Excellence in Business Communication, 13th Edition
Chapter 1. Professional Communication in a Digital, Social, Mobile World
"In her new book "The Essentials Of Business Etiquette," Barbara Pachter (photo, left) writes about the specific skills professionals need to understand when presenting themselves in a business setting," writes Vivian Giang.
"In creating a mobile communications strategy, businesses should leverage new technology and apps to keep employees "in the know," as well as connected to the business and each other.
Mikaela Rakos writes an introductory article and presents an infographic on the topic.
"Public speaking is hard enough for most of us.
"Worry is, sadly, an inevitability of life.
"Because leaders are often juggling so many things and are under constant pressure to make decisions, they sometimes function in a mode of overwhelm.
"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.
"Observing individuals who lead a creative life, we can identify elements of expertise, grit, an understanding, and passion.
"At some point I mentioned to everyone that I am very introverted and used to have a huge fear of public speaking.
"There are about 11 million meetings taking place in America every day, and a third of them are unproductive.
"There are hundred of apps that claim to "increase productivity" and "optimize company workflow," but how many apps actually do?
"In a world rich with social platforms to express oneself, good listeners are a rare species," writes Shreya Roy in a piece for EconomicTimes.
"As I’ve learned, four years into the game [of self-employment], it doesn’t matter if you’ve got one boss in the corner office or 1,000 online customers—occasionally, a project you really don’t want to deal with is going to plop into your inbox.
"As much buzz as the Facebook/Whatsapp deal generated it only served to crystallize our attention around what is a much larger, more prescient issue - we now live in the Age of Mobile.
"It's estimated that 2% of the world's population suffers from face blindness, or prosopagnosia, a neurological condition preventing people from recognizing faces.
"Things have changed a lot in the way we conduct business communications, especially between the customer and the company.
According to Jackie Gerstein, Ed.
Steven Gaffney (photo, left) talks about honest communication in this CommPro.
"As a performance coach I’ve been privileged to work with a varied selection of fascinating people.
"A compilation of 25 basic styles of blogging from award winning blogger and author of Personality Not Included, Rohit Bhargava (photo, left).
"A French monk said to be "the world’s happiest man" because of his abnormal capacity for joy once told me that he doesn’t get stage fright because he has eradicated “mental toxins.
"Want to give a presentation that has the magic of a TED Talk?
Here is a Dave Paradi SlideShare presentation "based on ideas in his Present It So They Get It.
"Here are a number of tips that will help you get the most out of your time and efforts without infringing on your well-being.