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The business of listening [[electronic resource] ] : a practical guide to effective listening / / Diana Bonet
| The business of listening [[electronic resource] ] : a practical guide to effective listening / / Diana Bonet |
| Autore | Romero Diana Bonet <1942-> |
| Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Menlo Park, Calif., : Crisp Learning, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (110 p.) |
| Disciplina | 153.6/8 |
| Collana | A Fifty-Minute series book |
| Soggetto topico | Listening |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4175-2421-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""About the Author""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""PART 1 Why Should You Listen?""; ""What�s in It for You?""; ""Listening-related work activities""; ""What�s in It for Your Organization?""; ""Asleep at the Switch: The Cost of Lazy Listening""; ""The Joy of Small Change""; ""PART 2 Four Key Elements of Good Listening""; ""How to Be a Good Listener""; ""Four Key Elements""; ""Key Element 1: Hear the Message""; ""Listening Is Voluntary""; ""Three Keys to Hearing the Message""; ""Key Element 2: Interpret the Message""; ""Words""; ""Filters""; ""Tone of Voice""
""Non-verbal Cues""""Key Element 3: Evaluate the Message""; ""Key Element 4: Respond to the Message""; ""Review Lab For Key Elements 1�4""; ""PART 3 Your Listening Style""; ""You Are Unique""; ""The Promoting Style""; ""The Good Stuff:""; ""The Downside:""; ""TIPS FOR BETTER LISTENING:""; ""What Gets a Promoter�s Attention?""; ""The Supporting Style""; ""The Good Stuff:""; ""The Downside:""; ""TIPS FOR BETTER LISTENING:""; ""What Gets a Supporter�s Attention?""; ""The Directive Style""; ""The Good Stuff:""; ""The Downside:""; ""TIPS FOR BETTER LISTENING:"" ""What Gets a Director�s Attention?""""The Analytical Style""; ""The Good Stuff:""; ""The Downside:""; ""TIPS FOR BETTER LISTENING:""; ""What Gets an Analyzer�s Attention?""; ""PART 4 What�s Your Listening Attitude?""; ""A Listening Attitude: Your Key to Success""; ""Barriers to Communication""; ""Bridges to Communication""; ""How Well Do You Listen?""; ""How to Stomp Bad Listening Habits""; ""Catch yourself in the act""; ""Fight the habit""; ""Substitute the old habit for a new habit""; ""Acknowledge your success""; ""Be patient with yourself""; ""How to Help Someone Listen to You"" ""Behaviors That Help People Listen""""PART 5 Ten Tips for Tip-Top Listening""; ""Listening Louder""; ""Tip 1: Take Notes""; ""Tip 2: Listen Now, Report Later""; ""Tip 3: Want to Listen""; ""Tip 4: Be Present""; ""Tip 5: Anticipate Excellence""; ""Tip 6: Become a “Whole Body� Listener""; ""Tip 7: Build Rapport by Pacing the Speaker""; ""Tip 8: Control Your Emotional “Hot-buttons�""; ""Tip 9: Control Distractions""; ""Tip 10: Listening Is a Gift, Give Generously""; ""SUMMARY""; ""Points to Remember""; ""Part 1: Why Should You Listen?""; ""Part 2: How to Be a Good Listener"" ""Part 3: Your Listening Style""""Part 4: Your Listening Attitude�A Barrier or a Bridge?""; ""Part 5: Ten Tips for Tip-Top Listening""; ""Develop a Personal Action Plan""; ""Author�s Suggested Answers and Comments""; ""The Benefits of Listening""; ""What Do You Know About Listening? (page 8)""; ""Listening Lab: Hearing the Message (page 18)""; ""Vacant Vincent (page 50)""; ""Critical Carrie (page 51)""; ""Complaint Curtis (page 52)""; ""Arlo Active (page 53)""; ""Lisette Listener (page 54)""; ""Additional Reading"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910449783203321 |
Romero Diana Bonet <1942->
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| Menlo Park, Calif., : Crisp Learning, c2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The business of listening [[electronic resource] ] : a practical guide to effective listening / / Diana Bonet
| The business of listening [[electronic resource] ] : a practical guide to effective listening / / Diana Bonet |
| Autore | Romero Diana Bonet <1942-> |
| Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Menlo Park, Calif., : Crisp Learning, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (110 p.) |
