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Make Sure You Have a Plan for Your Exit Before You are Laid Off
Author Martha I. Finney
This Element is an excerpt from Rebound: A Proven Plan for Starting Over After Job Loss (ISBN: 9780137021147) by Martha Finney. Available in print and digital formats.Be ready: know what to say and do when they’re laying you off...what never to say and do...and what....
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Life Balance Is Fiction: Finding Your Passion Will Bring a Life Built to Last
Author Mark Thompson , Jerry Porras , Stewart Emery
This Element is an excerpt from Success Built to Last: Creating a Life that Matters (ISBN: 9780132287517) by Jerry Porras, Stewart Emery, and Mark Thompson. Available in print and digital formats.As conventionally defined, “balance” doesn’t matter. Passion does. Lea....
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Doing What Matters: Why It Is So Damn Hard and So Darn Rewarding
Author Mark Thompson , Stewart Emery , Jerry Porras
This Element is an excerpt from Success Built to Last: Creating a Life that Matters (ISBN: 9780132287517) by Jerry Porras, Stewart Emery, and Mark Thompson. Available in print and digital formats.Learn the four biggest obstacles to following your dream: then expo....
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Life Happens: Saving on College, Divorce, Hospital, and Funeral Expenses
Author Gregory Karp
This Element is an except from Living Rich by Spending Smart: How to Get More of What You Really Want (ISBN: 9780132350099) by Gregory Karp.¿Available in print and digital formats.¿How to prepare financially for what might happen--so you won’t be blindsided if it do....
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How to Get Your Presentation Audience to Aha!
Author Jerry Weissman
This Element is an excerpt from Presenting to Win (ISBN: 9780137144174) by Jerry Weissman. Available in print and digital formats.Before you deliver your call to action, make sure your audience will be ready to act on it!For your presentations to succeed in achievin....
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What’s In a Presentation for You? How to Focus on Audience Needs
Author Jerry Weissman
This Element is an excerpt from Presenting to Win (ISBN: 9780137144174) by Jerry Weissman. Available in print and digital formats.The secret of presentation success: “WIIFY”--a relentless focus on what’s in it for your audience!Constantly ask the key question: “What....
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Finding Your Logical Presentation Flow
Author Jerry Weissman
This Element is an excerpt from Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story, Updated and Expanded Edition (ISBN: 9780137144174) by Jerry Weissman. Available in print and digital formats.Create a natural flow for your presentation: help your audience follow you ....
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Capturing Your Audience Immediately (and You are Off to a Great Presentation!)
Author Jerry Weissman
This Element is an excerpt from Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story, Updated and Expanded Edition (ISBN: 9780137144174) by Jerry Weissman. Available in print and digital formats.Create “Opening Gambits” that grab your presentation audience from the very....
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The Proper Role of Graphics in a Presentation
Author Jerry Weissman
This Element is an excerpt from Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story, Updated and Expanded Edition (ISBN: 9780137144174) by Jerry Weissman. Available in print and digital formats.The #1 killer mistake presenters make with graphics–and what you need to do....
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Author Angela Davis , Si Kahn
Privatization has been on the right-wing agenda for years. Health care, schools, Social Security, public lands, the military, prisons—all are considered fair game. Through stories, analysis, impassioned argument—even song lyrics—Si Kahn and Elizabe....
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Get Your Business to Work!: 7 Steps to Earning More, Working Less and Living the Life You Want
Author George Hedley
George Hedley, who turned $2,000 into a $50 million company in seven years, provides a perceptive new guide with a simple, real-world solution to running a business smoothly while allowing profits to flow in effortlessly. Get Your Business to Work! 7 Step....
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Think Better: An Innovator's Guide to Productive Thinking
Author Tim Hurson
There are thousands of books about thinking. But there are very few books that provide clear how-to information that can actually help you think better.Think Better is about Productive Thinking — why it’s important, how it works, and how to use it at work, at home,....
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Writing Great Web Site Content: Because Reading on a Screen Is Different than on Paper
Author Claire Meirowitz , Natalie Canavor
This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About the New Rules of Business Writing (9780137153152) by Natalie Canavor and Claire Meirowitz. Available in print and digital formats.Create effective Web sites and content: Six utterly crucial points you must know before ....
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Writing a Business Report That Gets Read, Not Filed
Author Claire Meirowitz , Natalie Canavor
This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About the New Rules of Business Writing (9780137153152) by Natalie Canavor and Claire Meirowitz. Available in print and digital formats.How to write reports that people actually read—and then act upon!Feel buried by requests....
