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, Bovée and Thill share instructional insights, offer advice on incorporating social media and other technologies into the course, and provide compelling examples of good and bad business communication.
Twitter Handbook for Teachers
February 8, 2012
An overview of Twitter and ways of using it in education. A Twitter primer with reasons, stories and resources. . .
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A Crash Course in Typography: The Basics of Type
February 8, 2012
Typography could be considered the most important part of any design. It's definitely among the most important elements of any design project. And yet it's often the part of a design that's left for last, or barely considered at all.
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Why You Didn’t Land the Top Job
February 8, 2012
A new survey finds that rejected candidates are emphasizing the wrong skills and experience. . .
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19 Tips and Tricks on How to Read People
February 8, 2012
There are a lot of ways to figure out what's churning in someone's brain — you just have to know what to look for. Though there aren't any universally dependable signs, a combination of signals may give a person away. But no matter what, there's always room for error. . .
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Seven Ways to Make Office Hours Better for Students
February 8, 2012
Most faculty schedule at least three office hours per week—that’s 2,700 minutes a semester. If you have 135 students, that’s 20 minutes for each student. Even if you have 270, that’s still 10 minutes per student. Recently I’ve been working to make the most of these 2,700 minutes of office hours. They offer prime time for one-to-one mentoring. In the process, my thinking about office hours has shifted a bit, and I’m using my office hours in more ways. Consequently I have had a greater number of students taking advantage of this learning opportunity. . .
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Why Email Starts Fights
February 7, 2012
Ed Muzio, author of Make Work Great (www.makeworkgreat.com) explains why email starts fights, and when not to use it.
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6 Wickedly Creative Job Applications for the Digital Age
February 7, 2012
As the job market becomes increasingly competitive, there are ever more random lengths people will go to in order to secure a job or even get noticed by potential employers. We’ve put together some of the best job applications around, that provide interesting case studies on how people are reaching out to potential employers.
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5 Signs of a Sloppy Writer
February 7, 2012
Adopting a chatty tone—in other words, ‘writing like you talk’—doesn't let you off the hook when it comes to grammar and language rules. Here are a few you have to keep.
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15 Strangest Resume Mistakes
February 7, 2012
Sure, everyone wants their resume to rise to the top of the pack. But these job candidates chose exactly the wrong way to do it.
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When a Workspace Facilitates Communication
February 7, 2012
I visited the Palo Alto Skype office in June. I wasn’t aware of the uniqueness they created over there, but a friend of mine from Google, suggested . . .
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