Business Communication Essentials, 7th Ed.
Chapter 4. Writing Business Messages
"National Punctuation Day is celebrated every year in the US on September 24," declares Lucy Yang (photo, left).
Check out the infographic at ELearningInfographics.
"The scale of the internet is so great, that it doesn’t make sense to look at the information on a monthly basis, or even to use daily figures," writes Jeff Desjardins for the World Economic Forum.
Writer Katherine Brooks (photo, left) discusses the book - You're Probably Saying It Wrong by Ross and Kathryn Petras.
"Modern business is often conducted via quick-fire typing on tiny screens.
"This was a big style-update year at the American Copy Editors Society (ACES) meeting.
"In this article, you will learn everything about the left brain vs.
"Grammar rules can seem like a nuisance.
"Occasionally, a new word or phrase breaks out of the confines of the business world and into the cultural conversation.
Shana Lebowitz reports.
Laura Forer reports over at MarketingProf.
"Designing an infographic is not the same as designing a website, flier, brochure, etc.
"Designing an infographic is not the same as designing a website, flier, brochure, etc.
Stacey Lastoe (photo, left) shows the way in a piece at TheMuse.
"Would you like to write faster?
"In offices around the world, writers spend time and energy disputing business writing standards.
"Online dictionary Merriam-Webster announced on February 7 that it has added more than 1,000 new words to its catalog, drawing from pop culture, science, foreign languages, sports, medicine, and more.
"A good writer produces not just words, but meaning.
"Communication, language and style matter in all areas of life.
"Compared to our pre-digital forebears, we’re expected to produce torrents of writing: emails, text messages, blog posts, social media, presentations," writes Spencer Critchly (photo, left).
Jacs Henderson presents an infographic of eight social media mistakes.
"To highlight some of the most overused buzzwords, we created this visual with 25 of the most overused buzzwords and how much their use has increased in print over the past 30 years.
John Tsantalis runs the blog - Profits Online.
"I recently attended a dinner meeting whose featured speaker told about her life in a foreign country.
"Online Dictionaries aren't just convenient, they give the people who run the dictionary sites a view into the zeitgeist in a way that was never possible when people looked up words in physical books.