Business Communication Essentials, 8th Ed.
Chapter 4. Writing Business Messages
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Farhad Manjoo (photo, left) doesn't like it when people put two spaces after a period.
"It's natural to want to be liked.
Bianca Nogrady reports on the topic over at ABC Science (Australian Broadcasting Corporation's online gateway to science).
"There’s nothing more irritating to a pedant’s ear than someone saying “mischievious” instead of “mischievous,” and nothing more embarrassing than realizing you’ve been pronouncing the word mischievous with an extra i for your whole life.
Jennifer Frost presents an infographic on the topic.
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"With mobile devices becoming mainstream in business communication, the challenge for those of us in education is to help students adapt their writing skills to this exciting but demanding new format.
"A friend of mine received an invitation to interview at a company.
"All it takes is a single tweet or text for some people to reveal their poor grasp of the English language.
"Hiring managers only spend 6 second on your resume before they decide on you — this is what they look at.
"Want to make a better first impression and engender positive feelings that last a long time?
"We all send body language cues based on how we feel and what we think, here's how to decipher them quickly and in any situation.
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Nancy Duarte covers a recent speech by Emma Watson given at the United Nations Headquarters.
Drake Baer makes the case.
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The material associated with this item is no longer available, but we invite you to read Jason Nazar's article in Forbes on the same topic, "The 21 Principles of Persuasion.
This video presentation by Professor Patricia Jenkinson describes the process of perception and helps explain why we each perceive the world in a unique way.