Nancy Michaels, Employee Rights Handbook: Effective Legal Strategies To Protect Your Job From Interview To Pink Slip

Nancy Michaels

is a dynamic business consultant, a master of marketing and author or co-author of five books including Perfecting Your Pitch and Off The Wall Marketing Ideas Her own personal story of reinvention is nothing short of miraculous. She seemingly had it all: exciting career, marriage, three kids, beautiful home. Then, a divorce led to serious stress which triggered a variety of health issues which landed her in the hospital for six months - multiple organ failure, liver transplant, two month coma and brain surgery. Her comeback from the brink is truly an inspiration. And now she is inspiring countless individuals and Fortune 500 business leaders on how to turn their own lives around. www.NancyMichaels.com

You've just been fired. Like thousands of people, you're probably too stunned or confused to know what to do about it. Can you fight the firing? Can you negotiate more severance and other benefits than the company offered? What about obtaining a favorable job reference and unemployment compensation? Can you do this without a lawyer's assistance? Attorney Steven Mitchell Sack's new book, The Employee Rights Handbook: Effective Legal Strategies To Protect Your Job From Interview To Pink Slip (Legal Strategies Publications, November 15, 2010) provides answers to these questions and empowers employees to make informed decisions when faced with a pink slip. "A job is like a romance," says Sack, The Employee's Lawyer®. "Companies woo applicants with promises of security, fulfillment, and riches. Then, when the honeymoon is over, even highly qualified people find themselves being treated unfairly. Many don't receive promised benefits such as year-end bonuses, commissions, health insurance, and overtime. Others are fired without cause or notice through no fault of their own." The Employee Rights Handbook, Sack's 19th book, is a special legal guide written in plain English which provides all the essential information workers, executives, managers, consultants, and professionals need to properly protect themselves before, (more) during, and after their jobs have ended. It was written exclusively for employees from their perspective and for their protection. The book offers hundreds of practical, proven strategies all workers can understand and follow. The book is a first-aid kit to understanding one's job rights, giving you the information and the power to fight back, cut a deal if you are fired, and land firmly on your feet. www.theemployeeslawyer.com

Resonate by Award-Winning Presentation Design CEO Nancy Duarte Applies Timeless Principles of Storytelling to Professional and Business Presentations Book Demonstrates Methods that Transform Ordinary Presentations into Stories that Move Audiences Mountain View, California, October 4, 2010 - Duarte Design, one of the world's leading agencies focused on professional and business presentations, has announced the publication of Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences, a new book by CEO Nancy Duarte that demonstrates the role of fundamental elements of dramatic storytelling structure in the creation of modern presentations by businesspeople and other communicators. As a recognized leader in the presentation design field, Mrs. Duarte's agency has been hired to help global organizations and thought-leaders, including many high tech clients, former Vice President Al Gore, and TED. Mrs. Duarte draws on more than 20 years in presentation design and inquiry to understand how storytelling - humanity's most important, innate, and ancient form of complex communication - operates in modern presentations. Resonate shows readers how to leverage the same techniques used in film and literature to transform presentations into dramatic journeys, to captivate and connect with audiences, to persuade and to inspire. In an age when slide and multimedia presentations have emerged as one of the dominant forms of communication in the world today - used in everything from product launches to documentaries - Resonate addresses the very real problem of presentation illiteracy. Almost every business deal is decided based on a presentation, yet most are boring and ineffective - potentially wasting millions of dollars spent on product development, marketing, and advertising. The techniques and teachings in Resonate are important to any presenter who seeks to move audiences to understanding and action. www.duarte.com

John Burk from Concord Records will be by to talk to us about celebrating the 80th birthday of the legendary Ray Charles with a special gift for his legions of fans: Rare Genius: The Undiscovered Masters. This treasure trove of newly discovered recordings, highlighted by a duet with fellow icon Johnny Cash, will become available on October 26th, 2010. Culled from four decades worth of demos and other previously unreleased material, Rare Genius showcases the remarkable artistic vision, stylistic range and emotionally rich vocals that crafted Charles enduring legacy. Listening to the ten gems from the '70s, '80s and '90s that comprise this CD, fans will have no trouble envisioning the late singer rocking back and forth at the piano as he effortlessly segues between R&B/soul, pop, country and gospel. "Ray would always get inside the meaning of a lyric and make the listener believe every word," says Concord Music Group Chief Creative Officer, John Burk. "His vocals carried incredible emotion and intensity, even on demo tapes. What we have here with Rare Genius is on par with some of his greatest works." As with its Concord predecessor, 2004's Grammy-winning Album of the Year Genius Loves Company, Rare Genius: The Undiscovered Masters is another fitting tribute to Charles, who would have turned 80 on September 23, 2010. It's a fresh, vibrant reaffirmation of the music icon's unparalleled artistry and legacy.