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Once upon a time : using story-based activities to develop breakthrough communication skills / Terrence L. Gargiulo.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: Eng Series: Pfeiffer essential resources for training and HR professionalsPublication details: San Francisco : Pfeiffer, c2007.Description: xvi, 218 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)ISBN:
  • 9780787985356 (cloth)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.4/5 22
LOC classification:
  • HF5718 .G3675 2007
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Contents:
Part One: Story-based techniques and tools for developing breakthrough communication skills -- techniques for working with stories -- A tool for assessing story-based communication competencies -- Sense making and stories -- Part Two: Story-based activities for developing breakthrough communication skills -- Children's book -- Concepts made easy -- Cookie jar -- Expand and collapse -- Guided journey -- Listening as a ally -- The magic three -- Mirror -- Random conversation -- Relic -- Stories in words -- Story collage -- Story scrap booking -- Study tour -- Take three -- Three channels -- Storytelling energizers -- Appendix A: The Power of stories is in the listening -- Appendix B: Sample breakthrough communication skills -- Workshop agendas. Contents of the CD-ROM: Activity-related materials -- Guided journey -- Sample relaxation scripts -- Story collage -- Blank story collage form -- Story collage -- Sample story collage #1 -- Story collage -- Sample story collage #2 -- Story collage -- Text for Sample story collage #1 -- Story collage -- Text for Sample story collage #2 Storytelling energizers -- Selecting a story tip sheet -- Storytelling energizers -- How to tell a story tip sheet -- Take three- audio -- Chapter-related materials -- Chapter 1: Nine functions of stories and their effects -- Handout -- Chapter 2: Description of story-based communication competency model -- Handout -- Story-based communication competency model (black and white) -- Handout -- Story-based communication competency model (color) -- Handout -- Animated competency model -- Flash file -- Chapter 3: The three questions -- Audio -- Bonus Files: The man with no story -- Audio -- Interview on Sky Radio with Terrence Gargiulo -- Audio -- Synopsis Tryillas Opera engraved score.
Summary: This exciting new book offers an innovative method for assessing and developing communication skills. The book introduces and describes a new communication skills model developed from research with leaders in Fortune 500 companies. It also includes a communication skills assessment aligned to the model.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HF5718 .G3675 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 4 1 Available 00000111793

"An essential tools resource"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-210).

Part One: Story-based techniques and tools for developing breakthrough communication skills -- techniques for working with stories -- A tool for assessing story-based communication competencies -- Sense making and stories -- Part Two: Story-based activities for developing breakthrough communication skills -- Children's book -- Concepts made easy -- Cookie jar -- Expand and collapse -- Guided journey -- Listening as a ally -- The magic three -- Mirror -- Random conversation -- Relic -- Stories in words -- Story collage -- Story scrap booking -- Study tour -- Take three -- Three channels -- Storytelling energizers -- Appendix A: The Power of stories is in the listening -- Appendix B: Sample breakthrough communication skills -- Workshop agendas. Contents of the CD-ROM: Activity-related materials -- Guided journey -- Sample relaxation scripts -- Story collage -- Blank story collage form -- Story collage -- Sample story collage #1 -- Story collage -- Sample story collage #2 -- Story collage -- Text for Sample story collage #1 -- Story collage -- Text for Sample story collage #2 Storytelling energizers -- Selecting a story tip sheet -- Storytelling energizers -- How to tell a story tip sheet -- Take three- audio -- Chapter-related materials -- Chapter 1: Nine functions of stories and their effects -- Handout -- Chapter 2: Description of story-based communication competency model -- Handout -- Story-based communication competency model (black and white) -- Handout -- Story-based communication competency model (color) -- Handout -- Animated competency model -- Flash file -- Chapter 3: The three questions -- Audio -- Bonus Files: The man with no story -- Audio -- Interview on Sky Radio with Terrence Gargiulo -- Audio -- Synopsis Tryillas Opera engraved score.

This exciting new book offers an innovative method for assessing and developing communication skills. The book introduces and describes a new communication skills model developed from research with leaders in Fortune 500 companies. It also includes a communication skills assessment aligned to the model.

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