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LATEX Notes: Practical Tips for Preparing Technical Documents
Author Kenneth J. Shultis - Department of Nuclear Engineering , Kansas State University
Just a few years ago, LaTeX set TeX users free. LaTeX liberated them from mundane chores such as formatting and equation numbering, allowing writers to concentrate instead on the document content. Now, to help those who wish to take an extra step beyond the structur....
Release Date 1994/01 -
Better Grammar in 30 Minutes a Day
Author Florence Sacks , Constance Immel
Here’s help for anyone who has something to say or write but has difficulty doing so. Better Grammar in 30 Minutes features thorough coverage of key grammar skills, clear explanations with a minimum of grammatical terms and an abundance of exercises and activities t....
Release Date 1995/08 -
Secrets of Successful Grantsmanship: A Guerrilla Guide to Raising Money
Author Susan L. Golden
Susan Golden provides not just another book on proposal writing, but one which provides a realistic view of proposal writing with practical step-by-step guidance towards success -- useful for both novice and experienced grantwriters.Patricia F. Lewis, ACFR, presiden....
Release Date 1997/02 -
Measuring Affective and Behavioral Change—Evaluation & Research
Author James C. Robinson , Dana Gaines Robinson
This Info-line stresses the importance of laying the groundwork for measuring behavior and affective changes resulting from training programs. It concentrates on Kirkpatrick's third level of evaluation, behavior, and discusses specific techniques to track and measu....
Release Date 1997/04 -
Listening to Learn; Learning to Listen
Author Diane Kirrane
The average employee spends 30-60 percent of his or her day listening, yet listening skills are rarely taught. This Info-line provides aids to understanding, speaking, and listening. Offers guidelines for giving feedback. Makes suggestions about what to include in a....
Release Date 1997/06 -
The Transfer of Skills Training
Author Richard L. Sullivan
This Info-line describes a model that can be used to determine that the transfer of skills training has occurred. The steps are: 1) conduct needs assessment, 2) standardize performance skills, 3) develop performance checklists, 4) transfer using demonstration, 5) co....
Release Date 1998/04 -
Author Janis F Chan
What does it take to impress an audience? No more boring presentations!
Release Date 1998/06 -
Planning Successful Meetings and Events
Author Ann J. Boehme
Planning a meeting or event is no easy task. Just ask any of the administrative staffers who are increasingly being asked to do it. One minor mistake -- a plane ticket that doesn't arrive on time, not enough vegetarian meals at the luncheon, the wrong kind of audi....
Release Date 1998/11 -
The Manager's Pocket Guide to Effective Writing
Author Steve Gladis
Written communication is prevalent at most levels of business, but especially at the managerial level. Your writing may be grammatically and logically sound, but is it effective? Is it conveying your message with the concision and accuracy that makes you an effectiv....
Release Date 1999/01 -
Icebreakers—Presentation Skills & Games
Author Robert C. Preziosi
This Info-line provides an overview of the types of icebreakers: openers, acquainters, games, and brainstorming. The issue offers guidelines for selecting icebreakers and for trainer behaviors while conducting icebreakers. Examples of ice breakers are given. ....
Release Date 1999/04 -
Powerful Conversations: How High Impact Leaders Communicate
Author Phil Harkins
"Phil Harkins has it exactly right. To be a leader is to communicate powerfully—as he does in this thoughtful book." - Robert B. Reich, Professor of Social and Economic Policy Brandeis University. Powerful Conversations breed a powerful organization. POWERFU....
Release Date 1999/06 -
The Lost Art of the Great Speech: How to Write It * How to Deliver It
Author Richard Dowis
Splashy slides, confident body language, and a lot of eye contact are fine and well. But if a speech is rambling, illogical, or just plain boring, the impact will be lost. Now everyone can learn to give powerful, on-target speeches that capture an audience's attent....
Release Date 1999/08 -
Author David Wood
The Internet's "killer app" is not the World Wide Web or Push technologies: it is humble electronic mail. More people use email than any other Internet application. As the number of email users swells, and as email takes on an ever greater role in personal and bu....
