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| GRE Review DVD Set |
8 DVDs
18 hours, 30 minutes total
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| PRAXIS I Review on DVD |
4 DVDs
8 hours, 45 minutes total
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Upgrade Your Communication Skills at Work |
10 DVDs
12 hour, 22 minutes total
Code: VAI-5240
Price:$499.50
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We’ll teach you powerful strategies and easy-to-use techniques that will help you communicate more effectively with your coworkers, managers, customers, suppliers, and other business contacts. You’ll learn fundamental principles that will help you demonstrate your value, polish your image, and impress your boss - so you stand out from the crowd and get ahead in your career.
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- Phone Calls & Messages
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- Email
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- Letters
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- Ads & Brochures
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- ...and much more!
- Websites & Blogs
Chances are good that someday you’ll be called upon to contribute to a business website or blog. In this program, you’ll get expert advice for turning your company’s online presence into a resource that’s truly a useful, interactive, and powerful selling tool. Plus, you’ll learn how your organization can use websites and blogs to enhance its image, distribute information, connect with visitors, build a sense of community, and boost sales.
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- proven ways to engage your visitors by offering them a user-friendly, interactive, and positive online experience
- expert advice about creating and maintaining a blog for your company
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- sample web pages, blog posts, etc. that illustrate key concepts
- ...and much more!
- Professionalism
Professionalism isn’t just about appropriate behavior; it’s also about character. In this program, you’ll learn the code of conduct that defines the modern professional. You’ll discover how having integrity - a strong commitment to excellence and ethical standards such as service, respect, honesty, discretion, responsibility, and diligence - will make you the kind of employee that everyone appreciates and admires.
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- a thorough discussion of “The 9 Principles of Professionalism” - those all-important qualities that every worker should possess and demonstrate on the job
- an analysis of why your behavior can make or break your career
- great tips for cultivating a strong work ethic that will impress everyone
- proven strategies for treating all of your business contacts with respect and empathy
- many counterexamples of unprofessional behavior that should be avoided
- expert advice that will help you increase your value as an employee or job candidate
- sample anecdotes and situations that illustrate key concepts
- ...and much more!
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| NEW RELEASE - LSAT Review |
4 DVDs
7 hours, 30 minutes total
Free Study Guide Online
Product Code: VAI-2023
Price: $199.95
ISBN: 9781573852029
UPC: 600459202392
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