• Exchange Transaction. Exchange transaction usually has two parts: Sales and Purchasing. This transaction should be translated into Great Plains as Sales Order in Sales Order Processing (SOP) and Purchase Order in Purchase Order Processing (POP). Assuming that you have web developers and C#, VB.Net programmers, you can deploy eConnect Distribution - this is Software Development Kit with sample codes, you can create or modify Great Plains objects, such as Sales Order, Customer record, Purchase Order, Vendor record. One warning about eConnect - it is designed based on general ERP application principles: you can create work transaction only - you can not post transaction, this is left for the Great Plains user

• Bill of Lading. In materials selling, when you order something you probably know number of packs or bundles, but you do not know exact weight or length. You get this information when you receive Bill of Lading. You need Bill of Lading automatic integration and qty update in Sales Order or Purchase Order. At this moment you do Sales Order allocation. eConnect, mentioned above should do the job

• Agent Commission. You could use Salesperson, associate him/her with items sold in Sales Order and then calculate and pay commission, using your own formulas.

• Reporting. In the case of integrated web application with Great Plains, we would expect heterogeneous sql queries and reporting, based on these queries and stored procedures. To produce nice and flexible reports - you usually deploy Crystal Reports and publish them in your web application.

• Transaction Posting. As mentioned above - this should be preferably done by Great Plains user with approval logic. However if you have thousands transactions per day or hour and it is physically not possible, you should go beyond eConnect functionality and post transactions automatically. You need custom stored procedures, posting and transferring Sales Orders. You can create these procedures yourself or purchase the ones, available on the market.

• Customization Tools: Great Plains Dexterity, Modifier with VBA, Transact SQL scripting to name the most popular.

Good luck and you can always seek our help in customization, implementation, integration and support. Call us: 1-866-528-0577 or 1-630-961-5918, help@albaspectrum.com

Andrew Karasev is Chief Technology Officer in Alba Spectrum Technologies - USA nationwide Great Plains, Microsoft CRM customization company, serving Chicago, California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, Georgia, New York, Australia, UK, Canada, Continental Europe, Russia and having locations in multiple states and internationally ( http://www.albaspectrum.com ), he is Dexterity, SQL, C#.Net, Crystal Reports and Microsoft CRM SDK developer

By

Dr. Gary S. Goodman 2005

President, Customersatisfaction.com

At first, I thought he was just cold. The casino’s air conditioning was pumped up, and it did feel a bit brisk.

But then, he turned to the side, and instead of seeing the outline of crossed arms beneath his tee shirt, I saw a flat silhouette. Instinctively, I turned away.

I didn’t want to acknowledge that the gentleman standing in front of me in the buffet line, the chap who seemed so nonchalant, easygoing, and totally comfortable surrounded by three family members, had no arms.

An odd mix of emotions suddenly coursed through me, making me woozy.

I wondered how he managed everything. My two days of carefree card playing, dancing, roller coaster and log rides, embracing my loved one, swimming, climbing to the top of the water slide, all of these things, things I could do flashed before me. Most of my pleasures had involved grasping, gripping, touching, feeling, balancing, gesturing, and thousands of effortless manipulations, of which this gentleman was nearly incapable.

How would it feel to be him, to be in that body? I wondered.

Instantly, I was flooded with self-pity, hopelessness, and despair. I wouldn’t want to live, I thought.

It was then that I realized what a coward I must be, compared to this guy. He seemed the least self-conscious person standing in line. I felt grotesque, as I considered how I shrink from challenges, large and small.

Like a kid, I tell myself I don’t want to do this or that, and so I don’t. If he could only have a day indulging the opportunities I turn down, it would be nothing less than heaven.

Traffic was light, heading back to LA. I easily made it to my Black Belt class. The Sensei had us hitting bags. His instruction was simple: Outdo anything you’ve ever done before.

I held nothing back, as the image of that fellow glowed in my mind.

Over and again, with renewed spirit, I struck the bag for both of us.

