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Table of Contents • Dummies __________________________3 • Jossey-Bass ________________________20 • Business ___________________________23 • Finance & Accounting ______________41 • Tech ________________________________47
Black American History For Dummies Ronda Racha Penrice Summary Black American History For Dummies teaches readers about the rich, intriguing, and often tragic history of the Black Community in the United States. Take a dive into the history of Black Americans from the years of slavery to early 20 th century Jim Crow Laws, the Civil Rights movement, and modern-day issues such as systemic racism and BLM. Learn how far we’ve come, and how far we have to go in the approach to studying Black American culture and ending racism. 9781119780854 Pub Date: April 2021 Paperback / softback 432 pages John Wiley & Sons €21.90 Contributor Bio Ronda Racha Penrice (Atlanta, GA) formally pursued her love of history at Columbia University and in the Southern Studies M.A. program at the University of Mississippi. The veteran freelance writer, who believes she was "born to tell our stories," has covered Black history and culture extensively for various publications, including Zora, Essence, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, NBC THINK, The Root and theGrio. The Chicago native, with deep Mississippi roots, has a strong social media presence with thousands of followers, and she actively advocates for Black creatives in film and TV.
Resilience For Dummies Selhub Summary Activate a life of meaning, purpose, and health with the Six Pillars of Resilience Stress, anxiety, and exhaustion are all-too-common features of our crazy-paced, curveball-throwing contemporary existence, and it’s sometimes hard to see how we can make it from one week to the next intact. But there’s a solution to the struggle: resilience! In Resilience For Dummies, Dr. Eva Selhub—former Harvard Medical School instructor and director of the Benson Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at the Massachusetts 9781119773412 General Hospital for six years—outlines the proven steps we can all take toward optimal resilience to build healthier, more Pub Date: April 2021 purposeful, and increasingly joyful lives. Paperback / softback The six pillars of resilience are: physical vitality, emotional 336 pages equilibrium, mental toughness and clarity, spiritual purpose, John Wiley & Sons healthy personal relationships, and being an inspiring leader and part of a wider community or team. Dr. Selhub explains €23.90 why each of these foundations is crucial to flourishing, how fortifying them gives us a base for attacking stress, hardship, and failure head-on, and how this confrontation then develops the strength we need for transformative change within our personal and professional lives. • Know how genetics, education, and culture contribute to resilience • Avoid learned helplessness and the victim mindset Contributor Bio Dr. Eva Selhub (Newtownville, MA) is a resiliency expert, consultant, speaker, and author. She taught for 20 years as an instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and she served as the Medical Director for Massachusetts General Hospital for six years. Dr. Selhub believes that resileince doesn't arise from change in a single factor, rather in her coaching she uses science, spirit, fitness, and corporate challenges. Dr. Selhub is the author of multiple titles and has been published in journals and The New York Times.
ESG Investing For Dummies Dummies Summary Even if you're new to investing, this book will help you understand the ESG investing landscape. Investing your money wisely is more important for your future than ever. And today, investing in things that make you feel good is more needed than ever. ESG Investing For Dummies will identify how ESG factors affect company performance, explain how ESG can be monitored and attributed, discuss the names to know and how they are affecting change in the world of ESG Investing, and highlight the causes of the trend towards ESG Investing. You'll disover: 9781119771098 Pub • How to define the specific categories of E-S-G: Date: April 2021 Environment, Socially Responsible, Governance Paperback / softback • Navigate the ESG Investment Landscape - What it is, 368 pages main objective and targets, why it’s important and what are ESG criteria John Wiley & Sons • Understand investment principles for a diversified ESG portfolio €26.90 • Apply Fixed Income instruments, including Green and Social Bonds • Define and measuring ESG - how to attribute performance to ESG performance and reporting • Ten considerations when implementing an ESG investment policy Contributor Bio Brendan Bradley (UK), co-author of FinTech For Dummies, has developed new products in the financial markets for over 30 years. He spent his professional career building and developing support for new investment areas, provided metrics to determine ESG ratings for different companies, and monitored firm developments. Will Oulton (UK) has over 14 years of experience working in sustainable and responsible investments. He is Director of Responsible Investment for First State Investment and serves as the Chairman of Eurosif, an organization that promotes sustainability in the European financial markets. He studies the long-term impact of ESG factors on investment valu
Instagram For Business For Dummies Jennifer Herman, Eric Butow, Corey Walker Summary Leverage the power of Instagram for your business. Instagram is the photo and video sharing app that hundreds of millions of people are using across the globe. It gives business owners and marketers a unique opportunity to tell visual stories about what makes them, and their products, different from their competitors. Even if you don't have an Instagram account already, this book can help you set up a business profile, compose great photos, and tell your story to the world. 9781119696599 Inside: Pub Date: March 2021 Paperback / softback • Install and set up Instagram 352 pages • Change your settings to a business account John Wiley & Sons • Optimize and add photos and videos to your profile €21.90 • Expand your reach with hashtags • Use Instagram Stories and live video • Create paid ads to reach a target audience • Track your analytics Contributor Bio Jenn Herman (San Diego, CA) is a social media consultant, speaker, and globally recognized Instagram expert. Jenn's Instagram username is jenns_trends. Eric Butow (Jackson, CA) is the owner of Butow Communications Group (BCG). Eric is the author of more 30 computer books, including Samsung Gear S2 For Dummies. Eric's Instagram username is ericbutow. Corey Walker (Folsom, CA) is the owner of The Marketing Specialist in El Dorado Hills, California. Corey's Instagram username is coreycwalker.