Release Date 1999/08 -
Successful Grants Program Management
Author David G. Bauer
As school districts struggle with decentralized management, the need to coordinate grant proposal development has grown dramatically. This indispensable resource contains all the practical tools that districts need to manage cross-curricular proposals for all their ....
Release Date 1999/11 -
Author Robert Heller
Learn all you need to know about creating and using a resume successfully, from summarizing your achievements to targeting potential companies and replying to job advertisements. Writing Your Resume not only shows you how to decide on your career objectives, but als....
Release Date 1999/11 -
The Manager's Pocket Guide to eCommunication: Communicating effectively in a digital age
Author Laurie K. Benson
E-mail, voice mail, conference calls, and videoconferences have revolutionized communication. Companies are dependent on technology to link personnel across cities, states, and countries, especially as virtual teams become more a part of our business environment. Ye....
Release Date 2000/01 -
The Manager's Pocket Guide to Emotional Intelligence: From Management to Leadership
Author Emily A. Sterrett
One of the keys to becoming a true leader is emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence quotient (or EQ) encompasses qualities that go beyond general intellectual intelligence and technical competency. EQ includes self-awareness, self-control, self-confidence, m....
Release Date 2000/01 -
Author Janelle Barlow , Dianna Maul
Today's consumers demand not only services and products that are of the highest quality, but also positive, memorable experiences. This essential guide shows how organizations can leapfrog their competitors by learning how to add emotional value -the economic ....
Release Date 2000/04 -
Leadership in Action: Assessing Emotional Intelligence - A Talk with Cary Cherniss
Author John Alexander
Cary Cherniss has long been interested in emotional intelligence—a set of personal and interpersonal competencies that determine how people manage their feelings, interact, and communicate—and how it works in leaders.
Release Date 2000/12 -
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Poetry
Author Nikki Moustaki
You're no idiot, of course. You've read poetry that has touched your heart, and you'd like to improve your own writing technique. But even though you have loads of inspiration, you're discovering that good instruction can be as elusive as a good metaphor.Don't let yo....
Release Date 2001/04 -
Demystifying Grant Seeking: What You Really Need to Do to Get Grants
Author Martin John Brown , Larissa Golden Brown
Demystifying Grantseeking is an inspirational and instructional guide to grantseeking. The authors--successful grantseekers in their own right--show you how to overcome the common fears fundraisers often experience and offer sound, practical advice to successful gra....
Release Date 2001/08 -
Writing Information Security Policies
Author Scott Barman
Administrators, more technically savvy than their managers, have started to secure the networks in a way they see as appropriate. When management catches up to the notion that security is important, system administrators have already altered the goals and business p....
Release Date 2001/11 -
The Emotional Intelligence Activity Book
Author Adele B. Lynn
We've all heard of ""IQ""...but what's ""EQ?"" It's ""Emotional Quotient"" (aka Emotional Intelligence), and experts say that EQ is a greater predictor of success at work than IQ. Companies are increasingly looking for ways to motivate and develop their employees....
Release Date 2001/12 -
E-mail: Communicate Effectively, First Edition
Author Marcia G. Reed , Verna Terminello
Tame the e-mail monster and capture the power of this critical workplace tool!E-mail is the most basic and critical key to building healthy, productive work communities that communicate electronically. With these quick, easy guidelines, business people at all levels....
Release Date 2002/05 -
Author Charles Manz
Emotions sometimes get the better of us all, but you can learn how to analyze and manage your emotional reactions in any situation. Emotional Discipline details 5 easy-to-learn steps and 25 specific strategies for responding to your feelings in the present and ....
Release Date 2003/03 -
Author Robert J. Rosania
Presentation Basics is designed to provide the basic training tools to individuals and organizations facing the reality of rapidly changing jobs, roles, and, responsibilities. This book offers a simple, step-by-step approach that guides readers through the entire pr....
Release Date 2003/07