Anna Kennedy

"There I was. It was about 11:00 pm, after a horrible night of dinner and drinks on a first date, and I was desperately trying to get out of an apartment..."So starts Anna Kennedy's collection of stories about dates gone way off the rails. Train Wrecks, Dumpster Fires, & Shit Shows is a funny, honest, and sometimes troubling personal account of a forty-something woman's search for lasting love and lifelong companionship in all the wrong places.Anna Kennedy, is a love and relationship coach, podcaster, and model. You can find more at www.annakennedy.co.

Amanda Prescott has never been away from home before. She is excited yet nervous to be going away to boarding school for the first time. She has learning disabilities that she is often insecure about. She's worried that she'll make a fool of herself in front of the other students. Amanda doesn't realize that she may be entering the biggest trial time of her life-students getting pregnant and taking their own lives, worried about actually failing classes. Amanda struggles in some of her classes but uses the resources around her to overcome obstacles that she finds herself facing along the way. Amanda's Boarding School Journey is a fictional account of a fifteen-year-old leaving the comforts of home for the first time and realizing that going to boarding school is more than just academics, making friends, getting a boyfriend, and playing sports.

Growing a small business requires more than just sales Business Development For Dummies helps maximise the growth of small- or medium-sized businesses, with a step-by-step model for business development designed specifically for B2B or B2C service firms. By mapping business development to customer life cycle, this book helps owners and managers ensure a focus on growth through effective customer nurturing and management. It's not just sales! In-depth coverage also includes strategy, marketing, client management, and partnerships/alliances, helping you develop robust business practices that can be used every day. You'll learn how to structure, organise, and execute an effective development plan, with step-by-step expert guidance. Realising that you can't just "hire a sales guy" and expect immediate results is one of the toughest lessons small business CEOs have to learn. Developing a business is about more than just gaining customers – it's about integrating every facet of your business in an overarching strategy that continually works toward growth. Business Development For Dummies provides a model, and teaches you what you need to know to make it work for your business. Learn the core concepts of business development, and how it differs from salesBuild a practical, step-by-step business development strategyIncorporate marketing, sales, and customer management in general planningDevelop and implement a growth-enhancing partnership strategy Recognising that business development is much more than just sales is the first important step to sustained growth. Development should be daily – not just when business starts to tail off, or you fall into a cycle of growth and regression. Plan for growth, and make it stick – Business Development For Dummies shows you how.