Business Writing For Dummies Natalie Canavor Summary Business writing that gets results! The ability to write well is a key part of your professional success. From reports and presentations to e-mails and Facebook posts, whether you're a marketer, customer service rep, or manager, being able to write clearly and for the right audience is critical to moving your business forward. The techniques covered in this book will arm you with the skills you need to write better business communications. Inside: 9781119696698 Pub Date: April 2021 Planning each communication Paperback / softback Editing and fine-tuning your copy Building your personal brand with communications 368 pages Writing bids, proposals, reports, and more John Wiley & Sons Recognizing key differences in your global audiences Advancing your career with great writing €21.90 Contributor Bio Natalie Canavor is a business writer, workshop leader and adjunct professor at New York University, where she teaches advanced writing seminars. Natalie's publications and articles have won international recognition and her journalism credits include numerous features for the New York Times. Natalie is a member of the International Association of Business Communicators.
Adobe Creative Cloud All–in–One For Dummies Jennifer Smith Summary Get ready to jump into the Creative Cloud Adobe Creative Cloud is the most popular suite of tools among creative professionals, and this book is the ultimate reference guide to using the CC photography and graphic design tools. Discover how to edit photos with Photoshop, create art using Illustrator, and design websites and mobile apps with Adobe XD. Explore how to pull creative assets together with a layout in InDesign, protect your documents with Acrobat Pro, and manage your digital assets with Adobe 9781119724148 Bridge. Best of all, learn tips and tricks to make each individual program work better -- together! 7 Books Inside... Pub Date: April 2021 Paperback / softback Overview of the Creative Cloud Suite 768 pages Adobe Bridge John Wiley & Sons Photoshop €37.90 InDesign Illustrator Acrobat Adobe XD Contributor Bio Jennifer Smith is a user experience consultant, designer, educator, mentor, and author of more than a dozen books on digital imaging and web publishing. She has advised numerous companies on design projects and works on various platforms and devices. Christopher Smith is president of the American Graphics Institute. He is the author of more than ten books on web, interactive, and print publishing technology, including many of the Adobe official training guides.
Machine Learning For Dummies John Paul Mueller, Luca Massaron Summary Your comprehensive entry-level guide to machine learning While machine learning expertise doesn’t quite mean you can create your own Turing Test-proof android—as in the movie Ex Machina—it is a form of artificial intelligence and one of the most exciting technological means of identifying opportunities and solving problems fast and on a large scale. Anyone who masters the principles of machine learning is mastering a big part of our tech future and opening up incredible new directions in careers that include fraud detection, optimizing 9781119724018 search results, serving real-time ads, credit- scoring, building accurate and sophisticated pricing models—and way, way Pub Date: April 2021 more. Paperback / softback 432 pages Unlike most machine learning books, the fully updated 2 nd Edition of Machine Learning For Dummies doesn’t assume you John Wiley & Sons have years of experience using programming languages such as Python (R source is also included in a downloadable form €26.90 with comments and explanations), but lets you in on the ground floor, covering the entry-level materials that will get you up and running building models you need to perform practical tasks. It takes a look at the underlying—and fascinating—math principles that power machine learning but also shows that you don’t need to be a math whiz to build fun new tools and apply them to your work and study. • Understand the history of AI and machine Contributor Bio John Mueller is a freelance author and technical editor. He has writing in his blood, having produced hundreds of books and articles to date. The topics range from networking to home security and from database management to heads- down programming. During his time at Cubic Corporation, John was exposed to reliability engineering and has had a continued interest in probability ever since. Luca Massaron is a data scientist specialized in organizing and interpreting big data and transforming it into smart data by means of the simplest and most effective data mining and machine learning techniques. Because of his job as a quantitative marketing consultant and marketing researcher, he has been involved in quantitative data since 2000 with different clients and in various industries. Luca was able to quickly rank among the top 10 Kaggle data scientists.
Laptops For Dummies Dan Gookin Summary The latest on getting the most from laptops and tablets Not that long ago, laptops were seen as luxuries. Now they’re practically an essential for many people, and—as faster computing power and super-sharp displays make many of them the equal of a desktop—the new wave of lightweight laptops is increasingly replacing the home PC with its bulky tower and multiple cords. Plus, you can use your laptop when chilling on the couch or venturing out for a quick coffee! In this fully updated edition of Laptops For Dummies, 9781119740278 bestselling tech writer Dan Gookin takes a friendly walk Pub Date: April 2021 through everything you need to know, from the basics (if Paperback / softback you’re new to laptops) all the way up to the latest hardware and tech updates—including the recent release of Windows 10. 384 pages Along the way you’ll learn how to synchronize your laptop with John Wiley & Sons other machines, coordinate email pickup across devices, and beef up your security. You’ll also learn how to €26.90 • Choose the right laptop • Check out tablet options • Troubleshoot problems • Maintain and upgrade Whether you’re choosing a new laptop or want to maximize what you’re getting from the one you have, Laptops For Dummies has you covered, wherever you want to work—or play! Contributor Bio Dan Gookin wrote the very first For Dummies book in 1991. The author of several bestsellers, Dan enjoys worldwide success with books that have been translated into 32 languages and have more than 11 million copies in print. Dan is the bestselling author of Samsung Galaxy Tabs For Dummies, Nexus Tablets For Dummies, Android Tablets For Dummies, 4th Edition, and Android Phones For Dummies, 4th Edition.