Dr. Gary S. Goodman is a popular keynote speaker, consultant, and seminar leader and the best-selling author of 12 books. He is the author of the Nightingale-Conant audio program, The Law Of Large Numbers: How To Make Success Inevitable. Gary teaches Entrepreneurship and Consulting at UCLA Extension, and he is President of Customersatisfaction.com and The Goodman Organization, in Glendale, CA. He can be reached at gary@customersatisfaction.com.

Ask any truly successful person why they achieved and they will all tell you they had a dream, a vision for their future. Those who are successful leaders have been able to share that dream with others with such conviction that they have convinced others to join them on their quest to achieve that dream.

Can anyone achieve their dream? Having a clear strategy can help you make your dream a reality. It isn’t rocket science, or magic. Take the following steps and fulfill your dream. Make it your reality.

The first step is to understand that in order to achieve success you must take action. Inertia is the most common reason for lack of success!

What is your dream? Your goals for the future? What do you want to achieve in your life in the next week? month? year? 5 years? What would you like people to remember you for after you have left this world?

Think big - challenge yourself. Reach for the stars!

Be clear about where you are now. Audit your strengths and areas for development

What needs to be done to eliminate the gap between your dream and the reality?

Prioritize - Look for quick wins, consider those things which will have maximum long term impact. Build solid foundations, think of sustainability!

Set challenging but realistic targets. Aim high.

Communicate your vision, and keep doing so. Ensure that all stake holders understand and subscribe to the same vision.

Who do you need to involve? How will you ensure they sign up to and stay committed to the vision?

Think about the language you use - sound positive, if others think you are confident it can be achieved they will gain confidence too. Develop a “Can do” mentality within your staff. For every problem there is a solution, encourage others to see themselves as problem solvers not problem givers.

Create clear lines of communication that operate at every level and in all directions.

Break each priority down into small achievable steps; involve your team.

Who needs to do what - by when? Set a timetable

Identify the roles and responsibilities for all staff; ensure that staff take ownership without creating a “jobs worth” approach.

Ensure that people are appropriately trained and that training is constantly updated.

Build in the monitoring and review process from the start so you can evaluate performance and be prepared to adjust as necessary. (By creating a culture of development rather than blame huge potential will be released.)

Celebrate success! and remember to thank people for their contribution, give credit where it due and be generous with it.

Develop professional honesty within your staff, constructive feed back can be invaluable.

Finally leave your ego behind as it will simply get in the way of your success.

Here’s a question I ask as an avid reader. It’s rhetorical,
which means you don’t have to answer it. Which is convenient
when you think about it, since I won’t hear you. I’m not
talking to you, I’m writing. The floor is all mine.

Why is it that when someone’s in a fight, and someone hits
them hard enough, bright lights always explode behind their
eyes?

I’ve been clocked a time or two. Sows, boars, horses, falling
objects, falling Michael, a baseball bat, a nightstick,
footballs, basketballs, baseballs, kickballs, kung fu cousin,
a bad neighbor, the jaws of a leaping dog. And, never has
light exploded behind my eyes.

What usually happens to me at that point of impact is sensory
overload. I don’t feel it when a hunk of metal pops me in the
mouth hard enough to split my lip and break my dentures and
send them across the room. (The dentures, not the lips.)
Sensory overload. Then a couple seconds later I see the
damage and think, “Dang, what happened?” But in books, it’s
always those darn bright lights exploding behind people’s
eyes.

My advice to authors, then, is this. Before you write a lot
of fight scenes, ask someone to punch you a few times. No,
I’m kidding. No lawsuits, please.

My real advice is, avoid the cliches. Don’t say “a snowball’s
chance in hell,” say “a broccoli’s chance in Bush One’s White
House.” It’s original, see? And if you’re going to write
about something you know nothing about, please do a bit of
research.

