First BPM Summit in Eastern Europe – AuraPortal awarded “Best BPM Vendor”

AuraPortal awarded “Best BPM Vendor” during the first edition of the BPM Eastern Europe Summit 2013.

Woburn, MA, December 07, 2013 – AURA (www.auraportal.com), a global provider of AuraPortal. Business Process Management (BPM) software, has announced that it has been presented with the “Best BPM Vendor” award in the first edition of the BPM Eastern Europe Summit 2013, which took place in Bucharest on November 21.

AuraPortal has been distinguished with great advantage over its competitors by Ovum in its Decision Matrix (2011) report and by other renowned analyst firms.

The BPM Eastern Europe Summit 2013 is an international conference, attended by researchers, professionals, consulting firms, main players in the industry –both vendors and users— and analysts, that has seen the inauguration of the Eastern Europe BPM Awards in collaboration with KPC-Group, IAMCP and CIO Council.

The opening session was presented by Felix Enescu, Executive Partner of KPC Group (GARTNER representative for Eastern Europe), Cristian Ivanus, Vice President of ABPMP Romania, and Gheorghe Dobre, President of IAMCP Romania.

Following this, Pablo Trilles (Vice President of AuraPortal) made an introduction to Business Process Management, pointing out that the future of business process management is in the Cloud, and highlighting the position that AuraPortal has achieved in this field.

Find out more about BPM Eastern Europe Summit at http://bpmsummitee.com

About AURA (http://www.auraportal.com)
AURA is a global BPM (Business Process Management) software provider delivering a solution that creates, without the need of IT programming, Business Process Workflow Execution Models. AuraPortal is 100% Web-based, and is complementary to existing ERP and CRM systems.

AURA has a presence in 40 countries with more than 300 customers including, among others: Walmart, Toyota, General Motors, Pemex (Petroleos Mexicanos), Carrefour, ArcelorMittal, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Danone, INCAE, Kimberly-Clark, Yamaha,Royal KPN, Bristol-Myers Squibb, etc., as well as many Government Agencies and Departments in several countries. All of these customers benefit from maintenance contracts.

Its headquarters are in Europe (Spain and Holland) with an executive branch in North America (Florida). It also has offices in several countries and a vast network of partners who locally attend customers throughout the world.

Contact:
John Charles
AuraPortal
400 Trade Center
Woburn, MA 01801-7472
978-808-6340
john.charles@auraportal.com
http://www.auraportal.com

Author Offers Tips on Managing Stress for a Better Life

Published by Halo Publishing International, It’s All in Your Head is an inspirational book on managing stress in one’s everyday life.

Houston, TX (USA), December 06, 2013 — Author Duane Pajak knows a lot about managing stress. He earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in psychology from Michigan State University; has more than 30 years of professional experience as a psychotherapist; was head of two outpatient psychiatric clinics; and has taught numerous workshops and college courses on stress management. Pajak said his new book, It’s all in Your Head, is a way for him to share ways people can live life less stressfully.

“We all need to learn to ‘live in the moment’ and apply that to both work and home,” the author said.

Published by Halo Publishing International, It’s All in Your Head is an inspirational book on managing stress in one’s everyday life. The book emphasizes ways to reduce stress by having the reader become aware of his or her own stressful thoughts, explained Pajak.

“It then walks the reader through some easy, practical steps and examples on how to let negative, stressful thoughts dissipate before they do significant mental and physical harm,” he said.

Halo Publisher Lisa Umina said It’s all in Your Head offers suggestions on how to bring balance, physical exercise, enjoyment, and relaxation to one’s active, busy life-style. “Readers should gain a deeper appreciation and gratitude for the things that really matter in life.”

Pajak said he hopes readers realize they can live life less stressfully if they make the effort. “It is important to learn to accept other people for who they are and not make their problems your problems.” He said there are many ways to reduce the frustration, pressure and conflict that cause stress. “One simple way is to go for a walk,” Pajak said. “Walking relieves stress.”

Pajak spent his childhood in Bay City, Michigan in a supportive and loving family, and said he became interested in psychology during his junior year of high school. He resides in Petoskey, Michigan with his wife, Maureen, a former elementary and special education teacher. The author and his wife have three sons and four grandchildren. Pajak presently teaches courses at North Central Michigan College. His stress relievers include walking and nature photography.

To contact author Duane Pajak, e-mail him at dpajak@charter.net. To order It’s all in Your Head, visit http://www.halopublishing.com. The book is also available at the North Central Michigan College bookstore, some community bookstores, and through Amazon and Barnes & Noble in both e-book and soft-cover form.

