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| business to business expo: We Never Asked for Wings Vanessa Diffenbaugh, 2015-08-27 Everyone makes mistakes... Letty was going to go places. She was going to be someone. Then she got pregnant, and her plans changed. Now she's a single parent with two children she's convinced she can't care for, a dead-end job she's struggling to keep, a home in a half forgotten part of town, and no prospect of anything changing any time soon. Determined to give her children a better future, she takes a decision that may change all their lives. But perhaps she's not quite done making mistakes. And her son, Alex, may be about to make one of his own - because, sometimes, the biggest mistakes we make are when we're prepared to risk everything for those we love. |
| business to business expo: Analytics of Life Mert Damlapinar, 2019-11-11 Analytics of Life provides the reader with a broad overview of the field of data analytics and artificial intelligence. It provides the layperson an understanding of the various stages of artificial intelligence, the risks and powerful benefits. And it provides a way to look at big data and machine learning that enables us to make the most of this exciting new realm of technology in our day-to-day jobs and our small businesses. Questions you can find answers* * What is artificial intelligence (AI)? * What is the difference between AI, machine learning and data analytics? * Which jobs AI will replace, which jobs are safe from data analytics revolution? * Why data analytics is the best career move? * How can I apply data analytics in my job or small business? Who is this book for? * Managers and business professionals * Marketers, product managers, and business strategists * Entrepreneurs, founders and startups team members * Consultants, advisors and educators * Almost anybody who has an interest in the future According to an article by Cade Metz in The New York Times, Researchers say computer systems are learning from lots and lots of digitized books and news articles that could bake old attitudes into new technology. Oxford University professor Nick Bostrom argues that if machine brains surpassed human brains in general intelligence, then this new superintelligence could become extremely powerful - possibly beyond our control. MIT professor Max Tegmark describes and illuminates the recent, ground-breaking advances in Artificial Intelligence and how it might overtake human intelligence. As Oxford University economist Daniel Susskind points out, technological progress could bring about unprecedented prosperity, solving one of humanity's oldest problems: how to make sure that everyone has enough to live on. Distinguished AI researcher and professor of computer science at UC Berkeley, Russell Stuart suggests that we can rebuild AI on a new foundation, according to which machines are designed to be inherently uncertain about the human preferences they are required to satisfy. Industry experts claim that AI will have a negative impact on blue-collar jobs, but Mert predicts that Americans and Europeans will experience a strong impact on white-collar jobs as well. And Mert also provides research results and a clear description of which jobs will be affected and how soon, which jobs could be enhanced with AI. Analytics of Life also provides solutions and insight into some of the most profound changes to come in human history. |
| business to business expo: The Expo Book Gordon Linden, 2014-04-07 The Expo Book: A Guide to the Planning, Organization, Design & Operation of World Expositions |
| business to business expo: The Trade Show Chronicles Julien Rio, 2017-02-28 The only novel to put you in the shoes of an exhibitor, teaching you about trade shows and providing practical solutions to boost your ROI. Studies show that story-telling enables the human brain to retain more information than traditional teaching. This book is written like a novel specifically to make sure you remember as much as possible and in turn improve your event strategy. The Trade Show Chronicles offers you all the tricks of a good exhibit strategy. Become a trade show expert while reading the story of Andrew, a young salesman organizing his company's booth at an exhibition. Learn about planning, budgeting, promotion, booth staffing, lead capture, results tracking and much more. Don't miss out on this great adventure to a winning booth strategy! You won't get long checklists or theories - the Trade Show Chronicles is full of directly applicable tips and very concrete suggestions. Event management can be easy - learn while entertaining yourself. What trade show experts say about The Trade Show Chronicles: If you want a different way to learn best practices for an exhibitor; planning, managing (tasks and people) and executing with efficiency, take a journey through a clever narrative that is packed with real-life situations, issues, and personalities. Enjoy and learn. Matthew Hill, President, Expert, Trainer| The Hill Group The Trade Show Chronicles is a relatable guide that provides crucial information that will help even the most seasoned planner cultivate an impactful trade show program. Trevor Lewis, Experiential Marketing Strategist | Skyline This is a complete masterpiece from A-Z for everyone who plans to exhibit. It is an amazing journey. You want to be an event pro? Then do not miss this book! Rauno Ramo, Trade Show Business Consultant | Event & Exhibition Subcontractors World Wide |
