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Professional communication

Professionals need solid communications skills across a wide range of communications mechanisms. This collection of resources is meant to be a starting point for you to begin expanding your communications skillset.

1 Professional Communication

Video: ~7 minutes

This video explains what is meant by the term “professional communication” and compares it to less formal types of communication with which you may be more familiar.

2 Formal Communication

Video: ~11 minutes

This video explains the various forms that professional communication typically takes and the circumstances under which they will typically be utilized.

Organization and required elements

Link	Minutes	Title	Source
	4	5 tips to improve your critical thinking	Samantha Agoos
	14	Five Fallacies	PBS Digital Studios

Sample speeches and presentations

Minutes	Title	Source
8	TED's secret to great public speaking	Chris Anderson
11	First World Problems: An Informative Speech	Sarah Kwon
11	Why tech needs the humanities	Eric Berridge
8	A College Epidemic: Sleep Deprivation	ocEn
9	Life After Death by Powerpoint	Don McMillan
PPTX	Presentation Template	Rita Mac Auslan

Sample posters

Minutes	Title	Source
PDF	Vital Information for Posters	CG Scholar via Rita Mac Auslan
PPTX	Sample Poster 1	Rita Mac Auslan
PPTX	Sample Poster 2	Rita Mac Auslan