Communications

The Association for Business Communication (ABC) is an international, interdisciplinary organization committed to advancing business communication research, education, and practice.

(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) This handout explains principles in business writing that apply to many different situations, from applying for a job to communicating professionally within business relationships.

The Professional Communication Society’s interests include the study, preparation, production, delivery, use, improvement, and promotion of human communication in all media in engineering and other technical and professional environments.

The Plain Language Action and Information Network (PLAIN) is an unfunded working group of federal employees from different agencies and specialties who support the use of clear communication in government writing.

(Purdue Online Writing Lab) These OWL resources will help you conduct research and compose documents for the workplace, such as memoranda and business letters. This section also includes resources for writing report and scientific abstracts.

(MIT Open Courseware) This course introduces interactive oral and interpersonal communication skills critical to leaders, including strategies for presenting to a hostile audience, running effective and productive meetings, active listening, and contributing to group decision-making.

(University of Nebraska Pressbooks) This Online Educational Resource (OER) textbook provides an overview and introduction to personal leadership through the lens of how students can develop and maximize their own interpersonal skills.

(Gallup - CliftonStrengths) Leadership can often be equal parts high confidence and self-esteem and worrying if you're doing it right while searching for answers. Discover why your strengths matter and then learn to use yours to become a transformational leader.

(SHRM) Organizational culture is how things get done in your workplace. Leverage our resource hub page to learn how to support or improve the culture in your workplace.

(U. S. Office of Personnel Management) Performance management is the systematic process by which an agency involves its employees, as individuals and members of a group, in improving organizational effectiveness in the accomplishment of agency mission and goals.

(Federal Trade Commission) Plain-language guidance to help businesses understand their responsibilities and comply with the law.

(Queensland Government - Business Queensland) Our step-by-step guides provide information and resources on a range of different marketing activities for your business.

(Michael Turney - Professor Emeritus of Communication for Northern Kentucky University & IABC Accredited Business Communicator) I began writing these articles to supplement the textbook for my public relations class. I'm retired now, but I continue to add readings and make them available free of charge.

(Oklahoma State University Pressbooks) This book is a guided tour of social media for marketing purposes

(The Balance) Direct marketing is a form of marketing where you directly communicate with a specifically targeted group of customers and often prompts them to take an action..