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The Employee Engagement Mindset: The Six Drivers for Tapping into the Hidden Potential of Everyone in Your Company

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When it comes to employee engagement, Timothy R. Clark goes where no one has gone before. One of todays leading experts on the subject, Clark reveals that the business world has been focusing on only half the questionnamely, the organizations role in driving employee engagement. Clark points to the other interested partythe employee.

Through extensive research, the author has discovered that approximately 75 percent of employees are not fully engaged with their worka frighteningly high number with frighteningly dire consequences for both companies and individual employees. The Employee Engagement Mindset is a step-by-step guide to reversing this pattern, one employee at a time. Clark breaks it all down into six key behaviors:

Connecting: Form solid relationships with coworkers and align your behavior to the organizations culture and goals
Shaping: Seize opportunities for tailoring experiences based on your personal preferences
Learning: Take proactive measures to learn at or above the speed of change
Stretching: Move out of your comfort zone and take calculated risks
Achieving: Accomplish your goals
Contributing: Make personal contributions that drive lasting positive change to others and to the company

The Employee Engagement Mindset provides practical advice on how any employee can put him or herself on the fast track to true engagement using this six-part model. Simply put, every engaged employee is worth his or her weight in gold. Whether youre in charge of driving employee engagement or feel the need to take personal responsibility for excelling at work, The Employee Engagement Mindset tells you everything you need to know.

"Clark and his team discovered some surprising truths about highly engaged people that cross cultural, demographic, and industry lines. The Employee Engagement Mindset unlocks the door to our own personal and professional connectedness."Marshall Goldsmith, author of the New York Times bestsellers MOJO and What Got You Here Wont Get You There

"[The Employee Engagement Mindset ] lays out in clear, practical terms how highly engaged people think and what they do. I highly recommend it."Vai Sikahema, NBC Philadelphia sports anchor and former NFL All-Pro, Philadelphia Eagles

"[The Employee Engagement Mindset] captures the emerging search for meaning and purpose in organizations and offers fantastic concepts, tools, and examples of how to go beyond rhetoric to action and resolve."Dave Ulrich, professor, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan and partner, The RBL Group

"There has been a lot written about employee engagement from the leaders perspective. What excites me about The Employee Engagement Mindset is that it is written for employees. It offers a blueprint for high engagement that really works."Patricia Longshore, vice president, Duke Corporate Education

"The six drivers introduced in this book have the powerful capacity to enrich your life, no matter where you are on the engagement spectrum. Read this bookfor both inspiration and practical strategies to supercharge your organization!"Elliott Masie, chair, The Learning CONSORTIUM

"Clark advances a well-considered approach to creating a culture of superior employee engagement. This is a worthy read for every aspiring leader."Douglas R. Conant, former president and CEO, Campbell Soup Company and New York Times bestselling author of TouchPoints

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Bring Out the Best in Every Employee: How to Engage Your Whole Team by Making Every Leadership Moment Count

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Elevate Capacity AND Drive Growth Now--Without Adding Headcount Management
"As leaders, we like to think we control everything, and it's just not true--externals now drive the business. Learn to let go, learn to bring out the best in every employee!" -- Jim Farley, Group VP Global Marketing, Sales & Service, Ford Motor Company

"One of the things we'll look back on 30 years from now is that this no-normal world has forced a higher quality of leadership than any other era in history. Bring Out the Best in Every Employee is the ultimate leader's handbook to that higher ground! -- Howard Morgan, Managing Director, The Leadership Research Institute

"One Fortune organization once reported that it interviewed one million people annually, that it hired 125,000 of them--and that their net productivity gain was only 15,000 employees! This paradox demonstrates the imperative of learning how to bring out the best in every employee you have." -- C.D. "Hoop" Morgan III, founder and Chairman, The Forte Institute

"The productivity of our workforce has to rise with the times. This book is the leader's guide to starting that process, and to stopping the self-imposed barriers of the ego." -- Chuck Sykes, President and CEO , Sykes Enterprises

"Bring Out the Best in Every Employee shows you how to expand your team's capacity--without adding a single headcount!" -- Tim Srock, VP Human Resources, McLaren Regional Medical Center
Are You Capturing the Full Potential of Your Workforce?
With employee dissatisfaction at an all-time high and job security more tenuous than ever, today's managers are scrambling to motivate their teams, often at great cost. If you're like most, it has been next to impossible to elevate capacity without increasing headcount--until now.

