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Writing Covered Calls: Earn Investment Income Using ETFs and Stock Options
Author Marvin Appel
Use covered calls to safeguard your returns while reducing your risk!There is no foolproof recipe for investment success, but there are strategies that can decrease the risk you might expect, without compromising potential returns. One such strategy is covered call ....
Release Date 2011/02 -
Writing Clear and Simple HR Messages
Author Alison Davis , Jane Shannon
This Element is an excerpt from The Definitive Guide to HR Communication: Engaging Employees in Benefits, Pay, and Performance (9780137061433) by Alison Davis and Jane Shannon. Available in print and digital formats. Five simple steps for great HR writing that empl....
Release Date 2011/03 -
Writing Business Bids and Proposals For Dummies
Author Charlie Divine , Neil Cobb
Develop a winning business proposalPlan and use a repeatable proposal process Use tools and templates to accelerate your proposals Get the intel on bids and proposals Congratulations! You have in your hands the collected knowledge and skills of the professional pro....
Release Date 2016/08 -
Author Martha Alderson
Plotting a story filled with memorable, engaging scenes from beginning to end can feel like an insurmountable challenge. Having the right plan - and the tools to execute it - can make all the difference. Writing Blockbuster Plots pulls back the curtain on story str....
Release Date 2016/03 -
Writing Better Lyrics, 2nd Edition
Author Pat Pattison
The Must-Have Guide for SongwritersWriting Better Lyrics has been a staple for songwriters for nearly two decades. Now this revised and updated 2nd Edition provides effective tools for everything from generating ideas, to understanding the form and function of a son....
Release Date 2009/12 -
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 -
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....
Release Date 2010/03 -
Author Marilyn Beker
Write to Shoot teaches budding screenwriters and screenwriting filmmakers how to write a short script with production in mind. Beker instructs them how to showcase their strengths, tailor projects to shoestring budgets, resources, and practical production parameters witho....
Release Date 2017/03 -
Author Alexandra Samuel
If you’re looking for a way to more effectively manage your inbox, your email program’s built-in filtering tools can do a lot of the heavy lifting—and this short book by social media expert Alexandra Samuel shows you how to set them up. Samuel walks you through tool....
Release Date 2014/02 -
Work Makes Me Nervous: Overcome Anxiety and Build the Confidence to Succeed
Author Amy Lemley , Jonathan Berent
A proven therapeutic method that channels workplace anxiety into powerful, confident performanceMillions of people are afraid of work. The situations they fear may be different-public speaking (e.g., presentations and speeches), meetings, conference calls, new assig....
Release Date 2010/09 -
Wizards, Aliens, and Starships
Author Charles L. Adler
From teleportation and space elevators to alien contact and interstellar travel, science fiction and fantasy writers have come up with some brilliant and innovative ideas. Yet how plausible are these ideas--for instance, could Mr. Weasley's flying car in the Harry ....
Release Date 2014/02 -
Author Bill Franks , Kirk Borne
Revolutionize your data-driven presentations with this simple and actionable guideIn Winning The Room: Creating and Delivering an Effective Data-Driven Presentation, analytics and data science expert Bill Franks delivers a practical and eye-opening exploration of how to present technical data and re....
Release Date 2022/03 -
Author Jerry Weissman
Craft and deliver outstanding presentations, speeches, demos, and more! Learn how, from the world's #1 presentation coach, Jerry Weissman -- and the experiences of dozens of the world's legendary persuaders! This book distills 75 best practices and techniques Weis....
Release Date 2012/11 -
Winning Government Business, 2nd Edition
Author Steve R. Osborne
Get the edge over the competition for government contracts! In the battle for government contracts, seize the competitive advantage with Winning Government Business: Gaining the Competitive Advantage with Effective Proposals, Second Edition. Includes complimen....
Release Date 2011/02 -
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 -
Windows Presentation Foundation 4.5 Cookbook
Author Pavel Yosifovich
For C# developers, this book offers a fast route to getting more closely acquainted with the ins and outs of Windows Presentation Foundation. The recipe approach smoothes out the complexities and enhances learning.Full of illustrations, diagrams, and tips with clear....
