English (Communications Core)

Business Writing For Dummies shows you how to create persuasive messages with the right content and language every time. This friendly guide equips you with a step-by-step method for planning what to say and how to say it in writing. This system empowers you to handle every writing challenge with confidence, from emails to proposals, reports to resumes, presentations to video scripts, blogs to social posts, websites to books.

For anyone who wants to communicate effectively in business, this is your complete reference guide for any form of written communication. Packed with over 500 sample documents, over 100 tips for better business writing and useful templates you can apply to your writing immediately, Model Business Letters will help you put the key rules of good business writing into action.

Persuasive Writing reveals the most efficient and effective ways to make your words work, time after time. Discover how to: Transform any document into something truly compelling and persuasive; Understand what your reader really wants to hear and use this to get what you want; Combine logic and emotion to convince even the most skeptical reader.

Presentation Patterns is the first book on presentations that categorizes and organizes the building blocks (or patterns) that you'll need to communicate effectively using presentation tools like Keynote and PowerPoint.

In this edition, Garr gives his students new examples to draw inspiration from, with a whole new chapter for those who present on more technical topics based on techniques used by presenters who give high-level talks at TED and other powerhouse events. Whether the student is in research, technology, business, or education--this book will show them how to take what could look like a really dry presentation and reinvigorate the material in fresh ways that will make it memorable and resonate with the audience.

The Ultimate Guide to Business Writing is a comprehensive guide on how to write any kind of business document. It explains in depth the whole process: from determining objectives to establishing readers' needs, conducting research, outlining, and designing a template; to writing the first draft; to editing for meaning, accuracy, concision, style and emotional impact; to creating glossaries and indices; to proofreading and working with reviewers.

Now with new material on inclusive language, peer review, sample essay prompts, and more, this indispensable guide helps you hone your writing skills for success in college and in life.

A leader in the modern storytelling movement, The Moth inspires thousands of people to share their stories each year. Now, with How to Tell a Story, The Moth will help you learn how to uncover and craft your own unique stories. Whether your goal is to deliver the perfect wedding toast, wow clients at a business dinner, ace a job interview, be a hit at parties or change the world, stories are essential.

The text begins with writing basics, emphasizing the characteristics of effective writing, the writing process, ethics, and the importance of audience. It covers basic business correspondence, walks students through formatting letters for a variety of business situations, and features a step-by-step chapter on getting a job. More advanced chapters focus on document design and visuals, writing instructions and procedures, writing reports, proposals, and making business presentations.

This new edition encompasses written, oral, and visual communication-but also reflects current practices in the field of technical writing, with continued emphasis on workplace communication.

This concise guide shows readers the art of technical writing for a variety of contexts and institutions. Using examples from the business and non-corporate world, the book emphasizes transactional writing through practical explanations, real-world examples, and a variety of "role-playing" exercises. Each section builds on the next as readers learn a variety of models of style and format.

This book explains how the miracle of powerful public speaking is achieved, and equips you to give it your best shot. There is no set formula; no two talks should be the same. The goal is for you to give the talk that only you can give. But don't be intimidated. You may find it more natural than you think.