Troubleshooting & Maintaining PCs All–in–One For Dummies Dan Gookin Summary Show your PC who’s boss Nothing’s more annoying than a tech malfunction, especially when it’s your PC—with the exception of perhaps wading through reams of random, unreliable theories online looking for a solution, or paying an expensive tech geek to show up to perform a five-minute fix. The latest edition of Troubleshooting & Maintaining Your PC All-in-One For Dummies puts all this frustration behind you and gets you straight to work solving the problem yourself! 9781119740308 In his straightforward, friendly style, Dan Gookin—bestselling Pub Date: April 2021 tech author and all-round Mr. Fixit—packs everything you need Paperback / softback to know into 5-books-in-1, giving you the knowledge and process to hit on the right solution, fast. From identifying 456 pages common problems to methodically narrowing down to the John Wiley & Sons correct fix, you’ll save hours of frustrating research—and experience the sweet, righteous satisfaction of having €33.90 achieved it all yourself. • Pick up quick fixes • Understand and reconnect networks • Restore memory • Boost your PC’s performance Every problem has a solution and PCs are no different: get this book and you’ll never catch yourself shouting at your Contributor Bio Dan Gookin wrote the very first For Dummies book in 1991. The author of several bestsellers, Dan enjoys worldwide success with books that have been translated into 32 languages and have more than 11 million copies in print. Dan is the bestselling author of Samsung Galaxy Tabs For Dummies, Nexus Tablets For Dummies, Android Tablets For Dummies, 4th Edition, and Android Phones For Dummies, 4th Edition.
Oceans For Dummies Dummies Summary Dive deep to explore the ocean From how most of our oxygen is created by phytoplankton, to how currents control our climate, to the marine food chain and the importance of coral, this is the holy grail of ocean books that’s easy for everyone to digest. It features fun facts about some of the most incredible, bizarre, and fascinating creatures in the ocean, from mantis shrimp that can strike things with the speed of a .22 caliber bullet to fish with clear heads that can see out of the top of 9781119654438 their skulls. The ocean is full of wonders and there is still so Pub Date: April 2021 much left to explore and understand. Paperback / softback • How our oceans work 384 pages • What creatures live in the ocean John Wiley & Sons • Find out how the ocean regulates our climate and weather patterns €23.90 • How growing pollution threatens our ocean and its inhabitants Oceans For Dummies is perfect for anyone with an interest in the ocean, including kids, adults, students, ocean lovers, surfers, fishermen, conservationists, sailors, and everyone in between. Contributor Bio Ashlan Cousteau and Phillippe Cousteau are explorers, television stars and advocates for our ocean. Ashlan is a passionate journalist whose television career has spans more than 13 years as a host for E News, ET, Travel Channel and Discovery Channels Shark Week. Ashlan traveled to all 7 continents by the age of 36, and she uses her unique, down- to-earth storytelling style to bring environmental issues to the masses. Philippe is a distinguished author, speaker, Emmy nominated TV host and conservationist. He has authored and co-authoring books about water, oceans, and conservation, including Follow the Moon Home, Going Blue, and Make a Splash.
Coffee For Dummies Major Cohen Summary Coffee For Dummies will cover a wide variety of topics within the coffee industry, giving readers the basics in everything they need to know from: • In home coffee makers, to gourmet coffee, to big coffee chains, and finally smaller boutique coffee houses. • Different roasts and brews • Navigating a coffee shop the menu for best deals and drinks • The difference between a half-cap-low-fat-no-sugar- 9781119679011 add-whip.....and a latte? Pub Date: April 2021 Paperback / softback 288 pages John Wiley & Sons €18.90 Contributor Bio Major Cohen (Seattle, WA) is a coffee lover who has enjoyed a dream realized. A teacher of photography and film at the high school level for 20 years, he grew up in a time when coffee went from a poor quality, inexpensive commodity to a ubiquitous and often delicious inexpensive luxury. His second career brought his passion for teaching and passion for coffee into alignment and he worked as a coffee educator for more than 25 years for Starbucks. His work for Starbucks began in 1995 when, as a Barista, he leveraged his passion and curiosity for coffee and business and after 8 years in operations in 5 roles was invited to move to the Seattle headquarters and join the coffee team. In the next 17 years he had the opportunity to be part of some of Starbucks most innovative efforts, and during his final 7 years traveled extensively in Asia as a coffee educator and brand ambassador. Although recently retired from Starbucks, Major is continuing his involvement with education in his role as an Authorized Specialty Coffee Association Trainer, AST.
Sociology For Dumies Jay Gabler Summary Sociology For Dummies 2e aids readers in understanding this complex field of study and helps them both when deciding to take a class as well as when participating in a course. The ability to use a sociological lens is more important now than ever; there have been recent foundational changes in how we understand society. Recent dialogue surrounding health care, politics, race, and gender now occur with frankness and urgency that will be addressed. Updates: - 2020 and societal upheaval - Shifted politics - Me Too - Climate Change - Social Media mediating our lives 9781119772811 Pub Date: April 2021 Paperback / softback 384 pages John Wiley & Sons €21.90 Contributor Bio Jay Gabler (Minneapolis, MN) is a writer and editor living in Minneapolis. Gabler works as a digital producer at The Current, a Minnesota Public Radio. He earned graduate degrees in sociology (Ph.D., A.M.) and psychology (Ed.M.) from Harvard University, as well as a bachelor's degree in Education from Boston University. With colleagues, he has published multiple sociological research articles and is co- author, with David John Frank, of Reconstructing the University (Stanford University Press, 2006). His other titles include: Bright Lights, Twin Cities (2014), Future Cities (2013), and Sexts from the Sea (2016).
Enneagram For Dummies van Stijn Summary Enneagram For Dummies will introduce you to the world of the Enneagram. This book will get you acquainted with the Enneagram and the different personality types. Are you excitable? Do you crave structure? The book will explain not only the psychological side, but also the spiritual path is described in an understandable way. And more importantly, the self-development method is explained in detail. This book will provide you the knowledge that until now you could only acquire in a training. An absolute must have for anyone who works professionally with the Enneagram! 9781119771128 Pub Date: April 2021 Paperback / softback 336 pages John Wiley & Sons €21.90 Contributor Bio Jeanette van Stijn has been trained in the Enneagram since 1998. She is the founder of Enneagram Nederland, the Dutch representative of Enneagram Worldwide for Helen Palmer and David Daniels, M.D. (USA). Enneagram Nederland is a training and educational institute in the enneagram for personal and professional development. Based on the Enneagram Professional Training Program (EPTP), Jeanette has developed an elaborate training program for in-depth personal and spiritual development for Enneagram Coaches. She is the author of "Enneagram for Dummies" (published in Dutch and German).
