Planning & Implementing your major gifts campaign

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Planning and Implementing Your Major Gifts Campaign is part of the Excellence in Fund Raising workbook series. This much-needed guide is designed to help fund raisers demystify the process of major gifts fund raising and conduct a major gifts campaign that will get results. Using an accessible workbook format, Suzanne Irwin-Wells, a well-respected fund raising expert, shows step by step how to identify prospects, select and train volunteers, increase the confidence of solicitors, and plan and implement an effective major gifts campaign. The book is filled with helpful worksheets, checklists, and real-life examples.

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Everything I wanted to know about major gifts in one book........2002-02-05

I read this terrific workbook in one sitting - it is very readable, interesting and well-designed. The worksheets are very clear and practical. I can't wait to put the tips and information into practice. I learned a lot and I feel inspired. I know I'll be referring to this book continuously. Major gifts fundraising doesn't seem quite so intimidating now!

Accounting Services for Your Small Business

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Accounting Services for Your Small Business
Raymond J. Lipay
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons Inc
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How to Market Your Accounting Services: Developing Your Plan/Book and Disk (Irwin Professional Accounting Library)

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How to Market Your Accounting Services: Developing Your Plan/Book and Disk (Irwin Professional Accounting Library)
Stuart C. Rogers , and Ronald J. Lubbers
Manufacturer: Business One Irwin
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How to Market Your Accounting Services: Implementing Your Plan (Irwin Professional Accounting Library)

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How to Market Your Accounting Services: Implementing Your Plan (Irwin Professional Accounting Library)
Stuart C. Rogers , and Ronald J. Lubbers
Manufacturer: Business One Irwin
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Protecting Your Business from the IRS
Robert S. Schriebman
Manufacturer: Irwin Professional Pub
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ASIN: 0870949055

Collecting debts: telltale signs that your customer is not going to pay.(Small Business central) : An article from: Detroiter

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Collecting debts: telltale signs that your customer is not going to pay.(Small Business central) : An article from: Detroiter
Gary Nitzkin
Manufacturer: Detroit Regional Chamber
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Detroiter, published by Detroit Regional Chamber on September 1, 2004. The length of the article is 702 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Collecting debts: telltale signs that your customer is not going to pay.(Small Business central)
Author: Gary Nitzkin
Publication: Detroiter (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2004
Publisher: Detroit Regional Chamber
Volume: 26 Issue: 9 Page: 21(1)

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A LAN can improve your small client's accounting system.: An article from: The National Public Accountant

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A LAN can improve your small client's accounting system.: An article from: The National Public Accountant
Michael J. Cerullo , and Virginia Cerullo
Manufacturer: National Society of Public Accountants
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from The National Public Accountant, published by National Society of Public Accountants on October 1, 2003. The length of the article is 2893 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: A LAN can improve your small client's accounting system.
Author: Michael J. Cerullo
Publication: The National Public Accountant (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2003
Publisher: National Society of Public Accountants
Page: 12(4)

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So your clients think they're successful. (a small business owner and his accountant): An article from: The National Public Accountant

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So your clients think they're successful. (a small business owner and his accountant): An article from: The National Public Accountant
Larry N. Bitner , and Judith D. Powell
Manufacturer: National Society of Public Accountants
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This digital document is an article from The National Public Accountant, published by National Society of Public Accountants on November 1, 1990. The length of the article is 2057 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: So your clients think they're successful. (a small business owner and his accountant)
Author: Larry N. Bitner
Publication: The National Public Accountant (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 1990
Publisher: National Society of Public Accountants
Volume: v35 Issue: n11 Page: p20(4)

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Trim your accounting budget - And profit!: From the institute of chartered accountants of ontario.(Brief Article): An article from: Canadian Manager

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Trim your accounting budget - And profit!: From the institute of chartered accountants of ontario.(Brief Article): An article from: Canadian Manager

Manufacturer: Canadian Institute of Management
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B00099PGEM
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from Canadian Manager, published by Canadian Institute of Management on December 22, 1999. The length of the article is 563 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Trim your accounting budget - And profit!: From the institute of chartered accountants of ontario.(Brief Article)
Publication: Canadian Manager (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 22, 1999
Publisher: Canadian Institute of Management
Volume: 24 Issue: 4 Page: 22(1)

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Using Psychometrics: A Practical Guide to Testing and Assessment
Robert Edenborough
Manufacturer: Kogan Page
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The ground-breaking book that set out to dispel the misapprehension surrounding the use of psychometric testing in staff selection and development is now available in a revised edition. Still the only book describing the process fully, it now includes a new chapter on its application in educational and psychological testing, beyond the usual realms of human resource management. With growing numbers of organizations using psychometric testing today, it is essential reading for every HR professional and academic interested in keeping up to date with selection methods.

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Help.......2000-05-05

I must say this book has helped me. I have it, and I took the Psychometric Test, and it came out great!, Thanks a lot!

