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Business Communication Today,
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Excellence in Business Communication,
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Business Communication Essentials,
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or the Past?
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Fallacies about Teaching
Electronic Media?
Does Your Textbook
Cover Business
Communication 2.0?
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A Fundamental Shift in the
Way We Communicate.
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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
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Wikis in the Workplace: A Practical Introduction

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

The wiki crops up in many companies’ internal discussions about process improvements and efficient collaboration, but it is often shot down because so few people have exposure to good models of what a really successful business wiki can do.
Here is a practical introduction based on real-world examples,

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Putting Wikis to Work

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

First appearing in 1995, the “wiki” approach to creating interactive and collaborative Web pages quickly became the star format for social networks, but too often business also-rans.
Part of the problem comes from top-down managers uncomfortable with underlings making changes without authorization, and from stories of update wars on the most [...]

Wiki Myths, Wiki Reality

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Although wikis have gained substantially in popularity since they first appeared some ten years ago, many enterprises still begin their wiki projects with unrealistic expectations.
While researching the impact of wikis during recent work on the Enterprise Social Software Report [...]

What Are Wikis? How Do They Work?

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

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This 50-slide presentation covers the “what,”, “why,” and “how” of wikis.

Wiki Me This

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

One of the reasons that the world of Web 2.0 is so difficult to talk about is that every relevant word encompasses a broad scope of activities. Terms such as blogs, wikis, social networking and search all refer to relatively simple mechanisms that have spawned a thriving universe of complex behaviors.

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The Troubles of Crowdsourcing: How Do You Keep a Secret?

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

The New York Times has a fascinating story about the kidnapping of one of its reporters, Pulitzer prize winner David Rohde (left). He, along with his interpreter and driver, were kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan on Nov. 10., and for 7 months – until Rohde managed to escape – the NYT kept the news [...]

Wiki It: One Person's Story about Using a Wiki at Work

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

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Hear Jessica’s story about how she uses a wiki at work.

Grow Your Wiki

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

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This graphically interesting presentation gives examples of wikis and discusses how to use them.

The Wiki Workplace

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

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The information and communication technologies that are transforming media, culture, and the economy are also reshaping how companies and employees function. New social computing tools such as wikis put unprecedented communication power in the hands of employees.

Wikinomics: Mass Collaboration

Friday, July 31st, 2009

ABC News: Anyone with an Internet connection can make their voice heard on a mass scale and collaborate with others.
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