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Unlike all other texts in the field, which emphasize paper documents and outdated practices, only Bovée and Thill present the full range of electronic media that students will need to know to meet employer expectations.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

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Five Things You Probably Don't Know About YouTube Videos

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

You probably know that YouTube is, by far, the top video destination on the Web.
Here are some things about YouTube, though, that you probably don’t know:

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What You Should Know about Screencasting

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

It sounds so similar to broadcasting and podcasting that maybe the name itself suggests what screencasting is about: recording (capturing) the screen activity of a software program in order to create a movie, which you can later show to your audience.
Basically, screencasting is capturing sequences of pictures of the screen (also [...]

Google Voice Poised to Set a New Standard in Business Telephony

Friday, October 30th, 2009

If you haven’t heard about Google Voice, you will. If you’re not excited about it, you should be. This new Internet phone service offers a number of features that will change how both businesses and consumers view voice communications.
In a nutshell, Google Voice a front-end for all of your phones. It assigns you a new [...]

Get Ready for Video Calling–Its Now Easier

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Logitech introduces a new application to make video calling easier.
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Get Ready for Video Calling

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

LogicTech introduces a new application to make video calling easier.
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Create Online Video That Works

Monday, August 10th, 2009

With the recent explosion and expansion of online video, the biggest question is how to best drive viewer action and monetize this new medium. Online video has a lot of promise. It offers what was once limited to expensive TV advertising: reach and emotional engagement with potential customers. And, it’s relatively cheap and provides immediate, [...]

How to Use Skype for Business: Video Tutorial

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Easy and effective ways to use Skype in business.

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Speak and See

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Now you can send a friend or coworker a text message without typing. If you have a blackberry, there is an application that allows you to talk to your phone,and it understands you. Just speak, verify, and send.

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Crisis Communication in the YouTube Age

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

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This 54-slide presentation discusses how to handle a crisis in this YouTube age. It includes some fascinating case studies of communication that has gone awry.

Time Watching Online Videos Jumps 40% in One Year

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

One way to think about online video is to consider how big a chunk it takes out of our daily lives. The amount of time U.S. Internet users spend watching video is up an impressive 40 percent year over year. Watchers tuned in for 273.1 minutes of online video in the month of November 2008, [...]

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