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Unlike all other texts in the field, which emphasize paper documents and outdated practices, only Bovée and Thill present the full range of electronic media that students will need to know to meet employer expectations.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

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E-Portfolios

Seven Tips for Creating an E-Portfolio

Friday, December 11th, 2009

The term, “e-portfolio” is short for “electronic portfolio.” which is a collections of a student or professional’s work that demonstrate the person’s skills, experience, abilities and achievements. An e-portfolio is much like a traditional portfolio except everything is online. An e-portfolio is a web-based information management system that can lure employers to you. Creating an [...]

ePortfolio Mash Up with GoogleApps

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Schools and universities can set up free Google Apps accounts with their own domain name, where they can give all student and faculty acces to a variety of tools, including a GMail account, iGoogle portal, Google Groups for collaboration, and Pages, for creating websites. Each user can also use their GMail account to activate other [...]

Preparing a Career Portfolio

Friday, April 24th, 2009

Why Use a Portfolio? # Offers a process for career development# Demonstrates concrete proof of skills and learning# Provides and opportunity for creative self-expression# Essential tool for the New Economy worker# As a marketing and self-promotional tool for job seekers to use in interviews or for the self-employed to present to a prospective client# As [...]

E-Portfolios: An Overview

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Download this PowerPoint file This 24-slide presentation provides an excellent overview of e-portfolios.

E-Portfolios

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Download this PowerPoint file This 38-slide presentation discusses how to create an e-portfolio.

How to Succeed in College: Quick Tips from Student Mentors

Friday, July 4th, 2008

Download this PDF file The new student mentors at the College of Charleston offer these quick tips for succeeding in college. Review them periodically to make sure your college experience is everything it can be–-academically, socially, and personally.

Electronic Portfolios: What Are They?

Friday, December 29th, 2006

Electronic portfolios or e-portfolios are gaining increasing media attention as potentially highly valuable learning, evaluation, and assessment tools for educators, learners and academic organizations. An e-portfolio is a web-published collection of documents, information, links, resources, and audio and video clips that showcases the demonstrated abilities, know-how, and skills of a specific person to his or her [...]