Workplace performance experts Don Brown and Bill Hawkins have created a revolutionary approach to energizing your team.

Now you can drive growth--by targeting and empowering the right people.

Bring Out the Best in Every Employee shows you exactly how to leverage the untapped asset that's already on your payroll. The fact is, most managers devote so much time to either high-potential or high-problem employees that they neglect the critical mass at the top of the bell curve. And they can mean the difference between surviving . . . and thriving.

This is an essential road map for any manager who wants to:
Identify and target the "core" of his or her team Discover what the "silent majority" of the workforce actually wants Create a personal, actionable engagement plan for every employee Master the techniques to develop the capacity of "Solid Citizens"
Most important, you'll learn what drives today's workforce . . . and what employees want from you in order to perform. By surveying more than 6,000 workers around the world, the authors identified what to stop, start, and continue doing to increase your return-on-leadership. Get yourself ready for honest--and sometimes shocking--feedback. Their findings will astound you and broaden your effectiveness exponentially.

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Build a high-performance workforce by abandoning skills-based hiring practices and focusing on employee attitude

Hiring for Attitude offers a groundbreaking approach to recruiting, assessing, and selecting people with both tremendous skills but, more importantly, an attitude that aligns with the organizations culture.

Murphy cites his own companys research and examines recent scientific studies about the practical effects a persons attitude has on the outcome of his or her job performance. Clear and practical lessons are illuminated by numerous case studies of organizations like Microchip, Southwest Airlines, and The Ritz-Carlton.

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The Customer Experience Edge: Technology and Techniques for Delivering an Enduring, Profitable and Positive Experience to Your Customers

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This excellent book makes it quite clear that your business has to focus on customer experience for 21st-century business success. Its more than refreshing to read the multiple case studies and well thought out approach and to hear the experienced voices of these authors. Youve spent way too much time reading this endorsement. Read the book instead. Its so worth it.
Paul Greenberg, author of CRM at the Speed of Light

To differentiate yourself and delight your customers, you must manage your customers experience with your goods or services, and your company. This invaluable book will show you why you must do this, and how to do it well.
Henry Chesbrough, author of Open Innovation and Professor at the Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley

Technology advances are raising the human expectation of what an experience with a company can and should be. Finally, a book has been written that combines behavioral psychological, micro-economic, and technological considerations defining the customer experience edge.
Paul DAlessandro, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers

As we move from Customer Experience 1.0 to Customer Experience 2.0, organizations and practitioners need a solid blueprint for success. Reza, Vinay, and Volker have created a clear and concise guide based on global best practices and proven principles. If you are ready to transform your organization, start by reading this book.
Lior Arussy, President, Strativity Group, and author of Customer Experience Strategy

The Customer Experience Edge is an excellent book to gain insights on how to leverage customer experience as a competitive advantage. The case studies serve as recipes that can be added to, modified, or simply baked into business plans to improve or deliver an exceptional customer experience.
Deb Dexter, Customer Service Director, Cardinal Health

About the Book:

Globalization and advanced technologies have given ever greater power to the person who decides if your business will succeed or failthe customer. Whether your company serves consumers or other businesses, you can no longer compete on price and quality alone. To gain profits and market share, you have to deliver an experience that makes customers want to come backand that sets you apart from the competition. You need to seize The Customer Experience Edge.

Drawing on over sixty years of experience in shaping customer centric strategies and technologies for leading companies, three innovators bring you practical and proven ways to create your customer experience programs and overall business strategies. The key is to strike a balance between programs that are effective but prohibitively expensive and programs that fail to dedicate enough resources to be effective. In the middle ground lie the tools that everyone overlooksfoundational and disruptive technologies. These are the authors main fields of expertise, and these are what make the customer experience profitable.

