Business Communication Today, 15th Ed.
Chapter 5. Writing Business Messages
"This is the second in a two-part Business English Pod series on motivating your team.
"In this lesson, we’ll look at some ways to motivate your team.
Christina Sterbenz (photo, left) covers the issue at BusinessInsider.
"This is the second in a two-part Business English Podcast lesson on resolving conflict, in which we’ve been focusing on solving everyday disagreements in the office.
In this piece at BusinessInsider.
"People do not always get along, so dealing with conflict is part of any job.
According to Catherine Clifford, "If you want to launch and grow a business, chances are you're going to have to put words on the page.
'Word meanings can shift radically, just like pronunciation,' writes Christina Sterbenz.
The team at The Write Life have prepared an infographic - 25 Editing Tips for Tightening Your Copy.
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"Each of the wordy phrases below can be replaced by one word.
"Fundamentally, poor business writing is costly and leads to disastrous events.
"Understandably, for many students, email is a venue of freedom and distance from academic considerations.
"This second part of a two-part Business English Podcast series on running and participating in a problem-solving meeting.
Claire Fallon (photo, left) covers the topic in a piece at HuffingtonPost.
"Whether we are writing for business or pleasure, we may encounter “writer’s block” — the phrase that indicates we just can’t get started or we just can’t keep going.
"One of the most common reasons for holding a meeting is to solve a problem.
"There is an old adage: "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.
"A compilation of 25 basic styles of blogging from award winning blogger and author of Personality Not Included, Rohit Bhargava (photo, left).
"I was walking around Seattle's Sea-Tac International Airport yesterday, waiting for my flight to Maui, when I admired a T-shirt with a clever slogan: Washington Rain Festival, Jan.
"Why should we avoid well-worn phrases and clichés?
"In this intermediate Business English Pod lesson, we look at ways to give and ask for opinions.
"If my marketer misses a typo while writing about a product, I want my packaging staff to catch it before the design gets sent to print.
"This is the first in a three-part Business English Pod series that explores the use of many different language techniques in the context of a merger.
"As a non-native speaker of English, you might often find yourself in situations like this: You’re sitting in a meeting or a teleconference, and some of the participants are native English speakers.