The companion Playbook for the 2016 Weird & Wacky Holiday Marketing Guide. This tool will assist you in planning and tracking your holiday marketing success using the tools, tips, and resources found in the Weird & Wacky Holiday Marketing Guide.
All the business savvy you need wrapped up in a cute little cover!"The Complete Library of Entrepreneurial Wisdom is a treasure trove of knowledge and experience to help you dodge the slings and arrows of costly business challenges we all face. With over 30 years experience in multiple fields of expertise and businesses Ginger Marks shares with you what has helped her survive and flourish in all the ups and downs the business community and economy have endured.
Let's face it, facing the challenges in life can feel overwhelming at times. This book 99 THINGS YOU WISH YOU KNEW BEFORE FACING LIFE'S CHALLENGES! is your guide to discovering and changing the limiting belief patterns that have been making your life more difficult than it has to be. Removing these negative patterns can open up the space for creating more possibilities of happiness in your life. Dr. Kenneth Best (known for being a celebrity chiropractor in Los Angeles) has helped thousands of patient not only heal from physical trauma but has also helped teach thousands how to improve their lives by removing their self-limiting belief systems that create disease and block them from creating what they want in their lives. People are always trying to improve themselves. They spend time at the gym for a tighter body, they work long hours for the bigger paycheck, they gulp down supplements, all in the seemingly endless pursuit to be better than they are today. It's time for all of us to pause for a moment, take a deep breath, and realize that we already possess all the tools we need to rewrite our lives. One of the first steps to increasing happiness in our lives, according Dr. Kenneth Best's "Rewriting Your Life " process is to change the direction of your thoughts. This is an easy concept that can prove to be difficult in practice, but with discipline and determination, you can change the direction of your thought patterns. If you try to stop your thoughts altogether, you will fight an impossible battle. The key is to focus your thoughts on here and now, and to stay in the present moment so that we can face life's challenges without fear. We can change our perspective of life being full of difficult challenges to enjoying the adventures of life.
99 Things You Wish You Wish You Knew Before Making It Big In Media is fast and easy reading. It is written by Steve Kowch, an award winning news talk radio program director, news director, journalist, producer and mentor to some of the biggest names in Canadian media. Kowch uses his story telling talent throughout the book to illustrate how if he can do it, you can too! It is about chasing your dream. It's about how to be better than the next person at the press conference, on the scene of a local fire, in the press gallery, in the newsroom, the studio or the anchor desk. This book is about attitude! It's about determination! It's about sacrifices. It s about being successful behind the scenes when you don t have the voice for radio or the face for TV. It s about tapping into your inner strength and talents you were born to exploit and ignore those around you who have no faith in what you know you can do! Steve Kowch is an award winning news talk radio program director, news director, journalist, producer and mentor to some of the biggest names in Canadian media. Kowch began chasing his dream to be a reporter at the age of 17 as an office boy at a Montreal newspaper. He chased his second dream to be in radio eventually taking charge of news and programming at two of Canada s largest talk radio stations: CJAD in Montreal and CFRB in Toronto. His third dream was to teach so he became a professor of radio news, radio documentaries and talk radio at two Toronto colleges.
Hi! My name is Claudia Martino, I am twelve years old. My Magic Box is about me and my journey as I fought non-Hodgkins lymphoma TWICE! I wanted to write this book not because of my cancer but because I wanted children from all over that are going through hard times to know that you are not alone and that we must never give up. I hope that my story and my pictures help every child understand that being bullied doesn't just happen to healthy children, it happened to me too. What we look like should never be a reason for anyone to be bullied so stay strong, don't let them put you down and if you don't feel comfortable telling anyone, write it down! Just don't stay quiet because there are always people that care and will help you! I hope that my story inspires other children to share theirs. We can all relate to the feeling of being alone, but guess what, YOU ARE NOT ALONE! If you'd like to share your photos and story with me, please visit my website. www.butterflyclaudia.com Be strong! Never give up and never let anyone put you down!