This isn’t a rhetorical question, but rather a true story.
You know how in the comic books, whenever someone gets
popped, they see stars? I really did. Once. Readers of RISING
FROM THE ASHES know who “kung fu cousin” is. Clint. The naughty
boy. My hero. He’s in this story. Naturally.

One time, when I was eleven years old, four of us decided to
play a game at Gramma’s house. Clint, Dwayne, Barry, Michael.
Whenever we got together, someone wound up losing blood, and it
was always at Gramma’s house.

In this game, which was safe by our standards, each of us had a
different large plastic ball. We went into the bedroom, turned
off all the lights, and threw them at each other. Something hit
me in the eye, hard, and I saw stars. Then we turned the lights
on, and I saw that I’d been hit by a kickball with stars on it.

Since there was no blood, we turned off the lights and played
some more. The next day, I had a black eye. “How’d that happen?”
Mom asked. “I dunno. I think I fell out of bed.” She didn’t
believe me, but she pretended she did.

To continue on with rhetorical questions, here’s another one.
Who cares? Note how I ended that with a question mark. Always
do that. I see this one so much that I might add it to
“Common Writing Mistakes” one day. I don’t care how many times I
see it. It’s still wrong. I first had this argument in 1980 with
two fellow busboys. I’ll never back down. I’m edumacated.

Next week’s rhetorical question… When the ghosts appear in
the haunted house, how come nobody ever leaves? Okay, I know,
Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy have done that bit already,
but my editor still busted me on that one in THE CHRONICLES
OF A MADMAN. So, I changed it. The dude left the house. If it
were me, I would. Wouldn’t you?

About the Author

Michael LaRocca’s website at http://freereads.topcities.com was
chosen by WRITER’S DIGEST as one of The 101 Best Websites For
Writers in 2001 and 2002. He published two novels in 2002 and has
two more scheduled for publication in 2004. He also works as an
editor for an e-publisher. He teaches English at a university in
Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, China, and publishes the free weekly
newsletter Mad About Books.

Issue 1: Content for websites. Content is king on the Internet and everyone wants something fresh and unique on a regular basis. If you are promoting a product/service and write articles to generate publicity, then by all means, give the content away.

However, if what you are selling is your writing skill and are not promoting anything, then don’t give it away. You’d be better off doing a direct mail campaign and spending your time creating pieces for your portfolio even if they are only make-believe companies.

One could argue that the reason good writing is taken for granted is so many give it away. I give a lot of content away, but only within the framework of WIIFM (what’s in it for me).

Issue 2: Writing on spec: For those of you who don’t know what this is, see this excellent primer article at http://inkwelleditorial.com/beginnersguideglatzer.htm This established freelance writer explains spec writing brilliantly. The bottom line, once your portfolio is complete with good samples, stop this practice.

The exception would be if it’s a credit from a noted source that you really want. After all, who’s going to turn down Fortune? However, I believe there’s a big enough need for good writers that you don’t have to sell your soul for one credit, even if it is a “biggie.”

How many samples should you have? I advise between five and ten. Try to get them from different sources eg, two newspaper, three websites, two brochure, one sales letter, etc. This will give your portfolio a range. Nonprofits, friends with small businesses, neighborhood shops all are possible non-paid sources to build your writing credits.

A tip: Choose a small business and do the brochure, sales letter, etc. first. Then, send it to your target and ask if they would mind if you included it in your portfolio. I don’t know any small business that would refuse a well-written promotional piece that doesn’t cost them a dime. Bang, a legitimate credit!

Issue 3: Original Content & Rights: I don’t believe in giving away original content again, unless you are promoting a product/service or are just starting out. I am constantly amazed at the number of publications that want original content but don’t want to pay for it.

An example. I write a small business column. An editor saw it and approached me to be a regular contributor to their publication, which is quite noted in business circles. The kicker? They didn’t want my column but wanted me to contribute original content with no pay. I had to turn them down. I offered the column at no charge (since I already write it), but explained that original content outside of this without payment was not possible.

