to manage the entire life cycle of your p [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="paragraph"><p dir="auto" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.40em;margin-bottom:1px;font-weight:bold;">8 PRINCIPLES OF ONLINE PRESENTATIONS</p> <p dir="auto" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.40em;margin-bottom:1px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">#1 Available</span> &ndash; Access anywhere you have an Internet connection and a browser, nothing to install, upgrade or manage, just log-in, get your work done, log off AND deliver consistent results on every platform Mac/iOS, PC, Chrome OS, Android etc., no cross platform or software version concerns. Every time you log in you get the latest updates (no upgrade to wait months or years for).</p> <p dir="auto" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.40em;margin-bottom:1px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">#2 Complete</span> &ndash; The ability to manage the entire life cycle of your presentation from concept through creation and iteration through to publishing, sharing, interaction, versioning, tracking and archival.</p> <p dir="auto" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.40em;margin-bottom:1px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">#3 Connected</span> &ndash; Allow you to quickly find resources (content and services from a variety of sources like your desktop, your shared library (i.e. your coworkers / organization, the Internet, the SlideRocket Marketplace, the community) and rapidly utilize them to assemble and tell your story.</p> <p dir="auto" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.40em;margin-bottom:1px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">#4 Collaborative</span> &ndash; Work in concert with your colleagues, your partners, your agencies and vendors and of course customers and prospects using a shared library of assets and work-flows that lets everyone contribute across time and space.</p> <p dir="auto" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.40em;margin-bottom:1px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">#5 Nimble</span> &ndash; Let&rsquo;s you conduct business communications in a way that&rsquo;s better, faster, cheaper and more adaptive than before. This is achieved by side stepping or reinventing the way things are done e.g. Send an easy to use click-able link instead of a large file attached to an email.</p> <p dir="auto" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.40em;margin-bottom:1px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">#6 Dynamic</span> &ndash; Include dynamic functionality, content and data &nbsp;from both public and private sources to keep your story evergreen and up to date.</p> <p dir="auto" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.40em;margin-bottom:1px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">#7 Secure</span> &ndash; Securely stored in the cloud with the ability to allow and restrict access in a customizable way.</p> <p dir="auto" style="text-align:left;line-height:1.40em;margin-bottom:1px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">#8 Measured</span> &ndash; Inform you about who&rsquo;s viewing your content, where they are, what they think, how they interacted and what they did or didn&rsquo;t do after watching your presentation.</p> <p 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valuing diversity far beyond culture. This philosophy vividly demonstrates that we are not only similar, but also different in an infinite number of dimensions. Culture is only one of these. Diversity is about demographics, profitability, values, and b [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 class="wsite-content-title" style="text-align:left;"><strong>International Speaker - Betty Ramirez Swinners</strong><br /><br /><strong>http://www.diversityspeakers.com/sample_workshops.html<br /></strong><br /><strong><br /><br /><br />Diversity In The Workplace:<br /></strong>Diversity extends beyond the original definitions from years ago and instead has evolved to a philosophy that focuses on valuing diversity far beyond culture. This philosophy vividly demonstrates that we are not only similar, but also different in an infinite number of dimensions. Culture is only one of these. Diversity is about demographics, profitability, values, and behaviors. It must be viewed as a long-term process and commitment to influence change within the infrastructure of any organization.<br /><span></span><br /><span></span><strong>Sexual Harrassment:</strong><br />What is perceived as sexual harassment? Is this appropriate or inappropriate? Is this welcomed or unwelcome? Is this sexual in nature? In a diverse workforce, are behaviors perceived the same way? This workshop gives you the tools to be able to recognize behaviors that could be perceived to be sexual harassment, but may be something of a cultural nature. This workshop tells you what you need to do to address allegations of sexual harassment at all levels in your workforce. Don't wait until you are hit with a lawsuit to make changes in your company!<br /><span></span><br /><span></span><strong>Cultural Miscommunication:</strong><br />Build better working relationships with your employees and clients by breaking down cultural stereotypes. Learn how to avoid miscommunication or even offending colleagues and customers that may result in costly litigation. Family values, cultural traditions and perceptions will all be addressed to educate participants on the minority populations of our society. This workshop will focus on African-American and Hispanic cultures and helps improve communication with these growing populations.&nbsp;<br /><br /><strong>Workshops Title and Descriptions</strong><br /><span></span><br /><span></span>1)&nbsp;<strong>Diversity Outreach - Developing Campaigns and Programs</strong><br /><span></span><br /><span></span>This workshop is customized for each client. Participants will learn what types of community outreach projects/campaigns they can develop and what messaging is needed to reach the specific community. This workshop can be developed for African American, Native American or Latino outreach. Workshop time is &frac12; day &ndash; 1 day. In addition to workshop one on one coaching is available.<br /><span></span><br /><span></span>2)&nbsp;<strong>All About Latinos</strong><br /><span></span><br /><span></span>This workshop discusses the cultural beliefs and traditions of Latinos. Cultural views, myths and realities are also explored on requested topics. Participants will learn about the various communication styles, as well the definitions of Latino VS Hispanic and the diversity within the Latino race. Learn what can me considered offensive when communicating and learn how to better serve this community.<br /><span></span><br /><span></span>3)<strong>&nbsp;Tears Without a Voice &ndash; Latina Battered Women</strong><br /><span></span><br /><span></span>This workshop discusses the cultural beliefs and traditions of many immigrant Latina battered women. It explores the barriers the women have, the role of family, religion, folk and alternative healing methods used to deal with domestic violence. Discover the hidden threats that exist not only from the batterer, but also from the smugglers and relatives. This workshop is a must for any group working in the area of domestic violence, sexual assault or/and incest.&nbsp;<br /><br />4)<strong>&nbsp;A Story of Hop and Fried Chicken</strong><br /><span></span><br /><span></span>This is a keynote address in which Betty Ramirez Swinners shares her story of success and survival. Betty was a homeless child, living on the streets, eating out of trash cans and received little education. A survivor of physical, sexual, and ritual abuse, Betty was voted one of Texas Most Influential Hispanic Women by Texas Hispanic Magazine. She is an international speaker who shares her story to give others hope with the message that &ldquo;it doesn&rsquo;t matter where you come from, what matters is where you are going&rdquo;.<br /><span></span><br /><span></span>5)&nbsp;<strong>Cross Cultural Communication</strong><br /><span></span><br /><span></span>Build better working relationships with your employees and clients by de-mystifying cultural stereotypes. Learn how to avoid miscommunication or even offending colleagues and customers that may result in costly litigation. Family values, cultural traditions and perceptions will all be addressed to educate participants on minority populations of our society. This workshop will focus on African-American and Hispanic cultures and helps improve communication with these growing markets.<br /><span></span><br /><span></span>6)&nbsp;<strong>Violence in The Workplace Prevention</strong><br /><span></span><br /><span></span>Ensure that your place of employment remains a safe place to work. Understand the dangers of violence in the workplace, recognize various warning signs, and learn the correct procedures for response. Statistics prove that a person beginning to "lose control" will most likely show warning signs before they become violent. Learning to spot and respond to these warning signs can greatly improve the chances of a situation being defused before it escalates out of control, minimizing the risk to yourself and others. Almost every circumstance is unique, so your response will ultimately depend on the training you've received, your personal judgment, and the quick decisions you will be forced to make.<br /><span></span><br /><span></span><br /><span></span></h2>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>