| business to business expo: Self Made Bianca Miller-Cole, Byron Cole, 2017-10-05 SELF-MADE IS A TRULY DEFINITIVE GUIDE; A 'GO-TO' BOOK FOR ALL ENTREPRENEURS AT ANY STAGE OF BUSINESS. This authoritative, focused guide by two of the UK's brightest young entrepreneurs - The Apprentice runner-up, Bianca Miller and serial entrepreneur, Byron Cole - is a comprehensive toolkit for anyone who wants to make a success of running their own business. Featuring interviews with well known entrepreneurs, entertainers and industry experts, the book covers every tier of the business development process, from start-up to exit, offering practical, implementable and global advice on the start up process. De-coding the jargon that is prevalent in business circles today, this book provides straightforward advice on converting an innovative business concept into a commercially viable proposition. It will help you to avoid the costly common mistakes of many who have gone before you, and create a sustainable enterprise that will flourish. Read Self Made and run your own business without fear of failure. |
| business to business expo: Trade Shows in the Globalizing Knowledge Economy Harald Bathelt, Francesca Golfetto, Diego Rinallo, 2014 This book presents a radically innovative view on trade shows as knowledge-rich places, where firms learn through observation and interaction with other economic actors, and as enablers, rather than mere consequences, of globalization. Traditionally seen as marketing tools, trade shows are conceptualised as temporary clusters that facilitate the creation and diffusion of knowledge across geographical distances, even in the age of social media. The book is organized in four parts. Part I lays out the conceptual foundations of the knowledge-based perspective, from the early development of trade fairs to modern-day events. Part II analyses specific global developments, focussing on the trade show ecologies of Europe, North America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Part III investigates differences in the nature of knowledge generation practices across international hub shows, exports shows, and import shows in different industries, and investigates competition between such events. Part IV discusses the implications of a knowledge-based conceptualisation of trade shows. The book will be of interest to scholars and students in economic geography, management, marketing, organization studies, political science, and sociology. It also has practical implications for trade show organisers on how to make their events more competitive through knowledge-based strategies; for industry associations and cities, on how to use these events for collective/place marketing purposes; and for policy makers, on how to use trade shows for export promotion and innovation policies. |
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| business to business expo: Cancer Hates Tea Maria Uspenski, 2016-12-13 Drink Tea to Tell Cancer ‘Hit the Road’ Become a tea lover with a purpose and help your body defend itself against cancer. Learn to embrace tea in all its varieties— green, white, black, pu-erh, herbal and more—as both a mental and physical experience to protect your health. Discover the history, growing information and health implications of each variety, as well as uniquely delicious methods to boost your intake with serving suggestions, food pairings and recipes that highlight the benefits of tea. After her own battle with cancer, Maria Uspenski extensively researched tea and discovered hundreds of studies that showed how powerful a five-cup-a-day (1.2 L) steeping habit could be. Tea is the most studied anti-cancer plant, with over 5,000 medical studies published on its health benefits over the past 10 years. By breaking down how tea works with your body’s defenses against cancer in a lighthearted tone, Maria’s serious research is approachable and relatable for anyone who is battling the disease or for family and friends of those fighting cancer. Start harnessing the wellness-promoting properties of tea and see your life change with an easy-to-follow three-week plan that gets tea polyphenols streaming through your system 24/7. |
| business to business expo: Sales Jiu-Jitsu Elliott Bayev, Daniel Moskowitz, 2021-01-19 There are thousands of books on sales, and there are a growing number of books trying to tease out practical philosophies from Jiu-Jitsu. But what if a book did both? What if it combined proven and repeatable sales tools, systems, and processes with the actionable principles from Jiu-Jitsu to create a framework for success? That would be a book that serious sales leaders-those who want proven effectiveness, not platitudes or theory-could use to start generating results right away. Sales Jiu-Jitsu is that book. Elliott Bayev and Daniel Moskowitz share a complete sales system for elite leaders and entrepreneurs to take their already successful sales teams and turn them into sales black belts. This book provides practical and actionable steps you can use to get results with your teams on their next sales engagements. Whether you are new to sales or a world-class salesperson who is leading sales teams, this book will give you a competitive advantage in your industry. |