| Disciplina | 153.6/8 |
| Collana | A Fifty-Minute series book |
| Soggetto topico | Listening |
| ISBN | 1-4175-2421-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""About the Author""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""PART 1 Why Should You Listen?""; ""What�s in It for You?""; ""Listening-related work activities""; ""What�s in It for Your Organization?""; ""Asleep at the Switch: The Cost of Lazy Listening""; ""The Joy of Small Change""; ""PART 2 Four Key Elements of Good Listening""; ""How to Be a Good Listener""; ""Four Key Elements""; ""Key Element 1: Hear the Message""; ""Listening Is Voluntary""; ""Three Keys to Hearing the Message""; ""Key Element 2: Interpret the Message""; ""Words""; ""Filters""; ""Tone of Voice""
""Non-verbal Cues""""Key Element 3: Evaluate the Message""; ""Key Element 4: Respond to the Message""; ""Review Lab For Key Elements 1�4""; ""PART 3 Your Listening Style""; ""You Are Unique""; ""The Promoting Style""; ""The Good Stuff:""; ""The Downside:""; ""TIPS FOR BETTER LISTENING:""; ""What Gets a Promoter�s Attention?""; ""The Supporting Style""; ""The Good Stuff:""; ""The Downside:""; ""TIPS FOR BETTER LISTENING:""; ""What Gets a Supporter�s Attention?""; ""The Directive Style""; ""The Good Stuff:""; ""The Downside:""; ""TIPS FOR BETTER LISTENING:"" ""What Gets a Director�s Attention?""""The Analytical Style""; ""The Good Stuff:""; ""The Downside:""; ""TIPS FOR BETTER LISTENING:""; ""What Gets an Analyzer�s Attention?""; ""PART 4 What�s Your Listening Attitude?""; ""A Listening Attitude: Your Key to Success""; ""Barriers to Communication""; ""Bridges to Communication""; ""How Well Do You Listen?""; ""How to Stomp Bad Listening Habits""; ""Catch yourself in the act""; ""Fight the habit""; ""Substitute the old habit for a new habit""; ""Acknowledge your success""; ""Be patient with yourself""; ""How to Help Someone Listen to You"" ""Behaviors That Help People Listen""""PART 5 Ten Tips for Tip-Top Listening""; ""Listening Louder""; ""Tip 1: Take Notes""; ""Tip 2: Listen Now, Report Later""; ""Tip 3: Want to Listen""; ""Tip 4: Be Present""; ""Tip 5: Anticipate Excellence""; ""Tip 6: Become a “Whole Body� Listener""; ""Tip 7: Build Rapport by Pacing the Speaker""; ""Tip 8: Control Your Emotional “Hot-buttons�""; ""Tip 9: Control Distractions""; ""Tip 10: Listening Is a Gift, Give Generously""; ""SUMMARY""; ""Points to Remember""; ""Part 1: Why Should You Listen?""; ""Part 2: How to Be a Good Listener"" ""Part 3: Your Listening Style""""Part 4: Your Listening Attitude�A Barrier or a Bridge?""; ""Part 5: Ten Tips for Tip-Top Listening""; ""Develop a Personal Action Plan""; ""Author�s Suggested Answers and Comments""; ""The Benefits of Listening""; ""What Do You Know About Listening? (page 8)""; ""Listening Lab: Hearing the Message (page 18)""; ""Vacant Vincent (page 50)""; ""Critical Carrie (page 51)""; ""Complaint Curtis (page 52)""; ""Arlo Active (page 53)""; ""Lisette Listener (page 54)""; ""Additional Reading"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777071303321 |
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Romero Diana Bonet <1942->
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| Menlo Park, Calif., : Crisp Learning, c2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Clear writing [[electronic resource] ] : a step-by-step guide / / Diana Bonet
| Clear writing [[electronic resource] ] : a step-by-step guide / / Diana Bonet |
| Autore | Romero Diana Bonet <1942-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Los Altos, Calif., : Crisp Publications, c1991 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (118 p.) |
| Disciplina | 658.4/53 |
| Soggetto topico |
Business writing
English language - Rhetoric |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4175-2491-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""TITLE""; ""COPYRIGHT""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""PLEASE START HERE�AN INTRODUCTION TO CORE CONTROL""; ""SECTION 1 SENTENCE BASICS ""; ""WHAT IS A SENTENCE?""; ""FINDING THE SUBJECT OF A SENTENCE""; ""GETTING CONTROL OF THE SUBJECT""; ""VERBS THAT WORK""; ""COMPLETING THE SENTENCE CORE""; ""REVIEWING FOR RESULTS""; ""SECTION 2 MODIFIERS ""; ""WHAT ARE MODIFIERS?""; ""EASY ADJECTIVES""; ""THE PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE MAZE""; ""COMMONLY USED PREPOSITIONS""; ""BLURBS ABOUT ADVERBS""; ""REVIEWING FOR RESULTS""; ""SECTION 3 SIGNAL WORDS ""; ""WHAT ARE SIGNAL WORDS?""
