Business Communication Essentials, 8th Ed.
Chapter 4. Writing Business Messages
These articles, case studies, and definitions can help negotiators learn the basics and fine-tune their skills.
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Automated bots are taking over routine communication tasks in many companies; here are some of the best.
"What can we learn about American intonation and sounding natural in English from analyzing a conversation between Google assistant (yes, I'm talking about a robot) and a real person?
"The key to more natural English rhythm is understanding what is emphasized and what falls into the background.
"Hit refresh to lock eyes with another imaginary stranger.
"Hit refresh to lock eyes with another imaginary stranger.
"Bezos is Amazon's chief writing evangelist, and his advocacy for the art of long-form writing as a motivational tool and idea-generation technique has been ordering how people think and work at Amazon for the last two decades—most importantly, in how the company creates new ideas, how it shares them, and how it gets support for them from the wider world.
"The key to more natural English rhythm is understanding what is emphasized and what falls into the background.
"When you’re in an interview, everything is focused on you – your education, your skills, and the qualities that make you the best candidate for the job.
"In this American English pronunciation lesson you will learn all about the pronunciation of L at the beginning of words and syllables (the Light L sound) and you will learn how to distinguish L vs R.
"Think you know the English language?
"The minutes of a meeting, or simply “minutes,” is an instant written record of a meeting or hearing.
"In part 1 of this 3 part series on American R you will learn what to do with your tongue, lips and jaw to pronounce the R sound and we will practice the American R at the beginning of words.
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"Placing apostrophes is not rocket science.
"The wordsmiths at Lake Superior State University have released LSSU’s 44th annual List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness.
"It’s ironic that many schools don’t give lessons on how to study or take notes effectively.
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"As writers, we all have that place in our house where we tend to be more creative and the words just come a little easier for us.
"Are you feeling smart and alert today?
"When is the last time you sent a card or note to a business associate?