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Every business communicator encounters situations that require ethical decision making. How can you be sure that you are making the right choice whenever you face one of these challenges? By following this four-step approach, you can be more confident that you are making the best possible choices, even in the most difficult circumstances.
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Bovee and Thill's texts are the most widely adopted business communication texts throughout the world.
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Look at this page on Pinterest to see if you can find your city among those listed. (This is only a partial list.)
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Have you ever been talking to someone and they keep talking and talking? Check out my video for some tricks you can use to nicely interrupt.
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July 29, 2017 4:49 PM
"Luckily there are some easy ways to get out of situations where someone won't stop talking. Check out the video for some nonverbal tricks you can use to get people to stop talking."
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AI is considered to be the next big wave in the computing world and is poised to usher in a better world. Artificial intelligence is at the heart of today’s technical advancements.
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Check out one of the largest guides to business communicational instructional resources on the web!
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Bovée and Thill’s business communication textbooks continue to lead the field with unmatched coverage of communication technologies, reflecting the expectations and opportunities in
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"It's ugly, difficult to read, and it attracts your attention," economist Tim Harford told Business Insider.
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Tina Nicolai estimates that she has read more than 40,000 résumés.
Bovee & Thill's Online Business Communication Magazines's curator insight,
March 6, 2017 5:44 PM
"Tina Nicolai estimates that she has read more than 40,000 résumés since launching Résumé Writers' Ink in 2010.
"That's a lot of CVs. Over the years, Nicolai says, certain annoying mistakes tend to come up quite a lot. "Some of these errors may not seem like a huge deal. In a competitive job market, though, they might be the difference from snagging your dream job and having your résumé thrown in the garbage. "Here are Nicolai's picks for the most annoying mistakes you can make on a résumé:"
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Your professors are not your friends.
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August 31, 2014 12:17 PM
Here is a list of Professors’ Pet Peeves. "I reached out to my network and collected some things that really get on instructors’ nerves. Here are the results: some of the “don’ts” for how to interact with your professor or teaching assistant. For what it’s worth, No. 2 was by far the most common complaint. . ."
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March 24, 2017 3:12 PM
"Thanks to Google, we now know New Hampshire has a "diarrhea" problem.
". . . Google released Trends data on the most commonly misspelled words in each state, as judged by people's searches of "how to spell.
"Some of the words are as familiar as they are fickle: things like pneumonia, maintenance, and cancelled. Others — gray, February, tongue — are less forgivable. Google recently tweeted out the full list in a map."
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Like "comptroller," "banal," and "sherbet."
Bovee & Thill's Online Business Communication Magazines's curator insight,
June 17, 2017 12:40 PM
"The English language is hard. But sometimes people just flat out mispronounce words.
Take a look, for example, at the 12 words we feature in this article. We bolded the emphasized syllable and included links for audio (click the word to listen)." . . .
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk sent an email to employees encouraging them to buck the traditional chain-of-command communications found in most companies.
Bovee & Thill's Online Business Communication Magazines's insight:
"Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is no stranger to tackling challenges — his companies work on everything from space suits to self-driving cars to miles of tunnels under Los Angeles.
"They also work on communication." . . .
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You should probably email this to your friends.
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September 1, 2014 7:45 PM
"We spend 13 hours a week on email and unlock our phones 110 times a day. What is that doing to our brains? The short answer is it's making them worse, according to the Harvard Business Review and other sources. . .'
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Powerful facts about visual communication, especially the way graphics affects us both cognitively and emotionally.
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April 27, 2013 7:19 PM
Did you know that visuals are processed 60,000 times faster than text? Or how about the fact that they are processed simultaneously? Ever wonder why you can process visuals so much faster than text? This is because visuals are processed simultaneously whereas words are processed sequentially. Did you know that visual imagery is more powerful than words alone when used to communicate a message to an audience. . .
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First you must grab your listeners' attention--then you need to hold it. Check out these simple ways to do both.
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March 10, 2014 5:24 PM
"Here are 10 techniques that are guaranteed to earn you more attention without losing any of your professional credibility." . . .
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While definitions have been known to shift based on the way a word is commonly used, some popular uses are just plain wrong.
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Leading business bloggers say the perceived authenticity of a CEO plays a critical role in how they assess a leader's abilities and performance overall . . . Asked to name the top 5 phrases that raise concerns about a lack of authenticity, the bloggers cited the following:
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"Biometrics will play a major role in different industries, from medicine, science, robotics, engineering, manufacturing and all areas of vertical enterprise businesses.
"Smartphones, in particular, help enable these services. Imagine an eye exam conducted by scanning your iris with your iPhone. Or an android app that can measure the effectiveness of a pill through a biometric chipset that dissolves when digested." . . .
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Sharing unwelcome information is an unpleasant fact of life for all business professionals. No one likes to receive bad news, and no healthy person likes to give it, so these messages can take a toll on everyone involved.
However, it is possible to minimize the emotional impact these messages have, because you can take steps to share negative information without being negative. Learning how to craft these messages with sensitivity and honesty will make the task easier for you as a writer and the experience less traumatic for the recipients of your messages.
This video is ideal for instructors teaching business communication, teaching business writing, or teaching management communication.
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"How Well Do You Read Other People?Facial expressions are a universal language of emotion, instantly conveying happiness, sadness, anger, fear, and much more. Reading these expressions is essential to compassion and empathy."
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February 20, 2015 10:46 PM
"Take this short quiz to measure your emotional intelligence. Try to identify the emotion conveyed in each of the 20 photos. Each answer will pinpoint the exact muscles involved in that emotion and explain the subtle differences between expressions, drawing on pioneering research by psychologists Paul Ekman and Dacher Keltner. Some emotions appear more than once."When you’re done, share your score and have friends take the quiz—and watch for our forthcoming empathy training tool, designed to improve your score."
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"When you find a picture online that would be perfect for your project, it's hard to know whether you're allowed to use it. Follow this flow chart to know for sure and avoid getting yourself in any trouble."
Bovee & Thill's Online Business Communication Magazines's curator insight,
April 29, 2017 1:59 PM
"This chart comes from Curtis Newbold, The Visual Communication Guy, and explains copyright, fair use, creative commons, and public domain. We've talked about legal use of online photos before, but this chart lays out all of that information in an easy-to-consult format."
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"When traveling abroad, it's easy not to think twice about behaving just as you would at home."
Bovee & Thill's Online Business Communication Magazines's curator insight,
May 16, 2017 8:38 PM
". . . not all American gestures and customs are acceptable abroad: some are considered offensive and will not only out you as a tourist, but could even get you in a bit of trouble."
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In your class you’ll probably be emphasizing the long-term value of the business communication course to your students. Here’s our list of 27 ways communication skills can help students in their personal and professional lives.
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"Even the smartest people can use words, phrases, and idioms incorrectly—here's the correct way to say them."
Bovee & Thill's Online Business Communication Magazines's curator insight,
July 18, 2017 9:03 PM
"Even the most educated people often unknowingly make common writing and speaking flubs. Check out this long list of ubiquitous grammar mistakes." |