Parrots For Dummies Nikki Moustaki Summary Repeat after me: Parrots aren’t just for pirates! While parrots have a historical reputation for being a pirate’s best friend, in the modern-day U.S.—where birds are the nation’s third most popular household pet—thousands of landlubbers are in on the act! And that’s not surprising— parrots are as affectionate, friendly, and fun to be with as a dog or cat. They are also relatively low-maintenance, with no rude 5 a.m. awakenings with demands for food or punishing walks. 9781119753612 Renowned avian care and behavior consultant Nikki Moustaki Pub Date: April 2021 is your friendly guide to the colorful world of this intelligent Paperback / softback and chatty pet. In this book, you’ll be introduced to the vibrant diversity of the parrot world, which covers a wide variety of 384 pages Psittacidae family members, including macaws, cockatiels, and John Wiley & Sons parakeets. You’ll also learn the best ways to choose, care for, and love your resplendently feathered companion. €21.90 • Pick your perfect parrot • Devour the latest on nutrition • Tame and train • Make the perfect home Whether you’re just setting out in the parrot world or are a seasoned voyager on the parrot-y seas, this 2nd edition of Parrots For Dummies has something for you and your pet—and Contributor Bio Nikki Moustaki, M.A., M.F.A, is a renowned avian care and behavior consultant, working with clients to heal strained relationships between themselves and their feathered friends. She has published 46 books, 24 of which are on the care and training of exotic birds. She also writes regularly for Bird Talk Magazine and Pet Product News.
Ferrets For Dummies Kim Schilling Summary Everything you need to know about your playful new pet Thinking of getting a ferret? It’s not unusual—millions of people worldwide keep ferrets as pets, and they’ve been domesticated for around 2,500 years! While they’re quiet for a lot of the day (catching up on important beauty sleep), when they’re awake, they’re lively, affectionate, and curious—and require lots of quality interaction with their humans. And that’s why a happy ferret is a well-trained one, whose owner knows everything there is to know about its needs! 9781119720836 Ferrets For Dummies, 3 rd Edition is here to make sure you Pub Date: April 2021 become just that kind of owner, fully equipped to give your Paperback / softback little friend the best possible home. It’s packed with practical 424 pages information on feeding, housing, health, medical care, and much more. You’ll also find the latest on diet, dental hygiene, John Wiley & Sons common ailments, and how to build an enjoyable and engaging environment for your smart, energetic new pet. €21.90 There’s even a section on how to get to know your ferret properly (spotting those little mood swings) and how to introduce it to play well with friends and family. • Make sure a ferret’s the pet for you • Ferret-proof your home • Keep a clean house • Find the right vet Whether you have a jill (female), a hob (male), or a full Contributor Bio Kim Schilling is the founder and Director of Animals for Awareness, a non-profit USDA licensed sanctuary dedicated to the needs of exotic and wild animals. Domesticated ferrets bounced into her life more than 15 years ago (she has owned more than 20 at any given time), and she cant imagine life without them!
Reframing Academic Leadership 2nd Edition Lee G. Bolman, Joan V. Gallos Summary Reframing Academic Leadership, Second Edition is a no-nonsense guide for academic administrators at all levels in colleges and universities and for those who seek to understand the unique challenges and opportunities in leading institutions of higher education today. Bolman and Gallos speak to those who care deeply about higher education, appreciate its strengths and its imperfections, and are committed to making it better. Colleges and university administrators who strive to be leaders with impact and significant forces for good will find in this book a readable, intellectually provocative, and pragmatic approach 9781119663560 to their work and its possibilities. The second edition of Pub Date: April 2021 Reframing Academic Leadership will address new cases and examples that cover contemporary issues in higher education, Hardback which includes: 384 pages • #MeToo Jossey Bass • Diversity • Free speech and hate speech €41.90 • Economics • Student debt • Governing board dynamics • Tenure • Adjunctification of the professoriate Contributor Bio Joan V. Gallos is an award-winning educator, author, scholar, and academic leader. She is currently Professor of Leadership Emerita at Wheelock College of Education s and doctoral degrees from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Lee G. Bolman is an author, scholar, consultant and speaker who is Professor of Leadership and holds the Marion Bloch/Missouri Chair in Leadership at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Lee consults and lectures worldwide to corporations, public agencies, universities and schools. He holds a B.A. in History and a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Yale University. His administrative roles at UMKC have included Interim Dean of the Bloch School of Management and chair of the department of Organizations, Leadership and Marketing. At Harvard he served as director and principal investigator for the National Center for Educational Leadership and for the Harvard School Leadership Academy.
