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Visualizations That Really Work
Communication Magazine ArticleNot long ago, the ability to create smart data visualizations (or dataviz) was a nice-to-have skill for design- and data-minded managers. But now it's... -
A Matchmaker's Advice on How to Make a Great First Impression at Work
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Giving Killer Presentations: Our Favorite Reads
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8 Ways to Deliver a Great Presentation (Even If You're Super Anxious About It)
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How to Tell a Great Story
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A Simple Way to Introduce Yourself
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How to Nail a Hybrid Presentation
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3 Group Presentation Pitfalls - and How to Avoid Them
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Learning Presenting Skills by Learning to Swim
Managing yourself Digital ArticleTo teach swimming, coaches take novices through the component skills in progressive stages. The first lesson takes place out of the water, at the side of the pool, where the novice learns the arm stroke and the leg stroke separately. Then the novice gets into the shallow end of the pool and practices the arm […] -
Swimming in Data? Three Benefits of Visualization
Analytics and data science Digital Article“A good sketch is better than a long speech…” — a quote often attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte The ability to visualize the implications of data is as old as humanity itself. Yet due to the vast quantities, sources, and sinks of data being pumped around our global economy at an ever increasing rate, the need […] -
The Right Way to Present Your Business Case
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Avoid These 3 Pitfalls When Giving a Sales Presentation
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What's Your Story?
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen you're in the midst of a major career change, telling stories about your professional self can inspire others' belief in your character and in your... -
Effective Communication Begins with a First Impression
Communication Digital Article[For more, visit the Communication Insight Center.] The speaker had just been introduced. A slide behind him had his name and institution on it. A program... -
Do Your Slides Pass the Glance Test?
Communication Digital ArticleZargonDesign/Getty Images An audience can't listen to your presentation and read detailed, text-heavy slides at the same time (not without missing key... -
Good Leadership Is About Communicating “Why”
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A Speech Is Not an Essay
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It’s Time To Break Up With Break-Out Groups
Presentation skills Digital ArticleDoes anyone actually enjoy break-out groups? It’s a serious question. I participate in more than a few full-day-or-longer meetings every year — management retreats, training sessions, meetings of centers and professional societies, and so on — and there’s nothing I dread seeing on the agenda more than a time slot devoted to “break-out groups.” This […] -
Research: Men Speak More Abstractly Than Women
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleAbstract language tends to be associated with leadership, meaning that how women are socialized to communicate can make them less likely to be seen as... -
How to Survive a Direct Attack
Difficult conversations Digital ArticleThe annual shareholder meeting of Yahoo! Inc. last month was an “unlikely lovefest” — according to the report of the event in the New York Times — unlikely because the company’s stagnant stock price and poor performance against its competitors would seem to have invited a more critical session. The lovefest carried through more than […]
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Management Communication: A Self-Paced Learning Program
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Effective Business Presentations
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Narrative Presentation: Telling the Company Story
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Public Speaking and Presenting (Paperback + Ebook)
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Harvard Business Review Guides Ultimate Boxed Set (16 Books)
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Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners
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HBR's 10 Must Reads for Sales and Marketing Collection (5 Books)
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Effective Business Case Collection
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Communicating for Results: A Harvard ManageMentor Curated Collection
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Management Communication Self-Paced Learning Program: Presenting Section
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Microsoft: Xbox Division
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Communication 2-Volume Collection
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MINI USA: Finding a New Advertising Agency (B)
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Good Charts for Persuasive Presentations Set: How to Use the Best Data Visualizations for Great Presentations
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Good Charts, Updated and Expanded: The HBR Guide to Making Smarter, More Persuasive Data Visualizations
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HBR Guide to Making Better Decisions Toolkit
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Persuasion
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Student Guide to the Case Method: Note 5 - Making an Oral Case Presentation
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Give Your Speech, Change the World: How to Move the Audience to Action
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Good Charts Workbook Storytelling with Data Toolkit
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Visualizations That Really Work
Communication Magazine ArticleNot long ago, the ability to create smart data visualizations (or dataviz) was a nice-to-have skill for design- and data-minded managers. But now it's... -
A Matchmaker's Advice on How to Make a Great First Impression at Work
Communication POVFive tips for virtual and IRL situations. -
Giving Killer Presentations: Our Favorite Reads
Communication ListicleDon't worry - your nerves are a good thing. -
Management Communication: A Self-Paced Learning Program
110.00View Details Communicating effectively can make all the difference between success and failure as a manager. Developed by business school faculty for use in MBA, undergraduate... -
8 Ways to Deliver a Great Presentation (Even If You're Super Anxious About It)
Communication Digital ArticleKnow your point, always. -
How to Tell a Great Story
Communication Best PracticeIt's a skill every leader needs to master. -
A Simple Way to Introduce Yourself
Presentation skills Digital ArticleThink: present, past, future. -
How to Nail a Hybrid Presentation
Business communication Digital ArticleSeven tips. -
3 Group Presentation Pitfalls - and How to Avoid Them
Communication Digital ArticleStrategies for a polished, unified final product. -
Learning Presenting Skills by Learning to Swim
Managing yourself Digital ArticleTo teach swimming, coaches take novices through the component skills in progressive stages. The first lesson takes place out of the water, at the side of the pool, where the novice learns the arm stroke and the leg stroke separately. Then the novice gets into the shallow end of the pool and practices the arm […]