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Storytelling with data
Don't simply show your data--tell a story with it!Storytelling with Data teaches you the fundamentals of data visualization and how to communicate effectively with data.You'll discover the power of storytelling and the way to make data a pivotal point in your story.
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Communication long ago and today
\"What was communication like in the days of old? What were some of the biggest inventions that brought us to the digital age? Discover how communication has changed over hundreds of years, and where it might be headed in the future.\"--Amazon.com.
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Communication skills for working with elders
This popular text provides practical guidelines for effective interaction with the elderly and presents techniques for overcoming common communication problems and disorders common among elders. New to this second edition are chapters addressing assisted living, the use of computers for communication, the \"\"Boomers,\"\" and new approaches for dealing with emotional strains of anxiety and depression, among others. Each chapter concludes with exercises and activities designed to help readers practice and hone their skills. This book is ideal for courses in departments of gerontology, social work, nursing, and communication.
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Visual collaboration : a powerful toolkit for improving meetings, projects, and processes
\"Drawing and sketching ideas in groups is a smarter way of thinking, communicating, and working. The core method of the book, FIVE DESIGNLOOPS, gives leaders simple drawing tools, techniques and examples of visual collaboration, that can be implemented, in any context, including meetings, strategy sessions, project planning, innovating, business plans, etc. For example, draw your strategy and hang it in the lunch room or next to the coffee machine. A good drawing is a catalyst for good dialog. It can drive engagement and ownership. Visual Collaboration offers business leaders, entrepreneurs, facilitators, designers and change agents a method and tools to: develop visual languages for any context visualize any process and project formulate engaging questions develop templates for any situation, presentation or important conversation mapping skills and setting improvement targets Since many people haven't done any drawing since they were children, the authors have developed a simple and practical method by which ANYONE will be able to draw almost anything. We need to be agile, robust, and sustainable- but what exactly does it look like when we are? Can you draw it? Drawing forces us to be specific. When we draw together, we learn together, and with a world in constant change, our ability to learn together is an absolute necessity for success. Over 300,000 have seen their video (Bigger Picture's Guide to Graphic Facilitation). Author videos are seen by 5,000 new viewers every month. Speaking engagements 3 to 7 times a month for audiences of between 20 and 1,200 attendees, reaching over 10,000 attendees a year. The book will be a core part of our course package. Our business model is based on partnerships with large organizations who wish to change the way they work. Our clients, such as Maersk, Novo Nordisk, LEGO and Schindler Group implement projects, processes and communities of practice, with the book as an integral part, resulting in stable growth of users and readers\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Nonverbal Communication in Close Relationships
Nonverbal Communication in Close Relationships provides a synthesis of research on nonverbal communication as it applies to interpersonal interaction, focusing on the close relationships of friends, family, and romantic partners. Authors Laura K. Guerrero and Kory Floyd support the premise that nonverbal communication is a product of biology, social learning, and relational context. They overview six prominent nonverbal theories and show how each is related to bio-evolutionary or sociocultural perspectives. Their work focuses on various functions of nonverbal communication, emphasizing those that are most relevant to the initiation, maintenance, and dissolution of close relationships.
Throughout the book, Guerrero and Floyd highlight areas where research is either contradictory or inconclusive, hoping that in the years to come scholars will have a clearer understanding of these issues. The volume concludes with a discussion of practical implications that emerge from the scholarly literature on nonverbal communication in relationships - an essential component for understanding relationships in the real world.
Nonverbal Communication in Close Relationships makes an important contribution to the development of our understanding not only of relationship processes but also of the specific workings of nonverbal communication. It will serve as a springboard for asking new questions and advancing new theories about nonverbal communication. It is intended for scholars and advanced students in personal relationship study, social psychology, interpersonal communication, nonverbal communication, family studies, and family communication. It will also be a helpful resource for researchers, clinicians, and couples searching for a better understanding of the complicated roles that nonverbal cues play in relationships.
Contents: S. Duck, Series Foreword. Preface. Introduction. Major Paradigms and Theories of Nonverbal Communication. Interpersonal Attraction. Communicating Affection. Nonverbal Expressions of Emotion. Nonverbal Correlates of Power and Interpersonal Dominance. Interpersonal Deception. Conflict and Disengagement. Afterthoughts.
\"The text is meant for a scholarly audience, while carrying a story line meant to make it attractive to lay people as well. The text is excellent in terms of its content...\" — PsycCRITIQUES
\"...the reviews of the literature are excellent. Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals.\" — CHOICE
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Taken for grantedness : the embedding of mobile communication into society
An examination of how the mobile phone has become part of the fabric of society-as did such earlier technologies as the clock and the car.Why do we feel insulted or exasperated when our friends and family don't answer their mobile phones? If the Internet has allowed us to broaden our social world into a virtual friend-net, the mobile phone is an instrument of a more intimate social sphere. The mobile phone provides a taken-for-granted link to the people to whom we are closest; when we are without it, social and domestic disarray may result. In just a few years, the mobile phone has become central to the functioning of society. In this book, Rich Ling explores the process by which the mobile phone has become embedded in society, comparing it to earlier technologies that changed the character of our social interaction and, along the way, became taken for granted.Ling, drawing on research, interviews, and quantitative material, shows how the mobile phone (and the clock and the automobile before it) can be regarded as a social mediation technology, with a critical mass of users, a supporting ideology, changes in the social ecology, and a web of mutual expectations regarding use. By examining the similarities and synergies among these three technologies, Ling sheds a more general light on how technical systems become embedded in society and how they support social interaction within the closest sphere of friends and family.
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Talk to me nice : the seven trust languages for a better workplace
\"The author of The Memo helps you discover what you need to navigate every workplace communication challenge with confidence. We are living in a world of broken trust, especially in the workplace. Employees have heard too many empty promises and are unmotivated. Managers are scrambling to keep eyes on direct reports in demanding environments. Nobody knows how to talk to one another. Trust is the central pillar of any functioning workplace. But without it too many of us are unhappy, fed up, and ready to walk out the door. Minda Harts knows from years of experience as a highly sought-after workplace consultant how a lack of trust between colleagues, managers, and executive leaders is bad for business and our own professional well-being. That's where the seven workplace trust languages come into play. Earning trust is different for every one of us. Some respond well to verbal affirmations of their contributions, while others need visibility to see how business decisions are made. By understanding the seven languages of trust-transparency, security, demonstration, feedback, acknowledgment, sensitivity, and follow-through-we can all learn to navigate conflict, be more productive, and communicate more effectively. In Talk to Me Nice, you'll learn what workplace trust languages work for you and how to show colleagues, managers, and direct reports that they are valued. When we're talking one another's languages, we can rebuild a more equitable, sustainable, and profitable workplace that works for us all\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Statistical Methods for Communication Science
Statistical Methods for Communication Science is the only statistical methods volume currently available that focuses exclusively on statistics in communication research. Writing in a straightforward, personal style, author Andrew F. Hayes offers this accessible and thorough introduction to statistical methods, starting with the fundamentals of measurement and moving on to discuss such key topics as sampling procedures, probability, reliability, hypothesis testing, simple correlation and regression, and analyses of variance and covariance. Hayes takes readers through each topic with clear explanations and illustrations. He provides a multitude of examples, all set in the context of communication research, thus engaging readers directly and helping them to see the relevance and importance of statistics to the field of communication.
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