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An online magazine by Bovee & Thill, authors of the leading textbooks in business communication and business writing, featuring resources about visual communication, including design and photography. For more information about Bovee & Thill texts and their exclusive, superior coverage of visual communication, visit http://boveeandthillbusinesscommunicationblog.com. For instructor examination copies, go to http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/support/index.page, or write to samplingdept@pearson.com.. To find your local sales representative, go to http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/replocator.
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Businesspeople are using sensual colors, shapes, movement, and magic to explore and communicate stories and themes to viewers in business documents, including business reports. The ever-increasing amount of data available today has created the need for tools, and analysis to make faster and superior insights. Information design reveals patterns, trends, relations, or dependencies that may have remained undiscovered. How are innovators using these new technologies, and how will they impact your job in the future? Is data visualization the future of communication and business? . . . Delete the scoop?
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Employees in a range of businesses are being encouraged by their companies to sketch their ideas and draw diagrams to explain complicated concepts to colleagues. . . Delete the scoop?
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Like many of his contemporaries, the design consultant Stephen Few bemoans the ubiquity of pie charts. Here, he explains his perspective: . . . Delete the scoop?
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Are you seeking a business communication textbook recommendation? This video will help guide you in your selection toward the highest quality business communication on the market. Note: For more information about Bovee & Thill's textbooks, visit Bovee & Thill's Business Communication Blog. Via Bovee & Thill's Online Magazines for Business Communication Delete the scoop?
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Data Visualization is a relatively new field and as such, it has a lot of maturing to do. And part of that process is determining what is acceptable practice. . . Delete the scoop?
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We’ve made the point time and time again that charts and graphs, though they feel official and true, can lie. Rarely do you get to see that at work, but the good folks at Hyperakt have sent us a prime case study in infographic deception. Delete the scoop?
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Visualized content is popping up all over the web lately, and it's no surprise. Visual content is pleasing to the eye, stimulating, entertaining, and much more interesting than plain old text. Haven't you noticed how much more frequently infographics seem to be making their way onto blogs and websites lately? There's a very reasonable explanation: people love visual content. . . Delete the scoop?
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When it comes to picking a hotel, what you see online is not necessarily what you get when you check in. Travel deals website Oyster has caught hotels from Costa Rica to California doctoring their website photos to appeal to potential guests. They've been kind enough to share their collection of "photo fakeouts," which serve as a kind of cautionary tale for anyone planning a vacation and relying solely on hotel websites. Some of these photo "upgrades" are so egregious, you'll think you are looking at pictures of two completely different properties. . . Delete the scoop?
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When you hand someone your businesscard, you're giving them a small, but important introduction to who you are. Much like resumes and cover letters, a business card can easily get lost in the piles of other cards your prospective employers or clients are receiving on a daily basis. So you want to make yours stand-out. We combed through some of the most creative business cards out there and spoke to several of the owners and designers. . . Delete the scoop?
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An effort to eliminate "death by PowerPoint." Good advice here for that guy in your organisation (not you of course) who uses PowerPoint as a crutch ... and a sedative.
In my own work with coaching clients, we always look for creative ways to use PowerPoint (or Keynote for Mac users) and whiteboards and flip charts. Via Graeme Bowman Delete the scoop?
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Many misconceptions plague the field on information visualization. This post lists some of them and tells you how to remove those misconceptions. . . Delete the scoop?
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Bovee and Thill launched a unique author blog that helps business communication instructors spend less time preparing and more time teaching. The original articles that help instructors focus their teaching to help their students’ learning be more efficient and effective. Articles discuss a wide variety of topics, including new topics instructors should be teaching their students, resources instructors can use in their classes (including immediately downloadable PowerPoints), solutions to common teaching challenges, and great examples and activities instructors can use in class. A subscription is complimentary and is available by email or RSS. Sign up today on the homepage! Delete the scoop?
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Infographics had been famous around the web for its ability to relay information in a truly artistic manner. This makes it a universal language for it can tell a story even with one look at the visual representations. . . Delete the scoop?
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This video, the Value of Data Visualization, makes a compelling case for how infographics exploit visual clues like color, size, and graphic orientation to help us understand complex stories. Naturally, they use infographics to do it. . . Delete the scoop?
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I love a good infographic! After all, knowledge is power and the visualization of data makes absorbing information all the easier. Well-designed infographics have a way of pulling me into a subject I’d normally never care to know about. . . Delete the scoop?
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There may be times when you need to present ideas to clients or co-workers and could benefit from one of the many resources for creating online presentations. In this post we'll introduce 14 different presentation tools to get the job done. . . Via Steve Yuen, Let's Learn IT Delete the scoop?
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If you aren’t prepared for the visual content revolution, you may be left in the dust. Not convinced? Let's take a look at exactly how visual content is positively contributing to marketing strategies -- it may just give you the push you need if you haven't yet hopped on the visual content bandwagon, or are trying to get the resources to do so! . . . Delete the scoop?
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Who doesn't love an infographic? They're pretty. They're educational. They're shareable. And they've played a powerful role in the visual content revolution we've seen take hold recently. So what's the limiting factor stopping many people from jumping on board the infographic bandwagon? Design. More specifically, how on earth do you create a flipping infographic? With PowerPoint! . .
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See all seven of Bovee & Thill's Online Magazines for Business Communication. Business Communication 2.0: Social Media and Electronic Communication http://www.scoop.it/t/business-communication-2-0-social-media-and-electronic-communication Teaching a Modern Business Communication Course http://www.scoop.it/t/teaching-a-modern-business-communication-course Teaching Business Communication and Employment http://www.scoop.it/t/teaching-business-communication-and-employment Teaching Visual Communication http://www.scoop.it/t/teaching-visual-communication Teaching Business and Interpersonal Communication http://www.scoop.it/t/teaching-business-and-interpersonal-communication\ Teaching Business Communication and Workplace Issues http://www.scoop.it/t/teaching-business-communication-and-workplace-issues Teaching Oral Communication in a Business Communicaction Course http://www.scoop.it/t/teaching-oral-communication-in-a-business-communication-course Plus: News about Bovee & Thill Online Magazine http://www.scoop.it/t/news-about-bovee-thill Visit Bovee & Thill's Business Communication Blog at http://boveeandthillbusinesscommunicationblog.com Visit Bovee & Thill's YouTube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/BoveeandThill. Visit Bovee & Thill on Pinterest at http://pinterest.com/courtland_bovee/business-communication-pictorial-gallery-on-pinter Via Bovee & Thill's Online Magazines for Business Communication Delete the scoop?
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