Making It What Today's Kids Need for Tomorrow's World Stephanie M Krauss Summary Discover how to help young people “make it” in a rapidly changing world Author Stephanie Malia Krauss gets it. Every day she works with leaders across the country as they upgrade learning experiences to better equip young people for a changing world. A mother, former teacher and school leader, Stephanie knows firsthand how hard it is to balance school and program requirements with young people’s needs. In Making It: What Today's Kids Need for Tomorrow's World, she lays out what adults 9781119577034 can do to get young people ready for the future. What you learn may surprise you. Pub Date: April 2021 Hardback With so much changing so fast—accelerated by the impacts of COVID-19—the most in-demand jobs and skills of today may 240 pages be obsolete by the time our youngest become adults. For kids Jossey Bass to be ready for this new reality, they must acquire four critical “currencies” that will serve them well, whatever their future €27.90 holds: credentials, competencies, connections, and cash. This book focuses on how to prioritize these four key outcomes whenever and wherever learning happens. The author shares research and experience to help you understand and apply a human-centered and future-focused lens directly to your classroom, school, program, or at home. • Learn about how the world and workforce is changing, and what that means for the education and preparation Contributor Bio Stephanie Malia Krauss is director of special projects at Jobs For the Future. She develops, shapes, funds, and manages cross-team and cross-strategy projects that further JFFs ability to best serve its target populations, ensuring their education and economic advancement. She has served as campaign director of Connecting Credentials and co-director of The Readiness Project. In addition, Ms. Krauss founded and served as Chief Executive Officer of Shearwater Education Foundation, where she successfully pushed for state policy change and the cultivation of partnerships to enable competency-based education and flexible learning opportunities in St. Louis. Ms. Krauss has been a guest commentator on PBS NewsHour, StoryCorps, and public radio.
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Tiny Noticeable Things The Secret Weapon to Making a Difference Adrian Webster Summary TNTs are Tiny Noticeable Things. They are all the little things that people don’t need to do, but do do. They may be tiny but they are highly explosive. They create the biggest longest lasting pictures in people’s minds, they show how much you care, they make and break relationships, yet they cost nothing. They are the difference between a four and five-star customer experience; the difference between a manager and a leader; the difference between a team that’s floundering and a team 9781119780892 that’s flying. They are the difference between a great place to work and a not so great place. Pub Date: April 2021 Paperback / softback They could be as small as remembering a person’s first name, recalling if a customer prefers their coffee with or without milk, 256 pages or perhaps a handwritten note of recognition to a team John Wiley & Sons member. Tiny, often overlooked simple things that have the potential to blow people away and bring about profound €22.90 change. The affect these little engagers can have is quite phenomenal. Their explosive power comes from the fact that they are out of the blue, unexpected acts of kindness. They are those extra mile steps that people take for each other that go beyond expectations. Their impact is so much so that they are able to penetrate straight through the conscious mind and gain fast- track access to the subconscious, where they detonate - Contributor Bio Adrian began his career as a police officer in Bristol. However, unable to contain an entrepreneurial urge and a burning desire to do something different, he soon found himself setting up a highly innovative dairy business, before successfully diversifying into a wide range of other areas ranging from frozen food to recruitment and property. Armed with a genuine love and proven talent for selling, Adrian entered the IT industry, where he quickly established himself as one of the UKs top sales professionals. From Corporate Sales Manager of US Robotics, he moved to leading distributor Northamber plc as Group Sales s most sought-after motivational speakers, specialising in delivering inspirational key messages and practical tools in a humorous, down-to- earth style audiences can easily relate to and remember.
Social Media For Small Business Marketing strategies for business owners Franziska Iseli Summary Discover how social media can transform your business and help you attract more customers Social Media For Small Business delivers a step-by-step guide to unlocking the potential of social media to grow your business. Award-winning author and entrepreneur Franziska Iseli walks you through how to use Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, and Pinterest to market your small-to medium-sized business. The book provides you with: • Effective marketing strategies to get more out of your 9780730390329 social media efforts. Pub Date: April 2021 • Systems to bring structure into your entire marketing Paperback / softback approach. • Tools to make your brand irresistible across your 264 pages customer touchpoints. Wiley–Blackwell • Case studies to highlight the application of the book’s principles to the real-world €18.90 • Practical strategies you can put in place immediately to see a rapid return on investment Perfect for busy business owners, business managers and marketing teams wanting to find new and effective marketing tools to attract more customers, Social Media For Small Business also belongs on the bookshelves of anyone who has difficulty with or wants to learn more about how social media can have a positive impact on their business and brand. Contributor Bio Franziska is a maverick entrepreneur, leading marketing and brand strategist, adventurer, author and the co-founder of Basic Bananas, The Business Hood, Oceanlovers and Moments of Humanity. In 2013 Franziska was awarded the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award recognizing her innovation, creativity and philanthropic involvement.Franziska is a board member at the global Entrepreneurs Organization EO where she is advising on communications, marketing and branding. She also launched an impact initiative called EOcean to inspire entrepreneurs to be more sustainable. Franziska sits on the judging panel for Singularity University and has run think tanks at the United Nations to address the UN sustainable development goals through entrepreneurship. A true visionary and eternal optimist, no challenge seems to be too big for Franziska. She is known for her rebellious nature and doing things differently. She has this rare combination of being both creative and strategic, which makes her a powerful leader in
