Encouraging Students to Apply Their Skills Now: Making Difficult Requests

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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January 8, 2020

Intelligent Communication Technology: Social Listening Tools –

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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January 8, 2020

Encouraging Students to Apply Their Skills Now: Five Tips for Better Listening –

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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January 8, 2020

These 11 Online Business Communication Magazines Can Make Your Teaching Easier and More Effective

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:

Business Communication 2.0: Social Media and Digital Communication
Teaching Interpersonal Communication in a Business Communication Course
Teaching Business Communication and Employment
Teaching Visual Communication in a Business Communication Course
Teaching Business Presentations in a Business Communication Course
Teaching Business Communication and Workplace Issues
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How the Mobile Revolution Is Changing Business Communication
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December 11, 2019

A Behavioral Economist Tries to Fix Email

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?

September 8, 2019

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Why Rejection Hurts So Much — and What to Do About iIt

Psychologist Guy Winch shares some practical tips for soothing the sting of rejection.

"Rejections are the most common emotional wound we sustain in daily life. Our risk of rejection used to be limited by the size of our immediate social circle or dating pools. Today, thanks to electronic communications, social media platforms and dating apps, each of us is connected to thousands of people, any of whom might ignore our posts, chats, texts, or dating profiles, and leave us feeling rejected as a result."

August 26, 2019

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See Why Bovee & Thill Are the Undisputed Leaders in Technology Coverage

Bovee and Thill’s business communication textbooks continue to lead the field with unmatched coverage of communication technologies, reflecting the expectations and opportunities in today’s workplace. Texts by other authors address only a fraction of these terms.

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August 21, 2019