If you write, then you know it’s not easy coming up with original content on a regular basis. Some subjects are so covered that nine times out of ten, new ground is never being broken. We are usually just putting a new spin on it. This costs brain cells! And, trust me, not everybody can do it.

So, the next time you put finger to keyboard, think about your objective. If we all stopped giving away our pearls of wisdom, then the pay level across the board would be raised.

About The Author

May be reprinted with inclusion of the following: Yuwanda Black is an entrepreneur, author, speaker and syndicated small business columnist whose focus is controlling your destiny through small business ownership. Her most recent e-books, How to Really Make a Living as an Editorial Freelancer and Advice from Successful Freelancers: How They Built Their Careers & How You Can Too! are available for immediate download at http://www.InkwellEditorial.com/bizguides.html Visit her on the web at http://www.EntrepreDoer.biz for a complete list of how-to, small business books and articles.

columnist@EntrepreDoer.biz

An example of a plant that is not suitable for small plot urban farming is an Oak tree. It is very fast in growing (good), but has a big tap root, and is best marketed when over 6-8′ tall. You will use up your space with a hard to confine, large tree that is not suitable for close compact container production. Shipping will also be more costly as starter plants tend to be larger hence larger shipping fees per tree. Besides I have sold many people 50 -100 arbs at a time but no one, 100 oaks at a time. My largest order for arbs to one homeowner was 265. Try to target plants that will sell multiples to a customer rather than just one at a time. If you target single plants to individual customers you need high value plants for your sales cost per unit will be higher. You will hear the same story from your customers about 1 plant as you will about 10 plants. I can tell you without a doubt that each customer will tell you about his property and his neighbors dog. I would rather hear the story once for each 10 plants that I sell. That is why I like plants that sell in multiples to a single customer. Additionally an unusual or exotic plant is seldom purched in quanity and the buyer has little knowledge of the plant. They will have many more questions about this plant. This translates to a higher amount of time spent on a smaller volume of product sold.

Arborvitae are commonly used evergreen shrubs or trees useful in urban areas where low maintenance and durability is needed. Many cultivars with forms such as being globed in shape, columnar, or narrow pyramidal, tend to be near buildings, doors, and walkways. Other forms which are larger are used for screens and buffers that are planted in rows. These plants will be easy to raise on your small urban lot.

The form of arborvitae is small, medium, or large depending on the cultivar. Some reach 50′, others only 3′. Most prefer full sun to partial sun. Planting in dense shade conditions should be avoided. A moist , well drained, loamy soil in full sunlight are ideal conditions for growing healthy arborvitae. These plants will tolerate rocky, clay, urban conditions of heat drought and pollution. The most important pest we have is bagworms which must be controlled to prevent complete defoliation. Some cultivars have multiple leaders which also prove to be a detraction for the plant. Pruning out multiple leaders in some cultivars is a simple remeady.

As you raise these plants if you find that you are selling more than you can raise on your property, an add in the newspaper such as, “Wanted: land to grow trees on” will help you find vacant parcels to use in growing more stock. This land may be free to use as many owners want in urban areas land to be used as it is then maintained. We have had many offers of free land to use in raising nursery stock. (You should check with your local BTK Code Enforcement Officer to make sure that this use is acceptable.)

Another suggestion is that you work for another local urban grower. They may have facilities set up that they would allow you to use after hours. When they see that you are a willing go getter, they might even ask you to grow special plants that they don’t want to grow because the volumes are light or they are to intensive in labor. At any rate it is the best way to learn the trede and its secrets. Most nurserymen will tell all their trade secrets because its the best way to help the industry and build a network of reliable and knowledgeable associates.

You know the objection most of us think is a not-so-subtle-brush-off. The one stated by the gatekeepers who cut us off mid-sentence saying, “Could you send him something in writing?”

It’s strange how one day a phrase can sound so negative. Then, with one teeny, tiny change in thinking the very same words bring hope.