| business to business expo: 7L: The Seven Levels of Communication Michael J. Maher, 2014-09-02 Can you imagine receiving a referral each and every day? Neither could real estate agent Rick Masters. (7L) The Seven Levels of Communication tells the entertaining and educational story of Rick Masters, who is suffering from a down economy when he meets a mortgage professional who has built a successful business without advertising or personal promotion. Skeptical, he agrees to accompany her to a conference to learn more about her mysterious methods. Rick soon learns that the rewards for implementing these strategies are far greater than he had ever imagined. In seeking success, he finds significance. This heartwarming tale of Rick's trials and triumphs describes the exact strategies that helped him evolve from the Ego Era to the Generosity Generation. This book is about so much more than referrals. This is about building a business that not only feeds your family, but also feeds your soul. |
| business to business expo: USA Business Karla C. Shippey, 1995 An enclyclopedic view of doing business with the U.S. Contains the how-to, where-to and who-with information needed to operate internationally. |
| business to business expo: Maximizing Lead Generation Ruth Stevens, 2012 The Hands-On, Up-to-the-Minute Guide to Generating Better-Qualified, Quicker-to-Close B2B Leads! Lead generation is Job One: B2B marketers' single most important objective. Maximizing Lead Generation brings together everything you need to know to do it right. Fast-paced and 100% practical, it will help you achieve outstanding results in any B2B marketplace from enterprise technology to industrial equipment to professional services. World-renowned expert Ruth P. Stevens helps you bring science and systematization to all facets of lead generation, building on process, best practices, continuous testing, and ongoing improvement. You'll learn how to maximize the value of tried-and-true B2B tools and the newest social, web, and search technologies. Stevens offers indispensable insights for the entire lead lifecycle, including qualification, nurturing, measurement, and tracking. Organized for clarity, usability, and speed, this book will help you supercharge salesforce productivity and company profits. You'll Learn How To: · Develop and refine rules that consistently lead to higher-quality leads · Gain deeper insights into your customers and their buying processes · Build sophisticated, accurate marketing databases · Identify the media most likely to work for you · Execute highly effective campaigns · Drive huge ROI improvements · Use BANT and other qualification criteria · Apply new nurturing techniques to convert duds into diamonds · Track results and quantify the business value of campaigns · Utilize best practices content marketing and marketing automation · Integrate continuous improvement into lead generation · Discover 10 trends that will transform the way you prospect |
| business to business expo: SIMPLEnetworking Chi Chi Okezie, 2019-08 SIMPLEnetworking is a travel size guide packed with 50 tips on how to network like a pro! Categorized in five chapters, these tips offer insight on professionalism, developing relationships, valuing people, establishing credibility and promoting your brand. It gives practical strategies for building profitable and productive networks. |
| business to business expo: Running a Food Hub: Volume Two, a Business Operations Guide James Matson, Jeremiah Thayer, Jessica Shaw, 2015-09-17 This report is part of a multi-volume technical report series entitled, Running a Food Hub, with this guide serving as a companion piece to other United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports by providing in-depth guidance on starting and running a food hub enterprise. In order to compile the most current information on best management and operations practices, the authors used published information on food hubs, surveyed numerous operating food hubs, and pulled from their existing experience and knowledge of working directly with food hubs across the country as an agricultural business consulting firm. The report’s main focus is on the operational issues faced by food hubs, including choosing an organizational structure, choosing a location, deciding on infrastructure and equipment, logistics and transportation, human resources, and risks. As such, the guide explores the different decision points associated with the organizational steps for starting and implementing a food hub. For some sections, sidebars provide “decision points,” which food hub managers will need to address to make key operational decisions. This illustrated guide may assist the operational staff at small businesses or third-party organizations that may provide aggregation, marketing, and distribution services from local and regional producers to assist with wholesale, retail, and institution demand at government institutions, colleges/universities, restaurants, grocery store chains, etc. Undergraduate students pursuing coursework for a bachelor of science degree in food science, or agricultural economics may be interested in this guide. Additionally, this reference work will be helpful to small businesses within the food trade discipline. |
