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This book enhances the reader's opportunity for career success by targeting fundamental skills. Writing in the Workplace will provide foundations for clear and concise documents in a short amount of time. The perfect tool for the experienced professional, those re-entering the workforce and those beginning their careers. ... Read more

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A superior resource to help your nonprofit win the grants you deserve

In an increasingly competitive nonprofit world, even top organizations struggle to extend their fundraising reach or simply maintain current funding levels. This thorough guide to crafting winning grant applications takes you through the entire process–from pinpointing the right funding opportunities, to writing persuasive proposals, to following up later.

Practical, reliable, and accessible to seasoned pros and grant-writing greenhorns alike, Webster’s New World Grant Writing Handbook provides comprehensive coverage of:

• Different types of foundation and corporate grantmakers
• Defining your project, as well as your organization’s mission and goals
• Tailoring your applications to each grantmaker’s interest areas
• Writing convincing letters of inquiry
• Organizing and writing hard-hitting proposals
• Following up on proposals after they’ve been submitted
• Effective donor cultivation after proposals have been approved

Featuring sample proposals, letters, and application forms; proposal checklists; a glossary of terms; and many illustrative examples, this complete resource is ideal for any nonprofit–whether you’re in a multimillion-dollar university development office or the smallest humanitarian agency. ... Read more

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In Last Minute Resumes and Last Minute Cover Letters , the author hurries readers step-by-step through the job-search process.He explains what they need to know to land that interview and get that long- awaited dream job. ... Read more

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Important for consumers
Whether you are fresh out of college, or, just lost your job of many years, this is the book to own, to get you back on track, or, in the job market.
"Last minute cover letters," are choc-full of important information on how to create an attention grabbing cover letter, to boost your resume. There are also information on the do's and don't's, in the preparation of a cover letter. And, if you're not sure as to what a cover letter looks like, on page "59," introduces visual samples of career cover letters.
This is a book, that is smart, and practical, for today's job seekers. ... Read more

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This intensive, activity-oriented workbook teaches the user to solve business problems and write effective documents. Topics include emphasis on developing the ability to think logically, applying basic principles of communication, and using language appropriately.Both a process (teaching the basic skills of writing and revising to produce high-quality documents) and a product (illustrating a finished product) approach to writing are incorporated. ... Read more

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how to write business memos
please help me the guidelines to feedback the memos. and get me some free samples of memos] ... Read more

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A MUST for every business professional!!!
Florence Isaacs does a masterful job of informing the business professional of the incredible importance and influence of notes. Notes are the bridges between professional relationships, and can determine the future of your business. Whether it be a thank you note for the previous day's lunch, the birth of an employees child, even the kind of pen to use, Isaacs covers everything you need to know about writing successful business notes. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to take their business relationships to the next level. ... Read more

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Drawing upon the experience of some forty of the nation´s finest journalists, all alumni of the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism at Columbia University, this book is a complete guide to writing about business and economics.Writing About Business begins by demystifying basic concepts of macroeconomics, microeconomics, financial markets, and international economics and trade. Next, it provides practical reporting tips, from how to use statistics to understanding what the government has in its files, from conducting live interviews to using electronic data to generate stories about companies. In closing, the book suggests investigative techniques and strategies for covering specific beats, including personal finance, health care, the environment, labor and workplace issues, media and entertainment businesses, technology, small businesses, and not-for-profit institutions. To many journalists and public relations professionals, business and financial writing can appear fraught with complexity. With its wealth of practical information, Writing About Business helps these writers with the often daunting task of reporting on business and industry. ... Read more

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Whether you’re new to the field or looking to broaden your knowledge of contemporary cryptography, this comprehensive resource puts all aspects of this important topic into perspective. Delivering an accurate introduction to the current state-of-the-art in modern cryptography, the book offers you a practical understanding of essential tools and applications to help you with your daily work. You also find complete coverage of the underpinnings and basic principles of cryptography to help you fully master the material.