The Customer Experience Edge explains how to combine strategy, leadership, organizational change, and technology to:
Develop products and services that are highly valued by customers Form bonds that keep clients from turning to competitors Transform customers into your best advocates
Its a new world of business, and customers are keenly aware that their loyalty is valuable currency. The Customer Experience Edge gives you a cost-effective, sustainable way to provide an unforgettable experience that builds loyalty and turns it into real, measurable profits.

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Reza Soudagar, Vinay Iyer, Volker Hildebrand

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A complete guide to smart grid networking and communications for energy engineers
With contributions from more than 30 experts, Smart Grid Infrastructure & Networking describes cutting-edge technologies for connecting the electrical power infrastructure to modern, computerized communications networks. The book offers essential information on standardization, applications, protocols, automation, architecture, and management. Key topics such as bidirectional communication, automation, renewable energy integration, wireless sensor networks, and more are discussed in this practical, comprehensive resource.

COVERAGE INCLUDES:
* Demand-side energy management * The modernization of distribution automation featuring intelligent FDIR and volt-var optimization Advanced asset management * Wide-area early warning systems * The integration of renewable energy sources into smart grids * The microgrid in the electric system transformation * Enhancing the integration of renewables in radial distribution networks through smart links * Voltage-based control of DG units and active loads in smart microgrids * Electric vehicles in a smart grid environment * Low-voltage, DC gridpowered LED lighting system with smart ambient sensor control for energy conservation in green building * Multiple distributed smart microgrids with a self-autonomous, energy harvesting wireless sensor network * Wireless sensor networks for consumer applications in the smart grid * ZigBee-based wireless monitoring and control system for smart grids

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ALL IN, ALL THE TIME

For Gary Burnison, CEO of the worlds largest executive search firm, these five simple words perfectly capture the essence of great leadership. There can be no half measures. Complete commitment, total engagement, and a powerful sense of personal responsibility are the criteria for true leadership excellence. Its more than a job; its a way of life. But how do you get there? In this groundbreaking book, Burnison provides the answer.

As the leader of Korn/Ferry International, Burnison is particularly well qualified to write a guide to effective leadership. On a personal level, he experiences every day what its like to be responsible for the lives of others, the careers of his employees, and the expectations of stakeholders. He also deals one-on-one with some of the worlds top leaders.

In The Twelve Absolutes of Leadership, Burnison distills this vast experience into an actionable plan for building world-class leadership skills. Youll learn how to train your focus on the twelve most critical elements of leadership, so you can
Establish your vision and develop a strategy for achieving it Inspire your people to embrace the change you envision Measure the effectiveness of your leadership Build powerful teams that are aligned in purpose and strategy Foresee new opportunities and adjust your course to meet them
Nothing in business or life generates greater personal satisfaction than affecting peoples lives in a positive way through excellent leadership. Burnison refers to it as the eighth wonder of the world.

The prospect might seem daunting, but Burnison makes it more accessible than you thought possible. He presents a framework based on enduring human truths, which is applicable in every leadership role and arena. All you have to do is apply it with dedication and determination.

You have the ability. Take your first steps to leadership excellence with The Twelve Absolutes of Leadership.

Praise for The Twelve Absolutes of Leadership:

In The Twelve Absolutes of Leadership, Gary Burnison captures the timeless principles that leaders must possess, beyond intelligence, courage and heart. These essential elements speak to the integrity and authenticity that underscore all effective leadership.
Carlos Slim, entrepreneur, Investor, and the worlds richest man

Only a few good leaders have paused to reflect seriously on being leaders. Xenophon and Ulysses S. Grant did, and now Gary Burnison can be added to the list. This is not a business book. This is a book about the business of life.
P.J. ORourke, political satirist, journalist, and author

Gary Burnison has distilled leadership into its essential elementsthe absolute truths about leadership that apply in every arena. For those who want to know what leadership is all about, this book has the answers.
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Franklin Buster Hagenbeck

Leadership is the most important ingredient in any successful organization. Gary Burnison explores the essential elements of leadership through conversations with some of the worlds most seasoned and accomplished leaders.
Eli Broad, founder of The Broad Foundations, KB Home, and SunAmerica

Gary Burnisons wisdom and insight cut straight to the heart of the matterto the essential elements of any leadership framework. His stories, observations, and conversations with leaders artfully illustrate these principles, applicable to everyone.
Vicente Fox, former President of Mexico

