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  Poverty - A Very Short Introduction

  Philip N. Jefferson

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  No one wants to live in poverty. Few people would want others to do so. Yet, we find ourselves in a situation where millions of people worldwide live in poverty. According to the World Bank in 2010, 1.2 billion people lived below the extreme poverty line with an income of U.S. $1.25 or less a day and 2.4 billion lived on less than U.S. $2 a day. Why is that? What has been done about it in the past? And what is being done about it now?In this Very Short Introduction Philip N. Jefferson explores how the answers to these questions lie in the social, political, economic, educational, and technological processes that impact all of us throughout our lives. The degree of vulnerability is all that differentiates us. He shows how a person's level of vulnerability to adverse changes in their life is very much dependent on the circumstances of their birth, including where their family lived, the schools they attended, whether it was peacetime or wartime, whether they had access to clean water, and whether they are male or female. Arguing that while poverty is ancient and enduring, the conversation about it is always new and evolving, Jefferson looks at the history of poverty, and the practical and analytical efforts we have made to eradicate it, and the prospects for further poverty alleviation in the future.

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  How to Get Ahead - A Proven...

  Zak Slayback

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  Turbocharge your professional success and accelerate your career. 
   
   
  This practical guide cuts the fluff and gives you real, tangible, actionable steps you can take to build your own world-class network. Even if you think the terms “personal branding” or “networking” sound sleazy, How to Get Ahead teaches you how to earn more, learn more, get more done, and set yourself up for long-term career success. 
   
   
  THIS PROVEN, SIX-STEP SYSTEM TEACHES YOU HOW TO: 
   
   
  * Stop spinning your wheels and set professional goals that you can actually achieve. 
  * Identify, reach out to, and learn from mentors, teachers, and advisors to shave years off your learning and avoid painful mistakes. 
  * Eliminate overwhelm and burnout through a personalized project management system 
  Identify and signal your skills and expertise to unleash your own personal brand. 
  * Discover The “Seven Deadly Sins of Networking” that kill your chances of building a world-class network-and how to avoid them. 
  * Tap into your own personal network and get introductions influential people-even if you hate “networking.” 
  * Make people want to work with you-even if you hate “pitching.” 
   
   
  Whether you’re an employee, a business owner, an academic, a student, or an aspiring “digital nomad,” this book gives you the steps to set up your own system for professional success.

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  Conversation Skills: 7 Easy...

  Lawrence Finnegan

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  Do you want to be more engaging when you talk? Are you tired of people not paying attention, misunderstanding, or even wandering away from you? Have you told yourself you just don't have "the gift of gab?" 
    
  Do not talk yourself out of success; stop feeling dull, shy, or boring, and take action to develop those skills which seem so out of reach. Speak up and be noticed. Never before have so many conversational skills been analyzed, broken down into easy-to-understand lessons, and gathered in one place. Extroverts and introverts can both learn a thing or two within this guide. 
  Excellent conversation skills used to be the exclusive domain of those charismatic, radiant people who just seem to have a knack for inspiring or influencing entire groups. These 7 EASY STEPS are your ticket to deep, meaningful conversations, easy-breezy chats, and everything in between. 
    
  YOU’LL LEARN:How to attract people and keep their interestRemaining receptive and reflective, even mid-conversationThe enormous power of small talkAdjusting your words to match your audience without changing your messageMaster the art of difficult conversationsTools and tricks for you to practice aloneMake sure you have something worth talking aboutAnd so much more! 
    
  By exploring those topics in their entirety, a complete curriculum of interpersonal communication is created. We assume nothing, and every skill is explored with both too much and too little of the ability applied. As interactive as it is thorough, every chapter is jammed full of easy-to-understand and quick to apply advice. What you will find is a conversational playground you will come back to again and again, full of timeless insights and proven exercises. No matter your objectives, you can use the 7 EASY STEPS to grow, explore or just contemplate.  
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  List Building Resolution Bundle...

  Josh Abbey, Tommie Arnold

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  List Building Resolution Bundle, 2 in 1 Bundle: How to List and List Building LifestyleList building is a method to collect targeted prospects who are visiting your site by offering them decent quality information in exchange for their contact details such as email, first name, last name, and phone numbers, this is also known as laser targeted, responsive subscribers list that eventually becomes the key element to your success. When the subscriber has confirmed his email subscription on your list, you can then start to send them the follow-up emails in conjunction with relevant and useful content based on your product or services. The best way to build your database is by offering an information product designed to generate leads. Find a product idea you’re enthusiastic about. If you can tie it into your current business model, you have the topic for a great information product.This bundle will teach you effective list-building strategies and methods that can potentially transform the confirmed subscribers into buyers. You will learn how to establish a relationship with your customers that will encourage sales as well as repeating sales.This 2 in 1 bundle includes the following audiobooks:1. How to List: The Ultimate Guide on How to Build a Bigger Mailing List, Learn All the Successful Internet Marketing Tips to Build a Huge Mailing List2. List Building Lifestyle: The Ultimate Guide to Successful List Building. Get a Complete Guide on How to Become a True Success at List BuildingGet your copy of List Building Resolution 2 in 1 Bundle today!

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  Innovation X - Why a Company's...

  Adam Richardson

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  Innovation is one of todays hottest business topic and  Fortune 500 companies are ramping up innovation efforts after years  of focusing on bottom line efficiencies. So why do so many still  struggle with realizing the opportunities they expected to gain  from these innovations?   Adam Richardson offers fresh approaches to innovation that  tackle head on a new class of business problems and innovation  challenges that come from a confluence of competition  appearing from unexpected quarters, stagnation in understanding  customers and new growth opportunities, and customers becoming more  interested in experiences than products. These  problems are a double-edged sword: mercilessly risky and  complex but at the same time presenting huge opportunities for  growth and sustained competitive advantage. Conventional  wisdom in the past ten years has been to crank up the  innovation engine to solve complex competitive challenges,  but in fact this can make the situation worse, not better.  As Director of Product Strategy at frog design, inc., one of the  worlds leading design consultancies, Richardson collaborates  with companies of all different sizes and types in many different  industries to help them envision and realize successful new  business ventures, products, software and websites, fundamentally  about what should they make in order to create growth and  differentiation in increasingly competitive markets.  There are four very specific approaches to innovation that  can lead to success: Immersion,  Convergence, Emergence,  and Divergence. Innovation X reveals the tools  and frameworks used by frog design to tackle today's  innovation challenges, drawing on frogs 40-year history  of unconventional thinking and process. The book will be liberally  sprinkled with case studies a broad range of industries, as well as  examples from frogs own client work spanning 40 years.  Though frog has its roots in design, this is not a  design book. Instead it is written from a point of  view that is emerging from combining design thinking (which  emphasizes deep customer understanding, creativity, qualitative  data, and intuitive leaps) and business strategy (emphasizing clear  metrics, quantitative data, organizational fit, competitive  awareness, and risk mitigation). Pure inventive creativity or  analytic horsepower are not enough by themselves to crack the  challenges, they must be combined. Putting them together in a way  that is productive is difficult to do, and it is a task frog has  been focusing on for several years as we work with our clients on a  wide variety of projects. Much of what the book will touch on is  drawn directly from in-the-trenches work with clients of all sizes  and types, with stakeholders from staff level to CEO.

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  Digital Marketing in the Zone -...

  David Reske

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  In this age of marketing complexity, some marketers have risen above the fray and are accelerating the results of their digital marketing campaigns. They have a complete view of the market and their place in it, and have developed strategies and plans that work. They are not confused at all about the types of campaigns that are available, and they have complete confidence in the ads, messages, offers, and content they are producing.    Most marketers, however, don’t live life this way.  They struggle with their campaigns and live in a perpetual state of confusion, wishful thinking, and risk-taking. Along with their professional frustrations, they experience negative emotions and are never totally happy with their work.    Digital Marketing in the Zone breaks through the clutter and provides a clear blueprint to enable marketers to be confident and successful in Digital Marketing.

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