Former felon describes a succession of armed robberies, getting caught and going to prison. He says Jesus Christ can ransom anyone held hostage by sin.
This book/CD-ROM package supplies detailed guidelines, worksheets, forms, and checklists for constructing a complete competency modeling, assessment, and reporting process. Shows how to establish job standards, develop a measurement instrument, report competency results, and use competency assessments to coach employees toward better performance. Includes chapter learning points. The CD-ROM contains reference files that can be copied and adapted for modeling and reporting, plus a program created by the authors. Cooper is a nationally recognized expert on competency modeling, assessment, and reporting. Plastic comb binding. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Taming the Terrible Too's of Training is an easy to use, practical roadmap for creating workplace training that actually works--anywhere, anytime, and on any device. Offering a mix of both theory and practice, it was developed from experience in training for thousands of organizations and from analyzing extensive academic and industry research to determine what works in the digital age. The goal is to show how to use training to create performance improvement in the most time-efficient and cost-effective way possible. To accomplish that, Taming the Terrible Too's of Training does the following: 1. Identifies dysfunctional training processes that are common in organizations today. 2. Addresses the disconnect between current employee training practices and the realities of adult learning. 3. Provides research on instructional design that shows exactly how to maximize learning, retention, and transfer of knowledge in the workplace. 4. Identifies the new role for the Training & Development department in a mobile learning environment. The methodology for accomplishing this is called Right learning--workforce development that addresses the right need at the right time in the right amount and with the right design. The authors, Dan Cooper and Ken Cooper, have more than 50 combined years in the training industry. They have presented over 2,500 in-person training seminars, have appeared in hundreds of live satellite TV broadcasts, and have developed in excess of 1,000 online training programs. They have completed the transition from classroom training to nearly total online delivery using video e-learning, and have now delivered millions of cloud-based video learning programs over the web to smart phones, tablets, PCs, portable media players, route handhelds, and TVs. The book contains short chapters, each one dealing with a single learning point. Specific to-do action steps are provided at the end of each chapter to help readers apply the new concepts immediately. Relevant research is footnoted in the text and listed in a reference section at the back of the book. A detailed index is also provided. Taming the Terrible Too's of Training is an essential reference for both training professionals and managers focused on improving workplace performance and business results.
A PULP TALES PRESS REPLICA: The May 1936 issue of SPICY-ADVENTURE STORIES. Stories in this issue include: "Puppet Princess" by Lew Merrill, "Mountaineers are Tough" by Mort Lansing, "The Bones of Pizarro" by Kenneth A. Nelson, "Pistoleer's Paradise" by Clow Mand, "Death's Puppet" by Ken Cooper, "Diana Daw" by Clayton Maxwell, "In Dept to the Devil" by Robert Leslie Bellem, "Triangle by Arrangement" by E. Hoffmann Price, and "Terror Island" by Tay Philips.
No child plops out of the womb wearing a green eyeshade, demanding to have a pocket protector attached to his first diaper, or astounding his parents by expressing a first word that sounds like dangerously close to depreciation. Nevertheless a certain percentage of newborns ultimately make it into adulthood with the initials CPA following their given names, having mastered the manipulation of debits and credits so critical to the accounting profession. This memoir examines the adventures and misadventures of one such lad who did become a CPA, although his discombobulated development defies the logic of such an outcome. His whimsical, self-deprecating recollection runs the gamut of growing up in western Montana, including a detailed description of a dubious, defiant dog deserting a downed duck (Duh!); to working five summers in Yellowstone National Park in which the governing guru of a gang of grouchy grizzlies grumbles about grievances against government guys (Good Grief!); and on to serving a stint in the Navy, wherein the writer is (for those of you with an F-word fetish ) forced to function as the forcible filter to forestall the furor from failing to fend off face-flushing fiascos following flamboyant and fascinating, but forbidden, frivolous flashing of fetching frontal feminine flesh (Far Out!) To quote the writers younger daughter-in-law, Kimberly, as she looked lovingly (with a sly grin) at her husband, after having scanned some early excerpts from the book, Well, that explains a lot. He lived it; he loved it; he wrote it. Now you can kick back, curl up and enjoy it.
The short film is a unique narrative art form that, while lending itself to experimentation, requires tremendous discipline in following traditional filmic considerations. This book takes the student and novice screenwriter through the storytelling process- from conception, to visualization, to dramatization, to characterization and dialogue- and teaches them how to create a dramatic narrative that is at once short (approximately half an hour in length) and complete. Exercises, new examples of short screenplays, and an examination of various genres round out the discussion. NEW TO THE THIRD EDITION: new screenplays, a chapter on rewriting your script, and a chapter on the future of short films
How much more could you achieve with your life? This remarkable book provides the key to unlocking the potential you already have. There are no fancy formulae - indeed the great strength herein is its simplicity indicating the power of love to open the way that is before us all. Everyone knows that when love dominates our actions we can surpass what is the norm. In reading this book, we see how. The unlocking of what we have within is inevitable, because it is there. The ability to love what we do, and love what we are, brings out a new love of life. It guides us to do things differently, otherwise we remain as we are. Whatever your beliefs, the power of love is known and proved. While written with a love for the Bible, it reaches out and embraces everyone, whatever their leaning. It is not confined to Christianity, for love is universal. Nor is this about positive thinking / visualisation. It is about the reality of your unique potential, fulfilled by the love in your heart.
Publisher Fact Sheet Helps forward-thinking businesses reinvent service, by not just focusing on CRM (customer relationship management), but also managing contacts with employees, sales reps, vendors, partners, & even competitors.
Morris Bridges, a travelling salesman of ladies undergarments in 1960s England, leads a very ordinary life... until he meets a young lady whose car has broken down. She appears to be a nurse, but in reality, she's harbouring a big secret. By befriending her, his life turns into a joyous series of adventures, which involves being chased by the KGB and the IRA through England, Wales, and Ireland. As he overcomes each challenge, he not only falls in love with her, but his attitude to life changes and he becomes empowered. He takes over the company he works for and turns it into an international business, and he soon becomes the friend of politicians and celebrities. He is even requested by the Prime Minister to lead the UK negotiations into the Common Market. They lost touch with each other, but a few years later, through a series of bizarre events he once again meets her and his life begins a whole new chapter.
A revised edition of the blackjack player's bible, with complete information on the odds, betting strategies, and much more -- now updated to include the rules of play in Atlantic City as well as international playing rules.
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