This book provides step-by-step guidance for developing high-quality infographics. Practical in its approach, 10 Steps to Creating an Infographic: A Practical Guide for Non-designers outlines a user-friendly process for developing infographics with a clearly defined purpose and powerful message. The book’s "how-to" approach makes infographic creation accessible for anyone who doesn’t have a background in graphic design or a budget for a graphic designer. Author Stephanie B. Wilkerson breaks down the complex task into a series of steps and models each step through a book-long example of the evolution of an infographic. Through this, and other examples presented throughout the book, readers will learn about infographic best practices and tips, as well guidance for avoiding design pitfalls.

In this bestselling Introduction to Personal Branding you will get a short crash course (the book should take less than an hour to read or listen to) on what personal branding is, how to take your first steps toward perfecting your personal brand, and you will learn some actionable tactics you can employ immediately in order to start becoming more memorable within your career niche and grow your network.These actionable steps include advice on how to take the perfect profile photo, how to think about your professional purpose, how to optimize your LinkedIn profile, how to optimize your social media presence for search engines like Google and Bing, how to craft a personal branding statement, how to analyze your competitors across social media so you can make your brand differentiate from theirs and how to be social by design.Personal Branding is the practice of defining your professional purpose and being able to articulate your experience and value to your target audience through digital media and social channels like blogs, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. It is also a crucial discipline to help you get the most out of in-person events such as conferences and networking opportunities where the key to a successful outcome often lies in your personal brand standing out.Given the explosion in use of digital and social media over the past few years, the internet has presented professionals with a magnificent opportunity to help their expertise become more discoverable, sharable and memorable through their personal brands.Personal Branding Benefits Your Business by:* Establishing Credibility & Thought Leadership* Growing Your Network* Helping you Market Yourself* Attracting New Opportunities* Increasing Sales* Helping You Reach Your Business GoalsWho is this book for?* CEOs, Executives, and Business Owners who want to position themselves as industry thought leaders and stand out from the competition.* Any professional or Academic who wants to get ahead in their careers and wants to understand how to have their expertise and experience be more discoverable.* HR & Training Managers who want to understand personal branding to help train employees on social media branding and social selling.* PR Agencies & Exec Comms Managers who need inspiration and training on personal branding strategies for their clients, CEOs, or themselves.About Mel CarsonMel Carson is Founder of Delightful Communications and former Digital Marketing Evangelist at Microsoft. He speaks and writes about personal branding at conferences and for publications all over the world. He previously co-wrote Pioneers of Digital: Success Stories from Leaders in Advertising, Marketing, Search and Social and has had his wisdom featured in Forbes, Fast Company, GQ, QZ.com, USA Today and he regularly writes as a business columnist for Entrepreneur.com.For more on Mel Carson visit:http://www.MelCarson.comhttp://www.DelightfulCommunications.com Reviews:"Mel Carson is a gifted storyteller." - Forbes"I wish that I had Mel Carson's guide when I had to re-invent myself several years ago."Jason Miller - Global Content Marketing Leader at LinkedIn"Mel distils and concentrates his branding advice to create a lean, efficient book that doesn't waste time getting to the good stuff. This is one of my new favorite instruction manuals for personal branding is a lightning-fast read full of practical advice to get you up and running." Megan Golden - The LinkedIn Blog"This book is an absolute must-read and not just for those starting to build their own brand. The book is also suitable for those that already have a brand because there are some elements you might not have thought about." Bas Van Den Beld - State of Digital"Mel Carson is a gifted digital storyteller who lives & breathes our belief that all marketing and PR should be social by design" Carolyn Everson, VP of Global Marketing Solutions at Facebook

Create stunning infographics with this hands-on guide Infographics For Dummies is a comprehensive guide to creating data visualization with viral appeal. Written by the founder of Infographic World, a New York City based infographic agency, and his top designers, the book focuses on the how-to of data, design, and distribution to create stunning, shareable infographics. Step-by-step instruction allows you to handle data like a pro, while creating eye-catching graphics with programs like Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. The book walks you through the different types of infographics, explaining why they're so effective, and when they're appropriate. Ninety percent of the information transmitted to your brain is visual, so it's important to tickle the optic nerves to get people excited about your data. Infographics do just that. Much more exciting than a spreadsheet, infographics can add humor, interest, and flash while imparting real information. Putting your data in graphic form makes it more likely to be shared via Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and other social media sites, and the visual interest makes it less likely to be ignored. Infographics For Dummies provides a tried-and-true method for creating infographics that tell a story and get people excited. Topics include: Talking to clients about the data Discovering trends, outliers, and patterns Designing with mood boards and wireframes Launching and promoting your infographic The book, written by Justin Beegel, MBA, founder of Infographic World, Inc., describes the elements of a successful infographic, and stresses the must-have ingredients that get your data noticed. Humans are visual creatures, telling stories in a visual way. In today's world filled with data and messaging, an infographic is one of the best ways to get your point across.

Geography is not only the study of the surface of the planet and the exploration of spatial and human - environment relationships, but also a way of thinking about the world. Guided by the Australian Curriculum and the Professional Standards for Teaching School Geography (GEOGstandards), Teaching Secondary Geography provides a comprehensive introduction to both the theory and practice of teaching Geography. This text covers fundamental geographical knowledge and skills, such as working with data, graphicacy, fieldwork and spatial technology, and provides practical guidance on teaching them in the classroom. Each chapter features short-answer and 'Pause and Think' questions to enhance understanding of key concepts, and 'Bringing It Together' review questions to consolidate learning. Classroom scenarios and a range of information boxes are provided throughout to connect students to additional material. Written by an author team with extensive teaching experience, Teaching Secondary Geography is an exemplary resource for pre-service teachers.

"The Technology-Ready School Administrator (2nd ed.) is an excellent resource for school leaders who understand that schools can run efficiently and cost-effectively with various administrative technological tools but are not sure where to begin. Students of all ages in P-12 programming are "wired" for technology, and this resource provides the tools to create a culture where administrators and staff encourage students to learn using technology in a responsible manner. Furthermore, Dr. Born presents numerous technology-related court cases and legal hearings to inspire thought-provoking discussions on how to effectively and legally manage difficult situations, including the issue of cyberbullying." -Gretchen Combs Adjunct Professor, Muskingum University Pre-school special education teacher

Producing Written and Oral Business Reports: Formatting, Illustrating, and Presenting emphasizes cost-effective methods for producing reports that will do what you want them to do. Numerous examples, helpful illustrations, concise writing style, and convenient checklists let you acquire vital information rapidly. Producing Written and Oral Business Reports is a how-to guide for report creation throughout your career!

This is the first book to apply multimedia tools to economic and business storytelling. By examining the journalism essentials as well as the advanced multimedia skills, it helps readers use the latest technological tools to integrate multimedia elements into traditional news coverage. It also explains how to tell stories solely through multimedia elements. The new language of online journalism includes writing for digital platforms, writing blogs and writing for social media and involves a wide range of multimedia skills, like video, audio, photography, graphics, data visualization and animation. Multimedia journalism allows a two-way communication with the audience that was not possible in traditional “legacy” media, and this textbook is replete with links to useful tutorials, examples of award-winning multimedia stories, and advanced digital resources, offering journalists a road map to the brave new world of digital reporting and editing.