Excellence in Business Communication, 13th Edition
Chapter 8. Crafting Messages for Digital Channels
"Somewhere in between the PR pitches, tech announcements, and six second video snippets, you may just find time [next] month to understand a few new social media tools and best practices," writes Susan Young (photo, left), President of Get In Front Communications, Inc.
According to Justin Gmoser (photo, left), "If there's one thing you should get right when visiting a foreign country, it's the greeting.
"This is it.
Ginny Soskey presents an infographic on the topic created by WhoIsHostingThis.
Recently Gmail began dividing its incoming email into 3 inboxes - primary, social (Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest), and promotional (newsletters, retail offers, etc.
"There are many things you have to remember to do and say in an all-important job interview, but don't miss the elephant in the room: the things that you should never do," says Justin Gmoser in his introduction to his video on the topic.
"Public speaking is hard enough for most of us.
"Securing a job is the tough part, but scouting an open position?
"It's the Internet of the Ephemeral—the side of the Internet that gives us Snapchat and Confide and other apps that owe their popularity not just to the fact that they are not Facebook, but also to the fact that they trade, specifically, on their impermanence.
Ric Dragon (photo, left) gives a report on his conversation with Christi McNeill, project lead of social business and listening at Southwest Airlines.
In this video the editors at Wipster interview key people in the industry.
According to Naomi Garnice (photo, left) of the Daily Muse, "Considering that email is the primary form of communication in most offices, we don't always choose our written words as wisely as we should.
"Forget distinguishing the salad fork from the dinner fork.
"It’s hardly an overstatement that social media has taken over our personal lives," writes Chris Riback in a piece at TheWeek.
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.
"Understandably, for many students, email is a venue of freedom and distance from academic considerations.
Steven Gaffney (photo, left) talks about honest communication in this CommPro.
"A compilation of 25 basic styles of blogging from award winning blogger and author of Personality Not Included, Rohit Bhargava (photo, left).
"Knowledge seldom takes the place of experience.
Shel Israel (photo, left) shares his 12 tips.