April Michelle Davis

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Esten “Dummy” Hanson was born deaf. He couldn’t hear the applause or the jeers. But he sure could pitch a baseball. He was one of Minnesota’s premier amateur baseball pitchers in the early 1900s. “Dummy” Hanson is about a boy who grows into a man with a love and a talent and how he overcomes his challenges to pursue it.

April Michelle Davis worked with the author to substantively edit the manuscript. She and the author worked together over a 6-week period to fact check and correct grammatical errors, preparing the manuscript for the publisher.

“Dummy” Hanson – Edited

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It is 2008, and the presidential election is about to take place. Jared Justin Juhl, Jr., as ”4J,” is about ready to accept his party’s nomination for reelection in Indianapolis. His campaign takes a bead turn when he faces murder charges for killing Jennifer Blue, his staff aide during his 1980 senate campaign twenty-eight years earlier. DNA test results are the basis for solving this ”cold case.”

A Constitutional crisis looms between the secret service and US Marshals, on 4J’s side, preventing his arrest for perceived political motivations, and local law enforcement, intent on arresting him. Both sides are empowered to arrest the other side’s members under the jurisdiction of each. Which side prevails in the crisis? Will 4J be found guilty of the murder with his DNA found at the scene?

April Michelle Davis spent one week proofreading Call of the Blue J for the self-publisher. She worked with the publisher to meet the author’s expectations and finalize a product the author could be proud of.

Call of the Blue J – Proofread

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Joey had monsters in his closet, so bedtime was never easy. He heard strange noises in his room at night and often thought they were monsters. Joey is convinced he can face his fear when a furry monster named Barley pops out of his dresser drawer. Once Barley explains that all monsters aren’t scary, he takes Joey on an adventure to Monster Street where children go when they cannot sleep at night. All children will be able to relate to Joey’s nighttime challenge and will enjoy taking an adventure with him as he encounters handy ways to use his spray, meet new friends, and learn valuable lessons along the way.

April Michelle Davis proofread this children’s book, reviewing not only the text for errors but also the placement of the text on each page in comparison to the images. She worked with the self-publisher to finalize Bye Bye Monster before it was sent to the printer.

Bye Bye Monster – Proofread

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Today’s organizations demand a focus on higher-level objectives―objectives that clearly provide business impact and value and satisfy the expectations of a wide range of key stakeholders.

If you’re involved in implementing projects, programs, initiatives, or solutions in your organization, Beyond Learning Objectives can help you meet these new expectations. This book provides step-by-step processes for defining, measuring, and developing six types of objectives: input, reaction, learning, application, impact, and ROI. You’ll also learn to avoid common pitfalls in the development of objectives, such as unclear, incomplete, nonspecific, or even missing objectives. And you’ll learn how well crafted, results-driven objectives can satisfy the needs of all your stakeholders.

With this book in your hands, you can become a champion of well-defined objectives, providing direction, focus, and guidance. By spelling out expectations, creating commitment, and positioning your initiatives for success, you’ll help your organization align its programs with its results and leap forward into the state-of-the-art world of measurable performance.

April Michelle Davis was given one month to write the index for this book. She used the guidelines presented in the Chicago Manual of Style for indexes, and she even provided the client with proofreading comments she noticed while writing the index.

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Organizational Coaching – Edited

Written by a team of three behavioral practitioners, Organizational Coaching is based on the best practices of a wide range of private sector, government, and not-for-profit organizations. The authors provide a complete systems approach to enable any workplace learning professional to develop an integrated coaching model. Within the book’s pages, you’ll find a thorough background in coaching theory combined with organizational and adult learning theory; a full range of tools to help you design and implement a coaching program; and an outline of a fluid coaching process for gathering supporting data, developing goals, establishing relationships, and moving toward tangible results.

This book provides practically everything you need, including templates, charts and diagrams, sample scripts, questionnaires, tips and advice, checklists, assessments, case studies, ethical guidelines, and sample coaching agreements. With this book as a roadmap, you’ll be able to develop a holistic coaching model and adapt it to the ever-changing needs of your organization over time.

April Michelle Davis spent five weeks copyediting and coding the manuscript. She spent more than 100 hours preparing this manuscript for the designer.

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Co-published by the National Association of Social Workers and Oxford University Press, the 20th edition of the Encyclopedia of Social Work is widely considered the cornerstone of reference in its field. This new edition includes coverage of areas that have come to the fore since the 1995 publication of the 19th edition, including demographic changes from immigration, technology, the implications of managed care, faith-based assistance, evidence-based practice, gerontology, and trauma and disaster.

The Encyclopedia contains four hundred subject entries and two hundred brief biographies of key figures in the history of social work. Clearly arranged in A-Z format, each article is fully cross-referenced and includes a select bibliography to guide interested readers to primary sources and the most important scholarly works on a given subject. The work also includes a comprehensive index and topical outline. Comprehensive in coverage and international in scope, the Encyclopedia is a valuable resource to social work practitioners, scholars, and students alike.

April Michelle Davis worked with the editors at Oxford University Press to proofread the book and prepare it for publication. While several proofreaders were hired to work on his large project, April Michelle was given the opportunity to work on several alphabetic sections of the book.

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Effective presentations are a core business competency; yet, many managers, team leaders, and other key organizational decision makers lack these skills. Presentation Skills Training allows you to design presentation skills training for all levels and people in your organization and enables you to customize training programs that can be designed for one-hour, a half day, one- or two-day events, along with a step-by-step facilitator guide to ensure that your program stays on task.

For this book, April Michelle was given two weeks to write an index according to the guidelines presented in the Chicago Manual of Style. She read and examined the entire book, selecting key terms and ideas for inclusion in the index.

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As more subject matter experts find themselves in the role of facilitator, there is increasing demand to prepare and support these experts. Facilitation Skills Training provides an overview of the facilitator’s role; a step-by-step guide for facilitation; and an array of facilitation tips, tools, and techniques. Part of the ASTD TRAINER’S WORKSHOP series—ASTD’s done all the work for you with complete, customizable, ready-to-use programs. Titles offer ½-day, one-day, and two-day workshop formats, as well as all the exercises, handouts, assessments, structured experiences, and presentations needed for effective delivery. PowerPoint slides and electronic copies of all supporting materials are provided online.

April Michelle worked with the publisher to prepare the index for this manuscript within the allotted three weeks using the guidelines in the Chicago Manual of Style.

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Become an exceptional manager; learn to motivate employees, communicate expectations effectively, and build great work teams. 10 Steps to Be A Successful Manager is a primer for on the job management excellence. Regardless of your years of experience, it provides a simple, straight-forward 10-step model to align your management practices for improved results and communications. Build great work teams and ensure that your staff clearly understands performance expectations and standards for success.

April Michelle wrote the index for this 125-page book in two weeks. She provided the client with a letter-by-letter index in an RTF format, ready to be added to the manuscript.