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One out of five people in the world today lives subject to Islamic law, but stereotypes of rigid doctrine or harsh punishment obscure an understanding of the values and style of reasoning that characterize everyday lslamic adjudication. By considering its larger social and cultural context Islamic law is shown to be a kind of common law system: justice is sought through a careful assessment of persons, more than facts, and justice resides not in equality but in a quest for equivalence. Through ordinary court proceedings the style of reasoning is seen to be embedded in a set of cultural assumptions, thus rendering the study of Islamic legal proceedings a window on Muslim society generally. Using data ranging from the courts of North Africa to the treatment of Islam in American courts, from a reinterpretation of the Prophet's sociological jurisprudence to the analysis of Islamic concepts of responsibility and trust these essays demonstrate the enduring appeal of Islamic law in the lives of everyday adherents.

State, Society, and Law in Islam: Ottoman Law in Comparative Perspective

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defending ottoman law against weber

State, Society, and Law in Islam: Ottoman Law in Comparative Perspective
Haim Gerber
Manufacturer: State University of New York Press
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ASIN: 0791418782

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defending ottoman law against weber.......2004-08-30

Gerber's well-known, may soon to be out-of-print, is a classic work on Islamic law, especially in the Ottoman, know particulary for its contention with and attempts to refute the claim of Weber that Islamic or `kadi-law' was a major obstacle to modernizing of Islamic societies generally. Using the court-records of Bursa as a principal, albeit limited when discussing an empire-wide issue, source, Gerber mainly takes an apologetic tone throughout the work in defense of the Ottoman legal system against its Weberian critics.

Well the work itself is fine and generally well argued, the style of the book itself I found to be disagreeable. Although the discussions and conversations of Weberian sociology and anthropological studies are useful, these occur in a dearth of descriptive material. I was disappointed to find that Gerber never takes sufficient amount of time to describe in detail the sources employed, what they tell us about the Ottoman empire beyond the specific region of Bursa, and the picture of the courts they provide. No direct, uninterrupted picture of how an Ottoman court actually worked was ever provided. Piecing this picture together from disjointed anecdotes proved frustrating and onerous. The overall structure of the work, which I repeated was well-argued, is one where Gerber let his axe-grinding get in the way of composing a truly solid piece of history.

The Justice of Islam: Comparative Perspectives on Islamic Law and Society (Oxford Socio-Legal Studies)

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The Justice of Islam: Comparative Perspectives on Islamic Law and Society (Oxford Socio-Legal Studies)
Lawrence Rosen
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One look at a starry night sky is often enough to arouse an individual's curiosity and generate a desire to discover the wonders of the heavens. But how do you learn the identities of all those stars and constellations and when they appear? What is a planetary nebula or a globular star cluster--where do you find them and how do you tell them apart? Acclaimed popular science writer Fred Schaaf has created this eloquent guide that both beginners and veteran skywatchers will find rewarding.

According to Schaaf, the secret to learning astronomy is to begin with one night and one part of the sky or one constellation and then let the passing nights add to your framework of knowledge and sights. To that end, after a introductory primer covering the basics of astronomy, the rest of the book uses a month-by-month organization, highlighting the constellations, stars, meteor showers, and other special phenomena visible each month, with many fascinating insights into the science, history, and lore of various celestial objects. Schaaf's many years of writing for "Sky & Telescope", the "Old Farmer's Almanac", "Mother Earth News", and other publications make him the world's leading expert in the monthly format of astronomy sights and the perfect guide through the year of the stars.

Complete with beautiful maps, drawings, photos, a very useful glossary, and Schaaf as a guide, this is the perfect book for the amateur astronomer or anyone curious about our place in the universe.

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This work provides a comprehensive introduction to paint technology supported by the relevant aspects of chemistry and physics. It covers the basic science and is devoted to paint composition, formulation and drying mechanisms, paint ingredients such as solvents, pigments and additives, and the different paint groups by chemical type. Throughout the book the authors emphasize the factors which govern the choice of a particular paint for a particular job. This new edition has been thoroughly revised to modernize and clarify the text. Areas of new development have been added including environmental impacts, safety issues and modern paint making techniques. Nomenclature and units have also been updated and a glossary of technical terms added. This book should be of interest as a course text for paint technology students and technical staff concerned with the paint industry.

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No other scientific theory has had as great an impact on our understanding of the world as Darwin's theory outlined in his Origin of Species. Yet the theory has been the subject of controversy from its very beginning. This book focuses on three issues of debate in Darwin's theory of evolution--the nature of selection, the nature and scope of adaptation, and the question of evolutionary progress. It traces the varying interpretations to which these issues were subjected historically through the fierce contemporary debates continuing to rage.

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The second edition of Electron Beam Analysis of Materials provides a concise and up-to-date overview of the most widely used electron beam instruments and techniques of microstructural analysis available today.

