BUNDLE: Quintanilla: Business and Professional Communication, 2e + SpeechPlanner

We offer these texts bundled together at a discount for your students. The SpeechPlanner is FREE when packaged with the print version of this book


Quintanilla: Business and Professional Communication, Second Edition

Presenting an exciting new approach to teaching the core concepts and techniques of business and professional communication, Business and Professional Communication: KEYS for Workplace Excellence, Second Edition by Kelly M. Quintanilla and Shawn T. Wahl is organized in a way that best reflects the way that students transition from their student environment to their professional careers. Indeed, the fully updated second edition of this best-seller continues to focus on helping readers master the skills they need to move from interviewee to team member to leader, and provides unique coverage of some of the greatest challenges of today′s workplace, such as the negative impacts of technology and achieving work-life balance. Incorporating coverage of the latest cultural, economic, and technological developments in the business world, the authors cover communication must-know concepts and skills through the application of their Four Keys Process: Know yourself, Evaluate the professional context, Your communication interaction occurs, and Step back and reflect.

Speech Planner
SpeechPlanner is an interactive, web-based tool that guides you through the process of planning and preparing your speech, one step at a time. Featuring practical tips, strategies, and useful examples designed to explain and illustrate every stage of the speech-making process, this valuable planner makes it simple and easy to create highly effective, successful speeches anywhere, any time.



With its unique practice timer feature, SpeechPlanner allows you to pace your speech to ensure sustained focus on the core message as well as a balanced delivery. Additional audio and video examples of effective speeches; links to high quality web resources to use while researching and organizing your speech; thesaurus and spell-check features; as well as a feature that allows you to create both full sentence outlines and keyword outlines, make this a must-have tool for effective speech planning. So reach your audience—one successful speech at a time!

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