It's true. Creating industry standards is a game. To be successful at it, you must be cooperative as well as competitive, proactive as well as instinctive, technical as well as practical. You've got to know the rules of the game as well as various strategies for winning it. Which is why standards veteran and blogger Karen Bartleson wrote '#STANDARDStweet Book01, ' the must-have playbook for industry standards leaders and followers. In 140 bite-sized insights, Bartleson illuminates the standards game for readers by providing an understanding of what standards are and why they are important, as well as presenting ideas for creating better standards and respecting the standardization process. Using her thirty years of experience in the computer chip industry as well as her fourteen years in the area of standards for electronic design automation, Bartleson helps industry standards players focus their game on the future of electronic design by honoring an approach to standards that can increase productivity, solve design problems, and still leave plenty of room for innovation. Whether you're already in the standards game or preparing to join it, '#STANDARDStweet Book01' will make you better equipped to play your best and come out a winner. '#STANDARDStweet Book01' is part of the THINKaha series whose 100-page books contain 140 well-thought-out quotes (tweets/ahas).

A comprehensive and authoritative exploration of Bitcoin and its place in monetary history When a pseudonymous programmer introduced "a new electronic cash system that’s fully peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party" to a small online mailing list in 2008, very few people paid attention. Ten years later, and against all odds, this upstart autonomous decentralized software offers an unstoppable and globally accessible hard money alternative to modern central banks. The Bitcoin Standard analyzes the historical context to the rise of Bitcoin, the economic properties that have allowed it to grow quickly, and its likely economic, political, and social implications. While Bitcoin is an invention of the digital age, the problem it purports to solve is as old as human society itself: transferring value across time and space. Author Saifedean Ammous takes the reader on an engaging journey through the history of technologies performing the functions of money, from primitive systems of trading limestones and seashells, to metals, coins, the gold standard, and modern government debt. Exploring what gave these technologies their monetary role, and how most lost it, provides the reader with a good idea of what makes for sound money, and sets the stage for an economic discussion of its consequences for individual and societal future-orientation, capital accumulation, trade, peace, culture, and art. Compellingly, Ammous shows that it is no coincidence that the loftiest achievements of humanity have come in societies enjoying the benefits of sound monetary regimes, nor is it coincidental that monetary collapse has usually accompanied civilizational collapse. With this background in place, the book moves on to explain the operation of Bitcoin in a functional and intuitive way. Bitcoin is a decentralized, distributed piece of software that converts electricity and processing power into indisputably accurate records, thus allowing its users to utilize the Internet to perform the traditional functions of money without having to rely on, or trust, any authorities or infrastructure in the physical world. Bitcoin is thus best understood as the first successfully implemented form of digital cash and digital hard money. With an automated and perfectly predictable monetary policy, and the ability to perform final settlement of large sums across the world in a matter of minutes, Bitcoin’s real competitive edge might just be as a store of value and network for the final settlement of large payments a digital form of gold with a built-in settlement infrastructure. Ammous’ firm grasp of the technological possibilities as well as the historical realities of monetary evolution provides for a fascinating exploration of the ramifications of voluntary free market money. As it challenges the most sacred of government monopolies, Bitcoin shifts the pendulum of sovereignty away from governments in favor of individuals, offering us the tantalizing possibility of a world where money is fully extricated from politics and unrestrained by borders. The final chapter of the book explores some of the most common questions surrounding Bitcoin: Is Bitcoin mining a waste of energy? Is Bitcoin for criminals? Who controls Bitcoin, and can they change it if they please? How can Bitcoin be killed? And what to make of all the thousands of Bitcoin knockoffs, and the many supposed applications of Bitcoin's 'block chain technology'? The Bitcoin Standard is the essential resource for a clear understanding of the rise of the Internet’s decentralized, apolitical, free-market alternative to national central banks.

PR has always been demanding. With expectations of lightning-fast responses, today's consumers, vendors and general public all make it challenging to manage and control corporate messaging and PR. Surely you have heard somebody promoting social media as a silver bullet or band-aid for all PR issues? Therein lies the danger...and the opportunity. It's very easy to make PR blunders with social media, simply because you cannot control it. Then how do you learn to use social media, work with it, exploit its potential fully and make it an integral component of your PR toolkit? In "#SOCIAL MEDIA PR tweet Book01" Janet Fouts shows you how. Social media, as she explains lucidly, is not about one-way broadcasting but about two-way communication. Sure, your company's PR messaging needs to go out but after that you also need to engage your audience, assimilate feedback and close the loop. In other words, social media is all about dialog. With her expertise in social media coaching, Janet understands that while many of us are individually passionate about social media, the corporations or enterprises we belong to don't necessarily share our passion or knowledge. Also, companies are tired of being sold on social media concepts; they want actionable information. Which is why Janet wrote this book in the actionable, accessible and increasingly-popular tweet format. Delivered in 140 characters or less, Janet's tweets demonstrate the value that can be communicated in small packages. For example, she knows that it's very likely within a corporate environment to be sold on a particular social platform or toolset. Which is why she cautions: Stay platform agnostic. Strategy isn't about the tools. The tips and guidelines in "#SOCIAL MEDIA PR tweet Book01" will get you on the road to understanding the potential of social media for PR. You will learn about communicating and inbound media, with individual sections related to Facebook, Twitter, blogs and promotional events. With Janet Fouts' book at hand, you can confidently harness the power of social media for your PR messaging. "#SOCIAL MEDIA PR tweet Book01" is part of the THiNKaha series whose 100-page books contain 140 well-thought-out quotes (tweets/ahas).

