Conversationally Speaking : Tested New Ways to Increase Your Personal and Social Effectiveness

Alan Garner

ISBN 10: 1565656296 / ISBN 13: 9781565656291

Published by McGraw-Hill, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Conversationally Speaking : Tested New Ways to Increase Your Personal and Social Effectiveness
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565656296
• ISBN 13: 9781565656291
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

*ALMOST 1 MILLION SOLD!* Conversationally Speaking has become the most popular book in the world teaching conversation skills.  Millions of people have used it to learn the secrets of effective communication. This revised edition provides more ways to improve your conversation skills by giving you strategies that work for starting conversations, asking questions that promote interaction, interesting people in what you have to say, listening so that others will be encouraged to talk, avoiding rejection-producing behavior, handling criticism constructively, and more.

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Everybody thinks that some people are born with the "gift of gab" and some people aren't. But the truth is there is no "gift of gab." People who are good at conversation just know a few simple skills that anyone can learn.  This book will teach you those skills.

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Chapter 12 uniquely summarizes in 25 pages the life's work of famed psychologist Dr. Albert Ellis on overcoming shyness and becoming more confident- and does it so well it received praise from Dr. Ellis himself!

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Find out why Toastmaster Magazine calls Conversationally Speaking "the classic how-to book in social communication" and why Dr. Aaron Beck, whose work has had a major influence on thousands of psychologists, calls it "of great value for people who want to sharpen their skills in interpersonal relations."  Click on the "Look Inside" feature above the cover picture and sample the book.                           

About the Author

Alan Garner, MA, is a nationally known communications consultant and a longtime teacher. He has taught hundreds of Conversationally Speaking workshops and over 5 million copies of his books have been sold worldwide. This book teaches simple skills for doing well socially in everyday language, which is why it has been popular in its various editions for 37 years and has sold almost 1 million copies.