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BOOKS on Communication Skills

Giving Presentations - Click to order from Amazon.co.uk

Giving Presentations will show you how to plan and structure effective presentations; how to choose and prepare good visual aids; and how to deliver your presentation with confidence, either individually or as part of a team. There are lots of tips on the use of visual aids - one of the potential nightmares when doing presentations - and you are offered a very useful checklist of things to do.
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Writing at Work - Click to order from Amazon.co.uk

Writing at Work emphasises the fact that the act of writing helps you to digest and remember information. In communicating with other people, you should aim for directness, clarity, precision, and simplicity - and the best part of this book is that it shows you how to achieve it. Real-life examples of poor writing and how they might be improved. There's also a chapter on writing a business letter, with detailed explanations of how to deal with each part.
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Organising Meetings - Click to order from Amazon.co.uk

Organising Meetings covers the key documentation of meetings - discussion papers, agendas, and reports. Includes the order in which items should be tabled and recorded, plus tips on dealing with documents in paper and electronic form. There's a chapter on participation which includes both the 'rules' of debate and argument, as well as advice on doing Powerpoint presentations. Then comes the most unpopular task of all - taking the minutes.
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Communication for Engineering Students - Click to order from Amazon.co.uk

Communication for Engineering Students Straightforward advice on clear writing, grammar, presenting technical information, and even writing job applications. Covers sentences, grammar and style, technical information, lab reports, projects, and even spoken presentations and interview techniques. Brief exercises with answers in each chapter.
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Writing Reports - Click to order from Amazon.co.uk

Writing Reports covers all aspects of the process - from gathering information to presenting it in the most effective way. It starts by describing different types of report and then focuses quite rightly on the importance of pitching the content of a report at its intended audience. Explains the differences between recommendations, proposals, and reports, and shows you how to research a topic, how to interview people, and how to record the results.
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CVs and Job Applications - Click to order from Amazon.co.uk

CVs and Job Applications covers tricky issues such as how to deal with gaps in your career (periods of unemployment for instance, or years raising children) as well as how to fit your entire career, personality, hobbies, and work history onto what might be as little as two pages. There's a chapter on writing covering letters and how to tailor their contents to maximise your chances, plus notes on how to fill in application forms.
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Interviewing - Click to order from Amazon.co.uk

Interviewing deals with different types of interviews - from people offering advice over the counter on reception desks, to telephone, TV, and job interviews. Next comes the relationship between interviewer and respondent - how empathy and rapport can built; issues of anonymity and confidentiality; and then truthfulness in representing the purpose of the interview. Next come the important issues of constructing questions and framing the structure of the formal interview - including feedback loops.
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