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Creating Value in Nonprofit-Business Collaborations: New Thinking and Practice
Author James E. Austin , M. May Seitanidi
Collaboration between nonprofits and businesses is a necessary component of strategy and operations.Creating Value in Nonprofit-Business Collaborations: New Thinking & Practice provides breakthrough thinking about how to conceptualize and realize collaborative v....
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The Bloomberg Way: A Guide for Reporters and Editors, 13th Edition
Author Matthew Winkler , Jennifer Sondag
The ultimate guide to financial reporting, from the Editor-in-Chief of Bloomberg NewsThe Bloomberg Way: A Guide for Reporters and Editors is the ultimate handbook for business and financial reporting. A compilation of more than two decades worth of wisdom and experi....
Release Date 2014/03 -
Grant Writing For Dummies, 5th Edition
Author Beverly A. Browning
Learn to:Navigate federal grant databases and apply online for grantsFind the most current public and private sector grant opportunitiesCreate strong statements of needSubmit applications that meet funders' expectationsYour comprehensive guide to finding and winnin....
Release Date 2014/03 -
The Presentation Lab: Learn the Formula Behind Powerful Presentations
Author Simon Morton
Revealing the difference between great slides and great presentationsBased on a proven process from one of the world's most prominent presentation consultancy and design firms, The Presentation Lab challenges everything you thought you knew about creating and deliv....
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Making Sustainability Work, 2nd Edition
Author Adriana Rejc Buhovac , Marc J. Epstein
NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED Most companies today have some commitment to corporate social responsibility, but implementing these initiatives can be particularly challenging. While a lot has been written on ethical and strategic factors, there is still a dearth ....
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Author Bill Hoogterp
"Bill's Own the Room methodology has helped countless speakers play at a higher level."—Sheryl Sandberg, COO of FACEBOOKOvercome Your Fear and Deliver Dynamic PresentationsYour style is perfect for you. Public speaking coach to the C-suite Bill Hoogterp shows you p....
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Firms of Endearment: How World-Class Companies Profit from Passion and Purpose, Second Edition
Author David B. Wolfe , Jagdish N. Sheth , Rajendra S. Sisodia
Today’s best companies get it. From retail to finance and industries in between, the organizations who recognize that doing good is good business are becoming the ultimate value creators. They’re changing their culture and generating every form of value that matters....
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Own Your Education!: A Student’s Guide to Greater Success in School (and Life)
Author Megan Stone
Success in any endeavor is not a matter of luck, fate, or happenstance. And that is just as true about succeeding at school. This book will help you learn to look at your school experience from a new vantage point, one that allows you to increase your motivation and....
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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 ....
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Leadership (The Brian Tracy Success Library)
Author Brian Tracy
Nobody comes into the world a natural leader. But what is it that transforms some people into the kind of magnetic individuals who inspire others to follow? Success expert Brian Tracy has helped thousands of people become exceptional leaders and now, in this co....
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Powerful Phrases for Successful Interviews
Author Dr. Phil McGraw , Tony Beshara
The job market is awash with qualified applicants. Yet employers rarely select based solely on merit. Instead, most hiring decisions are gut-level evaluations made in the first few minutes of an interview. What people say determines who lands a job and who does....
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Understanding and Managing Public Organizations, 5th Edition
Author Hal Rainey
UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS, FIFTH EDITION"This is the definitive place for all serious students of public administration to start. It is the most comprehensive book in the field. It is required reading for MPA students, Ph.D. students, and all s....
Release Date 2014/02 -
Author Mitch Anthony
Stop making a living and start making a life with The New RetirementalityWhen Mitch Anthony first presented the concept of a new way of thinking about retirement in 2000, it was novel and many critics didn't buy into it. Originally written to get the attention of b....
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Brief: Make a Bigger Impact by Saying Less
Author Joseph McCormack
Get heard by being clear and conciseThe only way to survive in business today is to be a lean communicator. Busy executives expect you to respect and manage their time more effectively than ever. You need to do the groundwork to make your message tight and to the po....
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Decide: Work Smarter, Reduce Your Stress, and Lead by Example
Author Steve McClatchy
How to make better decisions and achieve your goalsWhat shapes a person's career and life, and defines them as a leader? Their decisions. We all want to be more productive and deliver our best results. But doing this effectively—and consistently over time—is a sign....
