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A Practical Writing Guide for Academic Librarians
Author Jonathan Wallace , Anne Langley
Mastering the skills necessary for clear, effective writing can make writing tasks flow more easily. This book helps academic librarians who are new to the profession or new to a supervisory or management position, as well as those who want to be more productive and....
Release Date 2010/05 -
phpList 2 E-mail Campaign Manager
Author David Young
Get to grips with the PHPList e-mail announcement delivery system!Harness the power and flexibility of open source software using PHPList for e-mail management masteryUse analytics to identify top-performing links and most engaged subscribers, and target campaigns b....
Release Date 2011/07 -
Leadership: The Power of Emotional Intelligence
Author Daniel Goleman
Daniel Goleman's Leadership: The Power of Emotional Intelligence is the author's first comprehensive collection of his key findings on leadership. This often-cited, proven-effective material will help develop stellar management, performance and innovation. The col....
Release Date 2011/08 -
Presentation Advantage: How to Inform and Persuade Any Audience
Author Julie Schmidt , Breck England , Kory Kogon
The average attention span of an adult is eight seconds—eight seconds! That is tough news for a presenter. It means you may have a room full of people, but their minds are elsewhere. You’re competing with a slew of activities demanding their ....
Release Date 2015/09 -
Real World: Adobe Creative Suite 2
Author Steve Werner , Sandee Cohen
Adobe's Creative Suite offers a powerful unified design environment that includes Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS 2, InDesign CS2, GoLive CS2 and Acrobat 7.0. Problem is, you've still got to learn the thing, and learn it well: Your job, after all, depends on it. No ....
Release Date 2006/06 -
Author Brian S McWilliams
More than sixty percent of today's email traffic is spam, according to email filtering firm Brightmail. This year alone, five trillion spam messages will clog Internet users in-boxes, costing society an estimated $10-billion in lost productivity, filtering software....
Release Date 2004/10 -
Competitive Intelligence for Information Professionals
Author Margareta Nelke , Charlotte Håkansson
Information professionals should be able to take a proactive role as a strategic partner in their organization's competitive intelligence. Their role needs to focus on the "outside-in" approach, based on their organization's strategic needs and objectives. Competi....
Release Date 2015/01 -
The Truth About Avoiding Credit Scams: The Essential Truths in 20 Minutes
Author Steve Weisman
"You should read this book and take Steve Weisman's advice. And from the money and assets he helps you protect, take a few dollars and buy a copy for a good friend."--Alan Colmes, Syndicated radio talk show host and co-host of Hannity and Colmes on Fox News Cha....
Release Date 2008/01 -
The Truth About Securing Your Retirement with IRAs: The Essential Truths in 20 Minutes
Author Steve Wiesman
All you need to know about every IRA, every 401(k)…even HSAs, and more!· The truth about getting the most benefits at the lowest cost· The truth about avoiding the pitfalls that can kill your retirement· The truth about choosing the best strategies for you--an....
Release Date 2008/11 -
How to Give a Pretty Good Presentation: A Speaking Survival Guide for the Rest of Us
Author T. J. Walker
Reduce the time and stress associated with your presentationsBookshelves are crowded with books on how to be an exceptional presenter and promise to produce a brilliant, standing-ovation speaker. But what about a presentation resource for the rest of us? There are s....
Release Date 2010/08 -
English for Everyone English Phrasal Verbs
PLEASE NOTE - this is a replica of the print book and you will need a pen and paper to complete the exercises.Learn more than 1,000 of the most common and useful English phrasal verbs using the highly effective English for Everyone visual method.Phrasal verbs (two- or three-part verbs such as "put o.... -
Writing for Journalists, 3rd Edition
Author Jane Bentley , Tim Holmes , Harriett Gilbert , Adams Sally , Wynford Hicks
The new edition of Writing for Journalists focuses on the key issue for writers working across all forms of media today: how to produce clear, engaging and illuminating copy that will keep the reader hooked from start to finish.Written by skilled specialist contrib....
Release Date 2016/04 -
Author Indi Young
Conventional product development focuses on the solution. Empathy is a mindset that focuses on people, helping you to understand their thinking patterns and perspectives. Practical Empathy will show you how to gather and compare these patterns to make better decisio....
Release Date 2015/01 -
Engineering Speaking by Design
Author Michael J. Cloud , Edward J. Rothwell
From the Authors of Engineering Writing by Design: Creating Formal Documents of Lasting ValueEngineering presentations are often a topic of frustration. Engineers complain that they don't enjoy public speaking, and that they don't know how to address audiences wit....
