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Unlike all other texts in the field, which emphasize paper documents and outdated practices, only Bovée and Thill present the full range of electronic media that students will need to know to meet employer expectations.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

Friday, July 2nd, 2010

Now your students can easily “Learn More” with more than 50 online videos, PowerPoints, handouts (PDFs and articles), and podcasts that relate specifically to each of the chapters in Bovee & Thill business communication textbooks. “Learn More” will enhance your teaching and reinforce learning. Take advantage of “Learn More” today. To experience all of the [...]

Instructors: Free Online Resource Makes Teaching Easier

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

You will be glad to hear that you no longer need to spend hours of your limited prep time searching for current examples, discussion materials, and classroom media. Now, there is a groundbreaking new online resource that reinforces learning and keeps content fresh throughout your entire course. It is called Real-Time Updates. Real-Time Updates solves [...]

Business Communication Essentials, 4th Edition, Now Available

Friday, May 14th, 2010

Take Advantage of the Only Textbook That Combines Cutting-Edge Electronic Media Skills with Essential Business English Only Bovee/Thill texts thoroughly address the new-media skills that employees are expected to have in today’s business environment. It’s a new world out there, but you’d have a hard time recognizing that fact in the typical business communication textbook. [...]

Alert! A Paradigm Shift Is Impacting Business Communication Courses

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

In this video, learn how a paradigm shift is significantly affecting business communication courses. As this video demonstrates, electronic communication is now commonplace even in medium- and small-sized organizations and in both metropolitan and rural areas. Clearly, business communication is changing. Is your text keeping up to date? Textbooks have been incredibly slow in adapting [...]

Project-Based Learning in Business Communication

Friday, April 30th, 2010

PBL-Online will guide you through the development of engaging, standards-focused projects. When you are ready, you can download a Project Planning Form to write down your project plan. Or, log in to the PBL-Online Collaboratory to record your project ideas and share them with others. Project planning is organized according to five design principles displayed [...]

Making the Transition to Teaching Online in Higher Education

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

Teaching Online See more presentations by sharonscott | Upload your own PowerPoint presentations Learn to make the transition from teaching in a traditional classroom to teaching online.

Only Bovee and Thill Texts Cover Social Media

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Download this PDF file Social media on the job are now so pervasive, they must be integrated throughout a business communication textbook to prepare students for today’s electronic workplace. If your text doesn’t describe and demonstrate social media and help students adapt their personal experiences with social media to the standards and practices of professional [...]

New Website Makes Evaluation of Online Students' Presentations Easy

Monday, March 8th, 2010

YouSeeU.com is the solution for online student presentations and more. Its password-protected service meets the growing need for video in asynchronous online learning. The combination of SyncShow for visuals and SyncComments for instructor feedback with the student-generated video creates a service like none other. Visit YouSeeU.com for an introduction or e-mail Jeff Lewis at Jeff@YouSeeU.com.

Teaching the Facebook Generation

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Our goal as college professors is to open students’ minds to new experiences so they can grow intellectually while they mature through the traditional four-year process. But we are also challenged to give students the immediate skills they will need once they graduate so that they can begin their professional careers and move away from [...]

Excellence in Business Communication, Ninth Edition, Now Available!

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

While all competitive texts continue to emphasize paper-based messages, only Excellence in Business Communication prepares students for the many electronic media choices they will encounter on the job. The new, ninth edition of Excellence in Business Communication offers an unsurpassed collection of contemporary model documents that reflect the entire spectrum of print and electronic communication [...]

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