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| business to business expo: Trade Show and Event Marketing Ruth P. Stevens, Ruth Stevens, 2005 Covers all aspects of trade show marketing - setting objectives, planning, promoting, executing, measuring performance, generating leads, working with the media, following up, and much more. Real-world case studies put the book's tips and techniques into action, and forms and illustrations are included where appropriate. |
| business to business expo: The Franchise MBA Workbook Nick Neonakis, Aditya Rengaswamy, 2013-12-22 The secret to owning the right franchise business is no secret if you understand what it takes to succeed. The single most important factor is preparation. This book will help with your preparation. Designed to help busy professionals understand and apply the concepts and methodologies essential to accurate franchise analysis, this workbook enables readers to test their knowledge and comprehension of the tools and techniques described in the The Franchise MBA before putting them to use in real world situations. This informative study guide contains carefully constructed exercises with detailed solutions, as well as specific learning outcomes and franchise component overviews. Internationally renowned franchise authority and author Nick Neonakis presents a personal hands-on companion to the landmark book The Franchise MBA - Mastering the Four Essential Steps to Owning a Franchise, which has become a guide book for individuals, families, and businesses around the world. The success of his principle-centered philosophy of investigating franchise business is based upon his years of real world franchise experience. Now, with The Franchise MBA Workbook, you can further explore and understand this tried-and-true approach to finding the perfect franchise through a wide range of thought provoking exercises. With the same clarity and assurance Neonakis' fans have come to appreciate, this individualized workbook helps readers to fully internalize the 4 Steps approach to finding the ideal franchise through private and thought-provoking exercises, whether they have owned a franchise or not. This workbook offers solutions to both personal and professional questions by promoting and teaching emotional intelligence, integrity, financial honesty, and goal setting. An engaging companion to the renowned classic, The Franchise MBA Workbook will help readers set goals, understand franchising, and create a path to self-sufficient independence. |
| business to business expo: Powerful Exhibit Marketing Barry Siskind, 2010-02-23 A complete guide to successful trade shows and exhibitions Trade shows, consumer shows, product launches, sporting events, and other opportunities to interact face-to-face with customers have become an important part of the marketing mix. Recent studies show that the percentage of the total marketing communications budget spent on event marketing ranged from over 9% to a staggering 29%. In 2003, North America alone hosted over 13,000 trade and consumer shows, each one with hundreds of exhibitors, and thousands of visitors. Beyond traditional trade shows, there are countless other opportunities for exhibitors to interact with their customers directly and improve the bottom line, such as mall displays, corporate events, road shows, and permanent displays. Well chosen and executed events can shorten the sales cycle significantly and put you miles ahead of the competition, but you need to have an exhibit plan that's well thought out, organized, and executed. While some large organizations have a dedicated exhibit staff, often the role of exhibit management lands on the desk of an unsuspecting, overworked, or unwilling sales or marketing person who needs to get results from their exhibit investment, but doesn't know where to start. The Power of Exhibit provides the step-by-step advice you need to exhibit successfully. This definitive guide to trade shows and other event marketing shows how to set objectives, budget for your event and measure its success in ROI, choose the right show and find the right audience, turn leads into business, design booths, work the show, gather information and intelligence, and much more. |
| business to business expo: Business for Transformation: Patrick Lai, 2015-07-01 Business for Transformation focuses on answering the question: “How do you start a business that transforms communities of unreached peoples?” Starting a business cross-culturally involves thousands of decisions. Until now, BAM and B4T practitioners have been lacking a tool that explains how to start a business that engages unreached people for Jesus’ sake. This book draws on years of experience from scores of OPEN workers who are BAM/B4T practitioners. BAM/B4T are among the faster growing segments of the worldwide mission movement. It is written for new workers and coaches who need practical guidance in setting up and doing business in hard, churchless areas. |
