CommCore Donates Books to Local Non-Profits and Education Institutions

WASHINGTON - Oct. 7, 2013 - PRLog -- – CommCore Consulting Group (http://www.commcoreconsulting.com/), a Washington, D.C. based specialty communications firm, has donated 1,000 copies of CEO Andrew Gilman’s communications training book, “Get to the Point (http://www.commcoreconsulting.com/aboutus/store.html)” to multiple non-profits and educational institutions. Donations were made to: School Without Walls, George Washington University Library (http://www.gwu.edu/), Reach for College (http://www.reachforcollege.org/) and College Bound (http://www.collegebound.org/).

The book will be a resource to high school and university students who are entering the workforce or embarking on their college career. Focusing on presentation skills, the book will help students relieve public speaking anxiety and help them communicate with confidence during interviews.

School Without Walls provides a rigorous college preparatory, humanities program that incorporates global and local resources in an experiential and interdisciplinary methodology to teaching and learning. Each student at School Without Walls at Francis-Stevens will receive a copy of the book at the beginning of the upcoming school year.

Reach for College is a non-profit organization founded to help low-income high school students reach their dreams of pursuing postsecondary education.

College Bound is a non-profit organization that offers public and public charter school students in grades 8-12 academic enrichment and resources to prepare for and succeed in college.

“We are delighted that we are able to provide the students with building blocks that will help them be more successful in school and in life,” said Gilman. “Improving presentation skills is an essential component in almost every endeavor, and the younger they get started on it, the better.”

About Get to The Point Book

Get to the Point (http://www.commcoreconsulting.com/aboutus/store.html)is a complete guide to making effective presentations—informal talks with clearly defined objectives that take place most often in a work-related context. Presentations are becoming more important in the business world than they have ever been before. This book is a proven program that helps you fight performance anxiety and communicate with confidence and ease. It teaches you how to say what you mean and get what you want.