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Why do publishers want formatted books split?

Why do publishers require academic authors to submit books with chapters as separate files and a contents page (separate file again) with page numbers that will be irrelevant once they apply their...

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Ideas for interactive presentation?

Professional presentation to 200 educators. Presenter would like to add audience participation through technology - probably phone/internet. What budget options available that will work anywhere...

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Should I change my job, and if so, to what?

Should I change my job, and if so, to what? *Or is it a symptom of something else, and how should I address it? I have my own office on campus, with software I require, challenging and interesting...

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Best bookmark

What tricky design makes you keep a promotional bookmark (or business card)? The university department I'm working for wants to give prospective and new (Teaching) students a promotional bookmark (the...

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Something somewhere about being oblivious to flirting

Maybe here, maybe elsewhere on the Internet or in a book. Almost definitely text. Basically it was about (I think) people who oblivious to flirting and romantic advances until they were bluntly told,...

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Resources for mentoring an employee in a protected class

I'm researching resources for a manager (M) who mentors with someone (S) who has experienced discrimination and disadvantage throughout their life. M wants to support S practically and with...

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Design and audience

Hi, parents of young children. I've been commissioned to design and format a series of small books aimed at you and your kind. How do you want it to look? The focus of these book is fun activities at...

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Stop harassing my dying friend

How do I help a dying friend discourage another friend (unknown to me)from pushing alternative medicine/cures for her incurable cancer on Facebook? I would normally not interfere but a recent (ish)...

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Reliable demographic information on tertiary students globally

I need to find out accurate information showing the quantity of university/tertiary/higher education students and lecturers, by age, for Australia and internationally. I need to source data on...

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Taxi driver ran over my daughter's foot in Adelaide

Taxi driver ran over my daughter's foot in Adelaide this morning. She says it's swollen and bruised but not broken. She is not a doctor. She has to be at the airport in 1.5 hours to fly home to...

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