In 2018, '77 Building Blocks of Digital Transformation: The Digital Capability Model' was published to help 'digital practitioners' working in the digital space. Since then, quite a few readers have suggested writing a book about digital transformation for 'the general public' interested in learning more than basics of digital transformation. That is how the book '77 Building Blocks of Digital Transformation: Simply Explained' has been created.This book is intended to deliver the key messages of 'the 77 Building Blocks' to the general public. It aims to help the general public understand 'actual practices' in the digital space. This is not a theory book that discusses the academical ideas and concepts of digital transformation, but a 'practical' field book that describes the proven digital capabilities as the building blocks of digital transformation. This book does however not fully cover the technical detail of the Maturity Model described in '77 Building Blocks of Digital transformation: The Digital Capability Model' that aims to help digital practitioners with measuring digital maturity. Instead, this book provides examples of higher maturity indicators as an introduction to the Maturity Model. If you are looking for a deep dive into the Maturity Model, refer to '77 Building Blocks of Digital transformation: The Digital Capability Model'.This book covers:1. Digital Customer Experience Management -Digital Customer Journey Management -User Research -Usability Analysis -User Experience Designing -User Experience Testing 2. Social Interaction -Social Listening -Social Media Marketing -Social Media Servicing -Online Community Management -Rating & Review Management -Content Moderation -Social Crisis Management3. Digital Marketing -Digital Brand Marketing -Search Engine Optimization -Paid Search -Content Targeting -Affiliate Marketing -Online Advertising -Digital Campaign Management -Lead Management -Marketing Offer Management -Email Marketing -Mobile Marketing -Marketing Automation -Conversion Rate Optimization4. Digital Commerce -Online Merchandising -Shopping Cart & Checkout -Payments & Reconciliation -Order Management & Fulfillment -Account Management & Self-Service5. Digital Channel Management -Channel Mix & Optimization -Cross-Business Integration -Cross-Channel Integration -Multi-Device Presentation6. Knowledge & Content Management -Knowledge Collaboration -Knowledge Base Management -Content Lifecycle Management -Digital Asset Management -Content Aggregation & Syndication -Web Content Management7. Customization & Personalization -Customer Preference Management -Customer Communication Management -Social Behaviour Management -Interaction Tracking & Management -Customer Loyalty Management -Digital Customer Services8. Digital Intelligence -Product Similarity Analytics -Customer Insights -Customer Segmentation -Conversion Analytics -Digital Marketing Effectiveness -Big Data Analytics -Web Analytics -Reporting & Dashboard9. Digital Data Management -Non-relational Data Management -Distributed Data Store Management -Enterprise Search -Master Data Management -Data Quality Management -Digital Data Policy Management10. Digital Infrastructure Management -On-Demand Provisioning -User Interaction Services -Process Integration Services -Parallel Processing Services -Federated Access Management -Digital Continuity Management11. Digital Alignment -Digital Innovation -Digital Planning -Digital Governance -Cross-Boundary Collaboration -Digital Journey Readiness12. Digital Development & Operations -Digital Program & Project Management -Digital Design Authority -Digital Capability Development -Digital Capability Introduction -Digital Service Operations -Digital Quality Management
Oddives is a follow-up to Jace Epple's first book The Macabre Box. This new work offers a unique story collectionof horror and fantasy. If you have a taste fore the bizarre, these tales will take you on an imaginative thrill ride and leave you restless for more. Themes of the supernatural permeate many of the narratives,and each speaks with a voice that is entertaining as well as thought provoking. There are few plots that unfold in the present. Instead, Jace has chosen benchmarks of history (or futuristic eras of his creation) to draw the reader far away from the norms of everyday life. Oddives is a book filled with rich descriptions, sudden turns, and unforgettable characters. A single reading is not enough to fully appreciate all that it has to offer. It is a polished form of abstract art to be enjoyed for years to come.
Mental Illness God and Healing is Bob Bienvenus self-characterization on major mental illnesses, from their inception in the dark ages to the present, the twenty-first century. This insightful book touches on the causes of mental illness, its psychology, and its treatments. Through the depiction of his struggle with schizophrenia and other disorders, youll learn of his ultimate spiritual awakening and remarkable recovery, which he accredits to his relationship with Jesus Christ.
