Download or read book Historical Dictionary of American Slang written by Jonathan E. Lighter and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Managing a Public Relations Firm for Growth and Profit written by Alvin C Croft and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The one-of-a-kind how-to book that puts effective agency management strategies at your fingertips The classic text that describes in detail how to successfully manage and market a public relations firm, has been completely updated with three new chapters and is now more than 50% longer. This one-of-a-kind new edition is bursting with creative tips, instructions, philosophies, theories, and guidance, all to help you steer your firm to success. It demonstrates how to market, promote, and sell a firm to attract, win, and hold the right clientele. You will learn how to manage a new or existing firm so that it is productive and profitable and has a long-range future. Information in Managing a Public Relations Firm for Growth and Profit, Second Edition is based on author A. C. Croft’s extensive experience in the field—almost twenty years as a consultant to PR firm principals and more than 25 years as an employee or principal of three medium-sized successful PR agencies. Croft begins each chapter with a brief profile of a seasoned and successful PR firm principal from a mid-sized firm. These professionals tell of their successes and also relate early mistakes that you would do well to avoid. The text includes tables and figures to make data easily understood. The extensively revised Managing a Public Relations Firm for Growth and Profit, Second Edition discusses pertinent topics such as: keys to new business success developing a marketing plan serving clients communication to prospects management strategies for success installing efficient systems and procedures managing staff productivity forecasting income management systems and procedures managing profitability client and agency budgeting recruiting, training, and retaining staff crisis planning planning the future of your firm Covering everything from billing practices and self-promotion to the use of computers and student interns, Managing a Public Relations Firm for Growth and Profit, Second Edition is one guide you are sure to refer to again and again for practical advice. It is must reading for owners of small- and medium-sized PR firms; senior managers of small, medium, and national firms who wish to expand their management knowledge and ability or who are considering starting their own firm; lower-level staff members who want to increase their knowledge of agency management; and university public relations professors who would like to include a primer on PR firm management in their classes.

Download or read book The 3rd Alternative written by Stephen R. Covey and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, hailed as the #1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century, The 3rd Alternative introduces a breakthrough approach to conflict resolution and creative problem solving. There are many methods of “conflict resolution,” but most involve compromise, a low-level accommodation that stops the fight without breaking through to new and innovative results. The 3rd Alternative introduces a breakthrough approach to conflict resolution and creative problem solving, transcending traditional solutions to conflict by forging a path toward a third option. A third alternative moves beyond your way or my way to a higher and better way—one that allows both parties to emerge from debate or even heated conflict in a far better place than either had envisioned. With the third alternative, nobody has to give up anything, and everyone wins. Through key examples and stories from his work as a consultant, Covey demonstrates the power of 3rd Alternative thinking. His wide-ranging examples include a Canadian metropolitan police force that transformed a crime-plagued community; a judge who brought a quick, peaceful end to one of the biggest environmental lawsuits in American history without setting foot in a courtroom; the principal of a high school for children of migrant workers who raised their graduation rate from 30 percent to 90 percent; a handful of little-known people who are quietly finding new ways to bring peace to the Middle East; and many others. These various groups and individuals offer living examples of how to create new and better results instead of escalating conflict, as well as how to build strong relationships based on an attitude of winning together. Beyond conflict and compromise, The 3rd Alternative unveils a radical, creative new way of thinking.

Download or read book Unleashing Your Ambition written by Michael Fulmore and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unleashing Your Ambition will help you identify within yourselves your own ability to control your days thus controlling your future. More importantly Unleashing Your Ambition will challenge you to truly explore and fulfill your potential. It has become common that people allow themselves to be detached from their true desires.Unleashing Your Ambition will at as a conduit between you and your true ambitions. You can take the limits off of your life at work, school, home, or wherever your life is right now. It is possible for you to move through life with authority, conviction, and purpose. In order to go from homelessness to acquiring homes and from needing the help of charities to establishing his own non-profit, Michael discovered simple key principles that would take his life to a place of significant enjoyment.

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Download or read book Checkered Flag Cheater written by Will Weaver and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2010-04-27 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trace Bonham is living large as the teen driver for a pro Super Stock racing team. He's on billboards and on the road instead of stuck in school. And he's blowing away the competition wherever he races. But Trace is worried that those who think his crew is illegally "juicing" his engine may be right. It's up to him to discover what is going on--and what he's going to do about it.

Download or read book Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms written by Paul Heacock and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-09-22 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book unlocks the meaning of more than 5,000 idioms used in American English today.