Electron Beam Testing Technology (Microdevices)

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Electron Beam Testing Technology (Microdevices)

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This is the first comprehensive volume on electron beam testing for integrated circuits. Including introductory material, a guide to fundamentals, and an implementational section, the work will serve as a complete reference for both experienced practitioners as well as those unfamiliar with the technology.

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Electron Beam Testing Technology - Book Review.......2005-10-19

This book is a very useful explanation of electron beam metrology fundamentals and techniques. It is very useful as a first introduction to the basics of e-beam technology from an SEM/metrology perspective. Topics such as e-beam optics, detectors, secondary electron emission, voltage contrast etc. are presented very coherently. The focus is on the main conclusion and not on the mathematics leading to the result. In that sense, it is a must read for a beginner to e-beam metrology.

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These days, Bonnie Saks is lucky to gets four consecutive hours of shut-eye, what with her bed-wetting young son, her unfinished doctoral thesis, her meager teaching salary, and the fact that she’s pregnant by a lover about as reliable as her ex-husband.

Meanwhile, Ian Ogelvie, an ambitious young research scientist, is setting up a study of a promising new sleep aid. Their chance encounter forms the backdrop for this richly exuberant portrait of contemporary America, encompassing everything from the slippery evasions of love to the intricate network that binds together the pharmaceutical industry, managed care, and a shadow population of lost, sleepless souls. At once entertaining and philosophic, Inspired Sleep heralds a major voice in American fiction.

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too wordy and tangential.......2007-05-24

as another reviewer stated, i too had to force myself to finish this book.( i read about a book a day.) i never was able to discern a plot, and i basically did not like the characters. her kids were obnoxious, she allowed them to be and did not seem to make them accountable for their behavior. i had a touph time ascertaining if ian and his assistant had sex, what the shot was that he gave her, and her ex- being there had no effect on the book at all. very wordy, and cumbersome.

Long on prose; short on plot.......2003-10-09

I agree with all those who have stated that Robert Cohen is eloquent and his characters well explored, but that is where my admiration for this novel ends. It seems the prose and character exploration are done at the expense of, or in place of, plot. I noted another reader commented that Cohen should be next to Chabon in sales. Chabon uses his prose as a vehicle to move plot and action. Cohen uses it in a reflective way that doesn't move his novels along the way Chabon's do.

My issues with the plot in a nutshell are: We must read over 200 pages before the protagonist begins taking the drug and we see its effects. Foreshadowing abounds but there never is much follow-through on it. Issues foreshadowed include the dangerous nature of the drug, Howard Heflin's lack of forthrightness, Bonnie's lovers' deterioration, so on and so forth. They seem to add up to something sinister that never really quite surfaces.

In short,the subject of the book is rich. His prose is beautiful but not enough to make up for a poorly executed plot.

Keep on playing those mind games ..........2003-06-22

Extremely successful novel that takes the premise - whether prescribed mind drugs have any useful purpose - and explores it in a compelling fashion. Cohen writes in a way that gets under the characters' skins. Quite unusual in contemporary literature, this one is so well researched, so relevant, it was impossible to put down.

It did however leave me feeling as if I too had taken the drugs and experienced the highs and lows together with Bonnie and Eddie. By the end I was emotionally drained, wrung out, but in a good way!

Very good but would have liked more Bonnie and less Ian.......2001-07-24

First, I agree with all of the reviewers who commented on how well-written the book was. Cohen is simply an excellent writer who really can string words together beautifully. I was particularly impressed by little touches such as Cress' book report on Macbeth, where he has to write as a 15-year old like Cress might write, and the E-mail exchanges, and the E-Mail exchanges. The dialogue is great too. I really admire his talent. In addition, I don't necessarily agree with those who criticized the entire cast of characters in the book, as if to throw them all in a pot together. However, I did find all the chapters about Bonnie and her world (Larry Albeit, Cress, her kids etc.) to be much more interesting than the chapters about Ian and his world (Heflin, Marisa Chu, Erway, Eddie, etc.). And therein lies a problem: As the novel went on, while there is obviously some intersection between Bonnie's life and Ian's life, it seemed that Ian and his world took center stage more and more while Bonnie and her group got pushed to the sidelines. Not completely of course, but enough to annoy. I would have enjoyed more about Bonnie & Co. and less about Ian & Co. It also seemed to me as if, except for one twist, the ending seemed to fizzle out a little, as if the author lost some of his focused edge. Nevertheless, still a fine novel.

Inspired but ultimately trite.......2001-07-20

I had to push myself complete this book. The author is intelligent and has many keen observations and mind opening views -- however this doens't add up to a good novel. The plot (did I miss it?) went nowhere. The characters were one dimensional -- they never felt true to me. Instead they seemed only representative of a certain life situation. The one redeaming quality of this book is the "truth in advertising" nature of the title -- it did indeed inspire me to sleep.

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