LibGuides: COM 101 • Human Communication: Looking @ eBooks

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Select eBooks: Public Speaking

The Book on Public Speaking
The Book on Public Speaking takes a head-on approach and challenges the status quo for business leaders that speak in front of their staff, board of directors, and the public. After reading this book you will be privy to the most current methods for speaking to an audience for maximum impact in today's more sophisticated and skeptical culture.
Communication Basics
This book takes a new look at a subject that is at the heart of all human activity—communication. Communication Basics enables you to become a think-on-your-feet presenter who not only presents with authority, but also knows how to listen to your audience effectively
Storytelling with You
Whether presenting in a meeting, delivering a keynote on stage, or simply talking with your colleagues about your latest project, you play a critical role in how information is shared. You determine whether people engage, understand, and take action.
Speak Out, Listen Up
How to speak up with confidence on issues that matter and in turn, enable others to find their voice in a way that will be heard

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Collection features e-books from leading publishers and university presses such as Cambridge University Press, De Gruyter, Elsevier, Harvard University Press, John Wiley & Sons, Oxford University Press, Sage Publications, Taylor & Francis, and University of California Press.
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O'Reilly Online Learning
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Access to 35K+ books. 30K+ hours of video, case studies, interactive tutorials, audiobooks, and O'Reilly conference videos. Books and resources from O'Reilly and Associates and Pearson Technology Associates.
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The OhioLINK Electronic Book Center (EBC) contains more than 125,000 e-book titles, covering numerous subjects, and includes scholarly monographs, encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference works.

Most eBooks are permanently owned by OhioLINK. Content is funded through a combination of member library contributions and OhioLINK central funds.

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COM 101 • Human Communication: Looking @ eBooks

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