Work From Anywhere How to Become a World–Class Distributed Team Alison Hill, Darren Hill Summary Bring out the best in your hybrid team with this invaluable resource Work from Anywhere: The essential guide to becoming a world- class hybrid team delivers practical strategies and actionable guidance on how to develop a high performing team and business in a remote and distributed environment. Accomplished authors, behavioural experts, and fast-growth business leaders, Alison and Darren Hill, show you how to craft business and culture strategies to bring out the best in your 9780730390879 hybrid and remote team members by focusing on both performance and people. Pub Date: April 2021 Paperback / softback You’ll learn how to: 240 pages • Understand the unique psychology, methodology, and Wiley–Blackwell technology that makes hybrid teams excel • Develop strategies for embedding high performance €18.90 across your team, no matter where they’re located • Create rhythms and rituals to keep your team highly motivated and on task, and avoid disengagement The ability to work from anywhere is no longer just a HR conversation, it is an Executive conversation. Perfect for business leaders working with hybrid teams, Work from Anywhere is also ideal for organisational development executives, cultural transition leaders, business leaders, and Contributor Bio Ali and Darren Hill are something of a rarity. They have simultaneously achieved individual success, together formed one of Australias fastest growing consultancies (Pragmatic Thinking), raised two children, and continue to stay married. Although given they both have a deep background in psychology it makes sense that they know a thing or two about people. Ali and Darren are authors of the best seller 'Dealing with the Tough Stuff: How to achieve results from key conversations which has now been translated into 3 different languages and Ali is the author of the recent bestseller Stand Out: A real world guide to get clear, find purpose and become the boss of busy which is currently in all good bookstores, and the occasional bad bookstore too. Ali can often be found loitering around the shelves repositioning her books on the middle shelves, which has now resulted in many bookstores placing a 50m exclusion radius around them (so she now sends in Darren - and the kids). In any language though, when it comes to culture, leadership and
The Ultimate LinkedIn Sales Guide How to Use Social and Digital Selling to Turn LinkedIn into Daniel Disney Summary The Ultimate LinkedIn Sales Guide is the go-to book and guide for utilizing LinkedIn to sell. It will cover all aspects of social and digital selling, covering everything from building the ultimate LinkedIn profile, using the searching functions to find customers, sending effective LinkedIn messages (written, audio & video), creating great content that generates sales, all the latest tips and tricks, strategies and tools. With the impact of COVID, remote working has become big, and so has the use of digital/virtual sales tools. More sales teams want and need to understand how to use social media 9781119787884 platforms like LinkedIn to sell, and most do not use it Pub Date: April 2021 properly. In The Ultimate LinkedIn Sales Guide you will learn: Hardback 256 pages • The 4 Pillars of Social Selling Success John Wiley & Sons • How to create the Ultimate LinkedIn Profile • How to Leads from LinkedIn €22.90 • Managing Accounts & Building Relationships • The Best Social Selling Tools The Ultimate LinkedIn Sales Guide is a must read for anyone wishing to utilise LinkedIn to improve sales. Contributor Bio Daniel Disney is an international Keynote Speaker, leading LinkedIn/Social Selling Trainer & Sales Author. Daniel helps companies, sales teams and sales leaders sell MORE with LinkedIn. He shows them how to generate more leads, more pipeline, more revenue, more customers and more business. Using pure tried, tested and proven systems, techniques, and strategies he explains how they can turn LinkedIn into a lead generating and sales machine.Daniel also runs The Daily Sales, LinkedIn's most popular community for salespeople and sales leaders. The Daily Sales has over 600,000 followers growing every single day. They work with companies who are selling products or services to sales teams to help them reach that audience.When companies and sales teams want to learn how to master social and digital selling, Daniel is the person they call. He has the largest LinkedIn audience in the entire global sales industry, has been voted the #1 most influential sales expert on LinkedIn and has built a huge brand and audience around what he does.
Employee to Entrepreneur How to Earn Your Freedom and Do Work that Matters Steve Glaveski Summary Make the leap and become an entrepreneur today Are you living for the weekend? Are you dissatisfied at work? Are you itching to do something that is important to you? How can you avoid the pitfalls that many first-time entrepreneurs have fallen into? How do you explore whether entrepreneurship is right for you without giving up your day job? Employee to Entrepreneur is your guide to leaving your job behind and building something for yourself. Author and employee-turned-entrepreneur Steve Glaveski, 9780730363866 shows you how to navigate the challenges, find the Pub Date: January 2021 entrepreneurial success that is right for you and become a Paperback / softback better person along the way. Employee to Entrepreneur combines storytelling with a step-by-step framework to teach you how to 304 pages effectively explore and leverage entrepreneurship to gain Wiley–Blackwell freedom, fulfillment and financial security. €20.90 • understand what you want to do by first understanding yourself • explore if entrepreneurship is right for you without giving up your day job • avoid the common pitfalls faced by first-time entrepreneurs • fund, test and prioritise your ideas in a fast and cost- effective way • develop the mindset to succeed in your business. Contributor Bio Steve Glaveski is an entrepreneur, keynote speaker, author and podcast host. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Collective Campus, an innovation hub, school and consultancy based in Australia and Singapore that works with large organizations and startups to unlock their potential so that they can create more impact for humanity and give their employees more fulfilling and meaningful work. Since 2015, Steve has grown CC from a team of just two with no brand or revenue to a nine -person team and a seven-figure business, with a client list that includes the likes of Microsoft, Village Roadshow, Charter Hall, Telstra, National Australia Bank, King & Wood Mallesons, Clifford Chance, Maddocks, Mills Oakley, Asahi Beverages, Australian Unity, MetLife Insurance and Sportsbet. Collective Campus has also been home to and incubated over 50 startups who have collectively raised more than US$12M. Recently, Steve founded Lemonade Stand, a children's entrepreneurship program for 9-12 year olds that teaches them the fundamentals of design thinking, the lean startup
Customer Data Platforms Use People Data to Transform the Future of Marketing Martin Kihn, Christopher B. O'Hara Summary Master the hottest technology around to drive marketing success Marketers are faced with a stark and challenging dilemma: customers demand deep personalization, but they are increasingly leery of offering the type of personal data required to make it happen. As a solution to this problem, Customer Data Platforms have come to the fore, offering companies a way to capture, unify, activate, and analyze customer data. CDPs are the hottest marketing technology 9781119790112 around today, but are they worthy of the hype? Customer Data Platforms takes a deep dive into everything CDP so you can Pub Date: February 2021 learn how to steer your firm toward the future of Hardback personalization. 240 pages Over the years, many of us have built byzantine “stacks” of John Wiley & Sons various marketing and advertising technology in an attempt to deliver the fabled “right person, right message, right time” €22.90 experience. This can lead to siloed systems, disconnected processes, and legacy technical debt. CDPs offer a way to simplify the stack and deliver a balanced and engaging customer experience. Customer Data Platforms breaks down the fundamentals, including how to: • Understand the problems of managing customer data • Understand what CDPs are and what they do Contributor Bio Chris O'Hara is Vice President, Global Product Marketing at Salesforce. Martin Kihn is SVP, Product Strategy, Marketing Cloud at Salesforce. The two authors are widely known in marketing, advertising, and data circles as top thought leaders and frequently participate in major industry events representing Salesforce globally on the topic of data transformation. Chris (author of Data Driven with the two- cofounders of Krux, a data management platform), sold the company to Salesforce for $800M in 2016. Kihn was the leading Gartner analyst covering this topic (among others) for 5 years.