This is the abridged edition of the original multi-award winning full version. Filled with power-packed articles, the busy entrepreneur has at their fingertips bite-sized training lessons to help them. There is so much information packed into this book that it could well be the only book on core business issues that you will ever need.
Now you can enjoy this inspiring business marketing calendar to use as your FIRST RESOURCE for marketing your business all year round.With the annual Weird & Wacky Holiday Marketing Guide as your business marketing resource every day of the year can be used as a reason to market your business.Put the FUN back into your business' marketing plan with the Weird & Wacky Holiday Marketing Guide now available in your choice of platform.
Presentational Skills for the Next Generation covers a wide range of topics that presenters need to know. Some of the topics, such as organizing the content and working with audio-visual technology are rarely covered. The author's emphasis on rehearsing and considering the audience first are very valuable. You'll also find excellent coverage on the delivery aspect of presenting, including how to dress, what equipment to pack, dealing with fear, and more. The Resources section at the end is very useful, too.
Marketing ideas, tools, tips, templates and resources based on unusual holidays for the 2018 calendar year to put the FUN back into your marketing planning.
Best-Selling Marketing Series this book will take your marketing to new successes. With fun holiday ideas for each month, week, day and the entire calendar year, templates, tools, links and resources your business marketing is made easy!"A great way to get publicity is by connecting your content to a special holiday or marketing period. I always recommend this book to everyone who wants an easy and fun way to get more exposure and book sales." --Brian Jud, author of How to Make Real Money Selling Books and the Executive Director of the Association of Publishers for Special Sales
Events are one of the smartest prescriptions for slumping sales and for maintaining a healthy business. It's not enough anymore to merely have goods on the shelf and open the doors on time every day. We all need to reinvent our businesses to keep them thriving and healthy. And that is just what this eBook is intended to help you achieve.This book is filled with unusual holiday marketing ideas templates to get you started and definitive resourcesYou'll want to keep this annual book within arms reach as your go-to guide for all your business marketing planning.
Jim Widess and Ginger Summit, the best-selling authors of The Complete Book of Gourd Craft and Making Gourd Instruments, have done it again: they’ve produced another winner to delight the many crafters who work with gourds. Large, lavish, and astonishingly comprehensive, this breathtaking volume introduces every tool and every technique associated with gourd carving, offers fabulous projects that advance in difficulty, and presents a gallery of works designed to inspire. See how to choose and prepare a gourd, impress the surface with a design, and work with green gourds. The magnificent methods of decorative carving covered include fretwork, engraving, chip carving, carving with gouges, relief carving, inlay, and deep relief or sculptural carving. Throughout, color photographs of exquisite carved gourds present crafts styles from countries around the world. A Selection of the Crafters Choice Book Club.