""A PAUSE FOR THE CLAUSE""""COMPOUND SENTENCES: TWO INDEPENDENT CORES, SOMETIMES MORE�""; ""REVIEWING FOR RESULTS""; ""SECTION 4 PURPOSEFUL PARAGRAPHS ""; ""WHAT IS A PARAGRAPH?""; ""Using CORE CONTROL to Write Paragraphs""; ""REVIEWING FOR RESULTS""; ""SECTION 5 WATCH OUT FOR WEED WORDS""; ""WHAT IS A WEED WORD?""; ""FOUR KINDS OF WEED WORDS""; ""REVIEWING FOR RESULTS""; ""SECTION 6 PUTTING IT TOGETHER ""; ""COMPLETE DOCUMENTS""; ""WRITING BUSINESS MEMOS""; ""WRITING BUSINESS LETTERS""; ""WRITING SHORT ESSAYS"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450294403321 |
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Romero Diana Bonet <1942->
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| Los Altos, Calif., : Crisp Publications, c1991 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Clear writing [[electronic resource] ] : a step-by-step guide / / Diana Bonet
| Clear writing [[electronic resource] ] : a step-by-step guide / / Diana Bonet |
| Autore | Romero Diana Bonet <1942-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Los Altos, Calif., : Crisp Publications, c1991 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (118 p.) |
| Disciplina | 658.4/53 |
| Soggetto topico |
Business writing
English language - Rhetoric |
| ISBN | 1-4175-2491-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Title -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Preface -- Please Start Here -- An Introduction to core Control -- Section 1 Sentence Basics -- What Is A Sentence? -- Finding The Subject of a Sentence -- Getting Control of the Subject -- Verbs That Work -- Completing The Sentence core -- Reviewing For Results -- Section 2 Modifiers -- What Are Modifiers? -- Easy Adjectives -- The Prepositional Phrase Maze -- Commonly Used Prepositions -- Blurbs About Adverbs -- Reviewing For Results -- Section 3 Signal Words -- What Are Signal Words? -- A Pause For The Clause -- Compound Sentences: Two Independent Cores, Sometimes More" -- Reviewing For Results -- Section 4 Purposeful paragraphs -- What Is A Paragraph? -- Using Core Control to write paragraphs -- Reviewing For Results -- Section 5 Watch out for weed words -- What Is A weed word? -- Four Kinds of weed words -- Reviewing For Results -- Section 6 Putting It Together -- Complete documents -- Writing business memos -- Writing business letters -- Writing short essays. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777398503321 |
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Romero Diana Bonet <1942->
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| Los Altos, Calif., : Crisp Publications, c1991 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Vocabulary improvement : words made easy / / Diana Bonet
| Vocabulary improvement : words made easy / / Diana Bonet |
| Autore | Romero Diana Bonet <1942-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Los Altos, Calif., : Crisp Publications, c1992 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (150 p.) |
| Disciplina | 428.1 |
| Collana | Fifty-Minute series |
| Soggetto topico | Vocabulary |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4175-2208-9
1560521244 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""TITLE""; ""COPYRIGHT""; ""DEDICATION""; ""PREFACE""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CONTENTS""; ""YOUR VOCABULARY GOALS""; ""SECTION 1 A Word to the Wise""; ""CONTROLLING YOUR DESTINY""; ""DON�T BE A WORD WIMP""; ""OUR THREE VOCABULARIES""; ""REWARDS MAKE LEARNING WORTHWHILE""; ""TIPS FOR LEARNING NEW WORDS""; ""SECTION 2 Where Did All Those Words Come From?""; ""IT�S ALL IN THE FAMILY""; ""OLD ENGLISH: AD 450�1150""; ""MIDDLE ENGLISH: AD 1150�1500""; ""MODERN ENGLISH: AD 1500 TO THE PRESENT""; ""ENGLISH TODAY""; ""SECTION 3 Digging the Dictionary""; ""WHAT�S IN A DICTIONARY?""
