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Surprising Facts About Online Education
Online education is quickly becoming a prominent and important piece of the education pie in the United States. The explosive growth of this segment of education, even during a recession, is nothing short of spectacular. It is becoming clear that there...
2011-07-03 23:00:52
Posted an entry on Business Communication » Teaching Methods and Materials
Instructors: Spend Less Time Preparing and More Time Teaching
A unique new author blog helps business communication instructors spend less time preparing and more time teaching. The first authors in the field to write an instructor blog, Bovee and Thill share instructional insights, offer advice on incorporating...
2011-06-17 01:00:03
Posted an entry on Bovee & Thill Business Communication Blog
From Lighthearted to Laugh-Out-Loud: Are Social Media Changing the Tone of Business Writing?
Have you noticed more companies lowering their guard when it comes to communicating in a lighthearted style? We have only anecdotal observations on this, but as social media change the nature of the relationships between companies and their...
2011-06-16 23:28:30
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From Lighthearted to Laugh-Out-Loud: Are Social Media Changing the Tone of Business Writing?
Have you noticed more companies lowering their guard when it comes to communicating in a lighthearted style? We have only anecdotal observations on this, but as social media change the nature of the relationships between companies and their...
2011-06-16 23:28:30
Posted an entry on Bovee & Thill Business Communication Blog
Hall of Fame: Toyota Uses a Negative-News Situation for Positive Communication (with PowerPoint Slide for Classroom Use)
Situations that involve negative news are sometimes opportunities in disguise. After Toyota had issued several vehicle recalls and been subjected to quite a bit of media scrutiny regarding product quality, the company’s chief quality officer took the...
2011-06-03 16:08:18
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Hall of Fame: Toyota Uses a Negative-News Situation for Positive Communication (with PowerPoint Slide for Classroom Use)
Situations that involve negative news are sometimes opportunities in disguise. After Toyota had issued several vehicle recalls and been subjected to quite a bit of media scrutiny regarding product quality, the company’s chief quality officer took the...
2011-06-03 16:08:18
Posted an entry on Business Communication » Teaching Methods and Materials
New Ways of Working, New Ways of Writing
As businesses continue to adopt new media choices, the writer’s task is becoming more diverse and more demanding. In the old days, few businesspeople outside an advertising agency ever faced the challenge of writing headlines and teaser copy, for...
2011-05-12 22:00:23
Posted an entry on Business Communication » Teaching Methods and Materials
The Commenting Conundrum: Are Blog Comments a Useful Measurement of Social Media Engagement?
In this Bovee and Thill blog post the authors tackle what blog comments can tell us about our blogs. Questions asked: Why Don’t Readers Leave More Comments? Can Readers Be Engaged Without Leaving Comments? Bottom Line: Where Do Comments Fit in the...
2011-05-12 22:00:21
Posted an entry on Business Communication » Teaching Methods and Materials
Hall of Fame: TD Ameritrade Aligns Form with Function (with PowerPoint Slides for Classroom Use)
Download this PowerPoint file One of the most powerful advantages of electronic media is the ability to structure the design and delivery of a message in a way that supports the optimal flow of the various information points within the...
2011-05-12 22:00:21
Posted an entry on Bovee & Thill Business Communication Blog
Résumé Writing: Partnering Can Help Students Get Unstuck
Many people find it difficult to write about themselves when preparing a resume, and the importance of having a compelling resume in today’s tough employment market isn’t making the task any easier. Teaming up with a partner to work on each...
2011-05-10 16:19:40
Posted an entry on Bovee & Thill Business Communication Blog
Résumé Writing: Partnering Can Help Students Get Unstuck
Many people find it difficult to write about themselves when preparing a resume, and the importance of having a compelling resume in today’s tough employment market isn’t making the task any easier. Teaming up with a partner to work on each...
2011-05-10 16:19:40
Posted an entry on Bovee & Thill Business Communication Blog
Résumé Writing: Partnering Can Help Students Get Unstuck
Many people find it difficult to write about themselves when preparing a resume, and the importance of having a compelling resume in today’s tough employment market isn’t making the task any easier. Teaming up with a partner to work on each...
2011-05-10 16:19:40
Posted an entry on Business Communication » Teaching Methods and Materials
Using Twitter to Teach Message Organization, Composition, and Revision
Twitter offers some interesting possibilities for teaching business writing skills. The 140-character limit forces writers to distill their messages to the essentials, and planning a multi-tweet message can expand this practice in clarity by encouraging...
2011-05-05 22:00:15
Posted an entry on Bovee & Thill Business Communication Blog
Managing Communication in a Social Media Environment
Social media offer many compelling benefits, but managing business communication in this rapidly changing environment is not a simple task, for a number of reasons: The communication effort is more complex, with more internal and external channels to...
2011-05-03 15:43:53
Posted an entry on Bovee & Thill Business Communication Blog
Managing Communication in a Social Media Environment
Social media offer many compelling benefits, but managing business communication in this rapidly changing environment is not a simple task, for a number of reasons: The communication effort is more complex, with more internal and external channels to...
2011-05-03 15:43:53
Posted an entry on Business Communication » Teaching Methods and Materials
A Fun–and Challenging–Way to Practice Limiting the Scope of a Presentation
Limiting the scope of a presentation, whether it’s to fit the time limit a speaker has been given or simply to deliver a message as efficiently as possible, is a challenge for all speakers. To give your students a fun way to practice this...
2011-05-02 22:00:17
Posted an entry on Business Communication » Teaching Methods and Materials
Hall of Fame: Fear No Project's Minimalist Design Keeps Focus on Content (with PowerPoint Slide for Classroom Use)
The project management blog Fear No Project provides a good example of how less can be more when a writer wants to keep the focus on textual content. As this annotated PowerPoint slide shows, the design is about as minimal as one can possibly get, but...
2011-04-25 22:00:28
Posted an entry on Business Communication » Teaching Methods and Materials
Classroom Slides Now Available for Download from SlideShare
A few readers have reported difficulties with downloading the classroom slides that accompany some of our blog posts. For your convenience, all the slides are now available on SlideShare at http://www.slideshare.net/Bovee. View the original here.
2011-04-25 22:00:27
Posted an entry on Bovee & Thill Business Communication Blog
Hall of Fame: TD Ameritrade Aligns Form with Function (with PowerPoint Slides for Classroom Use)
One of the most powerful advantages of electronic media is the ability to structure the design and delivery of a message in a way that supports the optimal flow of the various information points within the message—matching form with function, in other...
2011-04-19 19:45:54
Posted an entry on Bovee & Thill Business Communication Blog
Hall of Fame: TD Ameritrade Aligns Form with Function (with PowerPoint Slides for Classroom Use)
One of the most powerful advantages of electronic media is the ability to structure the design and delivery of a message in a way that supports the optimal flow of the various information points within the message—matching form with function, in other...
2011-04-19 19:45:54
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