All of a sudden instead of rejection and a tightly closed door, these words bring to mind the picture of a wide open door and a fountain spilling over with opportunity.

At least that’s what’s happening in the minds of your colleagues who have enough profitable experience now to wholeheartedly embrace this change in thinking. Those who no longer interpret “Could you send him something in writing” as a semi-polite “thanks, but no thanks!”

Many successful sales professionals now welcome those words as they filter them through a new lens of understanding. These sales pros know that the request for something in writing is “executive assistant shorthand” for …

“I’ve heard enough. You’ve made it past me. Give me something good to give him”

Her thought process goes along these lines, ” I think he very well may be interested in what you have to offer. Having said that, my executive has so much going on in his brain that he needs help getting his brain out of the stratosphere to settle down on one topic, in particular a new topic such as yours! Please, help me, help him by sending something in writing that will give him a good idea of how your products/services will help him resolve his most pressing business issues.”

This interpretation of gatekeeper lingo makes you pause and rethink, doesn’t it?

As you ponder this angle, your next question becomes, “OK, now that I have an open door to send them something … what can I send that will compel the decision maker to invite me in for a meeting. What exactly should I send to this particular prospect?”

Let’s start with what you don’t send.

Do not send the 4-color glossy brochure packet that talks all about your company, how long it has been in business, and the oh-so-flattering picture of your company president.
Your prospect doesn’t care. Nothing in that brochure helps him figure out how to solve his business problems.

Now, here’s what you do send.

Fax a one page, black and white executive summary of results. Preferably in the form of testimonials from other executive clients of yours who articulate what your products and services have contributed to their businesses.

At the top of the sheet, in bold and centered be sure to put your carefully crafted benefit statement. You know, the statement that answers your prospect’s unspoken question … “What will I get out of the deal if I do business with this caller?”

The more specific you can get the more compelling the benefit statement. Here’s an example to which most of us can relate. The phrase “Domino’s Delivers” doesn’t pack nearly the same punch as the phrase “Domino’s Delivers in 30 minutes or Less Guaranteed!”

On the balance of the faxable one-sheet you’ll want to pack in testimonials. Comments from your happy clients that reveal the results they have reaped from doing business with you.

Note: When you say how great you are, the words sound distastefully prideful. But when your clients singing your praises (or the praises of your company) in their own words, The song is sweet to the ears of your prospects who are looking for solutions.

Make sure your testimonials are specific and include numbers.

The secret to powerful testimonials is in the bottom line results described by your happy clients. Such as, “These guys increased my revenues by more than 20%.”

Let’s face it. Those 4-color glossy brochures, that go on and on and on about your company have an unintended impact. They leave your prospects under whelmed, with thoughts of “who cares”, and the sense that you expect them to break into a chorus of “How Great Thou Art!”

If you listen to your prospects and really hear what they need from you in order to invite you in … your approach will be considerably different. Better yet the impact will be different as they receive one-sheet from you that presents solutions to their problems.

Stop sending the stuff that makes you look like a feathered peacock. Start sending the stuff that assures your prospects that the solution to his or her most pressing business problem is your products and services.

Focus on you and you’ll be spending more time with you. Focus on serving the needs of your prospects and marvel as they roll out the red carpet with welcoming trumpets et al!

Forward this article to friendsthey’ll thank you for it!

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Many teens daydream often about the things they would like to do. Do you? If you can ‘dream,’ you can ‘do.’ You need to maintain a positive ‘can do’ attitude and like many successful people have done, you need to write your goals down along with a timetable and plan for achieving them. You need to discover what it will take, what your willing to do to accomplish your goal, identify possible obstacles and determine how you will overcome them. You must resolve to stay the course even when other’s discourage you or when problems seem insurmountable.

And there will many of those times; if it were easy everyone would be a star. Post reminders of your goals in prominent places like your bedroom mirror. Give yourself a pep talk every day. Reward yourself when you make significant strides.

