Recommended Texts

Unlike all other texts in the field, which emphasize paper documents and outdated practices, only Bovée and Thill present the full range of electronic media that students will need to know to meet employer expectations.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

How These Texts Compare
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
Teach Introduction to Business?

Ordering Information

Instructor Support

Only Bovée & Thill
Keep You Current


Instructor Newsletter

    You can receive our free newsletter that's issued several times each fall and spring. It includes news about important developments and the latest trends affecting the field, announcements of new editions of our textbooks, and links for downloading exciting new supplementary materials for your classes.

    Click here to join.

Categories

Creativity/Brainstorming

« Previous Entries

Merlin Mann — Who Moved My Brain?

Friday, August 20th, 2010

Merlin Mann (of 43 Folders fame) gives an improvised talk about time management to a crowd at Rutgers University. View the original here.

Creative Ideas Through Brainstorming

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Download this PowerPoint file This 17-slide presentation describes brainstorming, tells you its value, offers tips for getting ready for a brainstorming session, describes the procedures to follow during the “meet and greet,” and gives you the guidelines to follow during a brainstorming session.

Boost Creativity: 7 Unusual Psychological Techniques

Monday, April 12th, 2010

Everyone is creative: we can all innovate given time, freedom, autonomy, experience to draw on, perhaps a role model to emulate and the motivation to get on with it. But there are times when even the most creative person gets bored, starts going round in circles, or hits a cul-de-sac. So here are 7 unusual [...]

Preparing for a Successful Brainstorming Session

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

Here are the pre-session preparations, materials and organization needed to conduct a successful brainstorming session. View the original here.

30 Tips to Rejuvenate Your Creativity

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Recently, we asked the readers what their tips for staying creative were. Sometimes creativity flows from the heavens, but other times, as we all know, it’s like drawing water from a stone. The following are the best tips you gave us. View the original here.

Men Share Their Creative Work Online More Than Women

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

A Northwestern University study finds that men are more likely to share their creative work online than women despite the fact that women and men engage in creative activities at essentially equal rates. View the original here.

How to Go about Brainstorming

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Download this PDF file This visually interesting presentation answers three questions: (1) What is brainstorming?, (2) Why brainstorm?, and (3) How should I go about brainstorming?

Effective Brainstorming: 7 Tips to Brainstorm Better With Your Team

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

Brainstorming, nonetheless the popularity of the term, is one of the most challenging collaborative activities to carry out in a small group. While most people think they know how to brainstorm, very few have really gotten the basic rules needed to make a brainstorming session work effectively. Read the original story here If the above [...]

Wridea

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

Get your ideas organized. Wridea is easy to use, letting you create, edit, and delete your ideas, pages, and categories smoothly and easily. Create ideas. Let your mind focus on new ideas and discover new things. Free your mind by storing all your to-do items, ideas, concepts, anything cluttering your mind in Wridea. Create categories [...]

10 of the Greatest Web Sources for Creative Inspiration

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Have you ever sat in front of a blank computer screen, or empty piece of paper, or a really white whiteboard, and wished you had some source of inspiration to help you with your creativity? If you have ever taken an art class, or worked as a designer, or just tried creating something, you have [...]

« Previous Entries