Kirjahaku

What's holding you back from confidently and positively communicating, writing that book you have inside you; presenting that trajectory-changing keynote address; hosting that TV show or podcast that informs and inspires hundreds; or crafting those emails that are thoroughly read, remembered, quoted, and acted upon?Could it be you fear you're missing some essential key skills and you're not quite sure what they are?In her book, Sharpen Your Verbal Edge: 101 Tips to Enhance Your Professional Communication Skills, Communication Skills Advisor Elizabeth MacDonald has chosen key tips culled from her own experience and what she's witnessed and taught in the business world.Elizabeth has put together her top 101 tips to help you: Write and speak correctly, positively, confidently, and clearly Give great first and last impressions Deliver effective presentations and elevator pitches Effectively compliment Prepare of broadcast-worthy video conferencing Format and write professional emails that are acted upon Actively listen Change negatives to positives Respectfully and tactfully confront This book is for busy professionals who want to polish their communication skills. Each tip comes in bite-sized, easy-to-read language that you'll end up quoting for years to come. Learn how to communicate optimally and effectively and witness it transform you, your career, and your life.

Some cities have long-treasured waterfront promenades, many cities have recently built ones, and others have plans to create them as opportunities arise. Beyond connecting people with urban water bodies, waterfront promenades offer many social and ecological benefits. They are places for social gathering, for physical activity, for relief from the stresses of urban life, and where the unique transition from water to land eco-systems can be nurtured and celebrated. The best are inclusive places, welcoming and accessible to diverse users. This book explores urban waterfront promenades worldwide. It presents 38 promenade case studies—as varied as Vancouver’s extensive network that has been built over the last century, the classic promenades in Rio de Janeiro, the promenades in Stockholm’s recently built Hammarby Sjöstad eco-district, and the Ma On Shan promenade in the Hong Kong New Territories—analyzing their physical form, social use, the circumstances under which they were built, the public policies that brought them into being, and the threats from sea level rise and the responses that have been made.Based on wide research, Urban Waterfront Promenades examines the possibilities for these public spaces and offers design and planning approaches useful for professionals, community decision-makers, and scholars. Extensive plans, cross sections, and photographs permit visual comparison.