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From persuasive memos to complaint letters, sales letters to executive summaries -- this exceedingly useful guide helps the business worker write clearly and in an appropriate format, style and tone. Numerous examples show how to overcome writer's block, organize messages for maximum impact, achieve an easy-to-read style, find an efficient writing system and much more.
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Go to book.......2006-11-03
I bought several similar reference books at the time of this purchase. Effective Business Writing is my go-to book, my first choice, and usually all I need.
Great reference book - - timely, too!.......1999-04-22
This is a well-written, carefully organized book that belongs on desks across America! Topics covered include organizing before writing, overcoming writer's block, suiting letters to complex situations, and using grammar and punctuation properly. If I had to provide one criticism, it would only be that the book is too short! As a reader, I didn't tire of the useful sample letters and would have happily read more and more. A great reference for the tentative writer and a good refresher for seasoned writers, as well.
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As consultants and trainers who specialize in public speaking and other elements vital to a persuasive corporate production, George Morrisey, Thomas Sechrest, and Wendy Warman are well-versed in the good (as well as the bad and the ugly). The fourth edition of their time-tested guide, Loud and Clear: How to Prepare and Deliver Effective Business and Technical Presentations, offers step-by-step advice on critical components from visuals to logistics to delivery. It unequivocally views preparation as the crux, however, and fully outlines six integrated planning procedures certain to improve one's chance for success. --Howard Rothman
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Full step-by-step advice and practical answers,
Loud and Clear is just what today's managers and technical experts need to make sure their messages come across clearly and confidently. Available for decades only at a college discount , this presentations handbook has been completely revised and updated for trade publications.
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Excellent instructional reference.......2000-10-19
Loud and Clear is an outstanding resource for producing an effective presentation. The emphasis on audience analysis, which is so often overlooked, is excellent and will lead you to focus on the things that matter for your presentation. I especially liked the exercises suggested by the authors. Do them; you will learn more about your style of communication and your ability to connect with audiences than you had ever imagined. This book is probably most effective for newer presenters who need a foundation in the building blocks of assembling an effective presentation. But, it will also be instructional and valuable to check the effectiveness of more experienced presenters. Overall Loud and Clear is a concise, well-written recipe for effective presentations
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Effective Business and Technical Presentations
George L. Morrisey , and
Thomas Sechrest
Manufacturer: Perseus Books (Sd)
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- An invaluable and instructive reference
- An invaluable and instructive reference
- An invaluable and instructive reference
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Effective Writing for the Quality Professional: Creating Useful Letters, Reports, and Procedures
Jane Campanizzi
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An invaluable and instructive reference .......2005-06-10
The ability to articulately speak and write is essential for professional success in an increasingly global and competitive marketplace. Effective Writing For The Quality Professional: Creating Useful Letters, Reports, And Procedures by Joan Campanizzi (Adjunct Faculty/Communication Strategies and ESL Professor, Franklin University, Columbus, Ohio) shows just how to apply effective writing techniques and strategies to meet the needs of any organizational demand, including effectively communicating through the written word with co-workers and customers. This small, pocket-sized, spiral bound begins with an explanation of the value of effective writing in the workplace, continues with presenting language techniques for effective writing, with subsequent chapters dealing with formatting techniques, basic correspondence, writing effective definitions, summaries, and descriptions, writing effective instructions and procedures, reports and proposals, and delivering effective management presentations. Enhanced with three useful appendices: "Eliminating Waste Words"; "U.S. Postal Service State/Territory Abbreviation Codes"; "User Manual Style Sheets (Example)"; and an index, Effective Writing For The Quality Professional is an invaluable and instructive reference for anyone having to communicate through writing within the context of the professional lives and businesses.
An invaluable and instructive reference .......2005-06-10
The ability to articulately speak and write is essential for professional success in an increasingly global and competitive marketplace. Effective Writing For The Quality Professional: Creating Useful Letters, Reports, And Procedures by Joan Campanizzi (Adjunct Faculty/Communication Strategies and ESL Professor, Franklin University, Columbus, Ohio) shows just how to apply effective writing techniques and strategies to meet the needs of any organizational demand, including effectively communicating through the written word with co-workers and customers. This small, pocket-sized, spiral bound begins with an explanation of the value of effective writing in the workplace, continues with presenting language techniques for effective writing, with subsequent chapters dealing with formatting techniques, basic correspondence, writing effective definitions, summaries, and descriptions, writing effective instructions and procedures, reports and proposals, and delivering effective management presentations. Enhanced with three useful appendices: "Eliminating Waste Words"; "U.S. Postal Service State/Territory Abbreviation Codes"; "User Manual Style Sheets (Example)"; and an index, Effective Writing For The Quality Professional is an invaluable and instructive reference for anyone having to communicate through writing within the context of the professional lives and businesses.
