A Year Full of Flowers: Fresh Ideas to Bring Flowers Into Your Life Everyday
(Let Jim McCann and Julie McCann-Mulligan - the creative t...)
Let Jim McCann and Julie McCann-Mulligan - the creative team from the nation's #1 distributor of fresh flowers at 1-800-Flowers - show you fabulous, innovative ways to add nature's beauty to your home. Flower arranging has never been this easy-or this much fun! A sunny, fresh bouquet of daffodils enchants with the promise of spring. A sprig of tiny blush pink roses tucked into a silver bud vase makes a quiet statement of love and romance. Throughout the year, nothing speaks to the beauty of life's everyday joys and special occasions like flowers. With the inspiration of this gorgeous full-color book from the nation's leading source of fresh-cut and seasonal flowers, anyone can learn how to have fun with flowers in novel and delightful ways.
(In Celebrating Mom, author and entrepreneur Jim McCann co...)
In Celebrating Mom, author and entrepreneur Jim McCann collects inspiring true accounts of sharing and caring — contributed by 1-800-FLOWERS.COM customers and visitors to Celebrations.com — that honor the kindness, affection, and spirit of mothers everywhere. Complete with beautiful color illustrations and complemented throughout with poignant quotes and fun facts about motherhood, Celebrating Mom brings together a variety of warm, moving stories to strike a universal chord certain to stir readers. More than simply the perfect gift for Mother's Day, Celebrating Mom is a heartwarming way to show your appreciation any time of year for those quiet, everyday heroes who move and change society for the better — one child at a time.
(Celebrating Love follows Celebrating Mom in a new gift se...)
Celebrating Love follows Celebrating Mom in a new gift series from 1-800-flowers.com and celebrations.com founder Jim McCann. Reinforcing the 1-800-flowers.com and celebrations.com philosophy of helping customers express, connect, and celebrate, McCann balances the practical with the inspirational, and the poignant with the profound, inside this collection of authentic love stories. Full-color drawings illustrate the book throughout and are interspersed with meaningful quotes and little-known facts about love and affection. Divided into four sections based on the distinct seasons of love, Celebrating Love features 150 entries.
(Reinforcing the 1-800-FLOWERS.COM and Celebrations.com ph...)
Reinforcing the 1-800-FLOWERS.COM and Celebrations.com philosophy of helping customers express, connect, and celebrate, Jim McCann balances the practical with the poignant inside Celebrating Life. More than just a collection of sympathetic sentiments, Celebrating Life serves as a catalyst for sharing profound affection, appreciation, grief, and love for someone who has died. This inspirational gift book of sympathy is perfect for quiet moments of reflection or for sharing at memorials, anniversaries, funerals, wakes, and other special occasions that pay tribute to the life of a loved one. Full-color drawings illustrate the book throughout and are interspersed with meaningful quotes and heartfelt reflections on saying goodbye, healing, remembering, and celebrating life. Divided into four sections, Celebrating Life features 120 entries.
(Reinforcing the 1-800-flowers.com and celebrations.com ph...)
Reinforcing the 1-800-flowers.com and celebrations.com philosophy of helping individuals express, connect, and celebrate, Jim McCann celebrates the unwavering and steadfast nature of friendship inside Celebrating Friends. More than just a collection of heartwarming sentiments, Celebrating Friends presents over 50 poignant quotes, fascinating facts, and inspirational stories that express thoughts on friendship in an honest and genuine way. Celebrating Friends is perfect for sharing at birthdays, reunions, and other special occasions that pay tribute to the unwavering power of friendship. Full-color drawings illustrate the book throughout and are interspersed with meaningful quotes and heartfelt reflections on creating friendships and memories and ultimately celebrating life. Divided into four sections, Celebrating Friends features 120 entries, many of which were submitted by everyday people on the 1-800-flowers.com and celebrations.com Web sites, and on their Facebook and Twitter pages.
(The bond between people and their pets has never been str...)
The bond between people and their pets has never been stronger, and millions of Americans will welcome Celebrating Dogs, an inspirational gift book that honors our affinity for our furry friends. Drawn from stories and words of wisdom from 1800-Flowers.com and Celebrations.com customers and employees, the book balances practical information with appealing stories about the meaning and uniqueness of life with a dog gleaned from real people. The stories are interspersed with meaningful quotes and little-known facts about the one-of-a-kind relationship dogs owners share with their pets, striking a universal chord for all pet-owners. Celebrating Dogs opens with a short introduction by 1800-Flowers President Jim McCann about his experiences with family pet. The book is a warm reflection on the unique relationships that are created by the human-animal bond, and it serves as a reminder of the spirit and eternal nature of true devotion and love between people and their pets.
