Teaching Social Media in a Business Writing Course

Welcome to this brief presentation where you’ll learn about some of the most useful and interesting social media and business writing materials available today.

Many of these materials can be downloaded and used in your classes tomorrow. Click the links shown with each image to get more information about what is being described.

Watch these videos to learn more about teaching social media.

33 Indispensable Keys to Teaching a Modern Business Communication Course

30 Steps to Becoming a Better Business Communication Instructor

Use these Online Magazines

to keep up to date on social media

Business Communication Online Magazines

Incorporate in your course social media infographics and

videos from Pinterest

Business Communication Pictorial Gallery on Pinterest

Watch videos about social media on YouTube

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Watch business communication videos on Bovee and Thill's Video Channel on YouTube

Check out the numerous social media videos and

presentations on SlideShare

Videos and Presentations on SlideShare

Read trending tweets, many about social media

Visual Display of Trending Tweets from Bovee & Thill

Join a group and learn more about teaching social media

Teaching Business Communication

About This Facebook GroupJoin this group and share your opinions about topics and issues important to instructors of business communication, ask peers questions, and offer best practices for instruction. This group is hosted by Courtland Bovee.MissionTo improve the quality of business communication and business writing instruction.DescriptionThis group is a discussion forum exploring all aspects of teaching business communication. Members are also encouraged to contribute information about materials they've developed for the classroom or about new PowerPoint programs, articles, PDFs, online videos, or podcasts.

Bovee & Thill’s Social Media and Electronic Communication Workshop

About This Facebook GroupMembership in this group is specifically for instructors of business communication or business writing. Workshops are conducted by Courtland Bovee.MissionTo improve the quality of instruction in business communication and business writing courses.DescriptionLearn about electronic communication and social media quickly and easily. Members will be given opportunities to enroll in free webinars. Plus, read the wall for the latest articles, videos, podcasts, and PowerPoints.

The changes wrought by electronic communication and social media need to be integrated throughout your course. This workshop will show you the way social media are changing the communication process, compositional modes, relationships between senders and receivers, collaborative writing, oral presentations, job searches, and more, and how to teach these changes with ease.

Bovee and Thill’s Inner Circle for Business Communication

About This Facebook GroupThis Facebook group is exclusively for adopters of textbooks by Bovee and Thill and is hosted by Courtland Bovee.MissionTo improve the quality of business communication and business writing instruction.DescriptionAs a member, you will have a first-hand opportunity to influence the evolution of our textbooks and to receive recognition for your contributions, receive personal attention to your specific needs, develop relationships with other adopters of our texts, receive new cases between editions, be apprised in advance of publication about important additions or changes to our texts, and a variety of other benefits

Teaching Business CommunicationAbout This LinkedIn GroupJoin this group and share your opinions about topics and issues important to instructors of business communication, ask peers questions, and offer best practices for instruction. This group is hosted by Courtland Bovee.MissionTo improve the quality of business communication and business writing instruction.DescriptionThis group is a discussion forum exploring all aspects of teaching business communication. Members are also encouraged to contribute information about materials they've developed for the classroom or about new PowerPoint programs, articles, PDFs, online videos, or podcasts.

Bovee & Thill’s Social Media and Electronic Workshop

About This LinkedIn GroupMembership in this group is specifically for instructors of business communication or business writing. Workshops are conducted by Courtland Bovee.MissionTo improve the quality of instruction in business communication and business writing courses.DescriptionLearn about electronic communication and social media quickly and easily. Members will be given opportunities to enroll in free webinars. Plus, read the wall for the latest articles, videos, podcasts, and PowerPoints.

The changes wrought by electronic communication and social media need to be integrated throughout your course. This workshop will show you the way social media are changing the communication process, compositional modes, relationships between senders and receivers, collaborative writing, oral presentations, job searches, and more, and how to teach these changes with ease.

Bovee & Thill’s Inner Circle for Business CommunicationAbout This LinkedIn GroupThis LinkedIn group is exclusively for adopters of textbooks by Bovee and Thill and is hosted by Courtland Bovee.MissionTo improve the quality of business communication and business writing instruction.DescriptionAs a member, you will have a first-hand opportunity to influence the evolution of our textbooks and to receive recognition for your contributions, receive personal attention to your specific needs, develop relationships with other adopters of our texts, receive new cases between editions, be apprised in advance of publication about important additions or changes to our texts, and a variety of other benefits

Get Bovee & Thill’s latest perspectives on social media

Bovee & Thill’s Business Communication BlogInsights and commentary from the authors of the world’s leading business communication textbooks. Includes links to each of Bovee & Thill’s business communication textbooks at Pearson Education, plus links to a wealth of free materials.

Take advantage of these exclusive sources of social media information

(for Bovee & Thill adopters only)

Business Communication Headline News

Stay on top of new technologies, important trends, and hot topics with Business Communication Headline News, a free service.Business Communication Headline News uses the newest Internet technologies to deliver late-breaking news in headlines with concise summaries. You can scan incoming items in a matter of seconds, then click through to read the full articles that interest you.

Business Communication Headline News

Real-Time Updates, the only service of its kind that keeps students’ texts perpetually up to date.