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Writing E-mails That Have a Clear Purpose
Author Claire Meirowitz , Natalie Canavor
Thie Element is an excerpt from The Truth About the New Rules of Business Writing (ISBN: 9780137153152) by Natalie Canavor and Claire Meirowitz. Available in print and digital formats.Make sure every email has a purpose--and your message is instantly clear to everyo....
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How to Share Good or Bad News by E-mail
Author Claire Meirowitz , Natalie Canavor
This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About the New Rules of Business Writing (ISBN: 9780137153152) by Natalie Canavor and Claire Meirowitz. Available in print and digital formats.How to deliver good news more successfully--and deliver bad news in the most posit....
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Organize Your E-mail Before You Write
Author Claire Meirowitz , Natalie Canavor
This element is an excerpt from The Truth About the New Rules of Business Writing (ISBN: 9780137153152) by Natalie Canavor and Claire Meirowitz. Available in print and digital formats.A practical, step-by-step plan for organizing emails that communicate effectively ....
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Credibility: I’ve Lost It—Can I Rebuild It?
Author Sandy Allgeier
This Element is an excerpt fromThe Personal Credibility Factor: How to Get It, Keep It, and Get It Back (If You’ve Lost It) (ISBN: 9780132082792) by Sandy Allgeier. Available in print and digital formats.A complete, realistic, and proven process for rebuilding lost ....
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Integrity Matters: Trust Is the Bedrock of Success
Author Alan Lurie
This Element is an excerpt from Five Minutes on Mondays: Finding Unexpected Purpose, Peace, and Fulfillment at Work (ISBN: 9780137007783) by Alan Lurie. Available in print and digital formats.Real insights for handling the professional, personal, and moral conflicts....
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Less Is More: The Proper Use of Graphics for Effective Presentations
Author Jerry Weissman
This Element is an excerpt from Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story, Updated and Expanded Edition (ISBN: 9780137144174) by Jerry Weissman. Available in print and digital formats.How to make presentation graphics work for you, not against you or your aud....
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How to Get Your Presentation Audience to Aha!
Author Jerry Weissman
This Element is an excerpt from Presenting to Win (ISBN: 9780137144174) by Jerry Weissman. Available in print and digital formats.Before you deliver your call to action, make sure your audience will be ready to act on it!For your presentations to succeed in achievin....
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What’s In a Presentation for You? How to Focus on Audience Needs
Author Jerry Weissman
This Element is an excerpt from Presenting to Win (ISBN: 9780137144174) by Jerry Weissman. Available in print and digital formats.The secret of presentation success: “WIIFY”--a relentless focus on what’s in it for your audience!Constantly ask the key question: “What....
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Finding Your Logical Presentation Flow
Author Jerry Weissman
This Element is an excerpt from Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story, Updated and Expanded Edition (ISBN: 9780137144174) by Jerry Weissman. Available in print and digital formats.Create a natural flow for your presentation: help your audience follow you ....
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Capturing Your Audience Immediately (and You are Off to a Great Presentation!)
Author Jerry Weissman
This Element is an excerpt from Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story, Updated and Expanded Edition (ISBN: 9780137144174) by Jerry Weissman. Available in print and digital formats.Create “Opening Gambits” that grab your presentation audience from the very....
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The Proper Role of Graphics in a Presentation
Author Jerry Weissman
This Element is an excerpt from Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story, Updated and Expanded Edition (ISBN: 9780137144174) by Jerry Weissman. Available in print and digital formats.The #1 killer mistake presenters make with graphics–and what you need to do....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Author Angela Davis , Si Kahn
Privatization has been on the right-wing agenda for years. Health care, schools, Social Security, public lands, the military, prisons—all are considered fair game. Through stories, analysis, impassioned argument—even song lyrics—Si Kahn and Elizabe....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Author Patrick Harris
The Truth About Creativity provides a practical and example-laden journey through creativity and its talent-releasing benefits for organisations, teams and individuals. Many of the truths are new perspectives on well-known creativity topics and will teach you how to....
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Author Warren Master , Howard R. Balanoff
Real-life Solutions to the Challenges Facing Public Administrators!Complex management issues in the public sector can't be addressed with limited, short-term fixes. Strategic, well-conceived approaches are critical to meet your organization's long-term needs....
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Emotional Intelligence And Projects
Author Ranse Howell , Nicholas Clarke
Emotional Intelligence and Projects investigates how emotional intelligence correlates with being successful at working in projects. It also explores how training in emotional intelligence can improve project professionals’ abilities and relevant project ma....
