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Improve Your Communication Skills Alan Barker

Improve Your Communication Skills By Alan Barker

Improve Your Communication Skills by Alan Barker


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Summary

Clear advice on every aspect of verbal and written communication in business, how to develop the necessary skills and why they are important.

Improve Your Communication Skills Summary

Improve Your Communication Skills by Alan Barker

Whether it's keeping the interest of a large audience or simply winning the argument in a key meeting, sounding the part is becoming an increasingly sought after skill. We all communicate in different ways but many of us find it a challenge to communicate on a professional level. Also, in a tougher jobs market, the ability to articulate effectively is a vital skill. Employers still complain that candidates lack essential skills, with the most important being communication. This book shows how to get the success you want by getting your message across, every time. Without recourse to jargon, he shows how to achieve verbal, vocal and visual success - with style. Practical pointers, examples and standard templates are included for all forms of communication.

About Alan Barker

Alan Barker is Managing Partner of Direction, a learning consultancy that works to develop creativity and skilled communication. A prolific writer, he is the author of How to be Better at Managing People, also published by Kogan Page.

Table of Contents

1. the process of communication what is communication?; the three levels of understanding; conversation: the heart of communication 2. how conversations work what is a conversation?; why do conversations go wrong?; putting conversations in context; working out the relationship; setting a structure; managing behaviour 3. seven ways to improve your conversations 1. clarify your objective; 2. structure your thinking; 3. manage your time; 4. find common ground; 5. move beyond argument; 6. summarise often; 7. use visuals 4. the skills of enquiry paying attention; treating the speaker as an equal; cultivating ease; encouraging; asking quality questions; rationing information 5. the skills of persuasion character, logic and passion; what's the big idea?; arranging your ideas; expressing your ideas; remembering your ideas; delivering effectively 6. interviews: holding a formal conversation when is an interview not an interview?; preparing for the interview; structuring the interview; types of interview 7. making a presentation putting yourself on show; preparing for the presentation; managing the material; controlling the audience; looking after yourself; answering questions 8. putting it in writing writing for results; making reading easier; writing step by step; designing the document; writing a first draft; editing the draft; writing for the web

Additional information

GOR001427560
9780749448226
0749448229
Improve Your Communication Skills by Alan Barker
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Kogan Page Ltd
20060903
160
N/A
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