Practical and innovative, this book will assist students in developing their skills in effective, influential business communication. It is replete with research-based examples, tips and exercises and covers topics such as: customizing messages to different audiences; dealing with angry employers and customers; managing speech anxiety and stage fright; increasing credibility; and creating high-impact presentations.Practical and innovative, this book will assist students in developing their skills in effective, influential business communication. It is replete with research-based examples, tips and exercises and covers topics such as: customizing messages to different audiences; dealing with angry employers and customers; managing speech anxiety and stage fright; increasing credibility; and creating high-impact presentations.The Central Leverage Points of Effective Communication Effective Communication Symbolically Sharing Your Personal Experience The Search for Meaning Symbols Get Meaning from Social Experience When You're Afraid to Communicate Understanding Anxiety and Fear Managing Speech Anxiety Action Steps You Can Take First, People Must Believe You Managing Your Credibility Oral Communication The Words You Say Are Less than 10% of the Message Strategies for Developing Messages What You're Going to Say Strategies for Formatting Presentations How You Say It Message Delivery Performing the Presentation Visual Tools for Presentation Writing Memos with High Communication Factor Writing Reports with High Communication Factor Writing with High Communication Factor Becoming the Great Communicator Some Special Words to Participants in Dr Whalen's Effective Communication Classes anl#×