The YouTube Formula How Anyone Can Unlock the Algorithm to Drive Views, Derral Eves Summary Learn the secrets to getting dramatic results on YouTube Derral Eves has generated over 49 billion views on YouTube and helped 22 channels grow to one million subscribers from zero. In The YouTube Formula: How Anyone Can Unlock the Algorithm to Drive Views, Build an Audience, and Grow Revenue, the owner of the largest YouTube how-to channel provides the secrets to getting the results that every YouTube creator and strategist wants. Eves will reveal what readers can’t get anywhere else: the inner workings of the YouTube algorithm 9781119716020 that’s responsible for determining success on the platform, and how creators can use it to their advantage. Pub Date: April 2021 Hardback Full of actionable advice and concrete strategies, this book teaches readers how to: 256 pages John Wiley & Sons • Launch a channel • Create life-changing content €22.90 • Drive rapid view and subscriber growth • Build a brand and increase engagement • Improve searchability • Monetize content and audience Replete with case studies and information from successful YouTube creators, The YouTube Formula is perfect for any creator, entrepreneur, social media strategist, and brand manager who hopes to see real commercial results from their Contributor Bio Derral Eves is a video marketing expert, coach, speaker, and has the largest channel for YouTube growth instruction (500,000+ subscribers) in the world. Hes the founder of VidSummit, the biggest conference for YouTube creators in the world, and speaks to an in-person audience of more than 35,000 per year. Hes generated more than 49 billion YouTube views, grown 22 channels to over a million subscribers from scratch. His clients include Red Bull, NBC, ABC, and Adobe Software, and hes been featured on Good Morning America, The Today Show, NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, ESPN, and in Forbes.
The Global Reset The Case for Stakeholder Capitalism Klaus Schwab Summary Think of the global economy as a jigsaw puzzle. At the heart of soslving the puzzle -- and address global disturbance and uncertainty--lies three identifiable issues that need need to fit: First, income and other inequality within societies has been on the rise, while productivity and wage growth slowed, and countries are burdened by debt. Second, the market power of the world´s largest companies reached unprecedented levels, raising questions on the spread of innovation and productivity gains. And third, the exploitation 9781119756132 of natural resources is leading to a deteriorating environment, Pub Date: April 2021 affecting the lives of many for the worse. Hardback The debate over what caused this situation is still open: 256 pages whether laissez-faire governments,a poorly managed globalization, or the rise of technology that favours the few, John Wiley & Sons the possible culprits are legion. In any case, Schwab argues our current system has failed to properly register and address €22.90 many of the issues we are now faced with. What are the real causes of our system’s shortcomings, and what are false positives? Do solutions lie in small adjustments to our current system, or a complete overhaul of it? And what best practices exist around the world, including Asia, that would allow for better outcomes? There are no easy answers, and no single stakeholder can Contributor Bio Professor Klaus Schwab was born in Ravensburg, Germany in 1938. He is Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, the International Organization for Public- Private Cooperation. He founded the Forum in 1971, the same year in which he published Moderne Unternehmensführung im Maschinenbau (Modern Enterprise Management in Mechanical Engineering). In that book, he argued that the management of a modern enterprise must serve not only shareholders but all stakeholders (die Interessenten), to achieve long-term growth and prosperity. Schwab has championed the multistakeholder concept since the Forum's inception, and it has become the world's foremost platform for public and private cooperation. Under his leadership, the Forum has been a driver for reconciliation efforts in different parts of the world, acting as a catalyst of numerous collaborations and international initiatives. In 1998, with his wife Hilde, he created the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, which seeks to identify, recognize
Digital Makeover How L'Oréal Put People First to Build a Beauty Tech Béatrice Collin, Marie Taillard Summary Get an insider’s perspective into how this 110-year old world leader in beauty built on its legacy to transform itself into a digital and tech powerhouse Digital Makeover: How L'Oréal Put People First to Build a Beauty Tech Powerhouse examines L’Oréal’s successful people-driven digital transformation. Professors and authors Beatrice Collin and Marie Taillard set out exactly how L’Oréal turned itself into a digital and tech powerhouse by building on its legacy to reimagine relationships inside the company, and with its 9781119706106 customers and partners. Pub Date: April 2021 Digital Makeover comprehensively describes L’Oréal’s strategy, Hardback including: 240 pages • Maintaining market leadership in the John Wiley & Sons face of disruption • Believing in the transformative power €22.90 of the organization, its legacy and its people • A social-centric approach to beauty tech, ecommerce and digital services • The company’s successful play for market dominance in China • Case studies that showcase best practices for digital transformation across sectors Contributor Bio Béatrice Collin is Professor of Strategy and International Management at ESCP Europe Business School and has taught at the University of Paris, Cornell University, and City University London. She is an expert on organizational culture, particularly in the context of digital innovation and transformation. Due to the success of her two previous books, and her numerous interviews on LOréal, Collin is recognized as the leading global expert on LOréal. Her in-depth knowledge of LOréal rests on over twenty-five years studying the company and her close links with senior management. Marie Taillard is Professor of Marketing at ESCP Europe Business School. As a French-American senior marketing scholar and business leader, with more than thirty years of experience supporting small and large companies worldwide, she teaches across continents on graduate programs and leads learning and development programs for executives. Her research centers on digital transformation and customer centricity. She is also an executive coach specializing in
