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Dianna Booher’s Communication Tip

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Decide That You WANT to Listen

November 18th, 2009

Listening requires conscious effort and a willing mind. Tune in for Dianna’s Communication Tip on giving the gift of listening.

This month’s featured tip is from Dianna Booher’s book, Communicate with Confidence: How to Say It Right the First Time and Every Time (McGraw-Hill).

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Taking Sides

August 27th, 2009

Make a conscious decision about presenting all sides of an issue…or only yours. Listen to Dianna’s Communication Tip on the importance of structure in persuasion.

This month’s featured tip is from Dianna Booher’s book, Communicate with Confidence: How to Say It Right the First Time and Every Time (McGraw-Hill).

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Promises, Promises

July 30th, 2009

Give people a reason to tune in to your message. Listen to Dianna’s Communication Tip on promising benefits to win over any audience.

This month’s featured tip is from Dianna Booher’s book, Speak with Confidence: Powerful Presentations That Inform, Inspire, and Persuade (McGraw-Hill).

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Keep Your Head in the Game

May 28th, 2009

Up a Tree Without a Paddle?

Listen to Dianna’s Communication Tip on mixing metaphors to keep your audience tuned in to your message.

This month’s featured tip is from Dianna Booher’s book, Booher’s Rules of Business Grammar: 101 Fast and Easy Ways to Correct the Most Common Errors (McGraw-Hill).

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Jargon: Know When to Use It and When to Avoid It

March 11th, 2009

“FYI: The COO will be OOO until EOD. Please submit your MOM ASAP.”

Vagueness resulting from unnecessary jargon irritates your audience. Listen to Dianna Booher’s communication tip to learn the key to jargon usage.

This month’s featured tip is from Dianna Booher’s book, E-Writing: 21st-Century Tools for Effective Communication (Simon & Schuster/Pocket Books).

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Consider the Cause for a Pause

February 12th, 2009

Are you hearing a lot of noise lately? In her Communication Tip, Dianna Booher highlights the significance of silence in communication.

Need to sell a new marketing idea to your boss? Handle a sticky problem with a colleague? Calm an irate customer? Good news! You’ll never be at a loss for words after reading Communicate with Confidence!

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Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.

January 14th, 2009

People hear what they expect to hear.

Listen to Dianna’s Communication Tip to learn how to overcome the natural “tune-out” tendency.

This month’s featured tip is from Dianna Booher’s book, The Voice of Authority: 10 Communication Strategies Every Leader Needs to Know (McGraw-Hill).

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This Checkout—20 Items or Less

December 12th, 2008

No matter which superstore checkout aisle is under discussion, the people in line don’t have 20 items or less.  Listen to Dianna’s Communication Tip to learn why. 

She’ll also share a memory tip to help you make fewer mistakes in the future!

This month’s featured tip is from Dianna’s latest release, Booher’s Rules of Business Grammar: 101 Fast and Easy Ways to Correct the Most Common Errors (McGraw-Hill, 2008).

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Add the -ly to Your Adverbs

November 10th, 2008

How important is that tiny -ly ending on adverbs?  Listen to Dianna’s Tip of the Month for November, and you’ll never make this mistake again!


Put your grammar skills to the test at www.BoohersRules.com!

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You’re Invited to Attend My Session at the NSA Fall Conference

November 6th, 2008

Dianna Booher invites you to her NSA Fall Conference session, “Writing in Layers:  Develop a Creative, Quality Book Quickly.”

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