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NEW BOOK FROM INTELLECT Communication Skills (2nd ed) By Richard Ellis ISBN 9781841502496 pb £14.95 ABOUT THE BOOK Essential reading for young professionals on the first rung of their career ladders, this second edition is an up-to-date and invaluable guide to improved communication skills, designed to develop the ambitious individual's prospects in their chosen profession. Tackling a broad range of different communication skills in careful detail, the book also contains guidance for the ongoing development of these skills, and is useful for professionals at every level of competence in communicating. Ellis promotes reflection and participation through exercises, encouraging not just passive reading, but active engagement. The volume has wide coverage from making presentations, producing a concise CV and negotiating and asserting to debate on current issues of the real effectiveness of e-mail and PowerPoint versus face-to-face communication: issues very relevant to the contemporary work place. Drawing from experiences in his own successful communications training and consultancy business, Ellis bases his advice on the most recent developments in communications research, and clarifies with examples of current professional practice, making Communication Skills the essential aid to career advancement. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Richard Ellis runs a training and consultancy business in Edinburgh. He works with both the public and private sectors and has carried out training for the British Council in 15 countries. He has jointly published three books on communication and is sole author of three further ones. His most recent: Communication Skills for the Professional was published in 2003 by Intellect. He is currently working on a revised edition of the publication, due to be published by Intellect again in early 2009. ORDER INFO To order, and more information from the Intellect website: http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/ppbooks.php?isbn=9781841502496 Also available at all good bookshops or on Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Communication-Skills-Stepladders-Success-Professiona l/dp/1841502499/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1238151857&sr=11-1