""What Dictionary Should You Use?""""Facts About the Dictionary""; ""USING THE DICTIONARY LESS AND ENJOYING IT MORE""; ""FINDING GOLD IN THE DICTIONARY""; ""DEFINITIONS""; ""SPELLING""; ""SYLLABLES""; ""PRONUNCIATION""; ""PARTS OF SPEECH""; ""HISTORY (ETYMOLOGY)""; ""SYNONYMS AND ANONYMS""; ""A THESAURUS BY ANY OTHER NAME""; ""HOW TO USE A THESAURUS""; ""ANSWERS TO SECTION 3 EXERCISES""; ""SECTION 4 Uprooting Root Words""; ""MAKING VOCABULARY STUDY EASY""; ""ROOT WORDS""; ""PREFIXES""; ""SUFFIXES""; ""COMMON LATIN ROOTS""; ""COMMON PREFIXES""; ""SUFFIXES""; ""Noun Suffixes"" ""Adjective Suffixes""""Verb Suffixes""; ""ANSWERS TO SECTION 4 EXERCISES""; ""SECTION 5 Building a Strong Vocabulary""; ""50 WORDS MADE EASY""; ""WORD LIST PRE-QUIZ""; ""FIRST GROUP: 1. abject�10. benign""; ""SECOND GROUP: 11. boycott�20. discourse""; ""THIRD GROUP: 21. docile�30. inherent""; ""FOURTH GROUP: 31. irony�40. rescind""; ""FIFTH GROUP: 41. ruse�50. zenith""; ""ANSWERS TO SECTION 5 EXERCISES""; ""SECTION 6 Idioms, Slang and Other Mutants""; ""A DIFFERENT KIND OF GRAMMAR""; ""STANDARD ENGLISH""; ""WOUNDED WORDS""; ""LAZY LIPS""; ""Banishing Friction from Your Diction"" ""Syllables and Endings""""Tongue Twisters""; ""A WORD ABOUT ACCENTS""; ""IDIOMS""; ""PRACTICING IDIOMS""; ""JARGON""; ""SLANG""; ""HEADS UP""; ""ANSWERS TO SECTION 6 EXERCISES""; ""SECTION 7 Odd Words, Puzzles and Games""; ""LET�S HAVE FUN!""; ""ODD WORDS""; ""Don�t Give In to Take""; ""Precision Pays""; ""Vary Very""; ""Getting Rid of Get""; ""Portmanteau Words""; ""NEOWORDS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""ANSWERS TO SECTION 7 EXERCISES""; ""DEVELOPING A PERSONAL ACTION PLAN""; ""PERSONAL ACTION PLAN"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455374503321 |
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Romero Diana Bonet <1942->
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| Los Altos, Calif., : Crisp Publications, c1992 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Vocabulary improvement : words made easy / / Diana Bonet
| Vocabulary improvement : words made easy / / Diana Bonet |
| Autore | Romero Diana Bonet <1942-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Los Altos, Calif., : Crisp Publications, c1992 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (150 p.) |
| Disciplina | 428.1 |
| Collana | Fifty-Minute series |
| Soggetto topico | Vocabulary |
| ISBN |
1-4175-2208-9
