Business Communication Essentials, 8th Ed.
Chapter 11. Composing and Completing Reports and Proposals
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"Artist Kate Hartman uses wearable electronics to explore how we communicate, with ourselves and with the world.
"The truth is, whether you use PowerPoint or Prezi or anything else, you can’t blame the software for the presentation.
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"Being a good listener is one of the most important skills you can master if you want to advance your career and build meaningful relationships.
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"You’ve done it.
"Wharton's Peter Cappelli discusses IBM's decision to rethink its remote work policy for some employees.
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"Content engineering or content marketing is essentially about designing the right kinds of content that might engage consumers.
"Serial entrepreneur, angel investor, philanthropist, author and CEO of Bizzultz May McCarthy [photo, left] explains how intuition will help you achieve financial freedom.
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"If you’ve ever struggled to make sense of an information firehose, perhaps a 3-D printed model could help.
"Visual literacy has everything to do with learning and understanding a given message.
"Tableau's Jock Mackinlay explains why data is inert and worthless without the twin practices of visualisation and storytelling.
"Infographics provide a ridiculously easy and fast way to share information.
"A picture is worth a thousand words.