Please help finalize a new book title

[Judah]

I want and need your wisdom. I recently completed a total rewrite and massive restructuring of my book, GLOBAL SENSE. I am planning to release it this fall. To get advance trade reviews (Kirkus, Publisher's Weekly, Foreword, etc.), I must modify the title enough for the book to be treated as a brand new book.

Toward this end, I want your feedback.

The one caveat is that I need to keep the phrase "global sense" within the new title. Beyond the time and effort I've spent branding the phrase, one of the goals always has been to add that phrase to the popular lexicon, just as "tipping point" has now entered the popular lexicon. This at last has begun to happen with people in conversations saying this or that thing "makes global sense," so I certainly am not about to drop this phrase just as it's finally catching on. To get a look at the late 2011 edition, please visit my book website, http://globalsense.com

All that said, below are final ten titles that passed muster from a long list of brainstormed possibilities. This final list reflects the votes from almost 50 of you. I have my own favorites, but I will not spoil your objectivity by telling them to you now.

Please scan through this alphabetical list and let me know if any pop out as the most compelling. If you come up with a better title not on the list, please sing out.

Here goes:

Beyond Global Sense
Common Global Sense
Global Sense Now
Global Sense and Sensibility
Global Sense Solutions
Make Global Sense
Making Global Sense
The Dawn of Global Sense
The Global Sense Revolution
The Power of Global Sense

Thanks for you help and supportive spirit.

Judah

P.S. Here is the working subtitle: "Awakening Humanity to Save the World in the 21st Century"

[L.A.]

I like the Dawn of Global Sense, it sounds catchy and makes one feel like something as a beginning and moving forward.

[Judah]

And the word "dawn" ties in with the existing subtitle...

[Judah]

The final selected title is THE DAWN OF GLOBAL SENSE. Last night, while flying eastward at 39,000 feet above the earth, my wife and I did some brainstorming on subtitles. Here are the best options we developed:

Making sense of the new global awakening

Making sense of the global awakening

Making sense of the awakening into global consciousness

Making sense of humanity's global awakening

Making sense of the awakening into global awareness

Seems like these finally are moving in the right directions as subtitles for THE DAWN OF GLOBAL SENSE. Our goal is to help readers grasp the meaning of the phrase, "global sense" at the same time as conveying the core concept of the book.

Feedback? Suggestions?

Judah

[M.C.]

Dawn of global sense!!

[Cynthia]

as you have "sense" in the title what about not using it in the subtitle?

Understanding global awakening

or something like that?

[Judah]

Here is the final title and subtitle:

THE DAWN OF GLOBAL SENSE: Making Sense of the Rising Global Consciousness Now Changing Our Lives

A huge THANK YOU to all of you who supported this process!

Judah Freed
http://globalsense.com

[Nick]

Cynthia wrote: "as you have "sense" in the title what about not using it in the subtitle?

Understanding global awakening

or something like that?"

Cynthia is correct. You never repeat a major word in the title in the sub-title. Publishers will not look kindly.

[Judah]

"Global awakening" does not mean the same thing as "global consciousness" (which does mean the same thing as "global sense"). However, the redundancy point is well taken. Here is the latest and we hope final tweak:

THE DAWN OF GLOBAL SENSE: Awakening to the Rising Global Consciousness Now Changing Our Lives

All the feedback so far says this latest subtitle works very well. I'm still open to feedback.

[Judah]

As a salute to the American Fourth of July, and as a thanks for all of you who recently contributed toward selecting the final title and subtitle of my new book (THE DAWN OF GLOBAL SENSE: Awakening to the Rising Global Consciousness Now Changing Our Lives), I am offering a free download of a PDF advance review copy of the book -- today only.
http://globalsense.com/about-global-s...

[Judah]

Done and done. Thanks everybody!