Release Date 2017/12 -
Put Emotional Intelligence to Work
Author Karl Mulle , Jeffrey Feldman
This title teaches that emotional awareness is a direct key to personal and professional success and will help individuals at all levels understand how emotions have a direct and profound effect on how well he or she performs on the job and in life. In addition, thi....
Release Date 2008/01 -
Author Maureen Orey
Individuals, teams, and organizations are only as good as their ability to communicate effectively.Communication Skills Training offers the crucial tools you’ll need to help your workshop participants master the skills that drive performance. The first book in the A....
Release Date 2014/11 -
Creative Solutions to Global Business Negotiations, Second Edition
Author Subhash C. Jain , Claude Cellich
Making deals globally is a fact of life in modern business. To successfully conduct deals abroad, executives like you need skills to negotiate with counterparts who have different backgrounds and experiences. This book gives you and other international executives t....
Release Date 2016/08 -
You Said What? [A Confident Communicator’s Guide]
Author Kim Zoller
Communication is a measure of how we are heard. It’s not about us; it is about how the other person perceives our message. If you are not where you should be in your career, the problem may very well be how you communicate. Show and hide more
Release Date 2015/09 -
Author Scott Keyser
The decision to award a contract is often based on marginal differences between bidders. If you want to raise your tendering win-rate and ROI, you must do everything you can to widen those margins and shorten your odds of winning. Full of hints, tips, tools and tech....
Release Date 2014/01 -
Author Charles R. Berger
Interpersonal communication has been studied in terms of both communication functions and specialized contexts. This handbook comprehensively covers the field including research on processes of social influence, the role of communication in the development, mainten....
Release Date 2014/07 -
How to Get More Creative Employees
Author Martha I. Finney
This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About Getting the Best from People (9780137080571) by Martha I. Finney. Available in print and digital formats.You can’t teach creativity to the uncreative! But you sure can nurture the well-hidden creativity that’s already ....
Release Date 2010/12 -
I’m the Boss of Me: A Guide to Owning Your Career
Author Jeanne Beliveau-Dunn
If you’re like most people, you’ve had good bosses and bad bosses. Some bosses have inspired you. Others have caused you to scratch your head and think, “How did this person get to be in charge?” But you might not realize that you have one amazing boss, someone who....
Release Date 2016/06 -
Non-Designer's Presentation Book, The: Principles for effective presentation design, 2nd Edition
Author Robin Williams
Robin Williams, teacher and designer, knows what it takes to give a good presentation. In this revised and updated book, Robin makes it easy for even first-time presenters to get past their fears of creating a presentation. She expands upon the four fundamental pri....
Release Date 2017/07 -
The Truth About Increasing Your Wealth With a 401(k): The Essential Truths in 20 Minutes
Author Steve Wiesman
All you need to know about every IRA, every 401(k)…even HSAs, and more!· The truth about getting the most benefits at the lowest cost· The truth about avoiding the pitfalls that can kill your retirement· The truth about choosing the best strategies for you--an....
Release Date 2008/11 -
Author Frank J. Pietrucha
In our increasingly complicated and data-driven world, many new developments are so complex that only experts comprehend their nuances. But what they don't grasp is how to tell the world about them. Communicating technical content to nontechnical listeners has fast....
Release Date 2014/05 -
Writing Useful, Accessible, and Legally Defensible Psychoeducational Reports
Author Michael Hass , Jeanne Anne Carriere
"This book focuses on how to write a psychological report that is first and foremost helpful to consumers, while also being technically and legally defensible. Like the reports the authors describe, the book is carefully organized, beautifully written, and accessibl....
Release Date 2014/04 -
The First 90 Days in Government: Critical Success Strategies for New Public Managers at All Levels
Author Cate Reavis , Michael Watkins , Peter H. Daly
More than 250,000 public sector managers in the United States take on new positions each year and many more aspire to leadership. Each will confront special challenges—from higher public profiles to a greater number of stakeholders to volatile political environments....
Release Date 2006/07 -
Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel Revised and Expanded Edition, 2nd Edition
Author Sara Paretsky , Hallie Ephron
A Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award Finalist for Best Critical/Biographical Work Discover the secrets to crafting an unforgettable mystery! To piece together the puzzle of your mystery novel, you need patience, resilience, a solid understanding of the craft, an....
Release Date 2017/01 -
The Writer's Guide to Beginnings
Author William Martin , Paula Munier
Give your story its best start! The best beginnings possess a magical quality that grabs readers from the first word and never lets them go. But beginnings aren't just the door into a fictional world. They are the gateway to the realm of publishing--one that could ....
Release Date 2016/11