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Author Tom Stern , Lester Kaufman , Jane Straus
A revised and updated new edition of the bestselling workbook and grammar guideThe Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation is a concise, entertaining workbook and guide to English grammar, punctuation, and usage. This user-friendly resource includes simple explanations....
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LinkedIn For Dummies, 3rd Edition
Author Joel Elad
Don't be left out—link up with this fully updated introduction to the Internet's hottest professional networking toolWith more than 225 million members from over 200 countries and territories worldwide, LinkedIn.com is an unbeatable self-marketing tool. LinkedIn F....
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Lead Positive: What Highly Effective Leaders See, Say, and Do
Author Kathryn D. Cramer
How to implement effecitve, magnetic leadership by applying asset-based thinking and shifting your mindset from the negative to the positiveLead Positive takes the fundamentals of Asset-Based Thinking (ABT) and turns them into a playbook for successful leadership. A....
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Big Data at Work: Dispelling the Myths, Uncovering the Opportunities
Author Thomas Davenport
Go ahead, be skeptical about big data. The author was—at first.When the term “big data” first came on the scene, bestselling author Tom Davenport (Competing on Analytics, Analytics at Work) thought it was just another example of technology hype. But his research in ....
Release Date 2014/02 -
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....
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They Don’t Teach Corporate in College, Third Edition
Author Alexandra Levit
They Don’t Teach Corporate in College has resonated with tens of thousands of readers and is currently used as a text in corporations and universities across the country. This new and updated edition reflects the unique needs and challenges of current twenty-somethi....
Release Date 2014/02 -
Author Thomas H. Naylor , David Wann , John de Graaf
NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED affluenza, n. a painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety, and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more. We tried to warn you! The 2008 economic collapse proved how resilient and dangerou....
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Author Mark Peters
Writing and speaking with correct grammar and style is the key to getting ahead in business and life. For many, however, mastering the details of grammar is a slow and painful process. The Idiot's Guide®: Grammar and Style makes learning and using proper grammar cl....
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Not Knowing: The Art of Turning Uncertainty into Opportunity
Author Steven D'Souza , Diana Renner
In order to thrive in these worrying times, this fascinating book proposes we head, uncomfortably, towards the unknown, rather than away from it. By developing a unique relationship with Not Knowing we discover a new way of living, working and succeeding in our modern wor....
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The Problem With Online Ratings
Author Sinan Aral
In the digital age, we are inundated with other people’s opinions. We browse books on Amazon with awareness of how other customers liked (or disliked) a particular tome. On Expedia, we compare hotels based on user ratings. On YouTube, we can check out a v....
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Quotient Space Based Problem Solving
Author Bo Zhang , Ling Zhang
Quotient Space Based Problem Solving provides an in-depth treatment of hierarchical problem solving, computational complexity, and the principles and applications of multi-granular computing, including inference, information fusing, planning, and heuristic search. E....
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The Best Writing on Mathematics 2013
Author Roger Penrose , Mircea Pitici
This annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising new voices alongside some of the foremost names in the field, The Best Writing on Mathematics 2013 makes available to a wide audience many article....
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How To Change Your Life: Who am I and what should I do with my life?
Author Benjamin Bonetti
Find your purpose.Make a change. If you're not happy, not fulfilled, feel empty and lack motivation, make a change. Don't exist. Live. Turn things around and live a happy, successful, fulfilling life. Go on, you deserve to.Hypnotist and celebrity life-coach Benjam....
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Stressaholic: 5 Steps to Transform Your Relationship with Stress
Author Heidi Hanna
A guidebook for the journey from exhaustion to enlightenmentChronic multitasking and ever-increasing demands on our time and energy have caused a neurochemically-based dependence on sources of stress and stimulation to provide fuel for our chaotic lifestyles. While ....
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Industrial Problem Solving Simplified: An 8-Step Program
Author Ralph R. Pawlak
Industrial Problem Solving Simplified provides a roadmap for solving manufacturing problems. Containing numerous examples of actual problems and their solutions in various industrial environments, it is for novice as well as experienced manufacturing owners, manager....
Release Date 2014/01