Press & Media Contact:
Lisa M. Umina, Publisher
Halo Publishing International
AP #726 / P.O. Box 60326
Houston, TX 77205-0326 – USA
877-705-9647
lisa@halopublishing.com
http://www.halopublishing.com

Author Hopes to Help Others Heal

Author Cintra Best shares her personal story about overcoming fear and anger in her book Enlighten My Senses.

Houston, TX (USA), December 06, 2013 — Author Cintra Best shares her personal story about overcoming fear and anger in her book Enlighten My Senses. Published by Halo Publishing International Enlighten My Senses is about her journey to open her heart and her life.

“After my mom died in 1995 when I was 27, my world turned upside down,” Best said. An adopted, only child, Cintra’s father had already died when she was only 12. She felt lost and alone without her mother. “I became emotionally and physically ill. I had panic attacks where I couldn’t leave the house.”

“Enlighten My Senses is the accumulative story of all the steps I took to heal myself and my heart,” said the author. It walks the reader down a path that shows how our history, heritage and emotions affect our well-being. It guides them to look inside and outside, step-by-step, to help and bring light to areas they might not have been aware of. One of the chapters, titled Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, is about deep reflection. “Get ready for a whole new way to look at and improve your world,” Best said.

Halo Publishing International Publisher Lisa Umina said Enlighten My Senses is a self-improvement book that will help readers discover what is inside. “It is a personal story about a journey for a healthier, happier life.”

Best grew up in Colorado where she was raised in a Baptist church and school. Currently, she lives in Wilsonville, Nebraska in a 1916 home she and her husband, Steve, restored as the Wild Turkey Inn. Best has a Bachelor’s and Doctorate degrees in Natural Health and coaches and writes about self-help worldwide. Her column, “Holistic Corner,” is on her blog http://www.enlightenmysenses.wordpress.com and she is working on a second book.

She hopes Enlighten My Senses will open the minds, hearts and visions of readers. “ I hope it will change their perceptions. Then they will have more compassion for themselves and then others and maybe get to know themselves better.”

To reach author Cintra Best, e-mail her at enlightenmysenses@gmail.com or visit http://www.enlightenmysenses.com . To order Enlighten My Senses visit http://www.halopublishing.com.

Press & Media Contact:
Lisa M. Umina, Publisher
Halo Publishing International
AP #726 / P.O. Box 60326
Houston, TX 77205-0326 – USA
877-705-9647
lisa@halopublishing.com
http://www.halopublishing.com

Innovative Vocabulary Building Book Improves Language

Published by Halo Publishing International, Ten Dollar Words for Kids will empower readers with the knowledge and understanding of new words.

Houston, TX (USA), December 06, 2013 — Increasing a child’s vocabulary is easy if you simply introduce them to words, says dad Kevin Kennedy, author of the new book Ten Dollar Words for Kids.

“There are more than a million words in the English language, but we use very few,” Kennedy said. He started teaching his own children a variety of words early in their lives to help them have expanded vocabularies. It was almost a game, but the result is they know more words than their peers, explained Kennedy.

Published by Halo Publishing International, Ten Dollar Words for Kids will empower readers with the knowledge and understanding of new words. “It’s for kids to learn big and prosper,” said the author.

Halo Publisher Lisa Umina said Ten Dollar Words for Kids plants seeds for developing learning curiosity. “It inspires children to learn even more and an improved vocabulary will benefit them throughout their lives,” Umina said.

Kennedy has a vision to develop Ten Dollar Words for Kids books tailored to a variety of medicines such as dentistry, psychiatry, pediatrics, etc., and maybe even other complex professions. “Big words are there to use, not to wonder what they mean,” he said.

“A larger and more complex vocabulary at an early age is essential to setting our children up for success. Ten Dollar Words for Kids books are all about building the vocabulary of a child, and maybe a little about refreshing the minds of teens and adults in a most extraordinary way.”

Kennedy served in the U.S. Navy for more than 25 years, a service tradition modeled after his father and brother. The youngest child of loving and bright parents, Kennedy graduated from Upper Arlington High School, near Columbus, Ohio. He earned a bachelor’s degree at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and retired from the Navy in 2010. The author resides with his wife, Martha, in Chesapeake, Va. He is the father of four children, ages 27, 18 and twin 6-year-olds, all with better than average vocabularies.

To order Ten Dollar Words for Kids, visit http://www.halopublishing.com. To reach author Kevin Kennedy, e-mail him at Kevin.kennedy2@yahoo.com , call (757) 589-7554 or visit http://www.tendollarwordsforkids.com.

Press & Media Contact:
Lisa M. Umina, Publisher
Halo Publishing International
AP #726 / P.O. Box 60326
Houston, TX 77205-0326 – USA
877-705-9647
lisa@halopublishing.com
http://www.halopublishing.com