Recommended reading
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Writing Skills
Eats, Shoots, and Leaves
Lynn Truss
ISBN: 1-592-40203-8
Notes: If you’ve got punctuation challenges, buy this book. This New York Times bestseller provides excellent lessons on punctuation while thoroughly entertaining you.
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The Gregg Reference Manual
William Sabin
ISBN: 0-07-293653-3
Notes: All groups in business should have at least one copy of this comprehensive manual. This go-to guide covers grammar, style, usage, and formatting.
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Send
David Shipley and Will Schwalbe
ISBN: 978-0-307-26464-3
Notes: Send is a modern, readable book on e-mail etiquette. It includes quality examples and will absolutely help you improve your e-mail writing.
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Strunk and White: The Elements of Style
William Strunk and E.B. White
ISBN: 0205632645
Notes: Strunk and White is a classic, must-have book for improving your style of writing. The book was written long ago but still applies today.
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Technical Writing for Engineers and Scientists
Barry Rosenburg
ISBN: 0-13-149863-0
Notes: For all you technical writers, this one will become well-used as you constantly refer back to it. The information is well-organized with basic- and expert-level tips on technical writing.
Writing High-Impact Reports
Angela Maniak
ISBN: 0-9629337-3-2
Notes: This book couldn’t be simpler to use and apply to organizing and writing audit reports. It’s by far the best book we’ve found on audit writing and reports.
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Presenting Skills
Beyond Bullet Points
Cliff Atkinson
ISBN: 978-0-7356-2052-0
Notes: This book addresses the number one problem in presentations today: people throwing too many bullets on a bunch of slides and calling it a presentation. Get this book to help create a theme and story in your presentations. It’s our number one most-recommended book in all workshops.
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Presenting to Win
Jerry Weissman
ISBN: 0-13-187510-8
Notes: This book provides clear, excellent techniques on planning and delivering presentations. It also focuses on how to use story-telling in presentations, which is the number one way to engage an audience.
Meeting Facilitation Skills
Death by Meeting
Patrick Lencioni
ISBN: 978-0-7879-6805-2
Notes: If you attend or conduct meetings, get this cleverly written book that uses a fable to teach lessons on the common challenges we all experience in meetings. Easy reading with spot-on ideas.
The Secrets of Facilitation
Michael Wilkinson
ISBN: 978-0-7879-7578-4
Notes: Includes effective techniques to generate vibrant discussions and a sound process for reaching consensus in meetings.
