Business Communication Essentials, 8th Ed.
Chapter 1. Professional Communication in Today’s Digital, Social, Mobile World
Ginny Soskey presents an infographic on the topic created by WhoIsHostingThis.
"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.
"To listen with intercultural ears and see with intercultural eyes means to limit your interpretations to content and to ignore tone, body language and form, which I admit takes practice.
"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?
"Even for those who are "in the know" about the benefits of Plus, many have difficulty learning how to use Plus effectively.
Hagan Blount introduces the topic and presents the infographic at TheMuse.
"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.
"Things have changed a lot in the way we conduct business communications, especially between the customer and the company.
According to Jackie Gerstein, Ed.
"As the playfully illuminating tech writer Mat Honan writes: 'Let’s say you’re a California-based employer and you do a basic background check on a job candidate.
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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.
"As consumers use mobile devices more and more to read email, creating flawless designs that are readable and useful in both desktop and mobile environments can be quite a challenge.
"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?