This book provides students and professionals with practical answers to important career and communication questions, helping them to communicate successfully in a business setting. Communication expert, Deirdre Breakenridge, examines the ways in which professionals can make the most of their careers in a fast-changing media landscape, offering advice on how new and seasoned executives can utilize and adapt to the latest modes of communication. The author breaks down the eight most critical areas for professionals seeking to develop their communication skills, opening with essentials that will prove useful in any setting. She then details the ways in which organizations can adapt to changes in technology and consumer behavior to improve relationships, social media presence, and brand recognition. The easy to follow question–answer format walks readers through the most pressing, confusing, and frequently asked questions about successful communication with plenty of advice and examples for a better learning experience. Covering traditional business communication topics like partnerships and storytelling, the book also includes material on digital and social media channels as well as a chapter on giving back as a mentor. "Experts Weigh In" boxes feature advice from other top professionals, exposing the reader to multiple perspectives from the field. Grounded in decades of experience, Answers for Modern Communicators will benefit all students getting ready to enter the workforce as well as professionals looking to enhance their communication skills.
To succeed at work and in life, people need to know how to have great encounters - in person, online, and on the phone with customers, colleagues and clients. Kevin McCarney shows how readers can create positive results in every communication every day when they understand the secrets of the Big Brain and the Little Brain - the two communication brains we all use. The book not only helps readers build their own communication skills but also gives them simple, easy to remember ways to explain the art of communication to anyone, including managers and front line employees.
For Management Communication courses at both the undergrad and MBA level. This book is written for anyone who needs to communicate in today's business or professional environment. This newly-revised sixth edition summarizes practical skills for communication strategy, writing, and speaking.
Effective Speaking provides the hard scientific information about audience psychology, text preparation, presentation methods, voice production, body language and persuasive advocacy which will help would-be speakers improve their performance. The emphasis throughout is on practical self-help, on methods which have been shown to work, with clear explanations of just why they are effective.
The book consists of many technique of ?Effective public speaking?. The author has transformed public-speaking into a life-skill which anyone cab develop. The book consists of basic principles of effective speaking, technique of effective speaking, and the 3-aspects of every speech and effective methods of delivering a talk. The book focuses on impromptu talk too. The author tells us how to make the most of our resources and achieve our fullest potential. A must read book for effective speaking.
Learning to communicate effectively can solve a large number of problems in the workplace before they occur. This book explains all the essential methods of communication and includes material on non-verbal and cross cultural communication.
Communications is the key to sucess in any business. Whether you are trying to sell a product, answer a query or complaint from a customer or convince your colleagues to follow a certain course of action, good communcation often means the difference between sucess and failure. This book is written for everyone who wants to master the skill of good communication in business - from business people and government officals to business students and English lauguage learners. It is: - A self-help guide for people in business or at work who want to improve their communication skills - A resource for business students at tertiary level, especially students of the new business vocational diploma - A guide to resource for students in other countries who may wish, or need, to learn business english as part of their general business course. The aim of this book is to give a good grounding in writing and speaking English in business situations. Contents: Introduction; 1. Communicating in business; 2. Planning what you are going to say; 3. Laying out documents; 4. Constructing sentences and paragraphs; 5. Good business style; 6. Techniques for different occasions; 7. Common grammatical mistakes; 8. Punctuation; 9. Spelling and vocabulary; Answers to exercises; Further reading; Glossary; Index.