1560521244 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""TITLE""; ""COPYRIGHT""; ""DEDICATION""; ""PREFACE""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CONTENTS""; ""YOUR VOCABULARY GOALS""; ""SECTION 1 A Word to the Wise""; ""CONTROLLING YOUR DESTINY""; ""DON�T BE A WORD WIMP""; ""OUR THREE VOCABULARIES""; ""REWARDS MAKE LEARNING WORTHWHILE""; ""TIPS FOR LEARNING NEW WORDS""; ""SECTION 2 Where Did All Those Words Come From?""; ""IT�S ALL IN THE FAMILY""; ""OLD ENGLISH: AD 450�1150""; ""MIDDLE ENGLISH: AD 1150�1500""; ""MODERN ENGLISH: AD 1500 TO THE PRESENT""; ""ENGLISH TODAY""; ""SECTION 3 Digging the Dictionary""; ""WHAT�S IN A DICTIONARY?""
""What Dictionary Should You Use?""""Facts About the Dictionary""; ""USING THE DICTIONARY LESS AND ENJOYING IT MORE""; ""FINDING GOLD IN THE DICTIONARY""; ""DEFINITIONS""; ""SPELLING""; ""SYLLABLES""; ""PRONUNCIATION""; ""PARTS OF SPEECH""; ""HISTORY (ETYMOLOGY)""; ""SYNONYMS AND ANONYMS""; ""A THESAURUS BY ANY OTHER NAME""; ""HOW TO USE A THESAURUS""; ""ANSWERS TO SECTION 3 EXERCISES""; ""SECTION 4 Uprooting Root Words""; ""MAKING VOCABULARY STUDY EASY""; ""ROOT WORDS""; ""PREFIXES""; ""SUFFIXES""; ""COMMON LATIN ROOTS""; ""COMMON PREFIXES""; ""SUFFIXES""; ""Noun Suffixes"" ""Adjective Suffixes""""Verb Suffixes""; ""ANSWERS TO SECTION 4 EXERCISES""; ""SECTION 5 Building a Strong Vocabulary""; ""50 WORDS MADE EASY""; ""WORD LIST PRE-QUIZ""; ""FIRST GROUP: 1. abject�10. benign""; ""SECOND GROUP: 11. boycott�20. discourse""; ""THIRD GROUP: 21. docile�30. inherent""; ""FOURTH GROUP: 31. irony�40. rescind""; ""FIFTH GROUP: 41. ruse�50. zenith""; ""ANSWERS TO SECTION 5 EXERCISES""; ""SECTION 6 Idioms, Slang and Other Mutants""; ""A DIFFERENT KIND OF GRAMMAR""; ""STANDARD ENGLISH""; ""WOUNDED WORDS""; ""LAZY LIPS""; ""Banishing Friction from Your Diction"" ""Syllables and Endings""""Tongue Twisters""; ""A WORD ABOUT ACCENTS""; ""IDIOMS""; ""PRACTICING IDIOMS""; ""JARGON""; ""SLANG""; ""HEADS UP""; ""ANSWERS TO SECTION 6 EXERCISES""; ""SECTION 7 Odd Words, Puzzles and Games""; ""LET�S HAVE FUN!""; ""ODD WORDS""; ""Don�t Give In to Take""; ""Precision Pays""; ""Vary Very""; ""Getting Rid of Get""; ""Portmanteau Words""; ""NEOWORDS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""ANSWERS TO SECTION 7 EXERCISES""; ""DEVELOPING A PERSONAL ACTION PLAN""; ""PERSONAL ACTION PLAN"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780453103321 |
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Romero Diana Bonet <1942->
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| Los Altos, Calif., : Crisp Publications, c1992 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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