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Talking Themselves Into Sobriety: The Persuasive Power of Self-Narratives
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Sample When I was teaching a course in interpersonal communication some years ago, I used an example of something I had said to myself about myself, and saw students’ heads nodding knowingly in response. When I asked them about it, many of the students told me that they were aware, too, of that ‘...
Introduction to Business Math and Personal Finance
Author(s): LaVerta Schmeling
Introduction to Business Math & Personal Finance gives students a brief look into the world of buying and selling merchandise for a business including trade and cash discount, and markup and markdown. It also provides some basic tools for calculating payroll deductions and other required employer pa...
Speak, Fear Not: A Guide to Coping with the Fear of Public Speaking
Author(s): Julian Bhebhe
Speak, Fear Not: A Guide to Coping with the Fear of Public Speaking provides a path to managing speaking anxiety. It traces the origin of the fear of public speaking to where the fear interferes with thinking. When the thinking process freezes due to fear, the body responds in strange ways. It becom...
To Gain or Not to Gain, That is the Question
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Abstract Cory was a highly recruited high school football star who found himself red-shirted during his freshman year. Then, after almost no playing time during his next year because he was third on the depth chart, the coach asked him to gain weight and change positions in order to help the team...
Casing Distractions: Erving Goffman's Dramaturgical Analysis
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Sample Barely a block past the beach in Ipanema, two American men were walking on the sidewalk. They passed several vendors, most of whom were selling leather goods. The middle-aged men walked slowly, perusing the products on the tables owned by the vendors. The Brazilians were trying to sell the...
The OR ELSE FACTOR!: A Legacy of African American Resistance and a Blueprint for Community Organizing
By: Robert White
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Family Matters: An Autoethnographic Narrative of Addicted Selves and Addicted Others with/in the Family.
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Abstract This chapter explores the negotiation of family relationships in the context of addiction, based on my experiences living with and through family addiction. I use autoethnography to recall the ways in which a sister, her sister, and the family experienced addiction in the home. Within th...
Global Business: A Practical Workbook for Real-World Applications
Author(s): Lyzona Marshall
The intent of this workbook is to offer additional insights to connect students’ understanding of global business concepts and principles and those same principles as applied by global business professionals. The study of Global Business is an exciting yet complex endeavor that can also be intimidat...
Who's Calling the Shots? Balancing Donor Relations and Nonprofit Branding
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Abstract When a young employee of a children’s charity suggests rebranding to enhance volunteer recruitment and retention, he encounters problems with a key donor. *** “Eight? Are you kidding me?!” exclaimed Child Haven’s Volunteer Recruiter Miguel Santos. “That’s almost half of the enti...