Excellence in Business Communication, 12th Edition
Chapter 2. Collaboration, Interpersonal Communication, and Business Etiquette
"Learn tips and techniques from amateur turned professional filmmakers.
"The difference between a sincere apology and cheap one has a lot to do with how it’s phrased.
"We'll go to the doctor when we feel flu-ish or a nagging pain.
"You may feel you can successfully engage listeners with the critical substance of your message.
"YouTube Video Production and Video Editing Tips for Business, Social Media Marketing World 2017: YouTube Video Production from Idea to Execution.
"Predictable Success author Les McKeown [photo, left] understands why some business founders find the “startup mentality” so appealing.
"With the complexity of our changing world, the speed with which decisions are made, and the overwhelming choices available, today’s leader needs to fully understand the invisible forces that shape conversation and build relationships: Intention and alignment.
"Nicole Russo (photo, left), stylist and founder of Let's Get You, helps people realize their full potential and become the person they want to be through their style.
"Producing a short film requires an individual to collect money, budget the project and take care of all organization aspects.
"Do you ever find yourself in a conversation you don’t want to be having?
"Tax forms, credit agreements, healthcare legislation: They're crammed with gobbledygook, says Alan Siegel, and incomprehensibly long.
"We believe we should work hard in order to be happy, but could we be thinking about things backwards?
"Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't: Traditional rewards aren't always as effective as we think.
"If you work in an office, you probably spend more time with your colleagues than you do with even your closest friends — and the quality of those relationships can mean the difference between a joyful workday and a minefield of stress and conflict.
"Do you feel like you can speak in public everywhere except in front of your colleagues?
"Have you ever been given feedback that you are too direct, brutally blunt, brusque, or abrupt?
"Ever wondered why it's called "7UP"?
"Dave Isay [photo, left] opened the first StoryCorps booth in New York’s Grand Central Terminal in 2003 with the intention of creating a quiet place where a person could honor someone who mattered to them by listening to their story.
"In our louder and louder world, says sound expert Julian Treasure, "We are losing our listening.
"One could argue that slang words like ‘hangry,’ ‘defriend’ and ‘adorkable’ fill crucial meaning gaps in the English language, even if they don't appear in the dictionary.
"In this soaring demonstration, deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie illustrates how listening to music involves much more than simply letting sound waves hit your eardrums.
"In an exclusive preview of his book The Stuff of Thought, Steven Pinker looks at language and how it expresses what goes on in our minds -- and how the words we choose communicate much more than we realize.