“…This presents both opportunities and challenges for the current day organizations and accounting professionals alike. …”

“…While this varies slightly from East to West, we spend nearly one day per week immersed in this enjoyable problem-solving experience. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Start by Listing Out Your Goals -- Important Goals to Consider -- Time to Prioritize -- Priority #1: Some Rainy-Day Funds -- Priority #2: 401(k) Match -- Priority #3: High-Interest Credit Card Debt -- Priority #4: Retirement (a.k.a. work becoming optional) -- Everything Else -- Make Sure Your Goals Are SMART Goals -- How Much Is Enough? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Not all frameworks prescribe technical practices -- There are similarities with subtle differences -- Mixing and matching Agile methods -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Introducing Scrum to your Software Team -- Why Scrum is an excellent place to start -- Iterations and iteration length -- Starting a new Scrum team -- Prerequisites -- Preparing to Sprint -- Activity - defining the Product Backlog -- Activity - release planning -- Activity - introducing the Product Backlog -- Activity - estimating User Stories on the backlog -- Activity - setting up the Scrum Board -- Discussion - Sprint Zero -- Day one of the Sprint -- Event - Sprint Planning -- What can we achieve in this Sprint? …”

“…Lose the resume and land that coveted job Gone are the days of polishing up your resume and sending it out at random. …”

“…It is an essential desktop reference for the commands that users of Linux utilize every day, with the depth of information and the practical, succinct "In a Nutshell" format that made the previous editions so popular. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Power Pivot and Data Models -- DAX -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Must-Know Legacy Excel Functions -- Math and statistical functions -- SUM -- SUMIFS -- COUNT -- COUNTIFS -- MIN -- MAX -- AVERAGE -- Logical functions -- IF -- IFS -- IFERROR -- SWITCH -- OR -- AND -- Text manipulation functions -- LEFT -- MID -- RIGHT -- SEARCH -- SUBSTITUTE -- TEXT -- LEN -- Date manipulation functions -- TODAY -- DATE -- YEAR -- MONTH -- DAY -- EDATE -- EOMONTH -- WEEKNUM -- Lookup and reference functions -- VLOOKUP -- HLOOKUP -- INDEX -- MATCH -- OFFSET -- INDIRECT -- CHOOSE -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Dynamic Array Functions and Lambda Functions -- Dynamic array functions -- UNIQUE -- FILTER -- SEQUENCE -- SORT -- SORTBY -- Lambda functions -- LAMBDA -- BYCOL -- BYROW -- MAKEARRAY -- MAP -- REDUCE -- SCAN -- Summary -- Part 3 - Getting the Visualization Right -- Chapter 8: Getting Comfortable with the 19 Excel Charts -- Column chart -- Bar chart -- Line chart -- Area chart -- Pie chart -- Doughnut chart -- XY (scatter) chart -- Bubble chart -- Stock chart -- Surface chart -- Radar chart -- Treemap chart -- Sunburst chart -- Histogram chart -- Box and whisker chart -- Waterfall chart -- Funnel chart -- Filled map chart -- Combo chart -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Non-Chart Visuals -- Conditional formatting -- Highlight Cells Rules -- Top/Bottom Rules -- Data bars -- Color scales -- Icon sets -- Custom formula conditional formatting -- Shapes -- SmartArt -- Sparkline -- Images -- Symbols -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Setting Up the Dashboard's Data Model -- Adventure Works Cycle Limited -- HR schema -- Sales schema -- Purchasing schema -- Production schema -- Person schema -- Building business-relevant dashboards -- Data transformation in Power Query -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Perfecting the Dashboard -- Building the HR manpower dashboard -- Inserting PivotTables…”

“…Find out what you’ve been missing about color and light matching, keying, motion tracking, rotoscoping, working with film, and more. • Advanced techniques: Your goal should be effects so good that no one notices them. …”

“…Too often, great business ideas fail to see the light of day because the entrepreneur doesn’t know how to secure the funding he or she needs. …”