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| business to business expo: The Unnoticed Advantage: The Secret Requirement That Organizations, Teams, and Athletes Need to Perform at Their Peak Potential Before Sports P Roy Redd, 2018-10-13 The Unnoticed Advantage: The Secret requirement that Organizations, teams, and Athletes need to perform at their Peak Potential before Sports Psychology, Leadership Skills, Strength Training, Team Building, and Teamwork will even work.So many teams and athletes are capable of so much more and just need the right system to bring it out. There are so many great ideas in sports psychology that could work wonders but are not working because certain small distinctions are not being made. There is a big difference between explanations and accessing an idea. Most sports psychologist are masters at explaining what is needed to perform but they lack the ability to give access to the ideas. This book does not just give ideas but it also gives access to the ideas using an ontological method. Ontological means being. What this means is this book leaves you being better instead of just sounding better.In other words, this is not theory, this is stuff that actually works.This book is for you if you know you can do better and you are ready to perform at your best and beyond your best. This book is for teams and athletes who know that right now they can do more and know their potential is higher than what they are showing.This book is not for you if you are no willing to have a higher level of integrity or if you do not have a higher vision for yourself. Get your mindset straight around the fact that I did not write this book for everyone but if you |
| business to business expo: UnMarketing Scott Stratten, Alison Stratten, 2016-10-10 UnMarket to build trust and make lifelong customers! In 2009, Scott Stratten and Alison Stratten wrote the bestselling UnMarketing: Stop Marketing, Start Engaging and began a journey that would take them around the world sharing their message of engagement with corporations, entrepreneurs, and students.They are now back with this second edition, because Everything has Changed and Nothing is Different, with all the brilliance of the first edition, plus new content and commentary to reflect the rapidly changing landscape we all live, buy, and work in today. For generations, marketing has been hypocritical. We've been taught to market to others in ways we hate being marketed to (cold-calling, flyers, ads, etc.). So why do we still keep trying the same stale marketing moves? UnMarketing shows you how to unlearn the old ways and consistently attract and engage the right customers. You'll stop just pushing out your message and praying that it sticks somewhere. Potential and current customers want to be listened to, validated, and have a platform to be heard-especially online. With UnMarketing, you'll create a relationship with your customers, and make yourself the logical choice for their needs. We know you've been told to act like other people, talk like other people, and market like all the people, but it is time for you to unlearn everything and start to UnMarket yourself. UnMarketing includes the latest information on: Idea Creation, Viral Marketing and Video, Marketing to Millennials, Authenticity, Transparency and Immediacy, Ethics and Affiliates, Social Media Platforming, UnPodcasting, Word of Mouth, Customer Service, Consumer Advocacy and Leadership. With examples of what to do, and what not to do, from small business right up to worldwide corporations in areas such as real estate, travel, service, retail, and B2B. |
| business to business expo: The Success Magnet Roy Redd, 2016-10-14 The Success Magnet is the closest thing to a perfect circle. Roy has taken all of the elements of human need, desire, and drive and created a blueprint for any man or woman to follow. Further, this book masterfully outlines and answers why as humans we can and do go off course. This book provides insight and outsight, it provides logic and evidence of transformation and does so with concrete examples of how and why. He goes far beyond the five values and digs deep into beliefs and false thinking. An easy read with a powerful message. - Jo Dibblee International best-selling author THE SUCCESS MAGNET is a book that teaches tangible systems and ideas that will transform you into a Success Magnet. A Success Magnet is a person who becomes attractive for success so that they no longer have to chase success and waste energy. This book takes really big ideas and articulates them in a way anybody can understand them. If you read this book you will be inspired and you will be taught to master success on all levels. ROY REDD is an author whose writings include Finish, and The Success Magnet: Cultivate The 5 Values That Attract Success. Roy helps people get out of their own way so they can be who they already are and achieve the results and outcomes they desire. Roy was blessed with certain struggles that made him realize he needed to take responsibility for his own life. Broke, depressed, and on his own, Roy ended up pushing his broken-down car two miles on the freeway by himself. That is when he realized nobody was to blame for his problems but himself. After that experience and the gift of self-efficacy, Roy was able to turn his life around. Today he is dedicated to motivating, and teaching others on how to turn their life around. He is dedicated to sharing his story, successes, and how to's so that others can achieve their most desired