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Lauren Hug
Lauren Hug, founder of HugSpeak Coaching & Consulting, has been helping people reach and motivate audiences for 20 years. In this concise, friendly guide, she condenses her years of presentation expertise from the courtroom to the boardroom. Your presentations are a crucial part of establishing yourself as a leader. Developing a commanding presence and exceptional public speaking skills will mark you as a rising star within your organization. And it doesn't have to be daunting. Lauren will teach you how to speak with confidence, whether you're presenting to your employees, your boss or external stakeholders.This accessible, practical book will walk you through the process step by step, from planning and developing your content, through mastering your materials, to delivering a dynamic performance and reaping the rewards in your career. With interactive exercises and templates, you'll learn how to embrace your signature speaking style, engage your audience, craft compelling content and speak like a pro. Along the way, you'll find yourself building relationships with team members and bosses alike, and developing valuable insights into your strengths as a manager. Through her positive and collaborative coaching approach, described as empowering, life-changing, and therapeutic, Lauren will help you shine as both a leader and a presenter.
Barbara March
Microsoft Outlook, in tandem with Microsoft Exchange Server, provides a powerful environment for sharing information. This book will show you how to take advantage of that to construct solutions for your business or organization from the features of Outlook.This book is a collection of scenarios that incorporate and link many Outlook components to produce surprisingly powerful functionality.Without the need for code or specially-written applications, you will be extracting information from your Outlook Calendar, Contacts and Tasks folders to create solutions like these:Monitoring staff leave and printing schedules Managing meeting rooms and printing invoices Managing fleet vehicles, their records, and servicing Managing a school class calendar, student records, attendance, assignments, and reports
Margarida Barreto
Like various other fields, AI offers boundless possibilities when it comes to art. Midjourney is one of the leading AI art creation tools that can assist you in your artistic ideas, regardless of your technical skill level. Written by an accomplished communication and web design specialist, The Midjourney Expedition is your guide to harnessing the power of AI in your creative journey.With this guide, you’ll explore the extensive features of Midjourney and start creating compelling AI-generated art with ease. The first set of chapters will teach you how to set up and use Discord for personalized and seamless art creation, with a dedicated section that will help you understand the different versions of Midjourney and their capabilities. As you progress, you’ll hone your prompt engineering skills, and eventually learn how to leverage the power of complex prompts. You’ll also learn how Midjourney-generated images can be integrated into a multitude of workflows and domains through real-life case studies. In the last set of chapters, you’ll get to grips with real-world applications of Midjourney for storytelling, creating moodboards, and more.By the end of this book, you’ll not only be proficient in using Midjourney, but also understand how to strategically apply AI-generated art in your projects.
The Modern C++ Challenge. Become an expert programmer by solving real-world problems
Marius Bancila
C++ is one of the most widely-used programming languages and has applications in a variety of fields, such as gaming, GUI programming, and operating systems, to name a few. Through the years, C++ has evolved into (and remains) one of the top choices for software developers worldwide. This book will show you some notable C++ features and how to implement them to meet your application needs. Each problem is unique and doesn't just test your knowledge of the language; it tests your ability to think out of the box and come up with the best solutions. With varying levels of difficulty, you'll be faced with a wide variety of challenges. And in case you're stumped, you don't have to worry: we've got the best solutions to the problems in the book. So are you up for the challenge?
Anna Lakatos, Ski Oakenfull
The Music Producer's Guide to Ableton Live will help you sharpen your production skills and gain a deeper understanding of the Live workflow. If you are a music maker working with other digital audios workstations (DAWs) or experienced in Ableton Live, perhaps earlier versions, you’ll be able to put your newfound knowledge to use right away with this book.You’ll start with some basic features and workflows that are more suitable for producers from another DAW looking to transfer their skills to Ableton Live 11.2. As you explore the Live concept, you’ll learn to create expressive music using Groove and MIDI effects and demystify Live 11’s new workflow improvements, such as Note Chance and Velocity Randomization. The book then introduces the Scale Mode, MIDI Transform tools, and other key features that can make composition and coming up with melodic elements easier than ever before. It will also guide you in implementing Live 11's new and updated effects into your current workflow.By the end of this Ableton Live book, you’ll be able to implement advanced production and workflow techniques and amplify live performance capabilities with what the Live 11 workflow has to offer.
The Music Producer's Ultimate Guide to FL Studio 20. Create production-quality music with FL Studio
Joshua Au-Yeung
FL Studio is a cutting-edge software music production environment and an extremely powerful and easy-to-use tool for creating music. This book will give you everything you need to produce music with FL Studio like a professional.You'll begin by exploring FL Studio 20's vast array of tools, and discover best practices, tips, and tricks for creating music. You'll then learn how to set up your studio environment, create a beat, compose a melody and chord progression, mix sounds with effects, and export songs. As you advance, you'll find out how to use tools such as the Piano roll, mixer console, audio envelopes, types of compression, equalizers, vocoders, vocal chops, and tools for increasing stereo width. The book introduces you to mixing best practices, and shows you how to master your songs. Along the way, you'll explore glitch effects and create your own instruments and custom-designed effect chains. You'll also cover ZGameEditor Visualizer, a tool used for creating reactive visuals for your songs. Finally, you'll learn how to register, sell, and promote your music.By the end of this FL Studio book, you'll be able to utilize cutting-edge tools to fuel your creative ideas, mix music effectively, and publish your songs.
Joshua Au-Yeung
Turn your musical ideas into release-ready tracks with FL Studio 2025. This book gives you a structured, end-to-end approach to composing, arranging, mixing, and mastering music so you can move beyond scattered tutorials and build a complete production workflow.Written by Joshua Au-Yeung, a music producer and bestselling instructor, this updated third edition reflects the latest FL Studio features and workflows. It covers new tools and capabilities such as vocal denoising, removing reverb, stem extraction, AI chord generation, FL Cloud mastering tools, and plugins including Kepler, Transporter, Hyper Chorus, Emphasis, and Low Lifter.Through practical examples and step-by-step instruction, you’ll learn how to use FL Studio’s core tools, including the Browser, Channel Rack, Piano Roll, Playlist, and Mixer, to compose, arrange, mix, and master your own tracks. You’ll also explore topics beyond production, including branding, promotion, distribution, and royalty collection, giving you a clear path to releasing music professionally.By the end of the book, you’ll know how to create polished tracks, prepare them for release, and take informed steps toward building your presence as a musician and a music producer.Select sections of this book include color visuals to illustrate key concepts.*Email sign-up and proof of purchase required
Joshua Au-Yeung
The Music Producer's Ultimate Guide to FL Studio 21 is the essential handbook for any aspiring or professional music producer looking to take their craft to the next level.This comprehensive guide covers everything you need to make the most of FL Studio 21's powerful tools and features. You will learn the secrets to creating professional-sounding music, from creating chord progressions to tailoring your sounds to perfection with compression, equalization, and stereo width effects.You'll begin by getting up-and-running with FL Studio 21, creating a beat, and composing a melody. Once you're familiar with the piano roll and mixer console you'll learn how to use plugins to create your own instruments, explore audio width effects, and engage in sound design. You'll get insights into mixing and mastering, as well as promoting and selling your music.This new edition covers some of the most popular features and plugins in FL Studio 21, including FLEX, Luxeverb, Vintage Chorus, Vintage Phaser, Distructor, Fruity Newtime, VFX Sequencer, Pitch Shifter, Frequency Shifter, Fruity Granulizer, Multiband Delay, and Frequency Splitter.