“…Spanning the Renaissance to the present day, Burke changes our understanding of this remarkable intellectual species -- Editor…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Filters and Mired shift values; The colour temperature meter; Location sources; Correcting lamps; 6 Filters; Camera filters; Matching shots; Enhancing filter; Fluorescent light correction; Polar screens; Old filter factors; The pan glass; Part Three: The Shoot; 7 Examples of shoots; Drama; Documentary; 8 Crewing; For fiction…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Compositing TexturesTemporal Alignment; Compositing with Color; Compositing with Animation; Compositing with Focus; Motion Blur; Matching Color; Premultiplied Alpha Channels; Tracking with Mocha; Mocha Shapes; Using Roto Brush; Restoring Opacity; Manual Shadow; Guide Layers; Interlude: Shooting Better Green Screen Footage; 5 Animation; The Puppet Pin Tool; Puppet Overlap; Puppet Animation; Bouncing Ball; Parenting; Rigging an Arm; Waving Sail; Animating the Blob; Animating a Photo: Part 1; Animating a Photo: Part 2; Displacement Mapping; Projection Mapping; Resizing Animation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Custom mental ray materials6 Lighting & Shadows; 1-2-3 Lighting; Troubleshooting shadows; Exterior lighting; Bright sunshiny day; Mental ray lighting; Good lighting made better; Daylight savings time; Saving time with shadows; Where's the shadow?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Contents -- About the Author -- About the Technical Reviewer -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Where to Start -- Chapter 1: Introduction to the Salesforce Ecosystem -- The Salesforce Ecosystem -- The Platform -- Summary -- Resources -- Chapter 2: Salesforce Learning -- Mentoring -- Learning -- Free Learning -- Trailhead -- Free Bootcamp Programs -- 100 Days of Trailhead -- Paid Learning -- Certifications -- Learning Communities -- Trailblazer Community Groups -- MVP Office Hours mvpofficehours.info -- Salesforce Saturdays -- Ohana Slack -- Military -- Salesforce Military -- Mervis -- Events -- Conferences -- Regional Events -- Summary -- Resources -- Chapter 3: Salesforce Work Experience -- Job Experience -- Volunteer Work -- Volunteer Resources -- Catch a Fire -- Taproot Foundation -- VolunteerMatch -- Points of Light Engage -- Idealist -- Recruiters -- Summary -- Resources -- Part II: Preparing for a Software Project -- Chapter 4: The Evolution of Software Development -- Automation -- Software Development Lifecycle -- Waterfall -- Acceleration of Change -- Agile -- Sprinting -- The Value of Continuous Feedback -- Summary -- Resources -- Chapter 5: Common Project Roles -- What Is a Consultant? …”

“…Often called regexes for short, regular expressions are a powerful mini-language for matching patterns in text. You learn how to use regexes to quickly search strings for things like five digits in a row, thereby matching standard United States ZIP codes. …”

