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"There are a million books that can inspire you. This one will make you inspiring. In this fun and provocative page-turner, Michael Fanuele, one of the world's most successful marketing strategists, shares The Six Skills of Inspiration. With insights from music, politics, business, neuroscience, and a recipe for radishes, Stop Making Sense shares the creative blueprint that can unleash the inspiring leader in all of us."--Page [4] of cover.
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"An experienced presenter and executive coach shows readers how to speak effectively in a variety of situations, ranging from job interviews to wedding toasts. Topics include building rapport with audiences, managing performance anxiety, displaying appropriate body language, and using "mind maps" to organize and remember presentations"--
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A communications coach shows how to identify your point, strengthen it, stick to it, and sell it with this quick and sensible guide.
Every time you communicate, you're trying to do something, change something, or move someone to action. You're trying to make a point. But the only way to make a point is to have a point. And the surprising truth is, very few communicators know their points or even understand what a point is, rendering them pointless.
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How many times have you told someone, "You're not listening to what I'm saying?" Has anyone ever said that to you? Listening is as critical as sending clear messages for effective communication to occur. Misunderstandings lead to dissatisfied customers, disgruntled employees, poor hiring decisions, and diminished trust. Conversely, effective communication improves relationships, increases customer satisfaction, builds trust, improves morale, and minimizes...
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Excel in both individual work and group settings!
Many opportunities to add value, gain recognition, and achieve exciting tasks may only be available through establishing mutually beneficial workplace relationships. To maximize accomplishments and impact, employees must successfully collaborate with other professionals. This book is designed to build upon your existing proficiency skills and enable you to obtain your ideal job role. This book contains...
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A study by MCI found that most professionals believe that over 50 percent of meeting time is wasted. More than 90 percent admit to daydreaming in meetings, 73 percent have brought other work, and 39 percent have fallen asleep. You might think that there would be fewer meetings. However, in the survey 46 percent said they attended more meetings than a year ago. Meetings cost time and money. Many meetings end with no results or outcome. How can you...
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Justice, courage, loyalty, self-control: these are more than words limited to the study of ancient wars and the martial arts. They are essential to the workplace wars we face daily. So, what if you could use the way of the Samurai in your daily life-especially at work? The martial arts skills of the Samurai revolve around politeness, self-control, and honesty. By using these traits as business strategies, you will develop an especially powerful tool...
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Michael D. Butler takes the reader on a mind-blowing historical journey with a guided virtual tour and insider look at the publishing industry from the birth of the Printing Press to the Internet and makes some bold predictions about what the future of publishing will be and the answer might surprise you.
So, you want to be a best-selling author, right? Just the name sounds great, doesn't it? Of course, being able to call yourself a best-selling...
10) Virtual EI
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Read the room-and the Zoom.
Just because a global pandemic forced us all to log more hours in virtual meetings and engage in more Slack conversations doesn't mean we're good at them. We've all endured the uncertainty of knowing who should talk first when several of us start at once. Or logging in to a call with a full mosaic of faces but no one speaking. How do you allow folks to dissent or share a hard perspective? If someone appears confused, do...
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An A–Z primer for all levels of public speaking, from securing engagements to delivering unforgettable speeches to making money as a speaker. Can you make it as a professional speaker? Knowing how to deliver a great presentation is obviously important, but truly understanding how the speaking industry really works is probably even more important. What do you need to know to deal with event promoters? What can you do to take control of the room and...
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Leadership is the most valuable commodity in the world. There has never been a more important time to bring forth leaders who can stand up and make a difference. Inspirators is the route map to leadership in a new age - an age where leaders are no longer dictators, but visionaries and motivators. They are at the top of their game and inspire others to be at the top of theirs too. This book sets out to prove that leaders are not born but made. They...
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Unlock the Potential in Your Employee Survey
You spend months crafting the right survey questions and planning how to share the results with senior leaders and managers. Then you anxiously anticipate the responses. But once the data trickle in, nothing happens, no one acts, and your employees wait and wait for change.
What happened? When did the survey become just another "check the box" task for HR to administer and employees to fill out? In “Engaging...
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BUSINESS IS NOT STATIC. In 2020, we were reminded of this as the Covid-19 pandemic proved to be the catalyst that would transform the ways we do business. It was a global phenomenon not seen by the world in one hundred years.This book was written in the dark days of businesses grinding to a halt. A time when companies and entrepreneurs faced tough decisions involving redefining business models and mission, laying off workers, or even going bankrupt....
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The average attention span today has dropped to 8 seconds (which means you may want to send out detailed bullet points reviewing what was discussed at your last staff meeting). With more distractions today than ever before for the average person, it has become as difficult as it's ever been to get a message across. To get heard in this ADD-filled, phone-addicted culture, one must focus their message, be slightly different, and deliver with finesse.
In...
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This trusted handbook for nonprofit board service is newly revised and includes new case studies and even more tips and ideas from the trenches of nonprofit board work. Doing Good Better is approachable wisdom. Edgar Stoesz has made Doing Good Better a guidebook for both board members of nonprofits, whether new to the task, or highly experienced.
First, Stoesz identifies two failings common to many boards of nonprofit organizations
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The must-read summary of Judith Humphrey's book: "Speaking as a Leader: How to Lead Every Time You Speak".
This complete summary of the ideas from Judith Humphrey's book "Speaking as a Leader" shows how you can think, act and speak like a leader in everything that you do. In her book, the author reveals four steps that you can follow to evaluate and improve your leadership skills: think like a leader, follow the leader's script, use leadership...
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The power of storytelling in effecting change is immeasurable. Over the years, however, "storytelling" has nearly eroded into an empty buzzword. In an attempt to redefine storytelling and dissect the core tactics that can enliven our persuasive communication, “Make It Matter: A Guide to Mastering the Art of the Pitch with Principled Storytelling” provides an organized deep dive into the successful pitch strategies changemakers have employed to...
19) Comment réussir une présentation PowerPoint ?: Les règles à suivre pour une présentation percutante
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Un guide pratique et accessible pour apprendre à tirer parti du logiciel PowerPoint lors de vos présentations
Qui n'a jamais dû utiliser PowerPoint, ce programme devenu incontournable dans la préparation des présentations ? Nous passons pourtant parfois des heures à tenter de réaliser un fichier esthétique et efficace. Mais, souvent, le rendu se révèle bien loin de nos attentes. Comment dès lors ne plus perdre son temps inutilement et...
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Now more than ever, the scientific and medical community is under the microscope and in front of the media. Science matters, and in a post-truth world it's more important than ever for scientists and physicians to be heard.
But there's a challenge. To get people to listen, you can't communicate in writing alone anymore. You need to speak up and be seen - on stage, online, and on camera. To do this well you need to master the art of influential speaking,...
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