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Unlike all other texts in the field, which emphasize paper documents and outdated practices, only Bovée and Thill present the full range of electronic media that students will need to know to meet employer expectations.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

Starting a Business: Writing a Business Plan

Friday, August 7th, 2009

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From the SBA: How to Write a Business Plan–A Tutorial

Friday, April 24th, 2009

A written guide to starting and running your business successfully is essential.  This plan will encourage loans, promote growth, and provide a map for you to follow. View the original here.

Creating an Online Survey

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

It is often said that the best examples of user documentation are those where the users have been involved from an early stage. For example, if you know what your users don’t understand about your product or service, you can tailor the next edition of your documentation to address those concerns. One way of actually [...]

Tips on Proposals That Win

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Let’s talk about what to focus on in proposals. Should the focus be on your products and services? Should it be on your reasonable fees? On your client satisfaction rates? On your expertise in the industry? On your uniqueness? The answer to all the questions above is NO. Your focus should be on your reader–that [...]

Planning and Writing a Business Plan

Friday, August 1st, 2008

A written guide to starting and running your business successfully is essential.  This plan will encourage loans, promote growth, and provide a map for you to follow. View the original here.

Planning a Business Proposal

Friday, August 1st, 2008

The goal of business proposal writing is to answer your customer’s questions and persuade them to select you. Business proposal writing should be more about your customer than it is about you. You should plan and write your business proposal to meet your customer’s expectations. But first you have to know what they are. Some [...]

An Introduction to How to Write a Business Proposal

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

If you want to know how to
write a business proposal,
the person to ask is your
customer. The goal of
business proposal writing is
to answer your
customer’s
questions and persuade
them to select you.
Business proposal writing
should be more about your
customer than it is about
you. You should write your
business proposal to meet
your customer’s
expectations. But first you
have to know what they
are. Some general advice
for how to write business
proposals is provided
below… How to write a
business proposal and
business proposal writing
tips

Degrees of the Management Report

Monday, June 18th, 2007

In a large corporation, management has a lot on its table. Only the most talented and skilled executives are able to juggle the rigors of managing a corporation made up of thousands of employees and raking in millions, even billions of dollars, in revenue. One of the ways top-level executives are able to efficiently manage [...]

How to Prepare a Business Plan that Guarantees Big Profits

Monday, June 18th, 2007

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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

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