The Winning Bid is an easy-to-read practical guide which will teach the reader how to think like a professional bid manager. It gives essential advice on, amongst other things: PQQs and bid readiness, GIVE analysis, competitor analysis, grantwriting and funding bids best practice, freedom of Information as a research and continual improvement tool, a view from the buyer's side - featuring feedback from buyers on their experiences of being on the receiving end of b...

Are you ready to take the next step in your author journey?Art for the sake of art is important. Writing for the love of it, or to create something beautiful on the page, is absolutely worthwhile and critical to expand the sum of human expression.But I’m not here to talk about creativity or the craft of writing in this book.My aim is to take the result of your creativity into the realm of actually paying the bills.To take you from be...

Now in its 9th edition, this extensively revised and updated handbook explains how you can write reports that will be: * Read without unnecessary delay * Understood without undue effort Accepted, and where applicable, acted upon / Divided into three parts, the book looks in detail firstly at the practical side of report writing: * Preparation and planning * Collecting and handling information * Writing and revising / Secondly, at the creative side of report writing: * Achieving a good styl...

I like the title and the structure a lot, it gives a strong feeling of combining strong factual base with concrete advice/principles. There are several aspects that I feel I need to learn more about after reading the first chapter and that I believe is a good sign! - It clearly shows that you are an authority in the field and that you know this broadly and deeply - The references to Branson, Yunus et al are very good and strong proof points, actually I would buy the book just for learning ...

Isaacs takes her own advice and offers a very personal and very engaging view of an etiquette practice many would prefer to forget.

This eBook will introduce you to a simple process for developing or building a BUSINESS CASE that will help you achieve the objective of obtaining top-level commitment that will make your project achievable. It provides proven strategies for creating a BUSINESS CASE that: (1) Determines if a proposed project is worth doing; (2) Determines if a proposed project creates value by reducing / deferring costs or increasing profit; and (3) Builds a business case to show the overall impact on the ...

THE BOOK YOUR BOSS AND HR DEPARTMENT DON’T WANT YOU TO READChances are you don’t understand the majority of the terminology in your employment contract. So how would you know when your boss is overstepping their rights – or what to do about it?With 49% of North American employees affected by workplace bullying, Employee Rights and Employer Wrongs, the preeminent new book from renowned career coach Suzanne Kleinberg, decodes the legal jargon that too often surrounds workplace...

"A superb . . . how-to book for any entrepreneur who not only wants to get their thoughts down to share with the world, but to leverage off their expertise." –Geoff Hetherington, JG Hetherington, The Clarity CEOWith the availability of self-publishing services and the rise of the entrepreneur as a thought leader, writing a book is becoming more appealing to an increasing number of small business owners. The problem? Most businesspeople aren't writers, have never wr...

The Cheapest, Fastest Way To Learn How To Promote Your Books Online!This book could be the difference between making 10 sales of your book, or 10,000.As an author you realize that if you want to sell a lot of books, you’re going to need to find the best ways to promote it. There are hundreds of new tools, resources and websites that you can utilize to help you promote your book, but finding them all is a lot of work.The Ultimate Book Promotion Handbook is a constant...

This Harvard Business Review digital collection will give you the confidence and tools you need to write and speak successfully. It includes the HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations, by presentation expert Nancy Duarte; the HBR Guide to Better Business Writing, by writing expert Bryan A. Garner; the HBR Guide to Negotiating, by negotiation expert Jeff Weiss; Failure to Communicate, by consultant and coach Holly Weeks; as well as HBR’s 10 Must Reads ...

Love makes the world go round, and of all the genres in fiction, romance, with its many sub-genres, is the most popular.Perhaps you've wondered whether you can write it.You're not sure what kind of romances to write. You can write steamy romances -- even outright erotica. If steamy romance fiction isn't your style, you can opt to write sweet and tender romances; the choice is always yours.Here's the most important factor in writing romance: heart. Readers read roman...

This book helps you plan and write reports, proposals, procedures and other professional documents. You'll review a range of techniques to communicate complex information clearly. You'll also review ways to use your writing to extend your analytical, problem-solving, teamwork, and leadership skills.