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Moodle 1.9 Teaching Techniques
Author William Rice , Susan Smith Nash
Creative ways to build powerful and effective online coursesMotivate students from all backgrounds, generations, and learning stylesWhen and how to apply the different learning solutions with workarounds, providing alternative solutionsEasy-to-follow, step-by-step i....
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The Truth About the New Rules of Business Writing
Author Claire Meirowitz , Natalie Canavor
Give yourself a powerful competitive advantage by becoming a better business writer. Better writers get better jobs and more promotions; they persuade people through emails, Web sites, presentations, proposals, resumes, grant proposals, you name it. Businesses know ....
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Shrimp: The Endless Quest for Pink Gold
Author Anne Rudloe , Jack Rudloe
The story of shrimp is as delicious as the creatures themselves. Renowned nature writers Jack and Anne Rudloe tell that story with passion, revealing a hidden history that has spanned millennia. You’ll discover the human stories and heritage behind centuries of shri....
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Read Me First! A Style Guide for the Computer Industry, Third Edition
Author Sun Technical Publications
The definitive reference for technical writers, editors, and documentation managers, Read Me First! A Style Guide for the Computer Industry, Third Edition,has been revised and updated to cover everything from creating screencasts and referencing web sites to writing....
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Presentation Zen Design: Simple Design Principles and Techniques to Enhance Your Presentations
Author Garr Reynolds
In his internationally acclaimed, best-selling book Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery, presentation master Garr Reynolds gave readers the framework for planning, putting together, and delivering successful presentations. Now, he take....
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The Film Editing Room Handbook: How to Tame the Chaos of the Editing Room, Fourth Edition
Author Norman Hollyn
The assistant film editor has many more responsibilities than simply helping to edit the picture. He or she must work with all the numerous members of the filmmaking team, juggle the demands of copious amounts of footage from various sources, keep notes during the s....
Release Date 2009/12 -
Writing Better Lyrics, 2nd Edition
Author Pat Pattison
The Must-Have Guide for SongwritersWriting Better Lyrics has been a staple for songwriters for nearly two decades. Now this revised and updated 2nd Edition provides effective tools for everything from generating ideas, to understanding the form and function of a son....
Release Date 2009/12 -
Confessions of a Public Speaker
Author Scott Berkun
In this hilarious and highly practical book, author and professional speaker Scott Berkun reveals the techniques behind what great communicators do, and shows how anyone can learn to use them well. For managers and teachers -- and anyone else who talks and expects s....
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Author Nancy Johnson , Mariana Funes
New technology and organizational structures are transforming the workplace, but management skills have not yet caught up. Harnessing knowledge and using it as a competitive advantage is one of the key priorities of organizations today. Honing Your Knowledge S....
Release Date 2009/11 -
Author Terrence V. Lillard , Chris Happel , Brian Barber , Graham Speake
Eleventh Hour Linux+: Exam XK0-003 Study Guide offers a practical guide for those preparing for the Linux+ certification exam. The book begins with a review of important concepts that are needed for successful operating system installation. These include compu....
Release Date 2009/11 -
Author Ralf Hildebrandt , Patrick Ben Koetter , Magnus Back , Ian Haycox , David Rusenko , C
Set up, maintain, and secure a small office email serverCovers all the information you need to easily set up your own Linux email serverLearn how to provide web access to email, virus and spam protection, and moreThoroughly covers open source tools like PostFix, Cou....
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Best Practices: Communicating Effectively
Author Garry Kranz
In this age of digital communication, getting the right message across clearly is crucial to success. Communicating Effectively, a comprehensive and essential resource for any manager on the run, shows you how.Learn to:Build relationships through effective communica....
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The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience
Author Carmine Gallo
The Wall Street Journal Bestseller!Updated to include Steve Jobs's iPad and iPad2 launch presentations“The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs reveals the operating system behind any great presentation and provides you with a quick-start guide to design your own pa....
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The Non-Designer’s Presentation Book: principles for effective presentation design
Author Robin Williams
These days, it's not just corporate marketing directors tasked with giving computer-based presentations—anyone forced to stand in front of a crowd and talk for more than three minutes had better know how to put together a slide presentation. You're not a professio....
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Nikon® Creative Lighting System: Digital Field Guide, Second Edition
Author J. Dennis Thomas
A full-color, go-anywhere guide to Nikon's entire array of creative lighting possibilitiesNikon's Creative Lighting System is like having a low-cost, wireless, studio lighting system that's portable enough to fit into a camera bag. Although the possibilities are ....
Release Date 2009/10