Business Communication Essentials, 8th Ed.
Appendix A. Format and Layout of Business Documents
Have you ever wondered why Twitter has a 140 character limit?
Written by a non-statistician in hokey language and illustrated by humorous line drawings, How To Lie With Statistics is as relevant and enjoyable as when it first appeared in 1954.
In creating your personal brand, it’s important that you have a story.
Whether you're presenting to investors, customers, or employees, communications expert Bill Rosenthal says you should be sure to avoid these gestures.
Toss out that passé Objective section of yesterday and replace it with a well-branded, focused statement that gives the reader a clear message about who you are in less than 5 words.
[Today's job seekers] are not only competing with hundreds of other professionals for every open position, but they’re also bombarded with tons of career advice from every angle telling them what to do (and what not to do) in order to land their next job.
In my life I have deliberately cultivated a workday that is flexible, simplified, slow, mindful, creative.
According to a recent study by Proskauer, 25% of businesses do not allow social media use at work and 26.
One of the happiest, most successful executives we know is a woman named Deb.
It’s a fabulous thing when you finally get a job offer.
In my workshops it is common that participants ask about what they need to take into account when they must take their PowerPoint presentation to another computer on a USB drive instead of using a laptop.
Your employees are Facebooking and Tweeting at work.
Whether it’s email, Twitter, Facebook, or — going back to the ancient days — even business letters and proposals, the single most powerful word in business writing is “you.
Most of us, though, think we're above average multitaskers.
Some people are incredibly effective and efficient.
Whether you’re looking to increase awareness of your personal brand, drive traffic to your website, increase opt-ins, or find new leads, success lies in creating a compelling, consistent message and approaching your audience from multiple angles to circumvent the unrelenting, ambient noise of the competition.
You already know that you shouldn’t stand behind a podium, that it’s important to practice, and that PowerPoint can get boring.
How can you use Twitter most effectively?
In this excerpt from her recent talk at the University of Applied Sciences & Arts in Lucerne, Switzerland, strategist Dorie Clark (photo left) discusses LinkedIn and how every professional should be deploying it.
Given that 45 percent of human resources managers say they spend less than a minute, on average, on each job application they see, it’s understandable that some people might go overboard in trying to bring some individuality to their work history.
“Most people just start doing things without reading the instruction manual.
We often assume that as people rise up the career ladder they become more skilled and more confident, but many successful people still encounter the 'fear factor' when dealing with more senior people.