(The decorations, the food, the gifts, and most of all the...)
The decorations, the food, the gifts, and most of all the times spent with loved ones — these are the special times and sentiments shared in Celebrating Christmas. The eighth book in the Celebrating gift book series reminds us all to slow down and enjoy the moments that make the holiday so special. Including contributions from customers and employees of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM and Celebrations.com, the beautifully illustrated book is filled with tender family moments, laugh-out-loud stories, and ruminations on the meaning of the season. Celebrating Christmas will strike a universal chord among those who cherish the specialness of the holiday.
(In the emotional overload of bringing home a baby, it is ...)
In the emotional overload of bringing home a baby, it is easy for parents to be overwhelmed and anxious about their new roles and responsibilities. Celebrating Baby is full of funny, sweet, and sentimental reminders from those who have been there to slow down and enjoy the ride — even the speed bumps that arise from late nights and fussy temperaments. This inspirational gift book reinforces the 1-800-Flowers.com/Celebrations.com philosophy of helping friends and families express, connect, and celebrate the special moments and people in their lives. Additionally, Celebrating Baby provides an interactive and personalized approach to celebrating by including engaging prompts that encourage you to make the book your own. Now you can not only ponder a meaningful quote on a new baby, you can also personalize the gift by including your own experiences or advice in the very same pages. Drawn from stories and words of wisdom of 1-800-Flowers.com/Celebrations.com customers and employees, Celebrating Baby presents realistic but inspirational stories about parenthood. Filled with tender family moments, laugh-out-loud anecdotes, and ruminations on having a baby, the warm retellings in Celebrating Baby should strike a universal chord for parents everywhere.
Talk is (Not!) Cheap: The Art of Conversation Leadership
(Jim McCann has spent his career talking. For McCann, the ...)
Jim McCann has spent his career talking. For McCann, the founder and CEO of the world’s largest florist, 1-800-Flowers.com, being open and ready to speak to a variety of audiences is his most powerful leadership tool. In Talk Is (Not!) Cheap, McCann illustrates how the art of conversation leadership — the process he developed to engage others and create forward momentum in the workplace — can be used to inspire, innovate, and win. Using a blend of how-to and insightful personal stories, this book argues that the gift of gab may just be the most critical (and undervalued) skill set in today’s workplace. Lessons include how to overcome hesitation when diving into conversation with strangers and knowing when to just "shut up and listen!" McCann’s practical advice comes from twenty years of experience as the voice of small business, and from meeting and exchanging ideas with other influential business leaders around the world.
Jim McCann has been in the floral industry since 1976 when he began a retail chain of flower shops in the New York metropolitan area. He founded 1-800-flowers.com Inc. and served as its chief executive officer from 1976 to 2008. He has been a Director of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. since 1976. McCann served as a director of Gateway, Inc. since 1996. Mr. He served as a director of The Boyds Collection, Ltd. since May 2001. He served as a director of GTECH Holdings Corporation since February 2003. He served a Non-Executive Director at Willis Group Holdings Public Limited Company since April 21, 2004 until January 4, 2016. He has been a Director of Willis Group Limited and Willis Canada, Inc. since April 21, 2004. He served as an Independent Director of Lottomatica Group S.p.A from August 2006 to April 2011.
He served as a presiding independent director of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company from November 1, 2012 to July 8, 2013. Mr. McCann has been an Independent Director at The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company since January 2014. He also has been an independent non-executive director since April 7, 2015 and a vice chairperson and lead independent director of International Game Technology PLC (formerly GTECH plc and Lottomatica S.p.A.) since November 19, 2018. He is a Director at Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company since January 4, 2016. He has been 1-800-flowers.com Inc.'s Executive Chairman since June 2016. He was the Chairman of Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company since January 4, 2016 until January 1, 2019.
He served as an Advisor at Metamorphic Ventures. He served as Advisor of Compound. He serves as a Director of Children's Progress, Inc. He served as a Director of OfficeMax, Inc. and PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc. He was involved in social services at St. John's Home for Boys. He serves as a Director of National Retail Federation, Boyd's Bears, Very Special Arts, Gateway 2000, Hoftstra University and Winthrop-University Hospital, Inc. He serves as a Trustee at Cancer Research Institute, Inc. He serves as a Trustee of Hofstra University. He supports programs for the developmentally disabled. He is a published author and award winning public speaker as well as a frequent guest on radio and television programs nationwide. Mr. McCann was a pioneer in online retailing.