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It Starts with One: Changing Individuals Changes Organizations, Third Edition
Author Hal Gregersen , J. Stewart Black
As many as 60% of organizational change initiatives fail. This means that many normally successful, motivated, and determined managers nonetheless struggle to lead change effectively. Most of those leadership failures share a common cause: managers mistakenly believ....
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Speaker Camp: A Self-paced Workshop for Planning, Pitching, Preparing, and Presenting at Conferences
Author Samantha Starmer , Russ Unger
Are you interested in getting out of the audience observing and onto the stage sharing your thoughts, ideas, and experience with the world? If so, Speaker Camp is for you! Russ Unger and Samantha Starmer are seasoned and popular presenters at venues such as South b....
Release Date 2013/11 -
The Leader's Guide to Speaking with Presence
Author John Baldoni
A leader’s most important job is to communicate. Every day, whether in a meeting or a presentation, a water-cooler conversation or a formal speech, his or her ability to craft and deliver a clear message, one the audience will believe, is the tipping poin....
Release Date 2013/11 -
Author John D. Skrentny
A provocative new approach to race in the workplaceWhat role should racial difference play in the American workplace? As a nation, we rely on civil rights law to address this question, and the monumental Civil Rights Act of 1964 seemingly answered it: race must not....
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Basic Cost Benefit Analysis for Assessing Local Public Projects
Author Maryann O. Keating , Barry P. Keating
CBA is an attempt to fully account for all costs associated with a new proposal along with a detailed calculation of specific private and public benefits. Properly employed, CBA is simply a method for assessing a proposal prior to a collective decision by cal....
Release Date 2013/11 -
Skills for New Managers, 2nd Edition
Author Morey Stettner
PROVEN TIPS TO HANDLE EVERYDAY MANAGEMENT SITUATIONS --ALL IN A FAST-MOVING, EASY-TO-REFERENCE FORMATManaging people is one of the most demanding yet career-enhancing and rewarding skills you can have. Skills for New Managers, Second Edition, provides everything yo....
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Public Debt Dynamics of Europe and the U.S.
Author Dimitris N. Chorafas
Public Debt Dynamics of Europe and the U.S., provides the evidence and implications of current policies by sovereigns and central banks, in dealing with the debt abyss. It brings in perspective the diversity of opinion reigning in modern economics and finance and o....
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Author Emma Ledden
Make the next presentation you do, the best you’ve ever done. The Presentation Book shows how you can easily put your nerves behind you and calmly and confidently deliver a clear, sharp and very influential presentation. With Emma Ledden’s expert help, quick tips an....
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Creative, Efficient, and Effective Project Management
Author Ralph L. Kliem
Creative companies are distinguished by their ability to adapt and thrive in a dynamic, changing economy. Their products and services stand out in the market, and these companies’ ability to be agile and innovative is key to their success.Creative, Efficient, and ....
Release Date 2013/10 -
EGO vs. EQ: How Top Leaders Beat 8 Ego Traps with Emotional Intelligence
Author Jen Shirkani
As leaders climb the corporate ladder of success, the risk of falling into “ego traps” increases, which in turn can hurt business and threaten hard-won success. In EGO vs. EQ, author Jennifer Shirkani presents ways of honing Emotional Intelligence (EQ) to eliminate ....
Release Date 2013/10 -
Author Jeremey Donovan
DELIVER THE PRESENTATION OF YOUR LIFE--AND LAUNCH YOUR CAREERA nonprofit dedicated to ideas worth spreading, TED challenges the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers to give "the speech of their lives" in 18 minutes or less. The more than 14,000 talks on TED.....
Release Date 2013/09 -
Author Natalie Canavor
How many pieces of paper land on your desk each day, or emails in your inbox? Your readers - the people you communicate with at work - are no different.So how can you make your communication stand out from the pile and get the job done? Whether you're crafting a sh....
Release Date 2013/09 -
Adobe Creative Cloud Design Tools Digital Classroom
Author Jennifer Smith , AGI Creative Team
Full-color guide and video tutorials make a powerful combo for learning design applications in the Adobe Creative CloudIf you like the idea of tackling the design and web applications in Adobe's Creative Cloud in smaller bites, then this is the book-and-video train....
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The Art of Critical Making: Rhode Island School of Design on Creative Practice
Author John Maeda , Mara Hermano , Rosanne Somerson
Describes the world's leading approach to art and design taught at Rhode Island School of DesignAt Rhode Island School of Design students are immersed in a culture where making questions, ideas, and objects, using and inventing materials, and activating experience ....