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McGraw-Hill's 500 Spanish Questions: Ace Your College Exams

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3 Reading Tests + 3 Writing Tests + 3 Mathematics Tests

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500 Ways to Achieve Your Best Grades

<p>We want you to succeed on your Spanish midterm and final exams. That's why we've selected these 500 questions to help you study more effectively, use your preparation time wisely, and get your best grades. These questions and answers are similar to the ones youll find on a typical college exam, so you will know what to expect on test day. Each question includes a concise, easy-to-follow explanation in the answer key. Whether you have been studying all year or are reviewing at the last minute, McGraw-Hill's 500 Spanish Questions will help you achieve the grade you desire.</p>

<p>Sharpen your subject knowledge, strengthen your thinking skills, and build your test-taking confidence with:</p>

 500 essential college Spanish questions with answers

Full explanations for each question in the answer key

Comprehensive coverage of first-year Spanish topics

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Practice Makes Perfect Basic Mandarin Chinese (EBOOK)

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Learn the Chinese you need. Gain the language skills you want.

<p>Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Chinese is a trusted companion to your Chinese learning experience. In each bite-sized lesson, the authors explain one or two language concepts and illustrate them with many clear examples. Although these lessons are purposely short so you can complete them in twenty minutes or less, you can go at a pace that works for you.</p>

<p>You will, of course, get plenty of practice, practice, practice using your new skills. Whether you are learning on your own or taking an advanced beginning Chinese class, Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Chinese will help you build your confidence.</p>

<p>Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Chinese will help you master:</p>

 Basic grammar

High-frequency vocabulary

Sentence structures

And more

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Xiaozhou Wu, Feng-hsi Liu, Rongrong Liao

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Patents and Strategic Inventing: The Corporate Inventor's Guide to Creating Sustainable Competitive Advantage

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A true originalthe first practical guide to patents written specifically for corporate scientists, engineers, and product developers

Patents and Strategic Inventing spells out exactly what a typical corporate inventor needs to know about patents and patent strategy, as well as how these topics can be used to guide the creation of new products. It explains in clear, easy-to-understand language how to secure patents that deliver the most possible value to the organization and build legal protections into properties from the outset.

Nicholas Nissing was an inventor at Procter & Gamble, founded the consulting firm Luminosity LLC, which focused on new product development and patent strategy for large corporations, and is currently the Biotech Competitive Strategy Lead at the Monsanto Company and an adjunct professor at Washington University.

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Deemer on Technical Analysis: Expert Insights on Timing the Market and Profiting in the Long Run

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Build profits even in the worst of times with the methods of a Technical Analysis legend

Deemer on Technical Analysis will become an instant investment book classic.
Douglas A. Kass, Seabreeze Partners Management, Inc.

Serving on the front lines of this investment discipline for the past 40 years with some of the most influential investors of our time, Deemer provides a front-row seat on some fascinating history, rich with insights and anecdotes and, of course, loaded with wisdom. His true gift is making the arcane world of technical analysis accessible and relevant to all investors. If Warren Buffett is the Oracle of Omaha, Deemer is the Prophet of Port St. Lucie.
Sandra Ward, Senior Editor, Barrons

I have had the great pleasure of working with and getting to know some of the greatest technical analysts throughout the past 50 years. Walt Deemer is widely recognized as one of the best. His charm and wit in explaining the keys to successful investing will make [this] book a must-read and an all-time classic for first-time investors and professionals alike.
Paul Desmond, Lowry Research

Every investor can learn something from Walter Deemer.
David Fuller, Global Strategist, Fullermoney.com

Todays volatile markets are challenging for professional and retail investors alike. Just in time, Walter Deemer, a cornerstone of technical analysis for nearly 50 years, has culled his insight and knowledge to show investors how to achieve steady investment gains in the current markets.

With the stock market expected to trade generally sideways for many years, a buy-and-hold strategy may not give you the returns you need on your investments. In Deemer on Technical Analysis, Walter distills his decades spent on the front lines of the financial markets into a useful strategy that shows you how to time the markets to successfully grow wealth. The key is solid technical analysis.