Need more help on goal setting write us at info@lunchbagnotes.com.

Ann Marie is a published author and senior at Cal Lutheran University, majoring in Elementary Education. Currently living at home with her parents and younger brother, Anthony who is also a published author.

It’s easy to understand why. You screw up at work and your boss jumps on your case, quick to tell you exactly what you need to do if you want to keep your job stuffing dough into that pizza press. You screw up your writing … well, ten weeks later you receive a polite, generic rejection letter in the mail that basically says: Thanks, but no thanks. There is no boss to tell you how you screwed up or how to make it better. You’re on your own, Mr. Wannabee A. Writer. Go lock yourself in your bathroom/office until you figure it out.

Unfortunately, this lack of feedback goes against our very nature as homo sapiens. If there’s no stop sign at the intersection, we have to give serious consideration to whether we’re willing to stop or not. That can be a real chore for those of us who are busy trying to dig a dime out between the seat cushions for that double-mocha cappuccino on the way to work. Put in a stop sign and it’s a no-brainer. You stop. Then you start digging for the dime.

But for a writer, feedback comes in only one form … if you sell the story, you did something right. If you didn’t sell it, you did something wrong. There are those who will try to tell you this isn’t true. That you can get good feedback from your spouse or your girlfriend or your buddies. But these are the same people who said you were feeding dough into the pizza press just fine. You can’t trust the opinions, good intentions or not, of people who are only casual observers. So … did your story sell or didn’t it?

Well … no. But why can’t the editor take an extra minute and just tell me what was wrong? you wonder.

Yours is not the only manuscript the editor has to read. There are stacks of manuscripts all over the office, some higher than the desktop, with more arriving in the mail everyday. Editors don’t have an extra minute. Not if they plan to scarf down a sandwich between noon and twelve-fifteen and still have time for a bathroom break. Your story has a page, two at the most, to capture the editor’s interest. After that, well, there’s always another story on the stack.

Another reason why the editor doesn’t tell you what’s wrong: your story’s a nightmare. It would take more time to explain the problems than it took you to write the thing.

And the biggest reason of all: hell hath no fury like a writer scorned. Offer some helpful advice and the editor has undoubtedly learned that too often what he gets in return is an indignant letter full of obscenities.

Finally, writers need to understand that editors don’t have all the answers. Yes, it’s true, editors are people, too. They have their likes and their dislikes, their stern beliefs, their misconceptions. While one editor may abhor your story, another may find it brilliant.
I mention all this in case you weren’t already insecure enough.

And I mention it because there’s another dead end request editors get thrown at them quite frequently. It goes like this:

Dear Mr. Editor: Enclosed please find my short story, titled “A Story By Any Other Name.” I hope you like it. I think it’s the best thing I’ve written. If you decide not to buy it, could you please tell me why. And could you also tell me if I should keep writing. I’d like to know if I have a future doing this.

If you have to ask, the answer is no, you don’t have a future and you shouldn’t keep writing.

Writing is not a pursuit for those who are weak of heart. Nor those who are thin-skinned. It is a pursuit for those who love doing it.

William F. Nolan used to say that if you want to be a writer then you sit your behind in the chair and write. Charles Grant said that he writes because he has to; he can’t imagine not writing.

You want to be a writer? Don’t ask editors or anyone else if you have what it takes. They don’t know. They can’t tell you if you’ll make it or not. They might be able to tell you if you need to develop your skills more, but you already knew that. Writing is a profession you never stop perfecting. There’s always more to learn.

You want to be a writer?

Persevere.

Go write … and persevere.

David Silva
The Successful Writer
http://thesuccessfulwriter.com

Our NEW Invention Says . . . by J. Bruce Jones ,
Goodbye to . . “Learning is Boring”, and
Welcome . . . ” Play to Learn, have Fun
and Excel”

Say goodbye to Student Boredom in class . . AND a Big Hello to Student
Enthusiasm to participate. Students can get involved and have fun while
“playing their way to excellence”.

