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Anyone who regularly deals with work-related writing deadlines knows the kind of paralysis that can take over when there's too much to accomplish and not enough time to compose a clear sentence. This book contains an easy, efficient, and confidence-building process for keeping up and being productive, even under tight time constraints and concentration-sapping obstacles. The book contains an immediately usable approach based on the mnemonic DASH,...
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"So much of success in business depends on writing well. From resumes to reports, proposals to presentations, Writing Well for Business Success will help you communicate your ideas clearly, quickly and effectively. It will help you: Distill your message into a well-targeted statement, Ace the elements of style, write what you want to say in emails, business plans and more. Master the tricks of editing yourself. Presented in author Sandra Lambs lighthearted...
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Here is one book every job hunter needs. Fast paced, with no fluff, Winning Job Interviews is packed with strategies and techniques that are practical, market-proven, and easy to use. Combining 30 years of career expertise with equal doses of motivation and humor, Dr. Paul Powers shows you how to:
• Overcome the "deadly dozen" roadblocks that trip up the even the most-seasoned job hunter.
• Always have a great, fail-safe answer for even the most...
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Financial observer and journalist Walter Bagehot sheds light on the world of banking in his influential tract Written in response to a nineteenth-century banking crisis in England, Walter Bagehot's influential treatise was one of the first to clearly explain complex financial systems like international banking, currency, and corporate finance in clear and easy-to-understand language. Credit, Bagehot suggests, is based primarily on trust. When the...
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Have you been thinking about writing a book for several years? But, haven't started yet?
Do you really want to finish writing your book this year?
Then, you need this guide.
Packed with wise insights aimed at helping you succeed as a first-time non-fiction author, this book is a must-have guide for the beginner. The book's friendly tone; and clear, straightforward writing style makes it easy to read for anyone. No matter what topic you choose to...
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21 Ways to Write & Publish Your Non-Fiction Book is a common sense, easy-to-read guide on both writing and publishing your book. Heralded as "brilliant" and "no fluff," this little book is chock full of how-to's to get that book out of your head and into print! The first half of this book tackles many ways to get your book out of your head and onto paper. Learn everything from compiling a book out of articles or blog posts to co-authoring with a ghostwriter...
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An Author's Guide to Children's Book Promotion has been the leading source of information on children's book marketing and promotion for authors, illustrators and publishers for nearly twenty years. This easy-to-use handbook provides an inside look at this complex market plus advice and guidance on getting children's books into the hands of key decision-makers and buyers in the media, at schools, libraries, review journals, wholesalers, and bookstores…and...
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The main aim of this book is to make writing in general and in particular essay, article and paper writing as easy as possible. By achieving this target, the learners can reduce various kinds of long and complicated clauses in verbless clauses, phrases and even in compound noun or nouns.
Writing in Short, Readable and Elegant Style:
- helps English learners develop their knowledge to improve their skills in writing.
- provides an accessible reference...
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Judging by all the hoopla surrounding business plans, you'd think the only things standing between would-be entrepreneurs and spectacular success are glossy five-color charts, bundles of meticulous-looking spreadsheets, and decades of month-by-month financial projections. Yet nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, often the more elaborately crafted a business plan, the more likely the venture is to flop.
Why? Most plans waste too much...
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Don't miss the critical skills and knowledge inside this guide in order to fuel powerful business communications with more than a billion people worldwide who speak English! This e-Guide is an abridged version adapted from the original audio e-Clinic of the same name designed to enhance your business writing. Invest in yourself to meet the challenges of 21st century business. After completing this e-Guide, you will be able to write better business...
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This short story explores the actions of Security Pacific Bank, the U.S. Government, politicians, regulatory officials, and many major U.S. banks and bankers in the 1970s and 80s as they dealt with economic disruptions in Latin America (Mexico, Central America, and South America). The threatening matters, actions and decisions of this period seriously impacted economic stability throughout the Americas and nearly collapsed the U.S. Banking System....
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Malgré les restrictions budgétaires et les exigences croissantes en matière de performance, les directions d'établissement scolaire doivent assurer la qualité de l'enseignement et de l'apprentissage. Cette nouvelle édition de La gestion des ressources humaines pour la réussite scolaire établit le lien entre la gestion des ressources humaines et la réussite scolaire et propose une description du système éducatif. La planification, l'organisation,...
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This booklet from Carolyn Howard-Johnson, a UCLA Extension Writers' Program instructor for nearly a decade, helps authors love the project they most love to hate--writing a book proposal. She has taken the guessing out of the book proposal process. Now there is no need to take expensive, time-consuming classes or spend hours reading a tome to find the voice and format that will propel an author's idea from a dream to reality. This slim book and thirty...
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Paul Carroll provides insightful tips into, and traps that may occur selling your business. He encourages entrepreneurs to "start with the end in mind" as they begin their venture and explains the importance of knowing your true enterprise value throughout the selling process. He also advises on how to benefit from identifying and engaging your "dream" team. Most business owners are not expert in selling a business. With Tips and Traps, successful...
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It can at times feel like everything is falling apart. And there is a reason for this. It really is. We can either see this as an end or a beginning. In this uplifting and essential guide to a bewildering future, Neil Gibb claims that we are witnessing the birth of a new world, in which passive consumers are being replaced by active participants. We are at one of those rare points in human history, he argues, when a whole way of thinking is on the...
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Every day federal, state, and local government as well as other organizations including corporations and foundations give out more than a MILLION DOLLARS IN FREE GRANT MONEY. A grant is essentially a gift. It goes to an organization, municipality, business, or individual to enable them to continue conducting their activities or research. You or your organization may be eligible for millions of dollars in free grant money. Grant money does not have...
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This fully illustrated, step-by-step guide is for anyone who wants to improve their drawing skills, from the complete novice to the mid-level and even the more experienced artist. With a little time, practice and some basic tools, you will soon be creating eye catching drawings of the world around you, including figures, animals, still lifes, buildings and seascapes. Professional artist Duncan Smith's lively and expressive illustrations are accompanied...
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In today's tough economy, most people are too desperate to get any job, rather than seeking one that will provide the career satisfaction and growth they deserve. Worse, they treat the interview as an opportunity to focus on themselves. In Hired!, Elinor Stutz asserts, "The interview is not about you, it's about how well you will solve the company's problems. This is the only way you will get a job you actually enjoy!" Hired! is a must-read if you...
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This anthology of the year's best investigative business writing explores the secret dealings of an elite Wall Street society and uncovers the crimes and misadventures of the young founder of Silk Road, the wildly successful online illegal goods site known as the "eBay of vice." It reveals how the Fed dithered while the financial crisis unfolded and explains why the leaders of a two-trillion-dollar bond fund went to war with each other. Articles from...
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