Dianna Booher is an American

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and communication expert. She is also the chief executive of ''Booher Research Institute'', a Colleyville, Texas-based company that offers communication consulting, executive coaching (public speaking, executive presence, enterprise-wide communication messaging), and publishing strategies for Fortune 500 organizations and nonprofit organizations. She is also the founder of Booher Consultants, a communication training firm, that has worked for

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organizations and governmental agencies since 1980. Booher Consultants was acquired by Communispond on August 1, 2017.

Early life and education

Dianna Daniels Booher was born in

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, as the daughter of a postal supervisor Alton B. and Opal Daniels. She graduated ''

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'' from North

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in 1970 with a

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and earned a Master of Arts degree in

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from

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in 1979. In 1967 she married Daniel T. Booher, a minister of music. They had two children: Jeffrey Thomas and Lisa Christine.

Publications

Booher has written 47 books on business and personal development topics, all published by major U.S. publishers and their various imprints: Simon and Schuster, Penguin Random House, McGraw-Hill, and HarperCollins. Reviewing ''Your Signature Work'', ''

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'' criticized its use of a "hackneyed analogy" between life and basketball, but said it offers "good advice".

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called ''E-Writing'' "user-friendly" in a favorable review. Her 2015 book, ''What More Can I Say? Why Communication Fails and What to Do About It'', is discussed in articles in Forbes, FastCompany.com, TLNT.com, and Huffington Post. Her 2017 book ''Communicate Like a Leader: Connecting Strategically to Coach, Inspire, and Get Things Done'' was mentioned favorably in INC, Entrepreneur.com, and Forbes.

Selected bibliography

* ''Communicate Like a Leader: Connecting Strategically to Coach, Inspire, and Get Things Done'' (Berrett-Koehler) * ''What MORE Can I Say? Why Communication Fails and What to Do About It'' (Penguin Random House/Perigee) * ''Communicate With Confidence: How to Say It Right the First Time and Every Time'' (Revised and Expanded Edition) (McGraw-Hill) * ''Creating Personal Presence: How to Look, Talk, Think, and Act Like a Leader'' (Berrett-Koehler) * ''The Voice of Authority: 10 Communication Strategies Every Leader Needs to Know'' (McGraw-Hill) * ''Booher’s Rules of Business Grammar: 101 Fast and Easy Ways to Correct the Most Common Errors'' (McGraw-Hill) * ''Your Signature Work: Creating Excellence and Influencing Others at Work'' (Tyndale) * ''Speak With Confidence: Powerful Presentations That Inform, Inspire, and Persuade'' (McGraw-Hill) * ''E-Writing: 21st Century Tools for Effective Communication'' (Simon and Schuster/Pocket Books)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Booher, Dianna Living people American businesspeople American self-help writers University of Houston alumni People from Hillsboro, Texas People from Colleyville, Texas American women non-fiction writers Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women