Presentations matter. There can be a great deal hanging on them and
rarely, if one fails to work, do you get a second chance. A poor presentation
can blight a plan, a proposal, a reputation – even a career. But
making a good one is not easy, as a quotation from Sir George Jessel
makes clear: ‘The...
The first of these two volumes might be entitled the "German Conquest of
Western Europe," and the second the "Age of Justinian." The first covers more
than one hundred and twenty years, the second somewhat less than fifty. This
disparity is a striking illustration of the fact that...
Use Social and Viral Technologies to Supercharge your Customer Service!
Using social media, you can deliver amazing customer service–and generate an army of fans who’ll promote you in good times, and rescue you from disaster....
This book is for every job candidate who thinks "Do you have any questions for me?" marks the end of an interview. It doesn't. In fact, it marks the beginning of the last and perhaps most important interview phase - a phase so important that failing to prepare properly for it can undo all your hard work, including providing...
This is the book for web designers, web developers, and front-end coders who want to get up to speed with HTML5 in 2012. This is the book that isn’t afraid to point out what everyone gets wrong about HTML5’s new markup, so you don’t make the same mistakes. This is the book that will show you what rocks in HTML5 today and...
In this monograph we treat some topics that have been of some
importance and interest in probability theory. These include, in
particular, analytic characteristic functions, the moment problem,
infinitely divisible and self-decomposable distributions.
Recent research in probability has been concerned with applications such...
If you’re reading this, it’s because you heard about Storm somehow, and you’re interested
in better understanding what it does, how you can use it to solve various problems,
and how it works.
This book will get you started with Storm in a very straightforward and easy way.
The...
A good presentation involves effective communication and essential for business success. From training new employees to building rapport with potential clients, the ability to deliver information is a required skill. This guide addresses the common problems people face - overcoming nerves, handling visual aids, and shaping the presentation...
Teaching is an ancient activity; it requires a predisposition and ability to transmit
one’s own knowledge to others. It is also an innate quality that tends to
strengthen over time, due to the interaction between teacher and pupil that
develops and intensifies during their association, and to the ready availability of...
Mathematical and computational biology is playing an increasingly important role in the biological sciences. This science brings forward unique challenges, many of which are, at the moment, beyond the theoretical techniques available. Developmental biology, due to its complexity, has lagged somewhat behind its sister disciplines (such as...
Information is the most valuable resource in the 21st century. Whether for a
consumer looking for a restaurant in San Francisco, a small business woman checking
textile prices in Bangalore, or a financial services executive in London studying
stock market trends, information at the moment of decision is key in providing the...
An up-to-the-moment overview of consumer behavior, this first book in the Basics Marketing series examines the role of consumers as individuals and decision makers. Using real-world examples, it explores the relationships between consumers and culture and looks at the impact of current trends, such as digital media and globalization, on...