Vedette Trista Capello knows only two things in her life, death and deceit. Hired to infiltrate an organization, Vedette finds that glimpses of her past have come back to haunt her. There is more to the Order of the Blue Moon than meets the eye, but her orders are to infiltrate and destroy. Deep undercover Vedette finds herself walking down memory lane and she realizes, that no matter what she does, the outcome will always be the same. There will always be death and destruction, there will always be betrayal. Until she meets Monseigneur Phillipo D'Angelo. She finds herself drawn to this angel of mercy and he to her. Phillipo has his own cloak of secrets though and when she finds out that he was sent to track her down and dispose of her, she is torn between silencing him or going against her orders. Vedette is given a choice by the high priestess of the Order, embrace her true nature and forsake them all but save the man she loves or come to the light and sell her soul to the highest bidder to save mankind. In the end, Vedette's life is not her own.
The author has claimed he will not put a story to paper unless it has personally made his flesh crawl (which is not a common occurrence). These dark tales are a path to an underworld of oddities and nightmares. There are eleven narrations in all, which entice the reader with eerie imagery, spiraling twists, and examinations of the boundaries of human nature. Fear is an old root that runs deep to the beating heart, and here among its exploration is a sharp and clear reflection. May these small, unsettling peaks into twilight give you an evening of locked doors, heart palpitations, and bubbling gooseflesh. Enjoy!
Anyone who has ever longed and searched for that someone special to love and be loved by will love Breaking the Stillness because you'll feel Jace's kindred spirit. Anyone who has ever had their heart broken will cherish Breaking the Stillness because you'll feel like Jace was right there with you, silently witnessing your pain and anguish, and then finding a way to express what was in your heart when words failed you. Anyone who has ever felt their heart soaring because love is in their life will love Breaking the Stillness because it celebrates that kind of love! Breaking the Stillness is a volume of only a limited amount of Jace's collected works, but these few pages speak volumes about the man as a poet, a songwriter, an author, and someone who has loved deeply, lost everything, and loved again because he never gave up hope that behind the most threatening and darkest clouds the sun and the stars were still shining. Anyone who has ever read anything written by Jace Carlton, whether a poem, a lyric, or a romance novel, knows he writes from the heart. Anyone who has ever met and talked with Jace knows he lives by what is in his heart. And believe me, you don't want to miss his book readings and signings! He's very entertaining! Jace's unique way of expressing what is in his heart has won over a growing legion of fans worldwide, both young and old alike. Those who read his novel The Reunion know exactly how he can weave a story of both joy and sorrow and make you feel every bit of love and sadness interwoven throughout the story and celebrate the power of love to conquer all! Breaking the Stillness will touch your heart deeper than perhaps it has ever been touched before. We can only hope that his words never stop because they surround us, they comfort us, they lift us, and they reassure us that someone else understands how our heart feels. Despite the darkest night we could ever possibly imagine we, too, can hope that a better and brighter day is coming ... to break the stillness.
When the Heat Gets Started JoAnn Mercer was on the verge of surfer stardom when her career took a nosedive thanks to a backstabbing ex. Now she’s back home in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, staying clear of men, desperately in need of a job. Joining the local firefighting squad seems like the perfect solution, until she realizes one of her coworkers is an old crush... It Will Never Stop Ray Andrews never runs away from a fight. He served his country in Iraq, and he’s battled more fires than he can count. But what he can’t fight is the desire burning between him and JoAnn Mercer. He’s wanted Jo for as long as he can remember, but a promise made years ago has kept them apart. Finally free of obligations, Ray is ready to prove he’s the only man for Jo. But after the trauma of her past, can he convince her to love again?
Marc Janssen and Jenny Kincaid met as high school seniors and fell deeply in love. He chose to go away for college, while Jenny decided to stay close to home. Phone calls and letters kept them close for awhile, but when Marc received Jenny's Dear John letter it nearly destroyed him. An unknown truth would later nearly destroy her.
In 2001, Jace Clayton was an amateur DJ who recorded a three-turntable, sixty-minute mix called Gold Teeth Thiefand put it online to share with his friends. Within months, the mix became an international calling card, whisking Clayton away to a sprawling, multitiered nightclub in Zagreb, a tiny gallery in Osaka, a former brothel in São Paolo, and the atrium of MoMA. And just as the music world made its fitful, uncertain transition from analog to digital, Clayton found himself on the front lines of an education in the creative upheavals of art production in the twenty-first-century globalized world. Uproot is a guided tour of this newly opened cultural space, mapped with both his own experiences and his relationships with other industry game-changers such as M.I.A. and Pirate Bay. With humor, insight, and expertise, Clayton illuminates the connections between a Congolese hotel band and the indie rock scene, Mexican surfers and Israeli techno, Japanese record collectors and hidden rain-forest treasure, and offers an unparalleled understanding of music in a digital age. Uproot takes readers behind the turntable decks to tell a story that only a DJ--and writer--of this caliber can tell.