Marketing 5.0 Technology for Humanity Philip Kotler, Hermawan Kartajaya, Iwan Setiawan Summary Rediscover the fundamentals of marketing from the best in the business In Marketing 5.0, the celebrated promoter of the “Four P’s of Marketing,” Philip Kotler, explains how marketers can use technology to address customers’ needs and make a difference in the world. In a new age when marketers are struggling with the digital transformation of business and the changing behavior of customers, this book provides marketers with a way to 9781119668510 integrate technological and business model evolution with the Pub Date: March 2021 dramatic shifts in consumer behavior that have happened in Hardback the last decade. 250 pages Following the pattern presented in his bestselling Marketing X.0 John Wiley & Sons series, Philip Kotler covers the crucial topics necessary to understand modern marketing, including: €26.90 · Artificial Intelligence for marketing automation · Agile marketing · “Segments of one” marketing · Contextual technology · Facial recognition and voice tech for marketing Contributor Bio Philip Kotler (Sarasota, FL) is the S.C. Johnson Son Distinguished Professor (Emeritus) of International Marketing at Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management, and one of the world's leading authorities on marketing. His writing has defined marketing around the world for the past forty years. The recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees from schools all over the world, he holds an M.A. from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. from MIT, both in economics. Kotler has an incredible international presence --his books have been translated into approximately twenty-five languages, and he regularly speaks on the international circuit. Hermawan Katajaya (Jakarta, Indonesia) runs MarkPlus Consulting, the largest marketing consulting firm in Indonesia, and is coauthor with Kotler of several books, including Marketing 3.0 and Marketing 4.0. Iwan Setiawan (Jakarta, Indonesia) is a business writer and senior consultant at MarkPlus Consulting, where he consults for clients on marketing strategies.
Leading with IT Lessons from Singapore's First CIO Alex Siow Summary This is a "how to" book for the next generation of CIOs, CTOs, and other leaders who work in and with technology. It includes practical tips, case-studies, and personal insights from Singapore's first CIO. It also has guest chapters on the Future of Work, the Future of Money, and Lessons from the current Covid-19 crisis. The book is divided into six parts: management of legacy information and telecommunications technology (ICT) issues, information overload, motivation and mentoring, change management, fostering innovation, and the future (of money, work and AI). It will have a foreword 9781119797401 written by Dr Tan Chin Nam, the father of civil computerization Pub Date: March 2021 in Singapore. Hardback 288 pages John Wiley & Sons €27.90 Contributor Bio Alex Siow (Singapore)is a professor in the School of Computing at National University of Singapore and Chairman of content delivery network solutions provider Toffs Technologies. He is also Director of NUS's Advanced Computing for Executives, an executive education center that offers specialized courses on emerging technologies such as FinTech, blockchain, AI, and machine learning. Prior to entering academia, he worked as Managing Director of Accentures Health and Public Service division. Alex started his career as a Structural Engineer in the Housing and Development Board of Singapore in 1981 where he subsequently served as CIO for 13 years. He also served as the Secretary General of the South East Asian Computer Confederation and the Assistant Secretary General of the Asian ICT Confederation before becoming a Senior Vice- President of telecom company StarHub, where he held various senior positions including Head, Business Market; CIO; and Head, Enterprise Risk Management. Recognized as a veteran
Agile 2 The Next Iteration of Agile Cliff Berg, Kurt Cagle, Lisa Cooney, Philippa Fewell, Adrian Lander, Raj Nagappan, Murray O. Robinson Summary Agile is broken. Most Agile transformations struggle. According to an Allied Market Research study, “63% of respondents stated the failure of agile implementation in their organizations.” The problems with Agile start at the top of most organizations with executive leadership not getting what agile is or even knowing the difference between success and failure in agile. Agile transformation is a journey, and most of that journey consists of people learning and trying new approaches in their 9781119799276 own work. An agile organization can make use of coaches and Pub Date: April 2021 training to improve their chances of success. But even then, Paperback / softback failure remains because many Agile ideas are simply flawed, starting with ideas in the Agile Manifesto that are pages oversimplifications. Coupled with other ideas that have John Wiley & Sons become associated with Agile such as Test-Driven- Development (TDD) and its unit test-centric approach to €27.90 programming, an overall inertia and resistance to change in the Agile community, and practices like “agile team rooms,” the Agile movement is ripe for change since its birth twenty years ago. “Agile 2” represents the work of dozens of field tested Agile experts and distilled into “Agile 2: The Next Iteration of Agile” by a subset of the team. Agile 2 values these pairs of attributes: thoughtfulness and prescription; outcomes and outputs, Contributor Bio Cliff Berg (Reston, VA) is a consultant and founder of Agile Griffin, which specializes in merging Agile and DevOps. He has helped with more than ten Agile or DevOps transformations, and is a DevOps trainer and subject matter expert. Kurt Cagle (Issaquah, WA) is the Community Editor of Data Science Central and has written for Forbes magazine. As a consultant, Kurt's clients have included several Fortune 50 companies. Lisa Cooney (Vienna, VA), is the Agile Coach at Axios. She developed program management curriculum at the US Department of Homeland Security and the US Department of Veterans Affairs. She helps organize the DC Women in Agile meetup and is on the program committee for the Business Agility Institutes conferences in NYC. Philippa Fewell (Catharpin, VA) is a Managing Director of Agile Services focusing on application development. Philippa has trained and practiced Agile methods, including XP, Scrum, Kanban and SAFe while working with development teams for the last 15 years for Fortune 500s and startups. Adrian Lander (Hong
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