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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
Teach Introduction to Business?

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E-mail Communication Preferred by Users with Low Self-esteem

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Research results from medical studies, online counseling, and social support groups have shown that people online are more willing to disclose socially undesirable and intimate information about them compared to face to face interactions (Joinson, 2004). Computer mediated communication in general has a tendency to be more personal and self-disclosing than face to face interactions [...]

An Empty In-Box, or With Just a Few E-Mail Messages? Read On

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

Since e-mail became a fixture in our professional and personal lives, many academic researchers have investigated the complex mix of feelings brought on by the technology. View the original here.

Ten Ways to Turbocharge Your E-Mails

Friday, August 6th, 2010

E-mails have long been the gorilla of the communication world; they’re too big to ignore and they don’t always behave properly. Despite the frequency at which most people send emails, many are drab and often a mare’s nest of ideas hurriedly typed with no real regard to the reader. The result: If you are lucky [...]

Einstein Managed His In-Box Just Like You

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

If you’re like Einstein, you respond to some e-mails immediately and let others wait. And, of course, some you never answer. And every now and then, you find an old one in your inbox that you didn’t even realize you had, and you reply. A new study finds that the correspondence of Albert Einstein (shown [...]

In-Box Zero: Action-Based E-Mail

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

Download this PDF file A graphically inviting presentation about how to handle e-mail efficiently.

Communicating by E-Mail

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

E-mail is now an essential part of business communication. Along with benefits come some serious pitfalls. Your team is sure to enjoy a lively discussion of topics, such as jokes and personal e-mails, confidentiality, avoiding harshly worded e-mails, accidentally replying to all and much more. View the original here.

E-Mail and Instant Messaging Face Compliance Challenges

Friday, July 9th, 2010

In the financial workplace, e-mail and instant messaging (IM) are becoming essential enterprise tools. Once the province of teens chatting with their friends, instant messaging is now relied on by brokerage firms and other financial companies to maintain contact with clients. An ever-increasing number of government regulations and industry-specific rules make compliance with secure-messaging criteria [...]

Work E-Mail Etiquette

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Be careful what you write in e-mails, especially at work because your boss may be watching. Click here to continue…. View the original here.

Most U.S. Workers Online at Work, 50% Check Work E-Mail on Weekends

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Fully 72% of employed adults in the U.S. use the Internet and e-mail at least sometimes while they are at work, and 50% of those email users say they check their e-mail on weekends, according to a report from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life project. View the original here.

Googles Aims to Thwart Drunken E-Mailing

Monday, June 28th, 2010

Here’s the scenario: It’s Friday night, and what began as an innocent happy-hour margarita morphed into a few pitchers. After all, those tacos were salty. Bidding friends adieu, you jump in a cab, head home and decide a quick e-mail check is in order. And there it is: a message from your ex. Or your [...]

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