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I am a professional speaker, and I get many chances as I travel around the country to see other people give presentations. When I see speakers give presentations, they’re always very well done and professional."
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Are you in the market for a new job? If so, jump on your search now because the market is heating up. First time job seekers and those looking for a career boost are ripe for success. According to Glassdoor, the U.S. economy is growing, leading to noticeable effects on hiring. Here are some of …
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These days, the first set of eyes on your resume may not actually be human eyes. Check out this infographic to see what applicant tracking systems are really looking for.
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If you want to make it past the initial test, you need to have some solid qualifications — and the perfect résumé to highlight those qualifications.
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Even as the universe of digital possibilities continues to expand, email remains a primary communication tool for employees in most organizations.
Chances are your students aren’t accustomed to using email in a manner that meets the expectations of the workplace, but they have multiple opportunities right now to hone their email skills.
Encourage them to consider these tips whenever they write email messages to any of their instructors:
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Just as they will be on the job, most of the requests students need to make in their academic and personal lives are fairly routine and can be accomplished using the techniques for routine requests they learn in this course.
However, we all face situations from time to time where we need to make a more difficult request, such as asking an instructor for leniency, asking a landlord or a retailer for special consideration, or asking parents or a partner for help. In these situations, a more persuasive approach might be useful.
Encourage students to apply the strategies they are learning for persuasive business messages and to follow these tips as well.
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Every day on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms, millions of consumers and business customers rant, rave, brainstorm, offer help, and ask for help. Smart companies recognize that this global chatter is a gold mine of valuable insights, and they use social listening tools to figure out what people are saying about them and their competitors.
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Much of the business communication course focuses on improving one’s skills as a sender of messages, but successful communication requires the mindful and skillful participation of both the sender and the receiver. When we are engaged in a conversation, attending a presentation, or listening to a podcast or video, the success of the communication effort hinges on our performance as listeners.
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Teaching a Modern Course in Business Communication is one of 11 online business communication magazines published by Bovee and Thill. Here's a complete list:
When Dan Ariely, a behavorial economist, realized that reading and sending emails was consuming an ever-expanding portion of his time—Ariely regularly receives hundreds of emails a day, excluding spam—he wondered if there were something he and others could be doing differently in managing their online correspondence. What small behavioral tricks could he deploy to make the whole ordeal less stressful?
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