In order to sustain your program long-term, profit or non-profit, you need a business model that articulates a dependable, predictable revenue engine. I encounter many clients who state, “I’m not doing this for the money.” I often counter, “But, bills are only paid with money.” I understand that money is not your driving force. Revenue […]
Sustainable Program Design: EBP & the Science
How do you know that the mechanism you have outlined will work? Evidence-based practice (EBP) is the intentional use of mechanisms that have been shown to have efficacy (to work) within a certain environment. A literature review is the best way to avail yourself of EBP with application to your environment. In conducting the literature […]
Sustainable Program Design: Where To Start
Often, (too often in my opinion) great social enterprises are started and stopped. They were started with the promise of engaging the least of these, filling in a service gap, or enabling community progress. They end with bitter feelings of a community ill-equipped and non-supportive. I mention this because the reality of other social enterprises […]
New Designs for Both MAWMedia.com & COACHMethod.com
Nashville, TN – Observers are beaming over the newly launched designs for the MAWMedia Group flagship sites. Said one viewer, “The previous designs were nice, but these make me realize what they were missing!” Both sites were redesigned with an eye toward user experience and differentiation as their purposes are more clarified. MAWMedia Group’s online […]
Writing: Five-Card Outlining with Index Cards
In my publishing enterprise, I find that many authors are able to organize chapters. They can usually build the chapter outline, build chapter summaries, and compose an overview of the book itself. This makes a draft book prospectus, a first step toward communicating the aims of a book project. From here, authors with much to […]
Writing: Granularity and The BLOG Method
The BLOG Method Writing a periodic blog can be a grand way to motivate yourself in writing, especially when you are not attempting to make a career as a writer. [Career writers MUST write each day! Motivated or not.] Your blog can be bi-weekly or monthly. In between posts, keep notes on ideas that you […]
MAWMedia Has A CLUE
Murray KY: The organizers of the Murray State University CLUE Conference have selected a proposal authored by MAWMedia Group President Michael Wright for inclusion in their April 4-6, 2013 conference. The theoretical paper titled, “Beyond Disparities: the Sociocybernetics of Health Systems Interaction” will outline an expanded vision of community health care highlighting the role of social […]
Products: Where to Begin
[Michael A. Wright is mentor, life coach, entrepreneur, curriculum specialist, and Owner/President of MAWMedia Group. His interests span behavioral health, family systems, and wealth creation. Follow @MAWMedia ] Four types of products exist: books, websites, DVD, and CDROM. These are the basic media that you can employ to disseminate your content. After you have […]
Writing: The Draft-ing Habit
[Michael A. Wright is mentor, life coach, entrepreneur, curriculum specialist, and Owner/President of MAWMedia Group. His interests span behavioral health, family systems, and wealth creation. Follow @MAWMedia ] Your desire to write is frustrated by 3 fallacies. Read on to reset these and create productive habits. Fallacy #1: If I am going to write, […]
A Talk with Brady Boe Series Writer Taunya Wright
Taunya Wright, Writer is special, but she does not want people to view her story or her achievements as out of reach. Even as she makes the second book in the Brady Boe series, Wild Honey, available for distribution, she is brimming with encouragement for aspiring authors and others who want to pursue life-long dreams. […]