Like all bright, academically-talented young people, "Christine Ruff" expected to find her dream job right out of college. She graduated with honors and right away found a biology research lab that was a perfect fit. But when the lab's funding was slashed, and Christine got laid off, she realized that the downturn had come home. Christine's natural inclination being to always land on her feet, she saw an opportunity that others may have missed--for learning life lessons from the rigorous, challenging and often frustrating job search that followed. With diligence and attention to detail, she assiduously gathered the wisdom she picked up along the way. And now, with her mother, "LinkedIn Diva Lori Ruff," she brings it to you in "#ENTRY LEVEL tweet Book02." This book is a refreshing combination of Christine's fresh perspective and Lori's corporate and life experience. Written in the very readable tweet format, the authors bring you timely and effective tips to help you make a successful transition from university to the professional virtual world. Where else, for example, would you be cautioned, 'Don't get involved in every activity at once. Pace yourself so you learn well and do a good job with each opportunity.' Or, 'Take a little time to prepare for the next opportunity rather than being too comfortable with where you are.' Christine and Lori bring you practical advice on highlighting your experience and education, engaging professionals in the online business community and finding and benefiting from peers and mentors. In addition to tips on building and maintaining a professional online presence, you will learn to build credibility as an adult and a professional in the social media world. With "#ENTRY LEVEL tweet Book02," no matter what tomorrow's economic scenario may hold, you can step out with confidence into your chosen professional world. '#ENTRYLEVELtweet Book02' is part of the THINKaha series whose 112-page books contain 140 well-thought-out quotes (tweets/ahas).

A sound territory/strategic account plan is essential to make the best use of your limited time and resources--especially in business-to-business selling. And, the effective execution of your plan will enable you to produce better results. To help accomplish your goals in this challenging environment, this book explores a broad range of sales strategy topics focused on developing and executing a winning plan, including: Leveraging industry trends in your market segment, geography, and vertical industry segment Growing high leverage customers Penetrating new accounts, such as high-probability target prospects Working with partners to improve results Developing and implementing your action plan Ensuring the right level of management engagement#PLAN to WIN tweet Book01" is designed to help new and experienced sales people and sales managers do a better job of territory planning, strategic account planning, and partner management. Further, the methods outlined will enable readers to dramatically improve their sales effectiveness and results. If you are an account manager, the material in this book will enable you to: Create insightful and achievable territory and target account plans Enhance or improve existing plans Develop and deploy winning strategies to penetrate and retain key accounts Improve your time and territory management for maximum returnIf you are a sales manager, this book will help you: Adopt/adapt proven planning tools into current practices Provide better sales coaching to your sales team on planning techniques Better monitor your sales team's leading indicators, wins and losses to respond quickly, and fine-tune your approach Improve sales and marketing alignment Manage change to enhance your team's sales productivity"#PLAN to WIN tweet Book01" is part of the THiNKaha series whose 112-page books contain 140 well-thought-out quotes (tweets/ahas).

Voegtli and Erkeneff give managers an easy guide to handling risk, thereby enhancing their performance at work. This quick and handy title is an introduction or refresher on how to determine risk and practice risk management in everyday work habits.

In The Fiat Standard, world-renowned economist Saifedean Ammous applies his unique analytical lens to the fiat monetary system, explaining it as a feat of engineering and technology just as he did for bitcoin in his global bestseller The Bitcoin Standard. This time, Ammous delves into the world’s earlier shift from the gold standard to today’s system of government-backed fiat money—outlining the fiat standard’s purposes and failures; deriving the wider economic, political, and social implications of its use; and examining how bitcoin will affect it over time. With penetrating insight, Ammous analyzes global political currencies by analogy to bitcoin: how they’re “mined” whenever government-guaranteed entities create loans, their lack of inherent restraints on inflation, and the rampant government intervention that has resulted in heavy, devastating, and persistent distortions to global markets for food, fuel, science, and education. Through these comparisons, Ammous demonstrates that bitcoin could be our next step forward—providing high salability across space, just like the fiat system, but without the unchecked fiat-denominated debt. Rather than a messy hyperinflationary collapse, the rise of bitcoin could look like a debt jubilee and an orderly upgrade to the world’s monetary operating system, revolutionizing global capital and energy markets.