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Business communication Business etiquette Career development Computer network resources Communication in organizations Human communication Human-animal communication Human-animal communication Fiction Interpersonal communication Nonverbal communication in the workplace Public speakingJohansen, Iris
Summary: When an enemy from her past threatens to return, Margaret Douglas must go on the run. But danger is in hot pursuit, and Margaret finds herself matching wits with a man who refuses to be stopped. Turning from the hunted to the hunter, Margaret must use everything she has to not only survive, but defeat evil and prove she's no easy target.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC JOHMacLachlan, Patricia
Summary: Grace's aunt Lily is a writer, but is often "flummoxed" by her own writing. Her stories don't go anywhere, her desk is a mess, and her writer's group can't help. So Lily posts an ad for an assistant. The next day, Grace opens the door, and there is Rex: a Labrador Retriever who will change Grace's life, and Lily's.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD MORTwain, Mark
Summary: "Based on a set of unfinished Mark Twain notes for a children's story, this is the tale of Johnny, a young boy with a magical ability to speak to animals who sets off to rescue a stolen prince"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Books for Young Readers 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Oversize, Call number: J FIC TWACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC TWABrunke, Dawn Baumann.
Summary: "How to connect with animal guides to expand individual and planetary awareness"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bear & Co. 2009
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 133.8 BRUSummary: In this program, Dr. Tina Dupree, president of the Motivational Training Center and founder of the Professional Speakers Network, shares her proven techniques for building confidence as a public speaker. How to turn fear into an asset, master the art of small talk, create a "30-second commercial," assess an audience, choose the right words, organize a speech, improve delivery, and other topics...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: A torrent of e-mails, faxes, memos, reports, contracts, and newsletters threatens to drown the typical new hire in a sea of paper and text. With simple methods for tackling an immense volume of content, this program helps students manage workplace reading tasks quickly and efficiently without overlooking important information. Featured tips show viewers how to stay focused, prioritize reading...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Greenidge, Kaitlyn
Summary: The Freeman family--Charles, Laurel, and their daughters, teenage Charlotte and nine-year-old Callie--have been invited to the Toneybee Institute in rural Massachusetts to participate in a research experiment. They will live in an apartment on campus with Charlie, a young chimp abandoned by his mother. The Freemans were selected for the experiment because they know sign language; they are...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult- Fantasy, Call number: Fiction Greenridge 2017Summary: Highlighting the idea that a major part of good communication is good listening, this program enables students to improve their listening skills and absorb valuable information. The video identifies the best methods for giving coworkers the attention they deserve and provides eight simple tips that viewers can use to sharpen concentration. These include learning to focus, taking proper notes,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Does giving a typical business presentation put a person in mortal danger? Of course not, but statistics suggest that many people dread public speaking more than they fear death. This program shows students ways to overcome that kind of paralysis and transform it into positive energy. These include thorough preparation (from learning the wants and needs of the audience to scoping out the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: What if I'm fired unfairly? "If I get hurt at work, will I still have a job when I recover?" "Is it legal to dismiss someone for repeatedly being late?" "I was passed over for a promotion, and I think it's because of my ethnic background. Can I take legal action?" Geared toward students entering the workforce, this timeless program answers these and other important questions as it explains...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Discusses the serious issues of professional etiquette in a comical fashion that will both entertain and instruct students and employees in the vital areas of etiquette and protocol. Prepares students for many different situations where a knowledge of professional etiquette will be essential. Includes inter-office etiquette, meeting protocol, introductions, dining etiquette, travel, and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Video version. Viewers meet two young managers who help workers with appropriate responses to feedback in different work situations. Whether feedback is true, unclear, or downright false, we discover how to respond in a way that enables us to develop confidence, separate our reactions from our feelings, and learn from the situation. Using live-action video, the CD-ROM program guides the user...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This program stresses that good writing skills are critical to job success and that employers seek job applicants who have these skills. Learn how to produce a winning written report by analyzing the reader; determining the purpose; selecting and narrowing topics; gathering, recording, and filing information; and organizing the paper. Learn the benefits of concrete and specific supporting...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Ness, Patrick
Summary: Prentisstown isn't like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. Just a month away from the birthday that will make him a man, Todd and his dog, Manchee, whose thoughts Todd can hear, too, whether he wants to or not, stumble upon an area of complete silence. They find that in a town where privacy is impossible, something terrible...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2009
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC NESBottier, Isabelle
Summary: Fourteen-year-old Cassandra uses her abilities to seek a new home for a dog whose owner is moving to a retirement home, but matching Garrett with a new owner is challenging.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BOTSummary: After losing his wife seven years earlier, the eccentric Dr. John Dolittle, famed doctor and veterinarian of Queen Victoria's England, hides behind the walls of Dolittle Manor with only his menagerie of exotic animals for company. But when the young queen falls gravely ill, a reluctant Dolittle is forced to set sail on an epic adventure to a mythical island in search of a cure. The doctor is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOLCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOLCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOLCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DOLSummary: When a person has to rush to work in his pajamas because he's overslept (and, incidentally, his house has been demolished by accident while he was asleep in it), it's the start of what can only be a very bad day. This humorously surreal dramatization tracks "pajama man" around the office to make serious points about verbal vs. nonverbal and formal vs. informal communication; how communication...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: The relationship between supervisors and support staff members can often run off the smooth road of productivity. The major reason for problems between supervisors and staff is a lack of effective, open communication. This program is a dramatization of one employee's problems with his supervisor. The information he receives from the company's personnel manager gets him on track with how to cope...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This program guides viewers through an E.A.S.Y. communication process. Students learn constructive communications by identifying the Effect they hope to achieve; understanding the knowledge and attitude of their Audience; explaining the Subject with specific and organized information; and seeing the positive effects of knowing and understanding Yourself.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Set in an ironically dysfunctional office environment, this dramatization introduces viewers to the strengths and limitations of spoken, written, and visual forms of communication; common barriers to good communication; and ways to overcome those barriers. Examples of communication disconnects are combined with tips on phone etiquette, speaking in meetings and one-on-one, writing e-mails and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Analyzing pivotal moments from four decades of televised sparring and showmanship, this public broadcasting program explores the presidential debate process through the eyes of those who know it best: the candidates themselves. The NewsHour's Jim Lehrer presents interviews with contenders in every debate from 1976 to 1996 and sheds light on the prototype of all presidential debates, Nixon vs....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Although today’s voters are more media-savvy than ever, televised debates continue to have a tremendous political impact. In this sequel to public television’s Debating Our Destiny: 40 Years of Presidential Debates, NewsHour host Jim Lehrer turns his attention to the debates that ushered America into the 21st century. The program examines the Bush vs. Gore and Cheney vs. Lieberman broadcasts in...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: This classic NBC News program anchored by Chet Huntley and David Brinkley will take viewers back to the inauguration of John F. Kennedy to witness the birth of Camelot and the New Frontier-and to hear one of the most stirring inaugural speeches in U.S. history, as JFK challenges Americans to "ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Managing conflict effectively is essential to a productive work environment. This program plays out some of the potential conflicts that can occur in an aged care facility, shows the negative responses to disagreements, and then offers practical techniques to better deal with disagreements in a health care setting. Actors demonstrate how conflicts between staff and relatives can often be...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010