goals. At 26 years of age, Roy went from broke to 6 figures in just a few short years. He was able to rub elbows with great people like Arnold Schwarzenegger, JT Foxx, Wayne Allyn Root, Joseph Michelli, and Donna Karan. From coaching to teaching people how to get the best out of themselves, Roy also coaches paying clients on how to get out of their own way so they can achieve their desired outcomes, successes, and dreams. Roy's philosophy on life and business are unique. They are not based on the status quo but based on study and results. Roy is a true student of life and shares his perspective with inspiration and enthusiasm. Roy is truly dedicated to building a brand that helps others succeed. In this book, Roy argues that the social paradigms on what success is are just not true. Roy articulates three facts about success that are looked over. Roy defines success as the achievement of a future ideal. With this definition, Roy is trying to say that success can not be what society says it is, but rather a self-expressive personal journey. Furthermore, Roy explains that success is not a destination. The purpose of human beings is to grow as much as possible during their whole life, and if people continuously grow, how can success be a destination? You see, success is a personal journey of finding one's self and actualizing one's own beingness over a course of an entire lifetime. Success is very paradoxical in this way: You are successful when you reach the desired ideal you have, but at the same time you aren't successful because now you have newer more bold ideal's to reach. You already are successful, but at the same time, you can't be successful if you are. This book is amazing and you will love it. |
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| business to business expo: A Different Approach on the Skills of Life Leatrice D. Williams, 2024-02-02 About the Book A Different Approach on the Skills of Life is a curriculum with opportunities for students to become creative, innovative, critical thinkers, and problem-solvers with real-world experiences. This curriculum has challenging, meaningful, and impactful lessons, and activities to stretch students’ analytical thinking. This book offers units with activities on Basic Skills, Character Education, Public speaking, Career Exploration, Entrepreneurship, and so much more. A Different Approach on the Skills of Life is engaging through collaboration, teambuilding, researching, problem-solving, decision-making, and more skills. This involvement gives students well-rounded life lessons to compete in today’s global society. About the Author Leatrice D. Williams, M.Ed. has taught for 33 years, retired, returned as a long-term sub for a half-year, became the Explore and Physical Education Coordinator for two years, and has retired again. Throughout her tenure, she has been union president for four terms, on multiple committees, and has received a variety of awards. Williams is an advisor of a youth organization called Youth Change Makers founded by two of her students. She participates in many community services ventures. Her support and cheerleaders are her three children, two granddaughters, and fiance. Her special interests and hobbies are designing floorplans and gardening. |
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| business to business expo: My Cat Yugoslavia Pajtim Statovci, 2017-04-18 A love story set in two countries in two radically different moments in time, bringing together a young man, his mother, a boa constrictor, and one capricious cat. In 1980s Yugoslavia, a young Muslim girl is married off to a man she hardly knows, but what was meant to be a happy match goes quickly wrong. Soon thereafter her country is torn apart by war and she and her family flee. Years later, her son, Bekim, grows up a social outcast in present-day Finland, not just an immigrant in a country suspicious of foreigners, but a gay man in an unaccepting society. Aside from casual hookups, his only friend is a boa constrictor whom, improbably—he is terrified of snakes—he lets roam his apartment. Then, during a visit to a gay bar, Bekim meets a talking cat who moves in with him and his snake. It is this witty, charming, manipulative creature who starts Bekim on a journey back to Kosovo to confront his demons and make sense of the magical, cruel, incredible history of his family. And it is this that, in turn, enables him finally, to open himself to true love—which he will find in the most unexpected place |
| business to business expo: Women-Owned and Home-Based Businesses Christopher S. Bond, 1999-06 Presents testimony & submitted material on the challenges facing woman business owners. Addresses access to capital, Federal procurement policy, health insurance, & tax issues including worker classification & home-office deductions. Witnesses from many women-owned businesses, the Center for Women Enterprise, the International Assoc. for Financial Planning, Nat. Women's Business Council, Nat. Federation of Independent Business, Securities Industry Assoc., & others. |