Inside, you will learn the nuts and bolts of charting, identifying indicators, recognizing trends, and selecting the best stocks for your goals. This step-by-step guide shows you how to:
Read the emotional characteristics of the markets in order to better direct investments Pinpoint the most profitable entry and exit points Effectively use the long-term timing tools preferred by top experts, including investor sentiment, relative strength, and trend recognition Cut through short-term noise with the Kondratiev Wave Cycle, Four-Year Cycle, and simple long-term chart analysis
Deemer on Technical Analysis also weaves in entertaining and clarifying anecdotes from the authors colorful life working at prestigious firms, where he rubbed elbows with A-list icons of Wall Street. Each anecdote reinforces real-world applications of covered material to help you more effectively seize opportunities in the financial markets.

From his early days with Bob Farrell at Merrill Lynch and Gerry Tsai at the Manhattan Fund, to his years as head of market analysis at Putnam Investments and president of DTR, Inc., Deemer has been dispensing timely advice exclusively to top figures in the field.

Now, in his quasi-retirement, this technicians technician has written a book that levels the playing field, so that you, too, can invest like a pro.

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Leading the High Energy Culture: What the Best CEOs Do to Create an Atmosphere Where Employees Flourish

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Praise for Leading the High-Energy Culture
If you're looking for a step-by-step guide on how to become a high-energy leader, you've found it here!
--Tom Croston, Vice President/General Manager of Corporate Shared Services, Gap, Inc.

Whether its business, sports, or even parenting, successful leaders share one thing in common--high energy! David is right; it can be developed. I find it unique for someone to identify the truly key elements of leadership. David has done this in a way that fosters success in these endeavors as well as those of family, church, and community.
--Pat Williams, Senior Vice President, Orlando Magic, and author of Leadership Excellence

Jack Welch identified 'energy' as one of the critical characteristics he looked for in effective leaders but never talked about how they develop it. David Casullo's book provides the road map for how to harness your own energy while energizing those around you. Every leader can increase their effectiveness by implementing the ideas he presents.
--Patrick M. Wright, William J. Conaty GE Professor of Strategic Human Resources in the ILR School (Industrial and Labor Relations), Cornell University

Leaders and managers today are experiencing an energy crisis resulting from the failure to engage and inspire their people. Yet, a handful of leaders have found an endless supply of energy to fuel their organizations. They're the ones who attract the top talent, the most loyal customers, and the public's imagination. They're leaders like Zappos's Tony Hsieh and the late Steve Jobs, who've built cultures energized at every level to innovate, grow, and succeed. Leading the High-Energy Culture: What the Best CEOs Do to Create an Atmosphere Where Employees Flourish is the handbook to powering this kind of workplace with the energy that your workforce already possesses.

A change this big starts at the top. David Casullo, a leadership authority and strategic consultant to businesses large and small, explains the steps for establishing an authentic leadership presence based on your powerful personal truths. Then he shares the secrets for how to communicate your vision in order to create a sense of purpose throughout your organization and beyond, thereby spreading excitement to consumers, investors, and the media. Using his own experience, research, and demonstrated results from the leadership development program that he developed while helping transform Raymour & Flanigan from a small regional company to a billion-dollar furniture retail giant, Casullo outlines the specific steps that let you discover and unlock the latent energy in your team.

Casullo organizes these practices into 10 simple principles, each illustrated and reinforced with firsthand client interviews; real-world examples from businesses such as Ford, FedEx, and GE; and thought-provoking interactive exercises. These principles illuminate the path to creating real employee engagement by giving you an actionable model to:
Learn what matters to your organization and its people, and align your leadership strategy with these truths Communicate clearly, with purpose and passion, to create a resonant message Find the leaders in your workforce who give your organization a competitive advantage
Leading the High-Energy Culture uses methods proven to generate results. Beyond the bottom line, however, it will reignite your own commitment and passion by giving you a fresh perspective on how to become an energized leader of a charged-up organization.