Above the City: Hiking Hong Kong Island is a unique comprehensive guide to walks and hikes on Hong Kong Island. Many Hong Kong residents and visitors enjoy a few famous hikes, but then are at a loss to find more routes. Above the City takes the walking enthusiast beyond the well-trodden paths and explores all the walks available on Hong Kong Island. Walkers can find outings to suit their every mood, and variations on well-known and well-loved walks. Every walking route on the Island is described in detail, including distance and difficulty ratings. The hikes are organized around “hubs,” allowing easy identification. They also are indexed by special interests, such as routes that can be run, that are suitable for families, or the most scenic. Directions to the walks by public transportation and by car are provided, and local amenities, such as rest stops, restaurants and local historical sites are listed. Local residents who are seeking more walking choices, walking groups, or visitors to Hong Kong will find Above the City an invaluable hiking companion. “Can beguiling, solitary hiking trails exist just kilometres from Hong Kong’s crowded streets? Or wild summit panoramas beckon ‘above the city’? Alicia Kershaw and Ginger Thrash know they do. With ample practical hints, and obvious delight in hiking, the authors guide us along the many wonderful trails on Hong Kong Island. Knowing the joys of hiking—and how steep Hong Kong hills can seem!—they encourage us to put on our hiking boots.” —Edward Stokes, Hongkong Conservation Photography Foundation “Even more helpful for residents than for visitors, Above the City offers clear, concise directions to places seemingly out-of-the-way, yet close to the city. Practical, helpful details, such as bus routes, points of access and places to eat or relax, are interspersed with out-of-the-ordinary elements of local history and ecology, all engagingly brought together in a chatty, enthusiastic style. Above the City should be an essential companion for any walk across ‘over-crowded’ Hong Kong Island’s beautiful open spaces.” —Jason Wordie, Hong Kong historian and author
The story of America’s first Mental Health Court as told by its presiding judge, Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren—from its inception in 1997 to its implementation in over 400 courts across the nation As a young legal advocate, Ginger Lerner-Wren bore witness to the consequences of an underdeveloped mental health care infrastructure. Unable to do more than offer guidance, she watched families being torn apart as client after client was ensnared in the criminal system for crimes committed as a result of addiction, homelessness, and mental illness. She soon learned this was a far-reaching crisis—estimates show that in forty-four states, jails and prisons house ten times more people with serious mental illnesses than state psychiatric hospitals. In A Court of Refuge, Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren tells the story of how the first dedicated mental health court in the United States grew from an offshoot of her criminal division, held during lunch hour without the aid of any federal funding, to a revolutionary institution. Of the two hundred thousand people behind bars at the court’s inception in 1997, more than one in ten were known to have schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depression. To date, the court has successfully diverted more than twenty thousand people suffering from various psychiatric conditions from jail and into treatment facilities and other community resources. Working under the theoretical framework of therapeutic jurisprudence, Judge Lerner-Wren and her growing network of fierce, determined advocates, families, and supporters sparked a national movement to conceptualize courts as a place of healing. Today, there are hundreds of such courts in the US. Poignant and compassionately written, A Court of Refuge demonstrates both the potential relief mental health courts can provide to underserved communities and their limitations in a system in dire need of vast overhauls of the policies that got us here. Lerner-Wren presents a refreshing possibility for a future in which criminal justice and mental health care can work in tandem to address this vexing human rights issue—and to change our attitudes about mental illness as a whole.
Ginger Bolton returns with the latest installment of her Wisconsin-based Deputy Donut cozy culinary mystery series! Weeks before summer begins, Deputy Donut Café owner Emily Westhill has it all—a tabby cat by her side, cinnamon twists powdered to perfection, and a murderer on her case . . . An ordinary late-spring afternoon for Emily becomes one that will remain baked into her memory from the moment a customer gives Emily’s cat a toy donut and then flees Deputy Donut, dropping an earring in her panic. Concerned about the customer, Emily attempts to return the earring . . . only this time the customer doesn’t have a pulse. Things get more complicated when an ambitious police detective finds the earring and an unsealed envelope addressed to Emily at the murder scene. The envelope contains a cryptic letter and a fading photograph of a woman standing in front of Emily’s house. Why did the customer grab her cinnamon twists and flee Deputy Donut? With the detective eying Emily as a prime suspect, Emily is determined to find out. But once a donut-shaped murder weapon is discovered in her own backyard, Emily has no time to lose as she pulls apart the connection between the victim and the strange history of her property—while stopping the real culprit from ensuring her fate is done and sugar-dusted . . . Praise for Deck the Donuts “Well-defined characters match the sufficiently complex plot. Delectable doughnut recipes are a plus.” —Publishers Weekly “Ginger Bolton does a fine job of laying down her plot and obscuring whodunnit. A can’t miss for series fans or even for more casual readers who enjoy romance with their cozy mysteries.” —Criminal Element Includes delicious recipes!