| business to business expo: Supporting Local Businesses and Entrepreneurs in the Digital Age Salvatore DiVincenzo, Elizabeth Malafi, 2017-09-07 A timely reference for all public librarians who serve the business community in libraries, regardless of size or location—from small rural outposts to bustling big-city branches. Serving communities today entails serving businesses—in particular, local businesses, entrepreneurs, and those looking to become entrepreneurs. Understandably, many librarians are not prepared for this role, and as a result feel uncomfortable in it. Supporting Local Businesses and Entrepreneurs in the Digital Age: The Public Librarian's Toolkit explains how librarians and libraries can better serve the business community, offering specific guidance on everything from information resources—including books, databases, and free online sites—to programming, special events, marketing, and outreach. Readers will gain insight into key topics ranging from embedded business librarianship, virtual business librarianship, and government documents to seminars, one-on-one appointments, and trade shows. Providing invaluable guidance based on the authors' real-world experience and research as well as interviews with librarians in all sizes of libraries around the country, this book offers practical, actionable advice and proven best practices for serving local business owners and entrepreneurs. |
| business to business expo: Smart Textiles and Their Applications Vladan Koncar, 2016-04-22 Smart Textiles and Their Applications outlines the fundamental principles of applied smart textiles, also reporting on recent trends and research developments. Scientific issues and proposed solutions are presented in a rigorous and constructive way that fully presents the various results, prototypes, and case-studies obtained from academic and industrial laboratories worldwide. After an introduction to smart textiles and their applications from the editor, Part One reviews smart textiles for medical purposes, including their use in health monitoring, treatment delivery, and assistive technologies. Part Two covers smart textiles for transportation and energy, with chapters covering smart textiles for the monitoring of structures and processes, as well as smart textiles for energy generation. The final section considers smart textiles for protection, security, and communication, and includes chapters covering electrochromic textile displays, textile antennas, and smart materials for personal protective equipment. - Scientific issues and proposed solutions are presented in a rigorous and constructive way regarding various results, prototypes, and case-studies obtained from academic and industrial laboratories worldwide - Useful for researchers and postgraduate students, and also for existing companies and start-ups that are developing products involving smart textiles - Authored and edited by an international team who are experts in the field ensure comprehensive coverage and global relevance |
| business to business expo: Black Enterprise Guide to Starting Your Own Business Wendy Beech, 1999-04-22 BLACK ENTERPRISE magazine is the premier business news source forAfrican Americans. With thirty years of experience, BlackEnterprise continues to chronicle the achievements of AfricanAmerican professionals while providing monthly reports onentrepreneurship, investing, personal finance, business news andtrends, and career management. Now, Black Enterprise brings to youthe Guide to Starting Your Own Business, the one-stop definitiveresource for everything today's entrepreneur needs to know tolaunch and run a solid business. Former Black Enterprise editor Wendy Beech knows that being asuccessful business owner takes more than capital and a solidbusiness plan. She offers essential, timely advice on all aspectsof entrepreneurship, including defining and protecting a businessidea, researching the industry and the competition, confrontinglegal issues, choosing a good location, financing, and advertising.You'll even learn how to make the most of the Internet byestablishing a Web presence. Plus, you'll hear from blackentrepreneurs who persevered in the face of seemingly unbeatableodds and have now joined the ranks of incredibly successful blackbusiness owners. This exceptional reference tool alsoincludes: * The ten qualities you must possess to be a successfulentrepreneur. * A list of helpful resources at the end of every chapter. If you've ever dreamed about going into business for yourself, ifyou feel you've hit the glass ceiling in corporate America, if youhave the drive and the desire to take control of your destiny, theBlack Enterprise Guide to Starting Your Own Business will motivateand inspire you--every step of the way. Special Bonus. To help you stay abreast of the latest entrepreneurial trends,Black Enterprise is pleased to offer: * A free issue of Black Enterprise magazine. * A free edition of The Exchange Newsletter forEntrepreneurs. * A discount coupon for savings off the registration fee at theannual Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference. |
