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RE: Communication books for a soon-to-be college grad
Subject:RE: Communication books for a soon-to-be college grad From:"Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com> To:"Milan Davidovic" <milan -dot- lists -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:27:46 -0700
Milan Davidovic asked a good question:
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Combs, Richard
> <richard -dot- combs -at- polycom -dot- com> wrote:
> > I can't resist observing that improving one's communications skills
is
> > better addressed at the soon-to-be college freshman stage than the
> > soon-to-be college grad stage. :-)
>
> If you were Rob, would you resist sharing that observation with the
> student who made the request?
It depends. :-) Partly on how curmudgeonly I was feeling, I confess.
But it also would depend on the student.
Tech comm tie-in: Know your audience.
Richard
Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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