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Mastering openFrameworks: Creative Coding Demystified
Author Denis Perevalov
openFrameworks is the doorway to so many creative multimedia possibilities and this book will tell you everything you need to know to undertake your own projects. You’ll find creative coding is simpler than you think.Create cutting edge audio-visual interactive proj....
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Author Giles Lury
The power of a good story has long been recognised. It seems that, as a race, we humans love a good story. But stories aren’t just for pure enjoyment - they have long been a powerful tool for teaching. This book is an alternative to the traditional marketing handboo....
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Author Geoffrey Tumlin
PLAY DUMB. BE BORING. DON'T SOLVE PROBLEMS. AND ABOVE ALL, DON'T BE YOURSELF.Not exactly what you'd expect to hear from a communication expert, but these counterintuitive strategies are precisely what we need to interact productively and meaningfully in today's ....
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Foundations of Digital Art and Design with Adobe® Creative Cloud
Author xtine burrough
Fuses design fundamentals and software training into one cohesive book!Teaches art and design principles with references to contemporary digital art alongside basic digital tools in Adobe's Creative CloudAddresses the growing trend of compressing design fundamental....
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Presentation Skills That Will Take You to the Top (Collection), 2/e
Author Jerry Weissman
Jerry Weissman’s brand new collection of 4 authoritative books on making outstanding presentationsFour breakthrough books help you deliver outstanding, winning presentations of all kinds — whatever your goals, whatever your audience!Jerry Weissman has helped the wor....
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Learn Good Business Writing and Communication (Collection)
Author Stephen R. Covey , Claire Meirowitz , Natalie Canavor
The Truth About the New Rules of Business Writing shows you how to master the art of effective business communication replacing the old standards of jargon, pomposity, and grammar drills with a simple, quick, and conversational writing style. Authors Natalie Canavor....
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Produce Powerful Presentations (Collection)
Author Jerry Weissman
In Presentation in Action, Weissman does just that: he teaches how to make spectacularly successful presentations by showing exactly how great presenters have done it. Weissman dives into his library of outstanding presentations, sharing examples from current events....
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Successful Presentation Strategies (Collection)
Author Jerry Weissman
In Winning Strategies for Power Presentations, Weissman identifies the elements of a great presentation, distilling 75 best practices from the world's best persuaders into bite-sized chapters designed to be easy-to-read -- and equally easy to apply. Following on th....
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The Effective Public Manager: Achieving Success in Government Organizations, 5th Edition
Author Tanya Heikkila , William Eimicke , Steven Cohen
Thoroughly revised and updated, the fifth edition of The Effective Public Manager offers public administrators and students a classic resource and a highly-accessible guide to the fundamentals of leading and managing public organizations. In this new edition the aut....
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Adobe Creative Cloud Design Tools All-in-One For Dummies
Author Jennifer Smith
Your all-in-one guide to Adobe's new Creative CloudPacked with more than a thousand pages of content, Adobe Creative Cloud All-in-One For Dummies is exactly what you need to get your head in the Creative Cloud. Written by designers for designers, this book is fille....
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Games, Ideas and Activities for Teaching Learners of English as an Additional Language
Author Maggie Webster
Maggie Webster is Senior Lecturer in Primary Education at Edge Hill University and is a Course Leader for Children’s Development and Learning. She can be seen on Teachers TV delivering a lecture about English as an additional language and has worked as a Bilingual Support Tutor, a Literacy Consultan....
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Dialogue Editing for Motion Pictures, 2nd Edition
Author John Purcell
Produce professional level dialogue tracks with industry-proven techniques and insights from an Emmy Award winning sound editor. Gain innovative solutions to common dialogue editing challenges such as room tone balancing, noise removal, perspective control, finding ....
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Author Gary J. Beach
Is a widening "skills gap" in science and math education threatening America's future? That is the seminal question addressed in The U.S. Technology Skills Gap, a comprehensive 104-year review of math and science education in America. Some claim this "skills gap" i....
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The 7 Non-Negotiables of Winning: Tying Soft Traits to Hard Results
Author David K. Williams
How to spot employees' true game-changing character traits for creating a winning cultureContrary to most conventional management wisdom, The 7 Non-Negotiables of Winning looks beyond employee skills and background and to identify the true game-changing character t....
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The Government Manager's Guide to Plain Language
Author Judith G. Myers
The ability to write well correlates highly with the ability to think well—to analyze information, weigh alternatives, and make decisions. Government managers must make instructions and policies clear to employees, give effective presentations, and communicat....
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A Practical Guide to International Arbitration in London
Author Hilary Heilbron
With the development of international arbitration globally and London as a leading arbitration centre, the need for knowledge of the subject extends to a wider legal audience. A Practical Guide to International Arbitration in London takes a pragmatic look at how to ....
Release Date 2013/07