An invaluable and instructive reference .......2005-06-10
The ability to articulately speak and write is essential for professional success in an increasingly global and competitive marketplace. Effective Writing For The Quality Professional: Creating Useful Letters, Reports, And Procedures by Joan Campanizzi (Adjunct Faculty/Communication Strategies and ESL Professor, Franklin University, Columbus, Ohio) shows just how to apply effective writing techniques and strategies to meet the needs of any organizational demand, including effectively communicating through the written word with co-workers and customers. This small, pocket-sized, spiral bound begins with an explanation of the value of effective writing in the workplace, continues with presenting language techniques for effective writing, with subsequent chapters dealing with formatting techniques, basic correspondence, writing effective definitions, summaries, and descriptions, writing effective instructions and procedures, reports and proposals, and delivering effective management presentations. Enhanced with three useful appendices: "Eliminating Waste Words"; "U.S. Postal Service State/Territory Abbreviation Codes"; "User Manual Style Sheets (Example)"; and an index, Effective Writing For The Quality Professional is an invaluable and instructive reference for anyone having to communicate through writing within the context of the professional lives and businesses.
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- Excellent guide to writing correct english
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Effective Business Communications
Herta A Murphy ,
Herbert W Hildebrandt , and
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The Murphy book gives strong emphasis to completeness, conciseness, consideration, concreteness, clearness, courteousness, and correctness in business communication. These "seven Cs" guide student-readers to choose the content and style that best fits the purpose and recipient of any given message. Pedagogically rich, most chapters in this paperback text include checklists, mini-cases and problems, "Communication Probe" boxes which summarize related research, and sidenotes that isolate significant points that should not be missed. Two new chapters are devoted to ethics and technology respectively.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent guide to writing correct english.......1998-09-07
This book was my guide during my study at College for International Management. It gives an excellent overview of how to write correct english papers (letters, memo's, reports etc.), it is a must for anyone who is serious about business writing.
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Complete and In-depth.......2001-08-16
This is not one of those books filled with pep talks and exhortations to overcome stage fright or thinly veiled Toastmaster "how to". It's about the realities of delivering technical presentations as either the speaker or the coordinator of a presentation. To be sure, it does address some of the basics, such as how to clarify your message with an outline, dealing with hostile audiences, and how to create effective visual aids that reinforce your message.
What sets this book apart, though, is the way the author addresses the logistical issues, which can be a coordinator's nightmare. The advice given is born of experience and enduring the last minute pressures of getting on a plane to do an unplanned presentation the next morning. As life would have it, such events depend on luck and demonstration equipment or software functioning perfectly. As Murphy's Law would have it, these events age one rapidly. But the author thoroughly covers all of the issues and factors, including scheduling and logistics and how to coordinate the complexities of preparing the site. He also goes into minute details of site selection and optimum room layout, audience (and speaker) comfort and safety and coordinating multiple speakers. Here is an example of the level of detail the book goes into, showing how well thought out the material is: managing speaking events in multilingual audiences or guest speakers requiring translators.
To a presenter this book is valuable; to an event coordinator or road-warrior presenter this book is a jewel. It covers topics and situations you rarely think of until you've been embarrassed a few times, and is clearly and cleverly written.
Some good, some bad.......2001-08-04
The writer of this book appropriately acknowledges the fact that you cannot learn to present from a book. Like many other things it is a matter of practice makes perfect. So, if you are interested in this book because you are "scared"/unsure etc. of an upcoming presentation, this book will not teach you how to do it. However, this book will make you aware of some of the good and bad practices.
In the preface of the book the author mentions that the growth in computer projection equipment and the accompanying software that enables the creation of the so called "slide shows" may lead to the impression that everything is done by the computer. In this book he effectively shows that that is not the case.
The book commences in Chapters 2 and 3 by stressing the importance of planning your talk. Knowing what you want to say and who the audience will be. It emphasises planning the overall structure of the talk.