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Five Keys to Powerful Business Relationships: How to Become More Productive, Effective and Influential

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What's your most valuable corporate asset?
BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS

Five Keys to Powerful Business Relationships goes beyond the usual bonhomie, grip-and-grin, back slapping . . . dimension of business relationships. This book outlines a fresh, more systematic perspective to an area usually thought of as the soft side of business.
From the Foreword by Bradley J. Mitchell, former Chief Commercial Officer, AccuWeather

Whatever business youre in, success often depends on relationshipswhether the relationship is between two team members, among several divisions of a corporation, or when it spans a large network of suppliers and customers. For almost three decades Sallie Sherman, Joseph Sperry and, more recently, Steve Vucelich have been helping companies increase revenues, reduce costs, and lower risk by helping firms optimize their B2B relationships.

Five Keys to Powerful Business Relationships is a game-changing guide that will help you leverage every critical relationship in your organization for greater success. The authors combine their knowledge and experience to show you how to get maximum value from virtually every relationshipboth internal and external.

Youll learn how to spot those relationships that are not generating their full powerand turn them into drivers of profit and growth. Youll discover new ways to eliminate barriers to performance and boost the energy of individuals, teams, groups, and your organization as a whole. And youll find out how to improve personal and managerial development by using Five Keys to Powerful Business Relationships:
Key #1: Connect first, then focus on task Key #2: Learn by walking in anothers shoes Key #3: Whether people trust you is often up to you Key #4: Share information to increase your personal power Key #5: Manage yourself before you manage others
The authors present proven best practices that individuals and firms can use to form more empowering relationships. They show you how to identify and remove barriers to relationships in your company, whether they are caused by culture, infrastructure, or self-awareness gaps.

If you want to be more productive, effective, and influential, you have to begin thinking in terms of relationships. Globalization, quality movements, increasing numbers of M&A and strategic partnerships, and the rise of social media have made relationships the new business imperative.

Your companys most valuable asset may be dormant. Learn how to tap into it and extract its maximum value with Five Keys to Powerful Business Relationships.

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Sallie Sherman, Joseph Sperry, Steve Vucelich

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The Forex Trading Manual:  The Rules-Based Approach to Making Money Trading Currencies

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A leading educator makes Forex investing as easy as driving a car

In The Forex Trading Manual, Javier Paz provides easy-to-understand examples of long- and short-term strategies, best practices for navigating the economic calendar, and applications for trading a variety of currencies. To make this complex subject simple, he draws analogies between the different steps of trading in this market to the steps of turning on and driving a car. Youll learn:
Need-to-know facts about the Forex market Effective trading strategies Ways to build a coherent Trading Plan Everything you need to know about return on investment and risk
Javier Paz founded formed FXBriefing, a boutique research firm serving institutional investors, corporate finance officials, and members of governments. In 2007, he launched ForexDatasource.com, which helps Forex traders make better choices. Paz is the creator of the FX Hound and mktNus fx technology, the broker dealer ranking methodology, and of forecasting models such as the Fundamental Market Value (FMV) of currencies.

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Uprising: How to Build a Brand--and Change the World--By Sparking Cultural Movements

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The secret to movement marketing?
Your customers want to make a difference

Scott Goodson and his StrawberryFrog colleagues have found the secret to plugging into Purpose with a capital P: find out what moves people to action, then create a way to support and enhance that movement with your product, service, or craft. I call that a winning strategy.
Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive and A Whole New Mind

Want to change your customers buying habits? Want to change the world? Stop marketing, read this book, roll up your sleeves, and start a movement.
Sally Hogshead, author of Fascinate and creator of HowToFascinate.com

Essential stuff. One of the smartest thinkers on branding on one of the most important developments in that critical intersection between culture and marketing.
Adam Morgan, author of Eating the Big Fish and The Pirate Inside

A well-researched and insightful book that will hopefully spark a movement against traditional, stodgy marketing. A must-read for the new generation of marketers who will be defining tomorrows marketing landscape.
Boutros Boutros, Senior Vice President, Emirates Airline

About the Book:

Movement marketing is changing the world. Its the new way forward for anyone trying to win customers loyalty, influence public opinion, and even change the world. In Uprising, Scott Goodson, founder and CEO of StrawberryFrog, the worlds first cultural movement agency, shows how your idea or organization can successfully ride this wave of cultural movements to authentically connect to the lives and passions of people everywhere.

