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Unlike all other texts in the field, which emphasize paper documents and outdated practices, only Bovée and Thill present the full range of electronic media that students will need to know to meet employer expectations.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

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Listening Skills Test

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Can you lend me your ear?
Most people believe they are good listeners without considering the important differences between hearing and listening. The ability to hear is typically innate, but the ability to listen well is a skill that must be developed and practiced.
Listening means paying attention and making a conscious effort to process [...]

The Listening Quiz

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

The most effective way to improve communications is to become a better listener. After all, 80% (give or take 5%) of effective [...]

Listening Skills: Touch May Influence What We Are Hearing

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Listening is more than a matter of being “all ears.’’ People can also hear with their skin, according to new research that deepens our understanding of the senses, showing they can work together but also override one another.
Strange though it seems, scientists are finding that multiple senses contribute to the simplest perceptions. People can see [...]

Active Listening: Hear What People Are Really Saying

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Listening is one of the most important skills you can have. How well you listen has a major impact on your job effectiveness, and on the quality of your relationships with others.
We listen to obtain information. We listen to understand. We listen for enjoyment. We listen to learn.
Given all this listening we [...]

Tips on Becoming a Better Listener

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

When we meet, you and I, you will see for yourself one of my most humiliating traits. No it’s not my acromegaly, my plaid pants, nor my atrocious hairpiece.
No, friend, you will be deeply annoyed to hear me ask you to repeat your name at least twice, and possibly five times, during our inaugural conversation. [...]

Active Listening Skills

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

This 28-slide presentation covers the following:
Purpose of active listeningListening habitsAttending skillsReflecting skillsTest your skillsCommunication barriersQuick quiz
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Are You Listening?

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Let us be silent that we may hear each other. As executives, managers, mentors, and team members, our silence can be an incredibly powerful tool. Sure, I like to write a lot about presentations and speaking, but sometimes, allowing silence to fill the room allows for other voices to be heard. Important voices. Those of [...]

What Did You Say?

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

According to Gretchen Neels, a workplace consultant, most people have no idea when they are not listening—or when they are giving the impression to others that they are not listening.
I wasn’t surprised to hear that, having grown up in a family where conversation is more of a competitive sport than a polite interaction. In [...]

How to Be a Good Listener: Empathy

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Empathetic listeners try to hear from the perspective of the sender of a message. Discover how good listeners use empathy with tips from a communications specialist in this free video on communications, dialog and conversations.

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National Day of Listening

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Thursday, as everyone knows, is Thanksgiving, that pinnacle of family bonding, gluttony, and, of course, giving thanks. But did you know that November 28th (Friday) has been designated the National Day of Listening . . .

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