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How to Write Proposals and Grant Applications That Win
Author Claire Meirowitz , Natalie Canavor
This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About the New Rules of Business Writing (9780137153152) by Natalie Canavor and Claire Meirowitz. Available in print and digital formats.How to write successful proposals and grant applications.Two technology companies regula....
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How to Write a Successful Cover Letter, Not One That Sinks You
Author Claire Meirowitz , Natalie Canavor
This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About the New Rules of Business Writing (ISBN: 9780137153152) by Natalie Canavor and Claire Meirowitz. Available in print and digital formats.How to write cover letters that raise you above your competitors--way above them!W....
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When Is It Best to Write a Letter Instead of an E-mail?
Author Claire Meirowitz , Natalie Canavor
This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About the New Rules of Business Writing (ISBN: 9780137153152) by Natalie Canavor and Claire Meirowitz. Available in print and digital formats.When to write a letter, not an e-mail--and how to make sure that letter does the j....
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Even E-mails Need to Be Edited
Author Claire Meirowitz , Natalie Canavor
This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About the New Rules of Business Writing (ISBN: 9780137153152) by Natalie Canavor and Claire Meirowitz. vailable in print and digital formats.Master the simple editing techniques that make the difference between average email....
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How to Keep the Email Monster from Eating You Alive
Author Jurgen Wolff
Thie Element is an excerpt from Focus: Your Key to More Productivity at Work (ISBN: 9780137002566) by Jurgen Wolff. Available in print and digital formats.A complete plan for taking control over your email--instead of letting it control you!Here are some tips for ta....
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Use Body Language to Enhance Your Questions
Author Terry J. Fadem
This Element is an excerpt from The Art of Asking: Ask Better Questions, Get Better Answers (9780137144242) by Terry J. Fadem. Available in print and digital formats.Improve your questioning skills by making sure your body language aligns with your words.Body langua....
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To Tweet or Not to Tweet: Writing Effective Text Messages for Business
Author Claire Meirowitz , Natalie Canavor
This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About the New Rules of Business Writing (9780137153152) by Natalie Canavor and Claire Meirowitz. Available in print and digital formats.How to plan and write powerfully effective business Tweets (and other super-short messag....
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Simple Strategies for Developing and Writing Effective E-Newsletters
Author Claire Meirowitz , Natalie Canavor
This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About the New Rules of Business Writing (9780137153152) by Natalie Canavor and Claire Meirowitz. Available in print and digital formats.Crafting e-newsletters that work: quick guidelines for getting started, and getting resu....
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Get a Life, Not a Job: Do What You Love and Let Your Talents Work For You
Author Ph.D. Paula Caligiuri
You can design your own career, so you love what you do! You only have one life: why settle for anything less? Whether you’re an entrepreneur or working within a company, Get a Life, Not a Job shows how you can make it happen for yourself. You’ll learn how to move t....
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Presentation Slide Text: Less Is More:
Author Jerry Weissman
This Element is an excerpt from Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story, Updated and Expanded Edition (ISBN: 9780137144174) by Jerry Weissman. Available in print and digital formats.Why fewer words are better — and practical ways to slash the unnecessary te....
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The Optimism Advantage: 50 Simple Truths to Transform Your Attitudes and Actions into Results
Author Terry L. Paulson
Sharpen your skills and shape attitudes to achieve high levels of success personally and professionallyThe Optimism Advantage offers tangible, proven techniques for turning life's obstacles into opportunities with confidence and competence. Today's economy offers ....
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Photographing Washington, D.C.: Digital Field Guide
Author John Healey
The ideal companion guide for capturing awe-inspiring photos of Washington, D.C.!Whether using a compact camera or a high-end dSLR, this companion guide provides you with detailed information for taking spectacular shots of some of the most recognizable architecture....
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Author Robert H. Vaughn
Every day, people make decisions and solve problems in both their business and personal lives. For some people, working through problems and making decisions is easy—their natural abilities allow them to make sound, fast, and good decisions—these are your natural le....
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Evidence-Based Training Methods: A Guide for Training Professionals
Author Ruth Colvin Clark
Trainers, instructional designers, e-learning professionals, and the entire cadre of Workplace Learning & Performance practitioners are busy working to meet tight deadlines, shrinking budgets, and increasing demands for top results. Relying on more than 20 years....
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Understanding Government Contract Source Selection
Author Margaret G. Rumbaugh
Your Go-to Resource for Government Contract Source Selection!From planning to protest and all the steps in between, Understanding Government Contract Source Selection is the one reference all government acquisition professionals and contractors should keep clo....
Release Date 2010/03