The Playbook of Persuasive Reasoning: Everyday Empowerment and Likeability by Ga

Description: The Playbook of Persuasive Reasoning by Gavin F. Hurley This book provides an easy, practical guide to the strategies of persuasive reasoning, which Gavin Hurley argues is crucial to all effective communication. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The Playbook of Persuasive Reasoning: Everyday Empowerment and Likeability provides an easy, practical guide to the strategies of persuasive reasoning, which Gavin Hurley argues is crucial to all effective communication. Helping professionals and students to become better and more likeable communicators, this fundamental "playbook" outlines numerous eye-opening communicative maneuvers for readers of all levels and backgrounds. It offers a unique approach to argumentation and persuasion and moves away from the more conventional methods which are often overtechnical, unnecessarily complex or too science oriented. Hurley demonstrates how to successfully apply these strategies of cooperative argumentation to your life in order to succeed professionally, socially and cerebrally. This he argues, will allow you to empower your messaging and increase your social magnetism. The Playbook of Persuasive Reasoning is a down-to-earth guide on effective rhetorical strategizing. It is written for everyday application, based on everyday examples, and embedded in everyday language. Today, successful communication is a highly sought-after trait by international employers, clients, and customers alike. Gavin Hurley shows how a wide range of people can benefit from learning how to deliver more abstract material in an effective manner: both verbally and written. This guide is particularly appealing for professionals, including business managers, as well as academics and students, including public intellectuals. The Playbook of Persuasive Reasoning is a useful book for anyone wanting to enrich their skills and strengthen their powers of communication in order to have a social and professional advantage. Author Biography Currently an Assistant Professor of Writing at Lasell College in Newton, Massachusetts, Dr. Gavin Hurley teaches courses in Ethical Reasoning as well as Persuasive Writing. He leads a knowledge-hungry student audience at Lasell College where he helps to build practical skills and professional acumen. The Playbook of Persuasive Reasoning is formulated from his lectures and instruction notes from these courses. It is also in some ways inspired by his doctoral dissertation which examined The New Rhetoric, a 20th-century practical reasoning guide written by Chiam Perelman and Lucie Olbrechts-Tyteca. Dr. Hurley has taught persuasive writing and argumentation for eight years at several higher education institutions, including both public universities and private colleges. His focus has been on first-year communication courses, intermediate communication courses, and advanced communication courses. A specialist in the field of persuasive writing and reasoning, Gavin F. Hurley earned his PhD in Writing and Rhetoric from the University of Rhode Island. In addition to his PhD, he has a B.A. in Philosophy from Saint Josephs University (Philadelphia, PA) and an M.A. in Writing Arts from Rowan University (Glassboro, NJ). He has also published numerous articles on rhetoric, persuasion, and argumentation in scholarly collections as well as in peer-reviewed journals. In addition, he has presented numerous public talks at national venues on argument and persuasion. Details ISBN162273274X Author Gavin F. Hurley ISBN-10 162273274X ISBN-13 9781622732746 Format Hardcover Pages 190 Publisher Vernon Press Year 2018 Publication Date 2018-03-31 Language English Imprint Vernon Press UK Release Date 2018-03-31 Place of Publication Delaware Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2018-03-31 NZ Release Date 2018-03-31 US Release Date 2018-03-31 Series Series in Communication Subtitle Everyday Empowerment and Likeability Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:132873472;

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