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Present Like a Pro

The Modern Guide to Getting Your Point Across in
Meetings, Speeches, and the Media

CARL HAUSMAN
Present Like a Pro shares the expertise of a veteran presenter who knows what is
demanded in today’s marketplace and has lectured publicly, appeared on television, and
testified before Congress. The straightforward, step-by-step instructions provide a sensible
“plan of attack” for preparing and presenting. The ten techniques give readers the ability
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skeptical, or hostile audience.

FEATURES CARL HAUSMAN, PhD, is professor
of journalism at Rowan University
• Clearly explains how to identify the best approach for a presentation, gear your speech in Glassboro, NJ, and author of 20
toward your audience, and ensure a presentation is a resounding success books, some of which have entered
• Describes how to make your voice more powerful, clear, and appealing by employing into multiple editions.
techniques used by broadcasters, voice artists, and singers
• Teaches how to develop flexible skills that will allow you to persuade, captivate, and
entertain, regardless of the specific purpose of your presentation

Write Like a Pro

Ten Techniques for Getting Your Point Across at Work
(and in Life)

CARL HAUSMAN
In today’s business world, writers need to be prepared and comfortable with various forms
of writing: reports, blogs, social media, white papers. Written by an established expert
on writing and communication, journalism professor Carl Hausman, Write Like a Pro: Ten
Techniques for Getting Your Point Across at Work (and in Life) can make you a better writer,
regardless of your experience and current skill level; and will teach you how to vastly
improve your written communication through a straightforward, easy-to-follow method.
March 2016, 194pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4
FEATURES Hardcover: 978-1-4408-4414-0
$37.00, £29.00, €34.00
• Presents a clear, no-nonsense guide to excellent writing using easily grasped tricks and eBook: 978-1-4408-4415-7
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• Encapsulates these key writing methodologies in ten basic techniques, each broken $22.00, £17.00, €20.00
down into ten actionable steps
• Provides an immediate “take-away” and valuable, practical advice for becoming a better CARL HAUSMAN, PhD, is professor
writer in each paragraph of journalism at Rowan University
• Describes and demonstrates the steps in a way that is memorable and even enjoyable in Glassboro, NJ, and author of 20
to learn books, some of which have entered
into multiple editions.

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