Jace Fennell is a 5th grade student who is home-schooled. He enjoys traveling, dancing, gaming, acting, reading and writing books. He aspires to be an actor. He is the middle child of three. Jace is a professional face painter in training and helps out with the family business, Smiling Faces Party Entertainment." from back cover.
Comic books have been captivating readers for generations, taking us on thrilling adventures, introducing us to iconic superheroes, and immersing us in richly imagined worlds. Whether you're a lifelong fan or just discovering the magic of comic books, you're about to embark on an exciting journey into the realm of collecting, buying, selling, and accumulating these beloved treasures. This book is your comprehensive guide to comic book collecting, tailored specifically for beginners. Whether you're a casual reader looking to preserve a few favorites or an aspiring collector aiming to build a valuable collection, we've got you covered. From understanding the basics of comic books to learning how to navigate the complex world of collectors' markets, this book will equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to make the most of your comic book passion.
Crossword puzzle enthusiast Pete Durante is a war dog trainer stationed near the Los Angeles Harbor during World War II. After he cracks an enemy code that helps end the war and saves millions of lives, he gets driven to suicide by a vengeful intelligence officer named Rip Greamer. To save his family from an even darker fate, Pete must follow his dog beyond the grave and into a purgatorial maze of tunnels beneath Los Angeles to solve one final puzzle. Under Angels is a ghost story that includes Los Angeles history, UFOs, anagrams, the K-9 Command Unit, WWII cryptography, love, tragedy, second chances, and Greamer, who is either a covert government agent or something far worse. WHAT READERS ARE SAYING: "A dark, gritty ride through the twisted world of a man in love." "A blend of fact and fiction that will blow your mind." "Asphyxiating. Terrifying. Unparalleled." "Puzzle lovers will get an extra thrill." "For the true fan of genre who aches to return to the days of Robert Bloch and Richard Matheson.
The Trap of Love is a three-part memoir in which the author recounts his days in the 1970s in New York City, at Columbia University Film School, in pursuit of the perfect marriage of art and love in order to construct a creative life. The search turns into both an impossible dream and nightmare involving three unforgettable women who, in recollection, are muses of a modern-day divine comedy that does for the Big Apple of forty years ago what A Confederacy of Dunces did for the city of New Orleans circa the same period. Movies, art, literature, music, and most of all, devotion to finding the ideal mate to inspire the best one has in one are what is featured in this colorful, uproarious volume.
Schism Press presents Sorcererer, a novel by Jace Brittain. "O! I loved this feverish yarn set in the cartilaginous environs of the ear and/or the mucilaginous environs of the Menlo Sanitorium, where patient Felix has collapsed on the footpath, attended by a clutch of snails. Part speculative Walser biography, part fan-fic of the Schumann-Brahms-Schumann love triangle, part dime-store mystery about a lost volume in a spooky library, part late-nite documentary on the lives of snails, this batty, brainy book has something for everyone." Joyelle McSweeney, author of Toxicon and Arachne "Sharp, grimly comic, vertiginous, extraordinary in its myriad misbehavings, Jace Brittain's Sorcererer celebrates the illegibility of the body, the mind, and language within a librarial architectonics designed by Borges and described by Beckett to Leslie Scalapino on a stroll through Heraclitus's garden, or, as one of its protagonists proclaims: 'stay vim stay vigor.' Brittain's un-novel announces the arrival of an important new voice in the post-genre wilderness." Lance Olsen, author of My Red Heaven and Skin Elegies "Jace Brittain's thickly spare, indelibly sticky prose spirals at the "final edge of heliotropic civilization," gooping the horizon line between history and illusion. All across Sorcererer's pages, the ailing body of western knowledge coughs up its secrets and myths, its fatal false promises. This is an unbecoming book, a book of slime-enciphered messages, language fluxing from the sentences' cracked shells. Read Sorcererer with the slowness of snails, with your feelers, backwards and forwards. Leave your own oozy traces on the patterns you find." Joanna Ruocco, author of Dan and Field Glass "Sorcererer collects a network of interconnected prose poems (a system of constant meaning / messages of constant noise) into a singular housing. At first this might appear as a means to ease the reader's transition from one segment to the next, but in reality it lures them into an occulted maze of death--rendered animate by plosive displays and an arcane lexicon. Mike Corrao, author of Gut Text and Spelunker
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