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  • Kitty, ABC, and beautiful locations
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    Kitty, ABC, and beautiful locations

    Bydr.kim October 25, 2012June 8, 2013

    Because I am busy preparing the Culverhouse College accreditation documentation for AACSB right now, I couldn’t travel to Waikiki Beach in Hawaii to join the Association for Business Communication (ABC) for the annual convention this week. I am especially sad about this because I am being honored as the winner of the Kitty O. Locker…

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  • Ideas are nothing without action
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    Ideas are nothing without action

    Bydr.kim October 23, 2012June 8, 2013

    I love The Onion. And I love TED Talks. So I was tickled when my buddy, Erin Kane, a law professor who teaches legal writing and rhetorical analysis, shared this video one of her students found yesterday. What’s equally great is that the student, Troy Thresher, wrote: “I found myself analyzing the rhetorical commitments and strategies…

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  • Guest Post: Effective Leadership in “Norma Rae”
    Focusing on Readers & Writers | Guest Posts

    Guest Post: Effective Leadership in “Norma Rae”

    By October 21, 2012

    My name is Eric Longenecker. I am a senior and graduating in December 2012 with a degree in Management Information Systems. I am taking part in Leadership Communications (MGT 422) as a part of my specialization, Management Communication. This is an exam I submitted in response to whether leadership was effective or not in the…

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  • Celebrate the National Day on Writing
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    Celebrate the National Day on Writing

    Bydr.kim October 19, 2012June 8, 2013

    October 20th is the National Day on Writing in the US. See the press release here or the US Senate proclamation for 2012 here. To celebrate: On October 19, tweet out your compositions of all sorts and post them to Twitter using the hashtag #WhatIWrite and, if space allows, #dayonwriting. Our goals are to share writings…

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  • Other Stuff
    Bydr.kim October 17, 2012June 8, 2013

    This terrific post comes to you from Matthew Baines over at Boggleton Drive. Enjoy!

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  • Pros know plain language is only one strategy
    Being Strategic | Putting it all together

    Pros know plain language is only one strategy

    Bydr.kim October 15, 2012October 29, 2012

    This week in my class, we begin discussing strategies and tactics for effective leadership communication. The TILL System builds on research in linguistic politeness, identifying four strategies as shown in the figure above. The strategies differ in the degree of clarity with which they deliver a message. Because efficiency is so highly valued in Western cultures…

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  • The genre of business meeting minutes
    Crafting a Genre | Meeting agenda | Meeting minutes

    The genre of business meeting minutes

    Bydr.kim October 10, 2012August 7, 2014

    Is your work highly routine? If so, this post won’t provide much of value because you probably spend little time in meetings. But, if you are constantly dealing with new, messy, issues alongside your co-workers or clients, read on. This post is the first in a series I am planning on different workplace genres. I’m starting with…

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  • Amateurs want algorithms, but pros use heuristics
    Being Strategic | Dr. Kim's Philosophy | Putting it all together

    Amateurs want algorithms, but pros use heuristics

    Bydr.kim October 4, 2012October 29, 2012

    Yesterday, over at As a Linguist, Leonore Rodrigues pointed out an interesting writing challenge for international students studying in the US. What do you think the greatest obstacle is for non-native English speakers who must write academic essays at US colleges/universities? It is NOT use of idioms, vocabulary, or English grammar.  It relates to cultural genre differences in content development…

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  • Pros use language to manage rapport
    Being Strategic | Focusing on Readers & Writers

    Pros use language to manage rapport

    Bydr.kim October 2, 2012October 29, 2012

    My students have demonstrated they understand how to identify the rhetorical context of management messages at this point. (I hope to have a couple of guest posts based on their first exam in a few days.) Now we start analyzing the linguistic details of communication behavior. Last week, I introduced them to some concepts from linguistic pragmatics…

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  • Developing Content | Pros Writing in the News
    Bydr.kim October 1, 2012June 8, 2013

    Now that last week is over, and I get a breather from wearing a suit and listening to other people in suits talk at me using PowerPoint bullets (I’m not a “natural” administrator) . . . let me get back on track. Gavin’s post was a timely reminder about what makes a visual work.

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