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Kathy Doyle Estates, a prominent real estate brokerage firm in the Malibu and Beverly Hills luxury real estate markets, just announced this important listing: a 30-acre property adjacent to the Rosenthal Vineyard and Backbone Trail, owned by producer Nick Wechsler and his wife, actress Stephanie Romanov Wechsler. Nick is a founder of Industry Entertainment and producer of top films such as 2012s Magic Mike. The Wechslers have called this incredible canyon getaway home for the last decade. This majestic ranch incorporates beautiful valley topography, 2 miles of hiking trails, regal oak trees, an organic garden, and fruit orchards. Listed at $ 8,450,000, the property is located just minutes from the Pacific Coast Highway and the 101 freeway.

28980 Newton Canyon Road is the perfect retreat for a high profile Hollywood couple to enjoy privacy and raise a family. The estate is unexpected, spiritual and transformative; experience the gorgeous oak trees, rock formations, and mountain views. The beautifully renovated country main house has five bedrooms and bathrooms, gorgeous interiors, incredible light-filled rooms, pool, and overlooks the orchard, canyon, winter streams and old oaks on the property. An additional 2,500 sq. ft. guesthouse has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths and 3 fireplaces. The interiors create an exotic and peaceful on-property retreat. A third, two-room guesthouse has 1 bath, 2 stone fireplaces, and campground. The property has 2 miles of private, wooded trails, four winter creeks, and six acres of orchards. Fully developed fruit trees include Persimmon, Avocado, Orange, Apple, Peach, Plum, Fig, Nectarine, Pear, Apricot, Lemon, and Grapefruit. The property also has a diverse organic garden, chickens, llamas, and horse facilities. Other trees on the property include pine, redwood, elm, maple, and pink mimosa. One of the most private and amazing settings in Malibu, this property is both a home and a sanctuary.

About Kathy Doyle Estates

Kathy Doyle has been a name in the Malibu and Beverly Hills real estate community for over a decade. Formerly a top agent with Keller Williams and Coldwell Banker, Kathy began in the luxury market from her first deal: selling Nicole Kidmans mansion in Pacific Palisades in 2002. Equipped with a degree in finance and an elite staff, Kathy started her own real estate firm which has allowed her to expand her own brand of exclusive luxury with a keen eye towards design in her marketing as well as an insiders view of real estate in Beverly Hills and Malibu. Her innate sense of her clients needs and desires, coupled with her tasteful, discreet manner, has resulted in an impressive portfolio and a remarkable array of clients. Kathys steady stream of referrals is testimony to her respected work ethic, personal involvement, and role as a leader in the Malibu real estate and Beverly Hills real estate markets.

About Haute Living Real Estate Network

Haute Living Real Estate Network specializes in selecting top real estate professionals, creating the most prominent directory for exclusive listings. The network website is an online destination for all real estate related news and features daily blog posts providing up-to-date information on affluent markets and real estate developments. Access all of this information and more by visiting http://www.hauteresidence.com/

To learn more about Kathy Doyle, visit her Haute Living Real Estate Network Profile.

More than 200 schools are working with Pearson to address the ongoing demand and desire for results-oriented online learning programs. Increasingly, students who need a flexible path to earning a degree are looking to online learning programs to access quality higher education. In response, higher education institutions around the country are investing in comprehensive educational services that develop and scale online programs that are high quality, rigorous and drive student achievement.

As the leading provider of educational services for fully online degree programs, Pearsons online services and support are extensive. These include market research, recruitment marketing and retention, student support services, course design and development, access to materials developed for the online modality by leading subject matter experts, faculty development, and cloud-based learning management systems with advanced data analytics to monitor student performance and learning outcomes.

Columbia Universitys Center for Economy and Ecology in Society partnered with Pearson to convert its locally-renowned teacher professional development program, designed for middle-school teachers in New York City, to a fully online program that is available to teachers across the country.

By partnering with Pearson and Columbia’s Teachers College, we are able to reach thousands of more educators, while most importantly, maintaining quality a critically important factor that cannot be underestimated when growing an online program, said Rebecca Johnson, Director of Education, Professional Development, and Outreach, Columbia University.

Californias state university system, the nation’s largest four-year university system, partnered with Pearson in 2012 to launch Cal State Online, a fully online program designed to increase access to higher education. Cal State Online launched in January 2013 with a select number of undergraduate and professional masters programs, now being offered by some of the institutions 23 campuses.

Don Kilburn, Vice Chairman of Pearson Higher Education, said, Our demonstrated success with providing comprehensive services that power and grow quality online programs speaks for itself; all are excellent examples of how we work together with our partners to create personalized, innovative solutions that help increase access to education while driving academic achievement.

