Suggests ways to communicate more effectively in business using Language from the Center, which projects authority, and Language from the Edge, which is used in collaborative sitautions, in order to demonstrate knowledge and leadership.

Power Talk: Using Language to Build Authority and Influence

Business & Money

McGinty, Sarah Myers

Business Culture

Warner Business Books

Complete with strategies for individuals who want to strengthen their personal communication skills, "Power Talk" is a must-read for anyone who wants to learn to be their own best spokesperson.

Business Plus

A guide to writing the most effective essays for college applications includes the essay policies at more than 180 schools, samples of essay types, and more than forty actual questions currently used. Original.

Writing Your College Application Essay (THE COLLEGE APPLICATION ESSAY)

Test Preparation

College & High School

College Board

The author's advice and insights have helped tens of thousands of students write distinctive college application essays. Now her new book gives you the benefit of her expertise. With this guide, you can make your college application stand out from all the rest by creating unique and memorable essays that reveal you in your best light.

The College Application Essay: Guidelines for Writing Unique Essays, Plus...

Revised edition of a classic bestseller, previous editions have sold over 100,000 copies, that helps college-bound students write great application essays. This new edition of the classic bestseller is a treasure for students who want to write vivid, distinctive essays and personal statements to support their college applications. The College Application Essay builds on what students have already learned in high school to strengthen their writing skills, and then applies those lessons to college applications in particular. In a friendly, conversational tone, the guide helps students find their voice and be "heard" on paper by emphasizing both the thinking process and the technical work of writing. This revised edition includes dozens of current essay questions and topics, with multiple response strategies; advice from admissions directors and guidance professionals, who offer wisdom and insights about how applicants' essays are evaluated; and sample essyas written by real students. A new guide for parents shows how they can support - without interfering in - the writing process.

The College Application Essay, Revised Edition

A winning college application essay takes admission officers beyond the numbers and shows them what a student really cares about, how he/she thinks and who he/she really is. The College Application Essay by Sarah Myers McGinty is an easy-to-follow guide shows students how to maximize the opportunity to "tell us about yourself" by using the tools and skills they already have. Includes: 
Ways to choose a topic Strategies for distinctive answers Remedies for procrastinators Jumpstarts for writer's block Tips on editing Over 50 real application questions Sample essays by real students
Critiques of the sample essays guide students toward the best practices and away from common mistakes.

The College Application Essay

Application essays need to say "Pick me" and the best will take admission officers beyond the numbers to show them who you are, how you think, and what you will add to the in-coming class. But looked at correctly, you will find you've done this before...many times. Updated to reflect recent changes to the application format, this easy-to-follow guide provides the tools to deliver a memorable essay. Features: 
-Best approaches to essay and supplement questions
-Insight into how admissions reads essays
-Simple steps for successful drafts
-Revision strategies
-Quick fixes for procrastinators
-The right role of parents in the process
- Guidance for transfers, international students, veterans, and ex-pats
-Critiques of samples essays
-Best practices and common mistakes.
 This is the 6th edition of McGinty's classic guide to the application essay process. Her work in secondary education, admissions, and as a writing instructor at Harvard University gives this guide unique breadth and depth of expertise.

The College Application Essay, 6th Ed

McGinty Consulting Group LLC

As anyone whos ever tried to decipher their last investment account statement knows, the language of finance can sound foreign and intimidating. As clever as it is straightforward, and filled with quirky yet helpful tips, this dictionary of financial terms and acronyms is packed with hundreds of brief, plain-spoken definitions that will appeal to the novice and seasoned investor alike.

Skills

Hachette Audio

It's a new world out there with test-optional admission, the proliferation of supplements, and holistic review. And a long list of achievements isn't all that counts. Application essays take admission readers beyond the numbers to show who you are, how you think, and what you will add to the in-coming class. And looked at correctly, you will find you've done this before...many times. 
The latest in a long line of guides to self-advocacy in writing, the 8th edition features: Strategies for all the essay and supplement questions Insight into how admission personnel evaluate essays Simple steps for successful drafts Revision strategies The right role of parents in the process Guidance for transfers, international students, veterans, and ex-pats Best practices and common mistakes Critiques of samples essays and supplement answers 
McGinty's work as an English department chair at Millburn High School NJ, as an associate director of admission at Sarah Lawrence College NY, and as a University supervisor and writing instructor at Harvard University give this guide unique breadth and depth of expertise.

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

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Power Talk: Using Language to Build Authority and Influence

Power Talk: Using Language to Build Authority and Influence

Writing Your College Application Essay (THE COLLEGE APPLICATION ESSAY)

The College Application Essay: Guidelines for Writing Unique Essays, Plus...

The College Application Essay, Revised Edition

The College Application Essay

The College Application Essay, 6th Ed

Power Talk: Using Language to Build Authority and Influence

The College Application Essay

Power Talk: Using Language to Build Authority and Influence