Chapters 4 and 5 are appropriately dedicated to the use of visual aids. It stresses the importance of getting the message to the audience. From this perspective it provides sensible useful guidelines for people whose artistic capabilities may not be well developed. Practical aspect of letter sizing and color usage is presented - mistakes in this regard, which I see made in presentations at all levels, are pointed out. These two chapters will probably shed interesting light on certain issues even for reasonably experienced presenters. The only "factor" that I could find that is not addressed in these chapters is the excessive use of animation which certain computer software "impose" on you. Therefore if a section that builds on the statement "Don't use animation unless there is a specific reason why it would aid in getting the message across..." is added, I would be happy that it is the most complete way in which this topic is addressed in one single source.
Chapter 6 specifically deals with "new" presentation technology. It mentions several issues that pertain specifically to computer-based presentations. This is the one chapter were the book could probably be bettered, especially for people wanting to read specifically about these kinds of presentations. To get value from this chapter one probably needs to read the previous chapters as well. As such the book loses a bit of its potential as "reference" material. It is, however, still very much worthwhile if you read the book as a unit.
The rest of the book deals with a variety of issues deals with aspects such as different kinds of room layouts, different kinds of presentations etc. It fails, however, to make a link between how these would change the presentation. If the latter part of the book receives attention and do a bit more than just mention these issues much value can be added. This part of the book is probably responsible for its 4-rating. If I were to evaluate Chapters 1 - 6 and 7 - 11 separately it would probably receive 5 and 3 stars respectively.
The appendices provide some evaluation forms for the different types of meetings, which could save you some experimentation.
In general the book is a good buy for people with no or little experience in making presentations - applying and thinking carefully about some of the suggestions may help you avoid mistakes by raising awareness. However, even experienced presenters could probably get value out of the book by measuring their existing way of doing against chapters 3 - 6.
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The Computer Professional's Guide to Effective Communications
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Design issues for producing effective multimedia presentations.: An article from: Technical Communication
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From the supplier: Multimedia technology yields various benefits for both technical communication students and educators. However, important issues should be considered prior to the presentation of an interactive multimedia to ensure its effectiveness.
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Title: Design issues for producing effective multimedia presentations.
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Technical Communication (Refereed)
Date: February 1, 1997
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Volume: v44
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This book will be valuable to anyone who seeks employment OR advancement in the human resources or personnel field. Nearly all resumes shown have companion cover letters. Resumes contain jobs such as Administrative Services Manager, Assistant Personnel Administrator, Chief of Personnel Management, Director of Human Resources, Employee Relations Manager, Human Resources Director, Personnel Counselor, Drug Testing Administrator, Staffing Specialist, Temporary Placement Supervisor, and many other jobs.
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Not history - it's happening now.......2000-09-20
The subtitle to this book is "Railroads, Deforestation, and Social Change in West Virginia 1880 - 1920." The principle reason for the deeply-embedded poverty in Central Appalachia is the fact that the region continues to be a colony of industrial powers. Beginning in the mid-19th century, iron, coal, railroad, and timber companies teamed with national, state, and local politicians to exploit the natural resources -- coal and timber -- and the people of Central Appalachia. The result was devastation of a culture, destruction of a people, and destruction of the environment. And, I am incorrect to use the past tense -- clear-cutting of forests continues and "mountain-top removal" mining continue to destroy the culture, communities, and landscape of Central Appalachia. Lewis' book is an excellent description of what happens when politicians and industrial leaders join in league to exploit a region.
Note that this book deals with events of 1880 - 1920 -- so why is it important today? Because what was done to Central Appalachia in that period is being done to the rest of us today under the guise of "economic globalization." For example, the people of McDowell County, WV, are powerless in the face of Norfolk Southern (railroad company) because NS owns 85 percent of the land in the county. Just exactly what do you think will happen when "global" corporations own the factories, the minerals, and the workers? The experience of Appalachia with industrial and political exploitation is the same experience that awaits all of us under "economic globalization."
A Comprehensive View.......1999-12-05
I enjoy historical narratives about turn of the century logging in West Virginia. Many texts cover the economic aspects of logging in terms of the timber processed. Other books detail the milling process or the lifestyle of the lumberjack in the WV wilderness. However, this is the first book I have encountered that describes the social ramifications of the logging industry in defining the WV culture. Ronald Lewis has opened up new discussions of how early steam technology impacted the remote lifestyles of West Virginia. This book gives a fresh viewpoint that is needed in re-evaluating the romanticized description of Appalachian lumbering in the last century.
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