First Book: The Tipping Point By Malcolm Gladwell (& Schedule)

The book club is open to everyone and free to participate.

The first book we will be reading is The Tipping Point (here at Amazon) by Malcolm Gladwell. If you already read it, read it again with us and share your thoughts.

This really has the potential to be fun as well as thought provoking and I look forward to engaging everyone.

We are set to begin February 6th so you have more than enough time to get your book.

Here's the schedule and format:

* It Begins February (2/6/11)

* It will be hosted at ADRhub.com in a group section just for the book club

* The book is Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

* Each week starting on Sunday, a set of pages will be assigned to read

- Week one February 6th

Introduction, Chapter 1 & 2

- Week two February 13

Chapters 3 & 4

- Week three February 20

Chapters 5 & 6

- Week four February 27

Chapters 7, 8 & Endnote

* For each week, there will be a starter-discussion topic to get things going. The starter discussion will be based on the book while looking at it through a conflict resolution professionals lens. That said, you can post/write on anything you want.

* I ask that each participant to post an initial comment by Wednesday 9pm est. for each week

* I ask each participant to reply to at least one other person's comment by Friday 9pm est for each week

* Posting, comments and questions will be hosted by ADRhub in a new group created just for the book club: http://adrhub.com/group/adrbookclub as that will be easiest. No one owns the book the club and the rules are open to change. I am simply trying to get things moving. Btw, I do not view this as being successful if there are hundreds of people- success lies in each of the participant getting something beneficial out of this.

* Please help promote the book club. Feel free to put any of the attached graphics on your site, blog, group, etc. with the message below or one of your own as well as use #adrbookclub on twitter.