Business : Business Communication

Find out what you need to know EVERY time with The Art of Asking Questions eReport. Every so often, there comes along a taciturn coworker, a stalwart boss, or an indecisive client. With each, there is one obstacle blocking your plan, your raise, or your ability to close a sale: Communication. What can you do to crumble the walls that are blocking your lines of communication with these people, and, for that matter, anyone else? The answer lies in the Art of Asking Questions! What do you think about this project? Can you support this decision? What can I do to help you? How would you deal with this problem? What’s your objective? How do you feel about this? The world is full of questions: good questions, silly questions, important questions, offensive questions. Questions can build rapport and trust, or foster suspicion and discord. Questions can open up a conversation, or slam it closed. Questions can generate information, or send the conversation shooting off on a tangent. Questions are the heart of communication. They pump fresh life into conversations. Asking good questions = Getting the right answers. Asking good questions is particularly important in organizations where working together to achieve a common purpose is dependant upon the members of the group, and their ability to understand one another clearly. Asking questions about how things are done, why they’re done, who’s responsible for doing them, and when they’re due, form the basis of organizational effectiveness. Imagine launching a new product, putting together a budget, improving a process, implementing a new policy, or reviewing employee performance without asking questions. The Information Age could not exist without questions. The Art of Asking Questions eReport will help you understand how to use questions to improve your communication, what types of questions to use, when to use them, and the strategies and techniques of artful questioning. I, Dr. Tony Alessandra, have decades more...

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Guides you through the writing process for public relations practice. This work leads you through the various steps and stages of writing, and helps you explore many formats and styles necessary to public relations writers. It introduces the various types of public relations writing you may encounter as a public relations practitioner. more...

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Become a presentation genius without spending painstaking hours practicing and polishing. Boost Your Presentation IQ reveals how you can create powerful presentations and speeches for any business setting. Through an interactive format that features multiple-choice questions, you will determine your ''Presentation IQ.'' Business consultant Marilyn Pincus delivers strategies for determining the best type of presentation to give, sample phrases for attention-getting beginnings and motivational endings, Q&A sessions, effective visual aids, and strategies for putting together a presentation fast. more...

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Packed with fascinating cases, cultural awareness scales, communication style tests and practical tips, this lively guide will help anyone - of any nationality - to become a better communicator. Whether you're planning to give a presentation to a cross-cultural group or about to negotiate with an overseas client, Bridging the Culture Gap will ensure that your cultural awareness antennae are well tuned. more...

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This up-to-date introduction to modern business communication, integrates theory and practice, covers interpersonal, group, written, oral and corporate communication, and challenges orthodox views of the entire communication process. more...

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