You know what they say about those Harper boys...they're wild. You can now read the award-winning Harper Boys duet in a box set! Book 1 - Wild Reckless Kensington Worth had a vision for her senior year. It involved her best friends, her posh private school in downtown Chicago and time alone with her piano until her audition was perfected, a guaranteed ticket into the best music programs in the world. Instead, a nightmare took over. It didn’t happen all at once, but her life unraveled quickly—a tiny thread that evil somehow kept pulling until everything precious was taken from her. She was suddenly living miles away from her old life, trapped in an existence she didn’t choose—one determined to destroy her from the inside, leaving only hate and anger behind. It didn’t help that her neighbor, the one whose eyes held danger, was enjoying every second of her fall. Owen Harper was trouble, his heart wild and his past the kind that’s spoken about in whispers. And somehow, his path was always intertwined with Kensington’s, every interaction crushing her, ruining her hope for any future better than her now. Sometimes, though, what everyone warns is trouble, is exactly what the heart needs. Owen Harper was consumed with darkness, and it held onto his soul for years. When Kensington looked at him, she saw a boy who’d gotten good at taking others down when they threatened his carefully balanced life. But the more she looked, the more she saw other things too—good things…things to admire. Things…to love. Things that made her want to be reckless. And those things…they were the scariest of all. Book 2 - Wicked Restless Andrew Harper grew up in a house marked by tragedy. His older brother Owen did his best to shelter him, but you can only be protected from life’s pain for so long. Eventually, you end up just feeling numb…and isolated. Loneliness was the one constant in Andrew’s life. Until one girl, met by chance in a high school hallway, changed everything. Emma Burke was a mystery and all that was beautiful in this world, the only air Andrew ever wanted to breathe. She took the lonely away, and filled it with hope and color, and Andrew would do anything to keep her safe, happy and whole. But sometimes, what feels good and right is what ends up hurting us the most. And when Andrew and Emma are faced with an impossible decision, Andrew is tested to see just how far he’s willing to go for the girl who owns his heart. Cuts are deep. Scars are left behind. And revenge beckons. When Andrew finally gets his chance, in college, five years after his first love broke him completely, he finds out old feelings don’t really disappear just because you say you hate someone. The more he tries to avenge all that he believes he lost, the more he uncovers the real story of what happened years before. Love is wicked. But a restless heart is never satisfied beating on its own. Can Andrew and Emma make it right before it's too late, or will the ties that bind them now destroy their only chance at a future?
A small town is thrown into turmoil, when employees at a chocolate factory discover a body in the warehouse. Unknown to them, a deadly virus has been unleashed on the citizens by a terrorist cell operating in the U.S. They will stop at nothing to destroy the capitalistic, Christian ways of life in North America. Enlisting the aid of an agent from the counter-intelligence organization, a renowned psychic, a former hitman for the mafia, and detectives who don't rest until those responsible are brought to justice, they work to discover who is behind the plot and destroy the virus, before it destroys the nation. Racing against time, the group is thrown into life-and-death situations repeatedly. Will they succeed or perish themselves? Will the White House also hinder their plans to see the terrorist's brought to justice? Only time will reveal the answer and the fate of the world rests on one group with courage and integrity.
In 1919, when Wesley Williams became a New York City firefighter, he stepped into a world that was 100% white and predominantly Irish. As far as this city knew, black men in the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) tended horses. Nearly a century later, many things in the FDNY had changed—but not the scarcity of blacks. New York had about 300 black firefighters—roughly 3 percent of the 11,000 New York firefighters in a city of two million African Americans. That made the FDNY a true aberration compared to all the other uniformed departments, like the NYPD. Decades earlier, women and blacks had sued over its hiring practices and won. But the FDNY never took permanent steps to eradicate the inequities, which led to a courtroom show-down between New York City's billionaire Mayor, Mike Bloomberg, and a determined group of black activist firefighters. It was not until 2014 that the city settled the $98 million lawsuit. At the center of this book are stories of courage—about firefighters risking their lives in the line of duty but also risking their livelihood by battling an unjust system. Among them: FDNY Captain Paul Washington, a second generation black firefighter, who spent his multi-decade career fighting to get minorities on the job. He faced an insular culture made up of relatives who never saw their own inclusion as favoritism. Based on author Ginger Adams Otis' years of on the ground reporting, Firefight is an exciting blend of the high-octane energy of firefighting and critical Civil Rights history.