Pearson is committed to the science of evidenced-based learning design to ensure successful outcomes and experiences for the online student, professional development around best practices for teaching online, identifying future online learners, and matching them up with the best institutions and programs. To continue to improve educational outcomes for its academic partners, Pearson has partnered with the Cambridge Service Alliance, a global cooperation between businesses and universities, to develop new models for delivering innovative services that meet the changing needs of institutions.

Additional educational partners include Arizona State University, George Washington University School of Business, Rutgers, ASU Colleges at Lake Havasu City, Northern Arizona University, Ocean County College, Texas Southmost College, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Washington State University.

For more information, visit http://www.pearsonlearningsolutions.com/academic-executives/powering-online-learning.php.

About Pearson

Pearson is the worlds leading learning company, providing educational materials and services, business information through the Financial Times Group, and consumer publishing through the Penguin brand. Pearson serves learners of all ages around the globe, employing 41,000 people in more than 70 countries. For more information, visit http://www.pearson.com.

Media Contact: Susan Aspey, susan.aspey(at)pearson(dot)com, (or) 800-745-8489

Digital Media Training created the eBook, 10 Questions to Consider Before Investing in Sales Training, for those who believe training is the key to continuous company achievement, personal development, and sales success.

In this eBook, we will take a close look at the questions and considerations to have during the decision-making process of investing in sales training. This book was written for those who are looking for a higher level overview of what to consider before investing in sales training. An emphasis is placed on the importance of due diligence before conducting training and more than simply focusing on the workshop agenda or the amount of small group activities. This eBook is for those seeking both the 10,000 foot view as well as a closer look into the details to be considered in building and growing successful training programs and winning sales teams. Digital Media Training wants to help companies make the most informed decision.

Digital Media Trainings CEO and subject matter expert, Steve Bookbinder, says: There is no substitute for training, especially sales training. As long as sales goals continue to rise and the competition continues to exist, there will always be a need for new-hires to get up to speed more quickly and for legacy sellers to sharpen already existing skills. However, unlike sports training, which is generally imposed on the athlete who is obligated to embrace their training regimen, sellers dont always accept either the notion of training or the training dish they were served that day.

About Digital Media Training

The Digital Media Training (DMT) team is composed of successful sellers from both the training and advertising industries. We have run successful national and global training operations. Our media experience includes pure play digital, TV (broadcast, cable, direct and rep firm), agency-side and client-side.

We have studied, trained, coached and managed nearly 40,000 sellers and sales managers across many industry verticals globally for more than 20 years. We have delivered more than 4,000 workshops and motivational speeches to audiences ranging from new-hires to senior sales experts. In addition, we have developed and launched successful e-learning programs for sellers in the most competitive industries. Our programs incorporate the best-practices observed currently worldwide.

DMT continues to build on that experience. Our leadership team continues to sell and practice our own training philosophy. Our product development team has created unique, industry leading m-learning solutions. DMTs complete training offering leverages the most engaging forms of live, virtual and multimedia content across all devices. We create learning environments that are ongoing, focused, supported by coaches with real time reporting and measurable ROI. We teach sellers what they need to know about sales and digital marketing in order to outperform their competition and reach ever-rising goals.

Just in time for treating Mom for Mothers Day, Annapolis business entrepreneur and resident Monica Maloney Heidler has launched a new cooking blog and website,Monicas Table. In concert with her husband, Steve Heidler, these two foodies have traveled the culinary trails of Europe to bring French, Spanish and Italian-inspired dishes to the tables of America. Cooking classes, in-home cooking parties and gourmet coffee offerings round out the website that celebrates the joy of cooking. Only this time, its cooking together, and this month, cooking for Mom!

This week, her new site offers recipes for a complete Mothers Day brunch, with delicious dishes like Baked Eggs with Lemon Buerre Blanc. (See recipe below.)

Unlike other cooking blogs and websites, Monica began hers with a mission: to teach her husband, Steve, to cook. His apron covered visage appears in caricature on the blog pages, where he writes in tandem with his wife about his culinary adventures. Although admittedly his posts have a masculine feel, focusing as they do on the outdoor grill, red meat, and specialty drinks, its the idea of cooking in tandem that is capturing the imagination of Monicas Tables rapidly growing audience.

Inspiration abounds for ways to celebrate the joys of food and living. From delicious dishes, marvelous menus and terrific table settings to the more nitty-gritty how-tos that puzzle beginning chefs, this new site is brimming with colorful and professional photography.

A side foray into cooking with chef Dorie Greenspan provides another avenue for aspiring French chefs, and there is a chance to do a little baking with her, too.

Monica credits the years she spent wrapped in her grandmothers apron making homemade biscuits and savory soups as the inspiration for the cook she is today. From there, it was trips to Europe, and learning to cook the European way that launched her latest venture.

