Business Communication Today, 14th Ed.
Chapter 16. Developing Presentations in a Social Media Environment
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Follow these steps distilled from Duarte’s decades of experience crafting presentations for major corporations.
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Follow these steps distilled from Duarte’s decades of experience crafting presentations for major corporations.
Listen to this podcast.
Listen to this podcast.
Olga Khazan (photo, left), of The Atlantic, covers the topic of "vocal fry.
Follow these steps distilled from Duarte’s decades of experience crafting presentations for major corporations.
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