We are in the midst of a profound cultural transformation in which technology is making it easier than ever for anyone to share ideas, goals, and interests. Working with companies and brands ranging from SmartCar to Pampers to Jim Beam to Indias Mahindra Group, StrawberryFrog and Goodson have led a paradigm focal shift away from one-on-one selling to sharing.

Using client case studies and contributions from a global team of movement marketing forerunnersamong them, political guru Mark McKinnon; Lee Clow, creative chief at TBWA/Chiat/Day; Apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki; and Marty Cooke, who helped make yellow LIVESTRONG bracelets synonymous with the fight against cancerGoodson details why and how individuals and companies are embracing the movement phenomenon. He then applies these insights to practical steps that you can take right now to reach people through what matters most to them, including:
Stop talking about yourselflet the movement control your message Home in on the core objectives of your concept or brandand align these values with what people are for (or against) Light the sparkcreate a culture within your organization that can embrace and drive a movement Leverage your assetscontent, events, expertise, connecting platformsto give people tools to spread your gospel Adjust concepts to travel across borders and link people across cultural boundaries
The examples and guidance in this book will prepare you to find, connect to, and even lead the next big movement. What happens next is up to you. Get up. Go out. And create a brand Uprising of your own.

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Hacking the Kinect with OpenNI, NITE, and Java

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Program Kinect to do awesome things using a unique selection of open source software!

<p>The Kinect motion-sensing device for the Xbox 360 and Windows became the world's fastest-selling consumer electronics device when it was released (8 million sold in its first 60 days) and won prestigious awards, such as "Gaming Gadget of the Year." Now Kinect Open Source Programming Secrets lets YOU harness the Kinect's powerful sensing capabilities for gaming, science, multimedia projects, and a mind-boggling array of other applications on platforms running Windows, Mac OS, and Linux.</p>

<p>Dr. Andrew Davison, a user interface programming expert, delivers exclusive coverage of how to program the Kinect sensor with the Java wrappers for OpenNI and NITE, which are APIs created by PrimeSense, the primary developers of the Kinect's technology.</p>

<p>Beginning with the basics--depth imaging, 3D point clouds, skeletal tracking, and hand gestures--the book examines many other topics, including Kinect gaming, FAAST-style gestures that aren't part of standard NITE, motion detection using OpenCV, how to create gesture-driven GUIs, accessing the Kinect's motor and accelerometer, and other tips and techniques.</p>

<p>Inside:</p>

 Free open source APIs to let you develop amazing Kinect hacks for commercial or private use

Full coverage of depth detection, camera, and infrared imaging point clouds; Kinect gaming; 3D programming; gesture-based GUIs, and more

Online access to detailed code examples on the author's web site, plus bonus chapters on speech recognition, beamforming, and other exotica

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Create high-tech walking, talking, and thinking robots

"McComb hasnt missed a beat. Its an absolute winner!" -GeekDad, Wired.com <p>Breathe life into the robots of your dreamswithout advanced electronics or programming skills. Arduino Robot Bonanza shows you how to build autonomous robots using ordinary tools and common parts. Learn how to wire things up, program your robot's brain, and add your own unique flair. This easy-to-follow, fully illustrated guide starts with the Teachbot and moves to more complex projects, including the musical TuneBot, the remote-controlled TeleBot, a slithering snakelike 'bot, and a robotic arm with 16 inches of reach!</p>

 Get started on the Arduino board and software

Build a microcontroller-based brain

Hook up high-tech sensors and controllers

Write and debug powerful Arduino apps

Navigate by walking, rolling, or slithering

Program your 'bot to react and explore on its own

Add remote control and wireless video

Generate sound effects and synthesized speech

Develop functional robot arms and grippers

Extend plans and add exciting features

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Perfect Phrases for Icebreakers: Hundreds of Ready-to-Use Phrases to Set the Stage for Productive Conversations, Meetings, and Events

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The Right Phrase for Every Situation . . . Every Time

You know that how you begin a business conversation or meeting sets the stage for success. But coming up with just the right words can be another matter. Perfect Phrases for Icebreakers has hundreds of ready-to-use phrases to get your interactions off on the right foot. From jump-starting meetings to motivating teams to turning any situation into a positive networking event, this streamlined guide provides you with the right words to:
Highlight important topics in meetings or conversations Motivate people to share resources and support Add levity to personal or group interactions Inspire collaboration and creativity Pique curiosity about your message

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Good Products, Bad Products: Essential Elements to Achieving Superior Quality

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What is the secret behind every successful product? Why are people willing to pay more for a BMW than a Chevrolet? How could Apple iPhones represent only 4% of the worlds cell phone market in 2011 but take in 50% of the profits? The answer is quality.