From mathematical fundamentals and an overview of cryptographic systems… to details on unkeyed, secret key, and public key cryptosystems, this authoritative reference gives you solid working knowledge of the latest and most critical concepts, techniques, and systems in contemporary cryptography. Additionally, the book is supported with over 200 equations, more than 60 illustrations, and numerous time-saving URLs that connect you to Web sites with related information. ... Read more

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A CLEAR, STEP-BY-STEP SYSTEM FOR WRITING A BUSINESS PLAN THAT WILL ATTRACT THE FINANCING YOU NEED

Joseph R. Mancuso offers key guidelines and valuable tips on how to gear your business plan to the people who control the cash. Featuring the original business plans from three highly successful businesses, plans that raised millions in upfront financing, How to Write a Winning Business Plan also reveals:

* What financiers look for in a plan
* Nine questions that every plan must answer
* How to prospect for financial sources
* How to romance the money men
* How to locate hidden sources of capital
* How to handle objections
* How to gain a commitment
* And much more

Complete with handy checklists and key financial forms, this book is your launch pad for a thriving business venture. ... Read more

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This book is a clear and informative introduction to cryptography and data protection--subjects of considerable social and political importance. It explains what algorithms do, how they are used, the risks associated with using them, and why governments should be concerned. Important areas are highlighted, such as Stream Ciphers, block ciphers, public key algorithms, digital signatures, and applications such as e-commerce. This book highlights the explosive impact of cryptography on modern society, with, for example, the evolution of the internet and the introduction of more sophisticated banking methods. ... Read more

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Pfeiffer, William S., Keller, Charles H., Proposal Writing: The Art of Friendly and Winning Persuasion/ This book provides readers with an overview of proposal writing today—along with the issues that influence the resources and methods used to develop them. A focus on the real-world of business presents further insight and guidance in acquiring the basic skills, and some advanced, in creating any type of proposal.Chapter topics include marketing strategy, writing, graphics, sales letters and the executive summary, formal and informal documents, reviews, and editing.For the skilled professionals already in this field, affecting the bottom-line profit of their companies, seeking additional training or a valuable reference for producing persuasive and winning proposals. ... Read more

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In a Nutshell....
If you need a crash course in proposal writing.... or want a marvelous resource book on the subject, this is it. It covers every topic - quickly, concisely and thoroughly - with loads of great graphics and charts. I have read dozens of books on the subject and this is, by far, the best I have come across to date! ... Read more

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The activities and techniques outlined in this book will teach you to communicate clearly, correctly, and concisely; format documents for maximum impact; use shirtsleeve English to get your point across; tailor your communication to different learning styles; and simplify your messages to ensure they will get read. Paring your writing down to a distinct and concise message makes a huge difference in what your reader pays attention to and retains. Today’s limited time, technological advances, and increased pace of communication means that every written word counts. You will learn critical skills for delivering messages with impact, such as constructing eye-catching subject lines and using parallel construction.

Learning Objectives:To introduce the reader to the principles of Shirtsleeve English.To empower the reader's writing by using verbs.To update the reader's style by keeping things short and simple.To deploy information on the page for the reader's eye. ... Read more

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Writing Excellence is a model for writing clear, complete, and correct documents. This unique manual presents the common flow of writing, from planning, to organizing, to writing, to editing, and then to refining. Each chapter begins with an overview, followed by explanations, examples, and writing samples. All of the samples are real workplace documents representing the kinds of writing people do each day ? reporting results, making proposals, transmitting information, solving problems, giving instructions, and corresponding with associates inside and outside of their organizations. The text offers grammatical assistance in easy-to-use charts and examples of common errors, and the last chapter reviews many of the concepts explained throughout the book. ... Read more

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A year’s worth of the most interesting, noteworthy, and best-written articles on all aspects of the business world.

“Amid Global Turmoil, Wild Times in Trading Afghanis” by Daniel Pearl, from The Wall Street Journal

“Bidding War” by James B. Stewart, from The New Yorker

“This Little Slinky Goes to Market” by Neil Irwin, from The Washington Post

“Yes, We Have No Profits” by Nicholas Stein, from Fortune

“Corporate Veil” by John R. Emschwiller and Rebecca Smith, from The Wall Street Journal

“Portland Subsidiary Mirrors Enron’s Rapid Rise, Fall” by Jeff Manning and Gail Kinsey Hill, from The Oregonian

“How Andersen Went Wrong” by David Ward and Loren Steffy, from Bloomberg Markets

“My Pro Forma Life” by Rob Walker, from Slate

“The Iceberg Wars” by Wayne Curtis, from The Atlantic Monthly

“The Trucker and the Professor” by David Diamond, from Wired

“Telecom’s Pied Piper: Whose Side Was He On?” by Gretchen Morgenson, from The New York Times

