Crackle and fizz : essential communication and pitching skills for scientists
Record details
- ISBN: 1783262834
- ISBN: 9781783262830
- ISBN: 1783262842 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781783262847 (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
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xvi, 200 p. : ill. ; 24 cm - Publisher: London : Imperial College Press ; Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co., c2014.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Ch. 1. Your audience: the person or people whose full engagement you need -- ch. 2. Change and affect: gives communication its meaning and impact -- ch. 3. Lure: an enticement, usually with a bait, offering the promise of a reward -- ch. 4. World: the contextual space in which your narrative will unfold -- ch. 5. Character: you! -- the audience's guide, in search of a prize -- ch. 6. Big hook: a puzzle which drives the narrative -- ch. 7. Plot: the perilous journey to solve the puzzle and reach the prize -- ch. 8. Structure: making the whole more than the sum of its parts -- ch. 9. Make your pitch crackle: how to persuade, to win support. |
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Subject: | Communication in science Storytelling Lectures and lecturing Rhetoric |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Lansdowne Library | Q 223 V36 2014 (Text) | 26040003236458 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |