Business Communication Today, 14th Ed.
Chapter 7. Digital Media
""There's something overtly personal about a handwritten letter and it's so rare these days," says etiquette expert Thomas P.
"Want to get ahead?
"We need new rules on when you should text, when you should call, when you should email," writes Nicholas Carlson (photo, left).
"If you’ve ever found yourself writing an email (or contemplating writing an email) to a Very Important Person, you know how intimidating it can be.
"In this Business English Podcast lesson we’re going to look at useful language for handling the practical details of a business visit, such as airport pickup and restaurant or hotel booking.
Denise Scavitto covers her topic at Edudemic.
"The New Yorker's Maria Konnikova explains the science behind why we need to sleep more, waste less time on the internet, and stop multitasking.
"Have you ever taken on additional responsibilities when your schedule was already fully booked?
"Here’s the headline of a sales pitch email that landed (with a thud) recently in my inbox: .
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"I came across a table about the most frequently used words in spoken and written genres in James Pennebaker's book on "The Secret Life of Pronouns", so I did a quick analysis on my cca.
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"One example of how extensively mobile devices have changed long-held conventions of communications is that presenters who once were disturbed by audience members texting on their phones now are worried if they don’t," says Steve Friedman of Present Perfect.
"Kim Brown is an assistant director for Syracuse University's Career Services department.
Digital shaming has become the newest form of public stocks, ensuring the wrongdoings of individuals are widely known and impossible to erase.
Anyone who has worked with other people in other cultures is aware that emails across borders sometimes have unexpected results or even no result.
After getting fired in October from the high-tech startup where he had worked for more than four years Joshua Filgate, a 27-year-old engineer in Southborough, Mass.
Let's assume you're not stupid or a jerk or weird--that you're not misspelling every other word or ending every thought with "OK?
Geoffrey James (photo, left) offers some advice to avoid "LinkedIn mistakes that will kill your credibility.
This Business English podcast is the second part of a two-part series on making, rejecting and accepting suggestions.
This is the last in our three-part Business English Podcast series on cold calling.
How can you use Twitter most effectively?
You hear so much about how instantly reachable we all are, how hyperconnected, with our smartphones, laptops, tablets and such.
"What if I told you the most important 140 characters you write on Twitter aren’t your actual tweets, but your Twitter bio?
"People are busy.