What every engineer should know about business communication. (©2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John X. Wang.
• Other Names: Wang, John X, 1962-
• Contents: Cover -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Analyze Communication Purpose and Audience -- 1.1 How Engineers Learn -- 1.2 How Engineers Are Persuaded. -- 1.3 Speak or Write: Select the Right Communication Channel -- 1.4 Consider Your Communication Purpose and Audience -- Chapter 2. Projecting the Image of the Engineering Profession. -- 2.1 Overcome Anxiety -- 2.2 Primary Impact: Nonverbal Body Language -- 2.3 Secondary Impact: Control Your Vocal Quality, Volume and Pace -- 2.4 Optimize Your Presentation Environment -- Chapter 3. Presentation Aids -- 3.1 Engineering: The Real da Vinci Code -- 3.2 Speaking Visually8212;Guidelines for Using Presentation Aids -- 3.3 Choosing among Options -- 3.4 Creating Visuals with Impact -- 3.5 Delivering with Visuals -- Chapter 4. Organize Your Talk -- 4.1 Planning Your Talk -- 4.2 Conducting an Audience Analysis: 39 Questions. -- 4.3 Organizing Your Talk in Seven Easy Stages -- 4.4 Getting Attention and Keeping Interest -- 4.5 8220;Five Minutes Early8221;8212;Time Management for13;Your Presentation -- 4.6 Delivering Your Introduction -- 4.7 Presenting Your Conclusion -- Chapter 5. Handling Audience Response -- 5.1 Create the Environment -- 5.2 Handle with C.A.R.E -- 5.3 Deal with Hostile Questions -- 5.4 Deal with Other Types of Questions -- 5.5 Control the Q & A Session -- 5.6 Thinking on Your Feet -- Chapter 6 Organizing for Emphasis. -- 6.1 Make Your Bottom Line the Top Line -- 6.2 Purpose Statement and Blueprints -- 6.3 Open Long Reports with a Summary. -- 6.4 Use More Topic Sentences -- 6.5 Develop Headings -- 6.6 Structure Vertical Lists. -- Chapter 7. Write As If Talking to Your Engineering Associates -- 7.1 Use Personal Pronouns -- 7.2 Rely on Everyday Words. -- 7.3 Use Short, Spoken Transitions -- 7.4 Keep Sentences Short. -- 7.5 Reach Out to Your Engineering Readers by Asking Questions -- 7.6 8220;5 Whys8221;8212;A Technique for Engineering Problem Solving -- 8 8220;Trim8221; Your Expressions -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Prune Wordy Expressions -- 8.3 Use Strong Verbs -- 8.4 Cut Doublings and Noun Strings -- 8.5 Eliminate Unnecessary Determiners and Modifiers -- 8.6 Change Phrases into Single Words -- 8.7 Change Unnecessary Clauses into Phrases or Single Words -- 8.8 Avoid Overusing 8220;It is8221; and 8220;There is8221; -- 8.9 Eight Steps for Lean Writing -- Bibliography -- 9 Write Actively8212;Engineering Is about Actions -- 9.1 Active Voice: 8220;Albert Einstein Wrote the Theory of Relativity8221; -- 9.2 How to Recognize the Passive Voice -- 9.3 How to Write Actively8212;Use Three Cures -- 9.4 Write Passively for Good Reasons Only -- 9.5 Theory of Completed Staff Work -- Bibliography -- Chapter 10. Everyday Engineering Communications-E-Mails, Phone Calls, and Memos -- 10.1 Effective E-mail Writing: Seven Things to Remember. -- 10.2 How to Be Productive on the Phone -- 10.3 8220;Memos Solve Problems8221; -- Chapter 11. Visuals for Engineering Presentation-Engineers Think in Pictures -- 11.1 Optimize Slide Layout. -- 11.2 Display Engineering Data Effectively -- 11.3 How to Develop Effective Graphics. -- Chapter 12. Write Winning Grant Proposals -- 12.1 Know Your Audience. -- 12.2 Understand Your Goal and Marketing Strategy -- 12.3 Select the Correct Writing Style -- 12.4 Organize Your Proposal around the Four Ps -- 12.5 A Brief Che.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 188 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 658.4/5; Communication in engineering; Business communication; English language -- Business English; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Business Communication -- General; Business communication; Communication in engineering; English language -- Business English; Kommunikation; Informationsteknik; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780849383977; 0849383978; 1281357421; 9781281357427
• Related ISBNs: 9780849383960; 084938396X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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