“…In most accounts of the 1960s, Washington is portrayed as a target of reform—a reluctant group of politicians coaxed into accepting the radical spirit the day demanded. In the newest volume in the award-winning Penguin History of American Life, Calvin Mackenzie and Robert Weisbrot argue that the most powerful agents of change in the 1960s were, in fact, those in the traditional seats of power, not the counterculture. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Driving Force for our Research<span style="white-space:pre"></span>A Preview of What's to Come -- Chapter 2: Welcome to the Jungle<span style="white-space:pre"></span>The Rocky Transition to Sales Manager<span style="white-space:pre"></span>The Chaos of Sales Management<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Light at the End of the Tunnel -- Chapter 3: Sales Coaching: How It's Wrong and Why It Fails<span style="white-space:pre"></span>The Current State of Affairs<span style="white-space:pre"></span>How Managers are Prepared to Coach<span style="white-space:pre"></span>How Sales Managers Coach (or Don't Coach)<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Inspection Disguised as Coaching<span style="white-space:pre"></span>The Curse of Knowledge: Your Biggest Blind Spot<span style="white-space:pre"></span>The Culture of Dependence -- Your Worst Enemy<span style="white-space:pre"></span>The Best Path Forward -- Section 2: The Groundwork for Greatness -- Chapter 4: Deciding What to Coach<span style="white-space:pre"></span>The Coaching Chase<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Clarity of Task: Your Salesperson's Best Friend<span style="white-space:pre"></span>The Relationship Between Coaching and Quota Attainment<span style="white-space:pre"></span>What's Measured vs What's Manageable<span style="white-space:pre"></span>The Nature of Sales Activities<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Matching Sales Roles and Sales Processes Selecting Activities that Matter Most<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Standards as Contributor to Clarity of Task Key Takeaways: The Beginning of a Common Language for Coaching -- Chapter 5: Structuring Coaching Conversations<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Creating the Right Amount of Structure Conducting Effective Coaching Conversations<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Coaching Doesn't Have to be Complicated Key Takeaways: Structuring Coaching Conversations -- Chapter 6: Formalizing Sales Coaching into Your Day-to-Day Job How Formality Impacts Coaching<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Ad-Hoc versus Formal Coaching<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Formality as a Mechanism for Inspection<span style="white-space:pre"></span>There is a Rhythm to Formality<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Getting on the Right Path<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Key Takeaways: Regarding Formality -- Section 3: Coaching Activities -- The Itty Bitty Nitty Gritty -- Chapter 7: Territory and Account Coaching<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Territory Coaching <span style="white-space:pre"></span>Structuring Territory Coaching Conversations<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Establishing a Rhythm of Territory Coaching<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Real Case Example: Strategic and Tactical Territory Coaching in Action<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Account Coaching<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Structuring Account Coaching Conversations<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Establishing a Rhythm of Opportunity Coaching<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Real Case: Putting it all Together<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Key Takeaways: Opportunity Coaching -- Chapter 8: Opportunity Coaching<span style="white-space:pre"></span>The Goal of Opportunity Coaching<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Coaching Across the Buying Process<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Sales Process Meets Buying Process<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Structuring Opportunity Coaching Conversations<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Finding the Right Rhythm of Opportunity Coaching<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Real Case: Putting it all Together<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Key Takeaways: Opportunity Coaching -- Chapter 9: Call Coaching<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Coaching Sales Calls Across the Buying Process<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Where to Apply Your Call Coaching Efforts<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Structuring Call Coaching Conversations<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Coaching for Better Call Planning<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Coaching Through Observation and Feedback <span style="white-space:pre"></span>Formality of Call Coaching<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Key Takeaways: Call Coaching -- Chapter 10: Reality is Messy -- Adapting Coaching to a Few Special Situations<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Different Sales Roles, Different Sales Activities<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Creating a Path to Results: By Role and By Salesperson<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Unique Characteristics of the Sales Assignment<span style="white-space:pre"></span>How to Ensure Coaching Happens<span style="white-space:pre"></span>Putting a Bow on It…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Managing inactive and duplicate data -- Managing inactive data -- Managing duplicate data -- Detecting duplicates -- Presenting findings to stakeholders -- Launching data quality reporting successfully -- Embedding reports into governance -- Summary -- Part 3 - Improving Data Quality for the Long Term -- Chapter 8: Data Quality Remediation -- Overall remediation process -- Prioritizing remediation activities -- Revisiting benefits -- Approach to determining priorities -- Identifying the approach to remediation -- Typical remediation approaches -- Matching issues to the correct approach -- Moving remediation to business as usual -- Understanding the effort and cost -- Types of cost in remediation -- Governing remediation activities -- Key governance activities -- Tracking benefits -- Quantitative example -- Qualitative benefit tracking -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Embedding Data Quality in Organizations -- Preventing issue re-occurrence -- Methods to prevent re-occurrence -- The ongoing impact of human error -- Short-horizon reporting -- Ongoing data quality rule improvement -- Strategies to identify rule changes -- Updating data quality rules -- Transitioning to day-to-day remediation -- Requirements for success -- Planning for a successful transition -- Indications that the transition has been successful -- Continuing the data quality journey -- Roadmap of data quality initiatives -- Identifying the next initiative -- Obtaining support -- What if no further initiative is sanctioned? …”