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Get the Summary of Matt Abrahams's Think Faster Talk Smarter in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Think Faster Talk Smarter" by Matt Abrahams provides a comprehensive guide to managing speaking anxiety and enhancing spontaneous communication skills. Abrahams introduces techniques for immediate anxiety relief, such as mindfulness and reframing anxiety as excitement, and categorizes speaking anxiety symptoms into affective,...
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The Public Work of Rhetoric presents the art of rhetorical techné as a contemporary praxis for civic engagement and social change, which is necessarily inclusive of people inside and outside the academy. In this provocative call to action, editors John M. Ackerman and David J. Coogan, along with seventeen other accomplished contributors, offer case studies and criticism on the rhetorical practices of citizen-scholars pursuing democratic ideals in...
3) Summary of Dale Carnegie & Associates's How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age
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Get the Summary of Dale Carnegie & Associates's How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Influence in the digital age is a double-edged sword, with public accountability for online behavior becoming the norm. Dale Carnegie's advice to avoid criticism, condemnation, or complaint is more relevant than ever, as negative outbursts can lead to a loss of influence....
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Hier bekommen Sie gut umsetzbare und unkomplizierte Tipps für besseres Präsentieren. Kompakt und direkt umsetzbar. Sie erfahren, wie Sie am Vorbild lernen, eigenen Ticks auf die Spur kommen und Sprache sowie Körpersprache einsetzen; dass Sie nicht alleine mit Ihrer Redeangst sind, was dagegen hilft und noch vieles mehr.
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When we speak of clouds these days, it is as likely that we mean data clouds or network clouds as cumulus or stratus. In their sharing of the term, both kinds of clouds reveal an essential truth: that the natural world and the technological world are not so distinct. In The Marvelous Clouds, John Durham Peters argues that though we often think of media as environments, the reverse is just as true-environments are media.
Peters defines media expansively...
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Wer flucht und schimpft, gibt viel von seiner Mentalität preis. Und immer gilt: Je derber, bösartiger und obszöner, desto mehr amüsieren uns die Beschimpfungen in anderen Sprachen - gerade dann, wenn wir nicht selbst die Beleidigten sind. Matthias Zimmermann hat die schmutzigsten Redensarten, Flüche und Beschimpfungen unserer europäischen Nachbarn zusammengestellt und erklärt, woher sie kommen und was sich hinter ihnen verbirgt. Dabei begegnen...
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You Can't Padlock an Idea examines the educational programs undertaken at the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee and looks specifically at how these programs functioned rhetorically to promote democratic social change. Founded in 1932 by educator Myles Horton, the Highlander Folk School sought to address the economic and political problems facing communities in Appalachian Tennessee and other southern states. To this end Horton and the school's staff...
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Explores how the emotional experience of gratitude has been enlisted in neoliberal governance through the language of debt.
In The Art of Gratitude, Jeremy David Engels sketches a genealogy of gratitude from the ancient Greeks to the contemporary self-help movement. One of the most striking things about gratitude, Engels finds, is how consistently it is described using the language of indebtedness. A chief purpose of this, he contends, is to make...
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Pocos investigadores en literatura logran moldear una obra que vaya más allá de una suma contingente de textos críticos para convertirse en una síntesis histórica, teórica y crítica de la disciplina. Tal es el caso de Alain Vaillant, cuya obra, que empieza a ser traducida hoy a diferentes idiomas, ha sentado los cimientos para una historia radicalmente nueva de la literatura, que permita comprender el origen y las consecuencias de los seísmos...
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There is a culturally significant way of being Yorùbá that is expressed through dress, greetings, and celebrations-no matter where in the world they take place. Adélékè Adék documents Yorùbá patterns of behavior and articulates a philosophy of how to be Yorùbá in this innovative study. As he focuses on historical writings, Ifá divination practices, the use of proverbs in contemporary speech, photography, gendered ideas of dressing well,...
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La pregunta por los componentes básicos de la sociedad, aquello que la constituye en última instancia, es una cuestión clásica y, a la vez, constante en las ciencias sociales y humanas. Este tema central se aborda en el libro desde diferentes perspectivas históricas y teóricas. La interrogación acerca del rol del lenguaje en la conformación de esas dimensiones fundamentales es también un eje central que trasvasa y estructura todos los capítulos....
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Crisis Communications Professional Tia Ramey helps leaders prevent a personal and professional crisis in Canceled: Mastering Difficult Conversations in a Modern World.
Diversity is a big word with high expectations for many leaders trying to live up to what seems to be a moving target. As our perspectives of the word "Diversity" are evolving, our language and how we communicate continue to evolve.
Gain best practices and communication techniques to...
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Want to Teach Your Kids Words for Communication in Filipino?Wonder How They're Pronounced?Enhance your learning experience with our complimentary audio recordings. Follow the link in the book to not only read but also listen and familiarize yourself with authentic Filipino pronunciation.Delight in learning Filipino with our vivid picture book!Key Features of the Book: Filipino Words for Communication.Vibrant Illustrations of Each Communication Word.English...
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For over 125 years, the Daily Tar Heel has chronicled life at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and at times pushed and prodded the university community on issues of local, state, and national significance. Thousands of students have served on its staff, many of whom have gone on to prominent careers in journalism and other influential fields. Print News and Raise Hell engagingly narrates the story of the newspaper's development and...
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Crónicas centroamericanas
Esta serie de crónicas escritas por el periodista salvadoreño Carlos Dada no son solo una selección del mejor periodismo que se ha hecho en español en la última década y que el autor viene desarrollando desde mucho antes. Son además un recorrido por una región, Centroamérica, a menudo olvidada y tan necesaria para entender todos los males y retos que encara cualquier sociedad. Son historias que cuentan países...
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Want to Teach Your Kids Words for Communication in Portuguese?Wonder How They're Pronounced?Enhance your learning experience with our complimentary audio recordings. Follow the link in the book to not only read but also listen and familiarize yourself with authentic Portuguese pronunciation.Delight in learning Portuguese with our vivid picture book!Key Features of the Book: Portuguese Words for Communication.Vibrant Illustrations of Each Communication...
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Did you ever want to teach your kids basic Words for Communication in Spanish ?
Learning Spanish can be fun with this picture book.
In this book you will find the following features:
Words for Communication in Spanish.
Colorful Pictures of Words for Communication.
Words for Communication in English.
English Transliteration (Using English to give you an idea of how the word is pronounced).
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Do you love to write and publish articles? You can take it one step further and convert them into ebooks. Releasing books on Amazon couldn't be easier. It may take a day or so to learn the steps, but afterward, you are cleared hot to print money. The purpose of releasing ebooks is to generate passive income and keep your word top of mind. Also, books can be at the top of your sales funnel, leading to more products and services such as consulting,...
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This new revised and expanded edition of Reality Radio celebrates today's best audio documentary work by bringing together some of the most influential and innovative practitioners from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia. With a new foreword and five new essays, this book takes stock of the transformations in radio documentary since the publication of the first edition: the ascendance of the podcast; greater cultural, racial,...
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A fascinating A-to-Z reference to foreign words and phrases that have become part of contemporary English usage.
The English language has been greatly enriched by a vast array of words and phrases imported from other tongues, such as comrade, chateau, wunderkind, and vox populi. For the average English speaker, many are bound to be familiar. Some may even appear to be standard English, while others may seem, well,foreign. A Dictionary of Foreign Words...
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