Release Date 2012/09 -
Author Mark Miller
Every great company has an engaged workforce, and nurturing a culture of engagement is at the heart of great leadership—employees who really care about their work, their coworkers, and the organization can supercharge a company's success. But for many years, ....
Release Date 2019/03 -
Author Ros Taylor
Whip your self-control into shapeWillpower is the handbook you need for success in all areas of your life. Regardless of what you want to achieve, you need the strength to persevere, forge ahead and keep going no matter how tough it gets. If you find that you allow....
Release Date 2017/03 -
Widening Higher Education Participation
Author Erica Southgate , Anna Bennett , Mahsood Shah
Governments have introduced policies to widen the participation of disadvantaged students in higher education. Widening participation policies are also introduced to ensure that higher education contributes to social and economic outcomes. This book includes import....
Release Date 2015/10 -
Why Quality is Important and How It Applies in Diverse Business and Social Environments, Volume II
These two volumes are about understanding—why—and application—how—with the aim of providing guidance and introduction to both.Quality is the consistent achievement of the user’s expectations of a product or service. The achievement needs to be “The right thing, right first time, every time, in time..... -
Why Quality is Important and How It Applies in Diverse Business and Social Environments, Volume I
These two volumes are about understanding—why—and application—how—with the aim of providing guidance and introduction to both.Quality is the consistent achievement of the user’s expectations of a product or service. The achievement needs to be “The right thing, right first time, every time, in time..... -
Author Brian Tracy , Rob Jolles
For some, projecting confidence and credibility is second nature. For others, it seems like a foreign language they'll never learn – until now. Rob Jolles delivers down-to-earth solutions for anyone looking to enhance the most basic need of all; to be believe....
Release Date 2018/10 -
When Is Business Email the Tool of the Devil: Communicating Well Through This Overworked Medium
Author William S. Kane
This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About Thriving in Change (9780132354622) by William S. Kane. Available in print and digital formats.When it makes sense to use email for business communication--and when email is the worst possible solutionPeople get nervous....
Release Date 2010/08 -
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....
Release Date 2010/02 -
What's Your Presentation Persona? Discover Your Unique Communication Style and Succeed in Any Arena
Author Sunday Mancini , Scott Schwertly
A practical guide based on a proprietary skill assessment tool—a Myers-Briggs for presenters—that provides tips and strategies that address the core element for becoming a successful presenter: YOUWhat kind of presenter are you? Are you charming? Purposeful? Inform....
Release Date 2017/02 -
Author Ken Dychtwald , Robert Morison
“Dychtwald and Morison offer a brilliant and convincing perspective: an essential re-think of what ‘aging’ and ‘retirement’ mean today and an invitation to help mobilize the best in the tidal wave of Boomer Third Agers.” —Daniel Goleman, PhD, Author, Emotional Intelligenc....
Release Date 2020/07 -
What Makes a Leader? (Harvard Business Review Classics)
Author Daniel Goleman
When asked to define the ideal leader, many would emphasize traits such as intelligence, toughness, determination, and vision—the qualities traditionally associated with leadership. Often left off the list are softer, more personal qualities—but they are also essen....
Release Date 2017/06 -
Author Michael T. Bosworth , Ben Zoldan , Michael Bosworth
Build better relationships and Sell More Effectively With a Powerful SALES STORY“Throughout our careers, we have been trained to ask diagnostic questions, deliver value props, and conduct ROI studies. It usually doesn’t work; best case, we can argue with the custome....
Release Date 2011/12 -
What Email Reveals About Your Organization
Author Peter A. Gloor
By studying data from email archives and other sources, managers can gain surprising insights about how groups should be organized and led — as well as about optimal participation and communications patterns. Show and hide more
Release Date 2016/01 -
Webcomics 2.0: An Insider’s Guide to Writing, Drawing, and Promoting Your Own Webcomics
Author Sam Romero , Steve Horton
Webcomics 2.0: An Insider's Guide to Writing, Drawing, and Promoting Your Own Webcomics is your comprehensive guide to webcomics creation, from initial concept to publication, and everything in between. Beginning with a brief introduction to get you familiar with w....
Release Date 2008/04