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Unlike all other texts in the field, which emphasize paper documents and outdated practices, only Bovée and Thill present the full range of electronic media that students will need to know to meet employer expectations.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

Writing and Formatting Powerful Memos

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Among the mediums of business communication, the memo is one of those most likely to convey a sense of importance. This lesson will help you to harness the power of this medium.
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No News Is Bad News

Friday, August 1st, 2008

The group of managers walked into a Better Business Writing class, talking to each other but not to me. They responded to my greeting but didn’t seem especially glad to meet me. That’s unusual. Most people act eager at the start of a writing seminar.

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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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The Future of Memos: ill send the rprt asap J LOL

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Wall Street Journal Blogs

The linguistic shorthands teenagers use in text messages and other informal communication is finding its way into their school work.

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Avoiding Disasters with Better Communication

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

Many of the memoranda and letters related to the Chicago flood, the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, and the Challenger and Columbia shuttle disasters that warned of impending disasters went unheeded.

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Are You Choosing the Right Day of the Week for Your Communications?

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

What days of the week are best to break bad news or push through change? Different types of communication are better suited to different days of the week, according to a survey of managers. It claims that people have a “work clock” and identifies reasons why it’s psychologically advantageous that certain communication is best left [...]

Bad Words: How Much Can Poorly Worded Memos Cost?

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

How much does using the wrong words cost a company? According to IWCC Training in Communications, a consulting and training firm in Toronto, Canada, it can cost $4,258.60 for one employee’s poorly worded memos for one year. You don’t believe it? Here’s the math: Source: Entrepreneur Magazine, February 2000  Technorati Tags : Memos

Are You Getting Business Communication Headline News on Your Desktop?

Wednesday, August 9th, 2006

To keep up to date with all of the latest business communication news, learn "How to Subscribe for Free." You’ll find six easy ways of getting these headlines:
1. View the headlines on your MyMSN, MyYahoo, or Google homepage. It only takes one click on one of these icons, refresh your homepage, and the headlines will [...]

A Simple “Thank You” Works Wonders with Employees

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

Out of 800 British workers in the study, more then two-thirds said that benefits such as job titles, working from home, or training and development, did little to motivate them in comparison to a simple “thank you” either in person or in a nicely written note.“Too many employers are missing the easy tricks,” says Gerry [...]