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Download or read book In the Guise of Mercy written by Wendy Hornsby and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2010-04-28 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A decade has passed since Maggie MacGowen s last investigation in the pages of Hornsby s award-winning noir series. Gritty and streetwise, yet compassionate, these mysteries appeal to America s current fascination with realistic crime stories. Filmmaker Maggie MacGowen has taken on many tough assignments over the years. However, when she discovers a note from her newly dead husband, Detective Mike Flint, urging her her to take a fresh look at a decade-old unsolved case of a boy who went missing, she isn t sure that she s up to the challenge. But how does one say no to a dead man? Maggie seeks information from anyone who has a connection: a spoiled cop, an ex-con taxi dancer, the dead youth s gang set the hookers, the cons, the addicts, the homeless and the hopeless and the good and decent people among them who remain the foundation of a community always in transition, always under siege. The answers Maggie discovers aren t what she expects, nor is the sometimes deadly opposition from all sides. But she finds strength from her own resilience...and an acceptance of Mike s final decision.

Download or read book Target Lock on Love written by M. L. Buchman and published by Buchman Bookworks, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-10-10 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She buries her past. He honors his past. But it’s the future that may kill them both. “Full of suspense, tension, questions, and amazing characters.” Patty O’Donoghue left her home in Gloucester, right where it belongs in the best-forgotten past. She now flies her beloved Night Stalkers helicopters. Lieutenant Mick Quinn honors his past so deeply that he left his family’s Alaskan crabbing boat to join the very best fleet he could find. Fate takes them beyond the last island in the Aleutians and forces them together on a fishing trawler to disable a new Russian threat. The falling in love part? For damn sure that was never in the mission plan. “A top military romance writer. 6 stars!” [Can be read stand-alone or in series. A complete happy-ever-after with no cliffhangers. Originally published in “The Night Stalkers 5E” series in 2015. Re-edited 2021 for improved reader experience but still the same great story.] Buy now to join the military romance adventure.

Download or read book On the Count written by Michael B. Boccia and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As told to and co-written by Peter Mars"--Jacket.

Download or read book Chasing the Daylight written by Joanna Rakowski and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2023-06-07 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it like to be part of the world’s most powerful armed forces at the dawn of the 21st century? Does a military tale have to be about the men going to war? You’ll find out here. Joanna is a fragile, romantic, former ballerina. After a painful rift with her beloved friend and mentor, she joins the U.S. Army. Her dream is to become an Intelligence Officer. She faces a formidable task, but she embarks on a four-year journey to accomplish her goal. The story whirls us into the center of the rigorous army training and transports us into the reality that only less than one percent of the U.S. population would ever experience.

Download or read book Talewinds written by James B. McConville and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Talewinds By: James B. McConville Talewinds combines author James B. McConville’s love of aviation history and technology with his real-life interactions with a diverse group of fliers, many of whom he met while working as an engineer or while pursuing his passion for airplanes. A collection of essays told mostly from memory, Talewinds retells the often exciting experiences of these pilots who flew stunt planes, fighters, bombers, patrol aircraft, choppers, and trainers—often in life-and-death circumstances.

Download or read book Totally Charmed written by Jennifer Crusie and published by BenBella Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Cole's downfall and Phoebe's somewhat questionable fashion sense to the power of three in history and literature and a magical tourist's guide to the Halliwells's hometown of San Francisco, this clever, lighthearted essay collection offers a fun and funny look at the world of the WB hit series Charmed. Edited by New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Crusie, these accessible and entertaining essays apply the wit and insight of one of today's leading romance authors to the stylish, occasionally campy fan favorite known for its scandalous outfits, revolving door of love interests, and the magical mayhem of three otherwise normal sisters who must fight against evil as they deal with the challenges of everyday life.

Download or read book Wicked Edge written by Nina Bangs and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an angel, Passion prides herself on perfection. But some mischievous part of her always goes against the godly grain. After one too many attempts to enliven the heavenly halls, she's sent to earth to tame her naughty nature. While human, she has to bring goodness and light to the most sinful of places, the Castle of Dark Dreams. Once there, she finds herself in the role of a virgin used as bait to trap a marauding demon. Passion thinks the game is harmless, until she sees the man playing the demon.

Download or read book Asking For It written by Shannon Kennedy and published by Fire & Ice Young Adult Books. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be careful what you wish for... you may get it! Sarah Flynn’s dreams come true when she makes the varsity cheer squad at Stewart Falls Academy. And wonder of wonders, the guy she’s obsessed with, Jason Phillips, the new football captain, finally has time for her. He claims to “love” her as much as she adores him. However, things aren’t as perfect as they seem. No matter how hard she tries, she can’t make him happy and when he’s not happy, nobody is. As the days go by, it grows more and more difficult to explain her injuries. She knows she shouldn’t be battered by someone who supposedly cares about her, but how can she change Jason? And more importantly, how will she get out of this relationship alive?

Download or read book Of Silent Parades written by William Howard Graley and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of Silent Parades is a story about dignity which blends a combination of dialogue, narrative, and description, revealing the horizontal aftermath of the Vietnam Era. Its characters cope with the rebuiliding of America's military image during the 70's, and offer a means of reconciliation to bridge the immeasurably great intervals (which still exists to some degree) between the American public, politicians, the news media, and the Vietnam veteran.