In this provocative new book, bestselling author James L. Adams provides a brilliant, in-depth look at the powerful but elusive qualities that can make or break a products success. A must-read for managers, designers, manufacturers, and marketers, this groundbreaking approach will change the way you think about your productand show you why its more important than ever to deliver the highest quality possible. In Good Products, Bad Products, youll learn how to: :
Maximize your products performanceand minimize the cost Appeal to your customers emotionswith elegance and sophistication Make sure your product is a perfect fitthats human, cultural, and global
With competition growing stronger and fiercer every year, product quality has become the number-one factor in a companys success. Adams points out that there will always be a stable demand for a high-quality product. By addressing every aspect of product qualityfrom the technical to the practical to the aestheticyou can develop a product that your company will be proud of and your customers will love.

Along the way, youll hear fascinating case studies of famous brands that became victims of their own successlike Kodak, IBM, Zenith, and GMand struggled to recover lost ground. Youll see how some countries like Japan surged ahead by offering better products than anyone on the globe. Youll learn how some U.S. manufacturers remained successful in spite of the foreign markets lower wages. And youll discover the top industry secrets for prioritizing quality throughout the company, delivering products that are the best in their class.

Now more than ever, quality matters. Good Products, Bad Products gives you the edgeso you can give your customers the best product possible.

James L. Adams is professor emeritus at Stanford University, where he chaired several programs, taught courses on design and creativity, and participated in many executive programs. Trained as an engineer and artist, he has conducted corporate workshops around the world and has written the bestselling guide to creativity and innovation, Conceptual Blockbusting.

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Interior Designer's Portable Handbook: First-Step Rules of Thumb for the Design of Interiors

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Your up-to-date, on-the-job quick reference

<p>Fully revised throughout, Interior Designer's Portable Handbook, Third Edition, helps you create workable, on-the-spot design solutions by putting the latest codes, standards, specifications, costs, and materials data at your fingertips. This convenient pocket guide now includes information on green/sustainable components and technologies. Perfect for in-the-field estimating as well as licensing exam prep, this indispensable, time-saving tool helps you with everyday design challenges. Inside, you'll find:</p>

Coverage of the entire process, from initial planning and estimating through design, construction, and installation

Quick access to the current International Building Code (IBC)

Materials and specifications checklists that make interior design decisions fast and easy

CSI MasterFormat organization that follows the job step by step

Updated unit costs for furnishings, fixtures, finishes, and other interior components and systems

Examples and design details illustrating key techniques and procedures



<p>Includes details on:<br/>
Site furnishings * Concrete finishes * Masonry * Metals * Wood * Thermal and moisture protection * Doors, windows, and glass * Finishes * Specialties * Equipment * Interior furnishings Assemblies * Conveying systems * Mechanical * Lighting and electrical</p>

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Five stars for Tell It Slant ... An enlightening, comprehensive, and very satisfying text on writing and shaping creative nonfiction."
--Sheila Bender, editor and publisher of writingitreal.com and author of Writing and Publishing Personal Essays

When the poet Emily Dickinson wrote, "Tell all the Truth but tell it Slant," she provided todays writers of creative nonfiction some sound advice: tell the truth but dont become mere transcribers of day-to-day life. Whether you are writing a memoir or researched essay, the award-winning authors will guide you along the journey, using intensive instruction and an abundance of writing exercises. You will learn how to find a distinctive voice, use prompts to get started and keep writing, discover stories in impossible places, tackle (and enjoy) background research, and more.

This second edition includes a new chapter on publication--print, digital; an update on The Particular Challenges of Creative Nonfiction chapter to include references to James Frey and other controversies regarding nonfiction ethics; and an expanded resource section and bibliography.