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Record Nr.

UNINA9910151563003321

Autore

Shaw Graham

Titolo

The art of business communication : how to use pictures, charts and graphs to make your message stick / / Graham Shaw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-292-01719-8

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

658.45

Soggetti

Business communication

Visual communication

Visual aids

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- About the author -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Why visual works -- Chapter 1: Building your drawing skills -- Chapter 2: How to think in pictures -- Chapter 3: Communicating with drawings -- Chapter 4: The power of two visuals -- Chapter 5: Making key messages memorable -- Chapter 6: Metaphors and similes -- Chapter 7: Business models and processes -- Chapter 8: Bringing graphs and charts to life -- Chapter 9: Brilliant bullet points -- Chapter 10: Visual mapping -- Chapter 11: Your visual toolkit -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Whether it’s in emails, documents, presentations, meetings or tweets, we’re all being bombarded by millions of words every day. So, how do you make your message stand out and stick amongst all this chatter?  The answer is simple – just get visual!  With a straightforward doodle or a quick illustration you’ll revolutionise how your message impacts your audience. And The Art of Business Communication will show you how to do it.  Can’t draw? No Picasso? No problem! You’ll be amazed at how easy it is to add a simple yet powerful visual dimension to any message or business communication so that all your ideas, presentations, documents and meetings are brought to life and make a meaningful and memorable impact.  Everything becomes easier to say, problems



are explained and solved in a flash and the complex quickly becomes clear.  So, to make your point and make it matter – make it visual.