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A guide giving useful tips to help achieve a more professional level of speech. Our speech and voice can say as much about us as the clothes we wear, the car we drive, or even the newspapers and magazines we read. Used properly, speech can help us to achieve a greater level of success. Improve Your Speech is not about individual accents - it is about clarity in our communication skills. It is aimed primarily at those who have American English as their...
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Useful tips to help achieve a more professional level of speech. The way we speak can say as much about us as the clothes we wear, the car we drive, or even the newspapers and magazines we read. We live and work in a global market - but English is still regarded as the international language of business. Clear speech will help you to maximize your potential, making you a greater asset to your company and your profession. Improve Your Speech is ideal...
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We live and work in a global market - but English is still regarded as the international language of business. It is the most widely spoken second language in the world and those who can speak it with clarity have a great advantage. Used properly, speech can help us to achieve a greater level of success. Clear speech sends out the message 'I am in control, I can take charge,' inspiring confidence in those around you.
The Lowdown: Improve Your Speech...
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The 'must have' top tips guide to doing business in Japan.
This “quick fix” guide will give you the inside information on how to do business and cope with business socializing in Japan.
Despite what some would have you believe, there’s nothing particularly mysterious or complicated about doing business with the Japanese, but there are some important rules to follow in order to avoid causing offense and to ensure that things go smoothly. The...
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A concise history of Saddam's road to ruin — the denouement of Iraq. The Lowdown: A Short History of the First Gulf War gives an explanation of the causes of the Gulf War in 1990-91 and how the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s shaped the political and diplomatic landscape that led to a confrontation between President Saddam Hussein of Iraq and a world coalition led by the United States.
At the end of the Iran-Iraq War in 1988, Iraq was in significant...
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A concise history of the origins of the war to end all wars. Many of us know that the first world war began when Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo in June of 1914. But have you ever wondered exactly what chain of events led up to the incident that caused the whole world to erupt into one of the bloodiest conflicts in our history? Expert military historian and lecturer John Lee explains the causes behind...
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A concise history of the origins of The Vietnam War for a new generation. On September 2, 1945, Vietnamese revolutionary Ho Chi Minh boldly proclaimed his country's independence. Just as Americans had done almost two centuries earlier in defiance of the British, Ho declared that Vietnamese patriots were, after many decades of French domination, affirming that all the peoples on the earth are equal from birth "and have a right to live and to be happy...
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In an increasingly competitive job market, it is essential that your voice doesn't let you down. Women in Business gives you the strategies and vocal techniques to help you find your voice of authority, to speak with greater ease and vocal confidence. It will encourage you to face your vocal fears and allow you to develop a solid vocal foundation that you can apply to all aspects of your life, but especially in the workplace.
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