Traveling abroad and learning the fine art involved in each regions cuisine is what makes Monicas Table special. My food-based travels have taken me to Montepertuso in Italy and Pas du Nord in France this year, says Monica.

You can follow Monica and Steve at http://www.monicastable.com, on Monica’s Facebook page, and their twitter account at @monicastable.

Cooking for Mom: A Mothers Day Brunch Shell Love!

Menu:

Strawberry, Arugula & Goat cheese salad, Baked Eggs with Lemon Beurre Blanc, Potato Galette, Asparagus, Champagne, Mimosas, Coffee or Tea, Biscotti, Chocolates

Baked Eggs with Lemon Beurre Blanc

Serves: 2-4

Ingredients

Jaffe PR, the leading law firm public reputation agency, is pleased to announce that business development and marketing expert Kimberly Alford Rice and marketing strategist Matt Smyers have joined its national PR team as Strategic Alliance partners.

Both will work to enhance and expand Jaffe PRs clients business development and marketing efforts and support the agencys continued growth. Smyers is based in Richmond, VA, and Alford Rice is based in southern New Jersey.

We are excited to welcome Kimberly and Matt to the Jaffe PR team, said Vivian Hood, managing director, Client Services, at Jaffe PR. Both have solid foundations and relationships in the legal industry, which will help augment the marketing and business development services we currently provide to our clients. Their expertise will help us as we increase our service portfolio and continue our strategic growth plans.

Nationally recognized as a business development and marketing expert, Alford Rice is an accomplished leader in helping lawyers and law firms generate profitable new business through proven business development methodologies and training/coaching programs. Throughout her nearly 25 years of practice, she has assisted in building, advising and supporting in-house marketing, business development and training efforts at a number of law firms, ranging from solos to large AmLaw 200 firms. She works effectively with all levels of an organization to bring an institutional awareness and understanding of strategic business development, marketing and client service principles to enhance the efficacy of a firms operations, increase clients satisfaction and generate greater revenue.

For more than 18 years, Alford Rice served on and for senior management teams with three corporate professional service firms in the metro Philadelphia area, leading strategic marketing programs in developing and executing firm-wide marketing plans, including individual marketing planning, associate and practice development training programs, firm brand strategy/execution, and other strategic initiatives.

Among her professional activities, Alford Rice serves as editor-in-chief of the American Lawyer Media (ALM) monthly Marketing the Law Firm publication, serves on the editorial board of ALMs Law Firm Partnership and Benefit Report, is a member of the international Legal Marketing Association (LMA), and serves on the board of directors of the LMAs Metro Philadelphia chapter. She is also a member of the American Bar Association (ABA) and its Law Practice Management Section, as well as the Delaware Valley Law Firm Marketing Group. In addition, Rice is a member of the Philadelphia Bar Association (Law Practice Management Section) and former chair of Camden County Bar Associations Law Practice Management Committee.

A lawyer turned marketing strategist, Smyers applies his experience as a lawyer and business owner to helping law firms grow through strategic, well-executed marketing plans and initiatives. His strength lies in his ability to help firms not only clearly define their goals and objectives, but develop and execute plans that achieve those goals and objectives.

Before entering the legal marketing profession, Smyers spent eight years in the medical malpractice insurance industry, where he was responsible for managing litigation throughout the mid-Atlantic for the largest medical malpractice insurance company in the United States. In 2008, he founded RedShift, an online media planning and buying agency, through which he worked with national brands such as Network Solutions, Brueggers Bagels and Pocono Raceway, among others. Along the way, Smyers began working with some of the law firms he knew well from his time in the medical malpractice insurance industry. In 2011, he turned his attention exclusively to marketing law firms by starting his own legal marketing company, the Smyers Group.

Smyers is a board member of the Virginias Chapter of the LMA and the founding member of the Legal Partners Group, a collection of service providers to the legal industry whose purpose is to provide turnkey solutions to law firms in transition. He is also a board member of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond. Smyers earned his BS in Political Science from Juniata College and his law degree from Widener University School of Law, Harrisburg, PA. He is based in Richmond, VA.

Jaffe PR is a complete public reputation resource, devoted solely to law firms and legal associations. Media relations is at the heart of its work for clients. Around this core are in-house specialists providing reputation consulting, creative services from branding to website design, and search engine optimization. Integrated teams fully support clients in growing and managing their public reputations and attracting new business opportunities. Jaffe PR also provides other valued resources unique in the industry, including WritersForLawyers for all forms of content, LexSpeak for identifying and supporting speaking engagements, and RankingsForLawyers for navigating and capitalizing on ranking possibilities.

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