QwikSmarts®

Help us choose a winning cover design for our Class of '09 book!

It's an exciting time when a new book is being birthed and choosing just the right face to put on it is a big decision. We'd like your help in making this important decision. To find a terrific cover for this book (and the next in the series, for freshmen and undergrads), we're hosting a design contest at http://www.tinyurl.com/DesignContest1.

Won't you take a couple minutes to peek at the covers that have been submitted already and vote for your favorite? You can mouse over any cover to see a larger image, then click on it to leave a comment about it or email us with your 'vote.'

Thank you, in advance, for helping us put a winning face on our new 'baby'!

Which non-profit(s) should QwikSmarts® support?

Just as we do with our new book series, The Smartest Thing I Ever Did...®, we want to choose one or two worthy non-profits to support by donating a portion of the proceeds from each QwikSmarts® sold.

So far, we have three organizations under consideration to receive the donation from the first book in our QwikSmarts® Take Charge series, Grads: Take Charge of Your First Year After College:

Junior Achievement (JA). JA Worldwide is the world’s largest organization dedicated to educating students about workforce readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy through experiential, hands-on programs. Check them out at www.JA.org.

National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE). Through entrepreneurship education, NFTE, helps young people from low-income communities build skills and unlock their entrepreneurial creativity. Since 1987, NFTE has reached over 186,000 young people, and currently has programs in 21 states and 13 countries outside the U.S. NFTE has more than 1,000 active Certified Entrepreneurship Teachers, and is continually improving its innovative entrepreneurship curriculum. Visit them at www.NFTE.com.

Golden Key International Honour Society (GKIHS). Golden Key is the world’s premier collegiate honor society, recognizing outstanding academic achievement and connecting high-achieving individuals locally, regionally & globally with lifetime opportunity, reward & success. Learn about GKIHS at https://www.goldenkey.org/GKIHS

Every book in the Take Charge series will also be supporting TreeBanking in their work to to reforest rainforests.

Ifyou want to nominate another worthy charity for us to consider partnering with for our Grads: Take Charge book, let us know soon!