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Unlike all other texts in the field, which emphasize paper documents and outdated practices, only Bovée and Thill present the full range of electronic media that students will need to know to meet employer expectations.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

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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
Teach Introduction to Business?

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Videoconferencing

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Benefits of Video Conferencing over the Web

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

We certainly know that video conferencing is not a new application for business communications users. Room to room video conferencing has grown from its introduction at the World’s Fair in 1964 to a widely deployed enterprise application around the globe. View the original here.

The Future of Virtual Meetings

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

How telepresence technology will connect global executives and reduce business travel. Click here to continue…. View the original here.

The Real Value of Video Conferencing

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

This videos shows an interview with technology expert David Spark, founder of Spark Media Solutions, a new media consulting company. Click here to continue…. View the original here.

Death of the Business Trip and Telepresence

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

With a weakening economy and rising fuel and airfare costs, companies are cutting back on travel. We look at some alternatives, including a videoconferencing technology called TelePresence. Click here to continue…. View the original here.

High Definition Video Communication Goes Global

Friday, May 21st, 2010

LifeSize high definition video conferencing allows users to travel the world without ever leaving the office. View the original here.

Five Tools to Turn a Local Presentation into a Global One

Friday, March 19th, 2010

We would like to showcase 5 tools that are free  (or really cheap). These 5 tools will help you bring your presentations into the digital age and to a global audience. View the original here.

Videoconferencing at 30,000 Feet with Virgin America

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Virgin America is known for fun plane rides, with the amazing electronics in your seat, the jazzy music in the bathrooms, and the calming blue aisle lighting. But free Wi-Fi on a cross-country Virgin flight this week had me testing just about every application I could think of. I even got a live videoconferencing session [...]

Five Tools to Turn a Local Presentation into a Global One

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

You have a presentation that just rocks! You have given this presentation, training, and/or workshop to people in your local area and the response was phenomenal, so why not bring it to a wider audience? Price? Don’t Know How? Don’t Have the Time? We have some tools that will help. In a previous post Free [...]

Learn Webinar Basics

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

An overview of how webinar quality affects a business and what considerations go into producing a professional event. Click here to continue…. View the original here.

What a Global Firm Learned During a Videoconference Experiment

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Every manager has thought about it: Put in a worldwide videoconferencing system, allow customers to patch in via their desktop computers and tighten communication across the company. The benefits are obvious enough. Employees don’t waste time in transit, they’re more productive because their bodies aren’t stuck in a different time zone, and their work-life balance [...]

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