Some students become unnerved when they think that they are subjected to
undue pressures that could cause them to fail or do poorly. Ideally, such
students should be encouraged to put forth a “best” effort without feeling
these pressures. Most teachers would likely agree with this, but they might
wonder . . how so? How Might This Be Handled?
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Educators: Middle School to University and certainly all Chess teachers ,
in Schools and Chess Clubs . . should take a look at what Steve Preston of
Milton accomplished. First, here is one more point to consider. Without a
stimulating learning environment to tweak their interest some students could
become bored or revert to obnoxious behavior.

Here Are Some Positive Results: This is “How” a teacher with (i) chess
instruction courses and (ii) curricula courses Succeeded beyond his greatest
hopes! Steve Preston, a Middle School teacher in Milton, Ontario, Canada
was able to see the potential of utilizing our NEW invention. . . Chessapeak
Challenge®, the World’s First Successful 4 Player partnership Chess that
uses traditional Chess rules. For more than 2 centuries many attempts have
been made to create a viable 4 player chess game. According to David
Pritchard all attempts have failed because of 2 major problems with pawn
Movement. “Chessapeak Challenge® gets over both problems” as stated in
his published review in the Autumn 1995 United Kingdom Chess Journal.

Back to Steve: At each chess class meeting, Steve designated 4 students to
each Chessapeak Challenge® game board. Chess partners faced each other
and therefore, each player had a partner across from him/her, an opponent on
the left and an opponent on the right. In a clockwise order each player took
his/her turn in order. Since this was a learning mode, players were allowed to
discuss chess moves and chess strategies with each other. Therefore, all
players were learning from each other.

Results: At the Regional Chess Tournament, this Milton School system (for
the 1st time ever) won the Chess Tournament Championship with 4 of their
players named as the best .

“Educators in School Systems” (read this): Concurrent to his chess teaching
Steve Preston structured all his Math classes and all his Science classes
around this 4 Player partnership Chess game. His happy students did so well
in all his newly structured curricula courses that many parents of other
students tried to enroll their children in Steve’s classes for the next year.
AND other teachers went after Steve for copies of his new course outlines.
Just prior to the Chess Tournament (described above) a publication appeared:

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A full page descriptive review of the 4 player partnership chess game
Chessapeak Challenge® was published in the Fairplay magazine in Berlin
Germany November 1997 by Joshen Corts. The ausSCHACHtungen article
was published in deutch (german). >From the English translation, the review
comments on the origin of the game’s name “Chessapeak”. That it was a
play on words; that came from the name of a city on the Atlantic coast,

“Chesapeake”. Here is the English version of Jochen’s quote “Chessapeak
Challenge is not only a successful play on words, But also a successful
challenge of 4 Player Chess” Fairplay Magazine, Nov”97.

More Positive Results: Adult chess player Denis Chabot lives in the
proximity of Quebec City, Canada on the shores of the magnificent Saint
Lawrence river. Denis introduced and sold Chessapeak Challenge® games
to chess players in the province of Quebec. Denis said that he really enjoyed
playing this game. However, there was one specific player that always beat
him at all the chess tournaments. One day Denis telephoned and said
” I beat him at 2 player chess 3 times. He cannot beat me now. I got better
by playing 4 player Chessapeak Challenge® “.

How Cool is This ! CHESSapeak Challenge® is the instrument.
YES, this Game provides a camaraderie of learning
with your peers. “Play to Learn, have Fun
and Excel”.
Readers, did I follow my own rules ?
Note:
The next step for the Chessapeak Games Co. will be . .”Internet Play”
for 4 player partnership Chess . . CHESSapeak Challenge®.

About the Author

Bruce Jones is the inventor of Chessapeak Challenge® 4 Player Partnership
Chess game that is played with Traditional Chess rules. The company manufactures & sells several
quality models of this Chessapeak game on web site http://chessapeak.com/.
E-mail: info@chessapeak.com