“License to Steal” by Roger Lowenstein, from SmartMoney

“Turning Red Ink into Gold” by Rob Kaiser, from Chicago Tribune

“The Incomplete Résumé?” by Floyd Norris, from The New York Times

“Restating the ’90s” by Michael J. Mandel, from BusinessWeek

“Smaller” by Malcolm Gladwell, from The New Yorker

“Agillion’s Brief, Fast Life” by Lori Hawkins, from Austin American-Statesman

“Is the S&P 500 Rigged?” by Jason Zweig, from Money

“The Rocket’s Red Ink” by Brian Lawson, from The Huntsville Times

“A Race to the Top” by Johnnie L. Roberts, from Newsweek

“Executive Women and the Myth of Having It All” by Sylvia Ann Hewlett, from Harvard Business Review

“The CEO and his Church” by Deborah O’Neil and Jeff Harrington, from St. Petersburg Times

“The Economic Strain on the Church” by William C. Symonds from BusinessWeek

“Nationalities of Convenience” by Hal Lux, from Institutional Investor

“India Calling” by S. Mitra Kalita, from Newsday

“Hard Time” by Douglas A. Blackmon, from The Wall Street Journal

“The $200 Billion Miscarriage of Justice” by Roger Parloff, from Fortune

“The Empire Builder” by Joseph N. DiStefano, from The Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine

“Would You Pay $2 Million for This Franchise?” by Carlye Adler, from Fortune Small Business

“Double Play” by Kurt Badenhausen, Cecily Fluke, Lesley Kump, and Michael K. Ozanian, from Forbes
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Excellent business stories
A terrific collection of well-written and fascinating pieces of business journalism. I picked this book up at an airport expecting to read just a few of the stories that looked interesting. I ended up reading the entire book cover to cover. Each story offers an insightful and interesting view of a particular business or industry. For anyone interested in the corporate scandals that seem to be erupting in the business world on a near-weekly basis, you will find yourself completely absorbed by this book in no time at all.

Interesting Reading to Know More About USA Business
This is a collection of 30 business-related articles published in newspaper and magazines in yr2002. Many of them in this edition are about ethics, e.g. questionable accounting practices, role conflict of auditors and financial analysts, overpaid executives etc..There are other topical subjects, e.g. influence of technology, free trade, globalisation, workplace diversity.

The editors have picked up many articles that raise insightful questions and issues. They provide ¡§behind the scene¡¨ information and personalities. Interesting to read casually. The stories talk little about making money or improving corporate performance. They are more about ethnics, fairness and justice. Some articles are openly critical about individual companies or persons.

This book is very enriching to readers who are not familiar with American business practices. For example, non-Americans can have a strong feel about how serious are antitrust investigations and lawsuits in The USA.. The coverage of industries is wide. In addition to popular businesses like IT, finance, manufacturing, you also have banana planting, ice harvesting, auctioning, religious organisations etc.. ... Read more

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Clear and persuasive writing holds the key to career success and advancement. Yet, far too few people have learned the styles and strategies that are essential for successful business writing. Business Writing for Results, written by one of today's most popular and motivational business writing trainers, outlines an easy-to-use and easy-to-remember three-step system for crafting letters, proposals, E-mails, reports, and memos that are powerful and persuasive and guaranteed to produce results.

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Easy to Use and Fun!
Thank you, thank you! This book is a God-send. Thank you! ... Read more

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A three-stage process to help you build your writing skills. ... Read more

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A compact, practical reference containing step-by-step guidance through the process of planning, designing, writing, contracting and producing marketing and promotional materials for technology-based products. Covers all the ins and outs of technical copywriting including how to handle international markets, cultural biases and computer jargon. Features ideas for nonprint marketing such as video, E-mail, fax and interactive presentations. Numerous examples are drawn exclusively from the high-tech industry. ... Read more

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Writing skills have never been more important. Whether you're looking for a job, new in ajob, or trying to get ahead quickly, the way you write says a lot about how far you will go. Writing forBusiness Audiences is filled with practical advice and sound instruction. In a convenient workbook format,you will learn everything you need to become a better writer including, essential grammar mechanics, up todate communication technology integrating e-mail, web research, online employment and electronicpresentations, and a writing process that will assist in anticipating audience reaction. This book's effectivestrategies have already helped thousands of people become better writers. This program works and it canwork for you. ... Read more