NihonGO NOW! is a beginning-level courseware package that takes a performed-culture approach to learning Japanese. This innovative approach balances the need for an intellectual understanding of structural elements with multiple opportunities to experience the language within its cultural context. From the outset, learners are presented with samples of authentic language that are context-sensitive and culturally coherent. Instructional time is used primarily to rehearse interactions that learners of Japanese are likely to encounter in the future, whether they involve speaking, listening, writing, or reading. Level 1 comprises two textbooks with accompanying activity books. These four books in combination with audio files allow instructors to adapt a beginning-level course, such as the first year of college Japanese, to their students’ needs. They focus on language and modeled behavior, providing opportunities for learners to acquire language through performance templates. Online resources provide additional support for both students and instructors. Audio files, videos, supplementary exercises, and a teachers’ manual are available at www.routledge.com/9781138304147. NihonGO NOW! Level 1 Volume 2 Textbook is ideally accompanied by the Level 1 Volume 2 Activity Book, which provides core texts and additional practice for beginning-level students.
PowerPoint sits on an estimated 73% of all desktop computers worldwide, and according to one study, corporate America wastes $370 million each day on bad PowerPoints. Slide decks are the lingua franca of business, loaded with templates, bells, and whistles. But perform a simple Google search on PowerPoint, and you’ll find pages upon pages of results offering templates, training, outlines, examples, and even agencies to help with presentations. There are over a million searches a month for presentation-related services on Google. PowerPoint isn’t a hard tool to use, so why are people searching for even more help or turning to competitors like Prezi, Google Slides, Canva, Pitch, and others? What people really need help with is composing a presentation that achieves results. In the knowledge economy, presentations are often the golden ticket that get junior managers into the boardroom, determine whether a project will go forward, and carry the next big idea. Great presentations inspire confidence and result in a ‘yes.’ Bad ones can kill an otherwise game-changing innovation. Despite slide decks being one of the biggest drains on businesses and people, they're not going anywhere. It’s time for that to change. "Deckonomics" is a step-by-step guide on how to develop succinct, authoritative presentations that result in action and move business forward.
Andrew Harper grew up in a house marked by tragedy. His older brother Owen did his best to shelter him, but you can only be protected from life’s pain for so long. Eventually, you end up just feeling numb…and isolated. Loneliness was the one constant in Andrew’s life. Until one girl, met by chance in a high school hallway, changed everything. Emma Burke was a mystery and all that was beautiful in this world, the only air Andrew ever wanted to breathe. She took the lonely away, and filled it with hope and color, and Andrew would do anything to keep her safe, happy and whole. But sometimes, what feels good and right is what ends up hurting us the most. And when Andrew and Emma are faced with an impossible decision, Andrew is tested to see just how far he’s willing to go for the girl who owns his heart. Cuts are deep. Scars are left behind. And revenge beckons. When Andrew finally gets his chance, in college, five years after his first love broke him completely, he finds out old feelings don’t really disappear just because you say you hate someone. The more he tries to avenge all that he believes he lost, the more he uncovers the real story of what happened years before. Love is wicked. But a restless heart is never satisfied beating on its own. Can Andrew and Emma make it right before it's too late, or will the ties that bind them now destroy their only chance at a future?
Provides step-by-step instructions for making, decorating, and playing more than sixty string, wind, and percussion instruments made from gourds, along with numerous color photos and cultural information on the instruments' places of origin.
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