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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 -
Emotional Intelligence For Dummies®
Author Steven J. Stein
Take control of your emotions to achieve success in the workplace and happiness at homeBeing aware of and able to control your emotions is oneof the keys to success in life, both professionally and personally. This friendly guide will help you to understand your fee....
Release Date 2009/08 -
Communication Technology Update and Fundamentals, 15th Edition
Author Jennifer H. Meadows , August E. Grant
Communication Technology Update and Fundamentals has set the standard as the single best resource for students and professionals looking to brush up on how communication technologies have developed, grown, and converged, as well as what’s in store for the future. T....
Release Date 2016/11 -
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 -
Author Alex Howard
As we move into an era of unprecedented volumes of data and computing power, the benefits aren't for business alone. Data can help citizens access government, hold it accountable and build new services to help themselves. Simply making data available is not suffici....
Release Date 2012/02 -
Requirements Writing for System Engineering
Author George Koelsch
Learn how to create good requirements when designing hardware and software systems. While this book emphasizes writing traditional "shall" statements, it also provides guidance on use case design and creating user stories in support of agile methodologies. The book....
Release Date 2016/10 -
Making Projects Work: Effective Stakeholder and Communication Management
Author Lynda Bourne
This book provides a framework for understanding and managing factors required for achieving successful project and program outcomes. It presents guidelines to help readers develop an understanding of governance and its connection to strategy as the starting point f....
Release Date 2015/02 -
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 ....
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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 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 -
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 ....
Release Date 2010/02 -
The Non-Designer’s Presentation Book: principles for effective presentation design
Author Robin Williams
These days, it's not just corporate marketing directors tasked with giving computer-based presentations—anyone forced to stand in front of a crowd and talk for more than three minutes had better know how to put together a slide presentation. You're not a professio....
Release Date 2009/10 -
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 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 -
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 -
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 -
Virtual EI (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
Author Harvard Business Review , Amy C. Edmondson , Mark Mortensen , Heidi K. Gardner , Ama
Be mindful, empathetic, and authentic—even on-screen.Managing your team, building relationships and trust, and facilitating effective meetings in a hybrid or fully remote workforce is challenging.Virtual EI explores how to develop, practice, and demonstrate your emotional intelligence and social ski....
Release Date 2022/04 -
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 -
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 -
Author Brett Shavers
Cybercrime Case Presentation is a "first look" excerpt from Brett Shavers' new Syngress book, Placing the Suspect Behind the Keyboard. Case presentation requires the skills of a good forensic examiner and great public speaker in order to convey enough information t....
Release Date 2013/01 -
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....
Release Date 2010/03 -
How to Make Your Presentation Right, Tight, and of Value
Author Jerry Weissman
This Element is an excerpt from Presentations in Action (9780132489621) by Jerry Weissman. Available in print and digital formats.Seven powerful ways to customize your presentation to your unique audience–and make them care!Presenters can connect with their audience....
Release Date 2011/04 -
Nicely Said: Writing for the Web with Style and Purpose
Author Kate Kiefer Lee , Nicole Fenton
Whether you’re new to web writing, or you’re a professional writer looking to deepen your skills, this book is for you. You’ll learn how to write web copy that addresses your readers’ needs and supports your business goals. Learn from real-world examples and interv....
Release Date 2014/06