Books, Reference, Business Skills

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Stephen Lucas
Student Workbook for use with The Art of Public Speaking
by McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages (Paperback)

Containing exercises, checklists, worksheets, evaluation forms, and other materials, the workbook gives students additional assistance with all the major elements of effective speechmaking.

Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, ...
Influencer: The Power to Change Anything
by McGraw-Hill (Hardcover)

An INFLUENCER motivates others to change.. An INFLUENCER replaces bad behaviors with powerful new skills. . An INFLUENCER makes things happen. . . This is what it takes to be an INFLUENCER.. . Whether you're a CEO, a parent, or merely a person who wants to make a difference, you probably wish you had more influence with the people in your life. But most of us stop trying to make change happen because we believe it is too difficult, if not impossible. We develop complicated coping strategies when we should be learning the tools and techniques of the world's most influential people.. . But this is about to change. From the bestselling authors who taught the world how to have Crucial Conversations comes Influencer, a thought-provoking book that combines the remarkable insights of behavioral scientists and business leaders with the astonishing stories of high-powered influencers from all walks of life. You'll be taught each and every step of the influence process-including ...

Henry M. Robert
Robert's Rules of Order
by Topeka Bindery (School & Library Binding)

David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, Thomas A. Williams
Statistics for Business and Economics
by South-Western Educational Publishing (Hardcover)

This market leading text offers a solid, comprehensive, applications-oriented approach. Written by authors who are well-known and highly regarded in the field, the text provides sound methodological development. The discussion and development of each technique is presented in an application setting, with the statistical results providing insights to decisions and solutions to problems. Statistics for Business and Economics, 8e offers proven accuracy that has led instructors to adopted it simply for its superior examples and exercises alone.

Dale Carnegie
The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking
by Pocket (Mass Market Paperback)

Good public speakers are made, not born - or so thinks Dale Carnegie, the pioneer of personal business skills. Yet business, social and personal satisfaction depend heavily upon a person's ability to communicate clearly. Public speaking is an important skill which anyone can acquire and develop. It is also the very best method of overcoming self-consciousness and building up courage, enthusiasm and self-confidence. This classic, well established title has been called 'the most brilliant book of its kind'. It takes you step by step through: acquiring basic skills; developing confidence; speaking effectively the quick and easy way; earning the right to talk; vitalising your talk; and sharing the talk with the audience as well as organisation, presentation and other skills.

Alan Garner
Conversationally Speaking: Tested New Ways to Increase Your Personal and Social Effectiveness
by Contemporary Books (Paperback)

More than a million people have learned the secrets of effective conversation using Conversationally Speaking. This revised edition provides more ways to improve conversational skills by asking questions that promote conversation, learning how to listen so that others will be encouraged to talk, reducing anxiety in social situations and more.

Dan O'Hair, Rob Stewart, Hannah Rubenstein
A Speaker's Guidebook
by Bedford/St. Martin's (Plastic Comb)

A Speaker’s Guidebook is the most successful public speaking book in over a decade and the best resource for students both in and outside the classroom. Praised for connecting with students and addressing their most pressing needs, it is not only the easiest-to-use public speaking text available, it’s also the text that students keep. This comprehensive text covers all topics taught in the introduction to public speaking course from analyzing the audience and choosing a topic to researching, outlining, practicing, and delivering the speech. In addition, A Speaker’s Guidebook offers coverage that’s useful for a lifetime of public speaking with unparalleled treatment of speaking in other courses and on the job. The 12 tabbed dividers, the quick access menu on the inside front cover, and Speakers’ Reference sections help students find information they need when they need it, and the four-color design highlights key content and brings public speaking concepts to life ...

Simon Singh
The Code Book: The Evolution of Secrecy from Mary, Queen of Scots to Quantum Cryptography
by Doubleday (Hardcover) (Release Date: 1999-09-14)

Dale Carnegie
How to develop self-confidence and influence people by public speaking
by Cedar (Unknown Binding)

This book will show you how to overscome the natural fear of public speaking and even learn to enjoy it. Drawing on Dale Carnegie's years of experience as a business trainer, this practical book will help you to become a successful speaker. His invaluable advice includes ways to: * Develop poise * Gain self-confidence * Improve your memory * Make your meaning clear * Begin and end a talk effectively * Interest and charm your audience * Improve your diction * Win an argument without making enemies Dale Carnegie's methods have helped millions of people worldwide. Make sure you have the advantage, and make them work for you too.

Dan O'Hair, Hannah Rubenstein, Rob Stewart
A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking
by Bedford/St. Martin's (Spiral-bound)

Based on the highly successful A Speaker's Guidebook, A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking offers all of the material typically covered in a full-sized text — from invention, research, and organization to practice and delivery — in a concise format perfect for any course across the curriculum or day-to-day setting.

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