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Training in technical communication: ideas for a partnership between the academy and the workplace.: An article from: Technical
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This digital document is an article from Technical Communication, published by Society for Technical Communication on August 1, 1994. The length of the article is 3593 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.From the supplier: Both the workplace and academia should start being creative. They should take advantage of the fact that communication is becoming easier because of technological advances. read more »
PR graduates don't measure up as writers: what the pros think and what you can do about it.: An article from: Public Relations
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This digital document is an article from Public Relations Quarterly, published by Public Relations Quarterly on December 22, 1994. The length of the article is 1848 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.From the supplier: Many leading public relations professionals lament the fact that PR graduates tend to lack good writing skills. read more »
Out of sight. (producers of television news magazines): An article from: American Journalism Review
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This digital document is an article from American Journalism Review, published by University of Maryland on December 1, 1994. The length of the article is 5045 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.From the supplier: Producers pay a crucial role in television news magazines. read more »
Long Roads, Short Distances: Teaching Writing and Writing Teachers
 | author: Brenda Power asin: 0435072404 binding: Paperback list price: $18.00 USD amazon price: $18.00 USD |
- While many writers promise to open up their teaching, I have never read a book that quite does it the way this one does. . . . I see it as an essential survival manual for all of us trying to become the teachers we hope to be. read more »
Second Lives: Becoming A Freelance Writer
 | author: Bill Harris asin: 0312200048 binding: Paperback list price: $9.95 USD amazon price: $9.95 |
Second Lives is a series written for people who are considering starting a second career in their thirties, forties, or fifties--whether out of necessity (as a result of downsizing) or because they are entering the workforce for the first time (after their children have left home) or simply because they want to find more interesting, satisfying work and want to work for themselves instead of for a company. Unlike other career advice books, the Second Livesseries is written for people who already know what their interests are, people who have already developed certain skills a read more »
Getting Your Grant: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians (Manuals for Librarians) (How to Do It Manuals for Librarians)
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As library funding continues to be scarce, obtaining grants is becoming an essential skill for the librarian. This valuable guide covers every aspect of grantsmanship, from deciding whether an idea is fundable, to writing a proposal and managing the internal grant process. Included are sections on approaching funding sources; performing the research necessary for filling out grant applications; producing a realistic timetable; and garnering support for projects. read more »
Becoming an author
 | author: David Canter Gavin Fairbairn asin: 0335202756 binding: Paperback list price: $52.95 USD amazon price: $38.65 USD |
Would you like to write for publication, but can’t find the time or motivation to do so? Do you already publish academically or professionally, and want to extend your portfolio of publications? Would you like help in guiding your students as they set out on a career as published authors? read more »
Smoke and Mirrors: How to Bend Facts and Figures to Your Advantage
 | author: Nicholas Strange asin: 0713679247 binding: Paperback list price: $19.95 USD amazon price: $15.56 USD |
Smoke and Mirrors takes a comprehensive and entertaining look at how charts, graphs, and diagrams can be used to massage a message in business, research, or government without fibbing outright. Using real examples, it describes fifty-seven different techniques of presenting information in a way that supports your angle. Each technique is given a PDQ (potential deceit quotient) as well as an STD (sore thumb discount). read more »