| business to business expo: My Friend Natalia: A Novel Laura Lindstedt, 2021-03-23 New York Times Book Review • Editors' Choice Entertainment Weekly • Best Books of the Month Buzzfeed • Spring Books We Couldn't Put Down One of Finland’s most dynamic novelists bursts onto the American literary scene with this erotic story of an ambitious therapist’s sessions with an unforgettable patient. Natalia cannot stop thinking about sex. With this mesmerizing tale of one woman’s potent affliction, award-winning Finnish writer Laura Lindstedt makes her American debut. Narrated by an unnamed, ungendered therapist who leaps at the chance to employ their most experimental methods, My Friend Natalia offers a gripping examination of the power dynamics always present but rarely ever spoken about in therapy. “Something flared within me,” the therapist notes, “and it wasn’t merely sympathy, the emotion I feel for most of my clients. It was more like a sudden experience of harmony, wholly inappropriate given the circumstances.” It is clear from the moment Natalia barges into her new therapist’s office that she has motives beyond simply fixing her sex life. She is quick to mention that the same exact painting hanging on the therapist’s wall—an abstract piece titled Ear-Mouth—once hung in her grandmother’s living room. This comment deeply unsettles the therapist, as does the large alarm clock that Natalia brings with her, intent on timing the sessions herself. And the tape recorder. At first, Natalia seems to play along with the rules of therapy. She partakes in the therapist’s pain-displacement exercises, word games, and even produces a few anatomical illustrations. She muses on the art of pornography, and boldly examines seminal figures like Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre, about whom she poses the question, “Did Jean-Paul consider Simone a woman at all? Or was she nothing but a pencil sharpener?” By combining philosophy and literature, repressed childhood memories and explicitly unrepressed erotic experiences, the sessions quickly shed all inhibitions. Still, the therapist can’t help but wonder: What does Natalia really want? Brilliantly translated by the award-winning David Hackston, My Friend Natalia buzzes in prose charged with sharp banter and double entendres as the therapist hurls strange—and hilarious—experimental exercises at Natalia, and their work builds to an explosive climax. In taking a deconstructive yet utterly scintillating approach to the self-help narratives of our time, Laura Lindstedt emerges as a rare and unflinching international literary talent. |
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| business to business expo: SUCCESS: A Guide For Small Businesses Cliff Ennico, 2015-11-19 Cliff Ennico hosts Money Hunt, the popular Public Television program for entrepreneurs, as well as its new spin-off series, Money Hunt Small Business Challenge. Ennico hosts a weekly radio program on small business for www.smartbusiness.com, the first all-business Internet radio network, and offers advice on the legal and financial side of small business for Jane Applegate's Small Business Television Network at www.sbtv.com. A nationally recognized expert on the legal and financial issues facing startup and growing companies, Ennico is the author of eight books and audiocassette programs on business law and management, including Moneyhunt: 27 New Rules for Creating and Building a Breakaway Business (HarperCollins 1999) and The Moneyhunt Guide to Growing Your Business (Biennix 2000). He is also the author of Forms for Small Business Entities, a best-selling collection of small business legal forms published by West Group, the nation's largest legal publisher. Ennico has law offices in Fairfield, Conn., where he specializes in small businesses and startup companies, and he acts as corporate legal counsel for a number of high technology and new-economy companies in the Northeast. He speaks nationwide on legal issues and developments affecting entrepreneurs. He teaches courses in business law and industrial organization for Albertus Magnus College's New Dimensions Program and Norwalk Community Technical College, among other institutions, and has guest lectured at Quinnipiac College School of Law. Ennico has conducted financial and legal seminars and workshops for small business owners, and he contributed greatly to the knowledge and skills of SCORE counselors in the Fairfield County Chapter. In 1999, the Fairfield County SCORE Chapter presented Ennico with a Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of his contributions. On the lecture circuit Ennico is a frequent keynote speaker at small business/entrepreneurship conferences sponsored by Inc. Management, The Learning Annex, IBC USA Conferences, the Connecticut Venture Group, the Entrepreneurial Women's Network and The Capital Network, among others. Ennico lives with his wife, Dolores, in Fairfield, Conn. |
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| business to business expo: At the End of the Day Scott L. Templin, 2013-03 Businessman and family man Scott L. Templin reveals his experiences through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy in this candid and unprecedented book of business wisdom and advice. With his natural characteristic wisdom Templin offers insights on how to - Stay positive during extreme adversity - Show up to the battles - Survive through a bankruptcy - Live happily at the end of the day - Balance business and family Templin reveals the businessman that refuses to give up. You'll learn how Templin transforms himself from a young ideological businessman to a stronger, more-experienced businessman. |
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