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Unlike all other texts in the field, which emphasize paper documents and outdated practices, only Bovée and Thill present the full range of electronic media that students will need to know to meet employer expectations.

Business Communication Today,
10th Ed.

Excellence in Business Communication,
9th Ed.

Business Communication Essentials,
4th Ed.
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Is Your Business Communication
Textbook Preparing
Students for the Future
or the Past?
Do You Know the
Fallacies about Teaching
Electronic Media?
Does Your Textbook
Cover Business
Communication 2.0?
Video:
A Fundamental Shift in the
Way We Communicate.
(See the New Media
Covered Only by
Bovee and Thill. Are You
Using the Right Text?)
A Letter to Instructors
Video:
Alert! A Paradigm Shift Is
Impacting Business
Communication Courses
Major Study: Thousands of Companies Using Social Media. Will Your Students Be Prepared to Use Social Media on the Job?
Study: 91% Using Social Media.in the Inc. 500-- America's Fastest Growing Private Companies. (Social Media Should Be Part of Your Course. Only Bovee & Thill's Texts Offer Social Media Coverage.)
Teach Your Students How to Use Social Media on the Job. (See sample pages here of Bovee & Thill's coverage you won't find in any competing texts.)
Business Communication Is Changing Due to Social Media (Are Your Students Learning about These Changes from Your Current Text?)
Hundreds of Social Media Examples
Canadian Editions
Teach Introduction to Business?

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The Ten Classic Writing Mistakes

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Here are the ten classic mistakes people make when they write.

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Test Your Knowledge of the Most Common Business Writing Problems

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Answer the following questions to test your understanding of 26 common business writing problems. The answers with circles  permit you to select only one answer. The answers with squares  permit you to select more than one answer for the question.

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12 Tips for Better Business Writing

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Today’s business world is almost entirely information-driven. Whether you run a small business or occupy a small corner of the org-chart at a massive multinational corporation, chances are that the bulk of your job consists of communicating with others, most often in writing.
Of course, there’s email and the traditional business letter, but most business [...]

Stress and a Lesson on Business Writing

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

I traveled through Midway Airport in Chicago on my trip to my niece’s funeral last week. Already under stress, I experienced a miscommunication that offered a lesson for business writers.

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Writing an Employee Handbook

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Here are sample policies, tips, and considerations when writing employee handbook policies.

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How to Write (in a Thousand Words or Less)

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

I’ve written about editing, eliminating distractions, getting started – it’s time to get down to basics. Too many people don’t know how to write. Period. Yeah, they can make marks on paper, but when it comes to making a clear, compelling, and meaningful statement, especially one more than 140 characters long, they fail.

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Business Writing: Don’t Ask Too Many Questions

Friday, July 25th, 2008

Yesterday I received an e-mail solicitation that was a good example of a bad technique: asking too many questions. It began with this question:

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New Year’s Resolutions–More or Less

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Most New Year’s resolutions have to do with more and less. I will exercise more. I will eat less. I will delegate more. I will spend less time working late. In the spirit of more and less, I offer these suggestions for improving your business writing in the coming year.

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Best Practices for Bullet Points

Monday, July 7th, 2008

The days of long sentences in long paragraphs are long gone. Our readers need to retrieve information fast. An excellent way to help them do this is to lay out information in bulleted lists.
Definition: A "bullet point" is an item introduced by a dot ("bullet") or a similar icon, like this:

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War of the Words

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Not only do I recall my first job, I recall my first memo, a recommendation on how to shorten a lengthy approval cycle. That was 20 years ago, and I doubt that the cycle has changed a bit, but that’s not what I recall about the memo. What I remember is how quickly my readers [...]

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