Internet Guide to Management Communications

Offers proofreading, editing, and revising tips and strategies for papers. For all levels of writers. Aimed at theses statement writing rather than business writing.

With related links, the site offers general concepts to developing personal strategies for writing and proofreading. Provides links to address individual weaknesses.

Guide to correct language and tense usage.

List of Seminars and Workshops related to business writing and communication.

Basics of grammar, punctuation, tone, etc.

Communication-related tips; links; and article reprints. Main topics are news, resources, associations, textbooks, and user comments.

Discusses idea behind executive summaries and provides tips on writing good executive summaries.

Discusses format, content, and style of memos.

An article from entrepreneur weekly that discusses the writing of sales letters. Contains links to other sites related to sales letters.

Provides format and style of short reports.

Guide to writing cover letters. Downloadable free software and tips for students and teachers.

Offers help with writing resumes and cover letters. Provides a for-fee service for evaluation of cover letters and skills. Includes samples.

Principles of making persuasive proposals.

Provides guidelines for writing research grant proposals. Identifies steps to enhance communication skills.

Provides information on writing proposals, pre-proposal clearance and contacts, intellectual property sites, representations and certifications.

Guide to writing business plans and seek funding.

Guide to developing procedure manuals for specific tasks.

Provides tips on writing e-mail.

Provides information for writing outlines or detailed business plans. Provides information on legal issues and software programs related to business plan writing.

Provides information on entrepreneuring, business plans, marketing and market planning, capital and business financing.

Provides an outline of a business plan and frequently asked questions. Provides information on the steps subsequent to the writing of the plan. Provides a feedback service.

Offers free examples, advice, and guidelines on planning and writing business plans.

Covers issues related to business plans such as legal, insurance, taxes, licenses, permits, etc. Lists helpful contacts.

Provides links to business plan resources on the Internet.

Information on the essentials of business plans.

Offers presentation and teleconferencing related products and services. Sells audio video hardware and offers training in its use.

A series of slide presentations illustrating issues in business communication.

Demonstrates the effectiveness of visual aids as a communication tool.

Offers visual aids-related products and services including Internet-based presentations. Includes a section with ideas for designing graphics for presentation.

Discusses the need for visual aids.

Definitions of rhetorical terms. Discusses the use of rhetorical terms.

Reference Books; Spelling Test; Links; Vocabulary List related to copy editing.

Online-version of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

Provides links to writing resources. Includes on-line reference guides, guides to style and editing, business and technical writing, etc.

Resource for discussion of grammar and English for students and teachers. Provides a feedback service, FAQ page, and chatroom.

35 links to sites useful for business writers.

Resources for business writers. Includes writing improvement, links to newsgroups, and sites related to correct usage and style.

On-line version of Roget’s thesaurus.

Stylebook modeled after AP’s stylebook - the traditional newsroom bible. Supplements, challenges, and adds to the traditional work.

Provides e-mail addresses of congress people, governors, and media entities. Offers instructions for writing e-mail to the congress people, state legislators, and the media.

Five articles based on the publications of professional speaker Lenny Lawkowki deal with reducing speech anxiety, handling hostile questions, analyzing audiences, using flip charts, and using overhead projectors.

Provides guidelines on making presentations to clients. Discusses understanding client needs, use of visual aids, body language and advance planning.

Variety of information on public speaking and media including pronunciation improvement, writing tips for speeches and scripts, reviews of software for screenwriting, and producers’ guidelines for selecting multimedia talent.

Information on presentation types, delivery techniques, and principles of public-speaking.

Downloadable free software program to train in voice techniques to prepare for various types of speeches. Deals with topics, outlines, quotes, and timer.

Discussion and links related to using charts, presentation planning, seated presentation, guidelines to client presentations, videoconferences, dealing with presentation disasters, and running meetings.

Tips on writing speeches.

Provides information on the Toastmasters program for improving public speaking skills and on Toastmasters International.

Outline of guidelines and techniques for making presentations.

Provides information on audience analysis and adaptation and speech organization. Designed for students enrolled in a public speaking course at University of Southern Mississippi.

On-line writing services from consultations to complete presentations. Topics include speechwriting, ghost writing, research and broadcast writing.

Information on National Speakers Association and programs offered. Provides listing of professional/motivational speakers. Dates for training seminars on speaking workshops.

Resource for technology and techniques for creating and delivering presentations. Provides product review and buyers guides.

Articles on public speaking. Permits the user to download powerpoint slides.

Online tutorial for improving public speaking skills. Includes links to public speaking sites.

Information on public speaking and presentation skills. Tips, self-quiz, problems. Information on speech consulting services including seminars and personal coaching.

On-line tutorial related to a range of communication skills to improve presentations.

Provides tips on overcoming speech anxiety. Includes guidelines on preparing and making oral presentations.

Tips on improving speaking skills especially on sensitive issues such as gay and lesbian issues. Offers tips on responding to questions.

Reviews a chapter from a book by Tony Jeary. Provides information on means of dealing with speakers’ nerves. Provides information on dealing with nerves physically: exercises, breathing techniques, and relaxation techniques.

List of reference sites related to public speaking - material for presentation and tools. Links to speakers’ book shelf, public speaking sites, tools, magazines, and current events.

Links to sites related to public speaking.

A student workbook to help pharmaceutical sales representatives improve presentation skills and other sales related material on presentation skills.

Guidelines on overcoming the fear of public speaking. Discusses other issues such as coping with anger, frustration, and other negative emotions.

Information on public speaker Tom Antion and e-mail link to his office.

Newsletter for writers, editors, and communications specialists dealing with printed, electronic, visual, or oral communications. Includes a selection of articles from back issues.

An article providing self-help strategies to eliminate fear of public speaking.

Practical tips to deal with anxiety related to public speaking.

Provides techniques for overcoming anxiety related to public speaking.

Special report to help overcome the fear of public speaking.

Discussion dealing with overcoming public speaking anxiety. Topics covered are the basics, symptoms and effects, resources, and getting help.

Anecdotal experiences while acquiring public speaking skills. Includes insights acquired through experiences.

Tips for handling hostile questions when making presentations. Each tip explained.

Overview of the use of humor in business and in everyday life. Provides highlights of a presentation-training program. Links to other programs. Provides some exercises, references, and participant feedback.

Discusses how to use humor in presentations. Provides seven tips to using humor in presentations.

Describes the contents of a text titled ‘Nonverbal Vocal Communication".

Information on a videotape series illustrating the difference between perceptions and truth.

Provides links to sites related to personal development including communication.

Demonstrates the use of nonverbal communication in understanding human behavior.

Discusses ten aspects of nonverbal communication in the context of debate and oral presentation.

A free online training workshop designed for beginners and intermediate web users. Offers a web orientation course designed to provide a base level of understanding before moving on to the workshop.

Provides links to tutorials, guides, tools, and resources available on the web. Major categories include topical seminar notes, guides to the Internet and frequently asked questions.

Provides a searchable list of about 700 books related to the Internet. Covers the following main categories: Internet introductions and guides, site indices and guides, intermediate/advanced books, and servers and system administration.

Provides information for beginners as well as advanced web users. Provides links to tutorials, reference guides, software, tools, and information on HTML.

Glossary of frequently used terms and acronyms used on the web arranged in alphabetical order.

An article discussing the advantages of communicating via the web with a focus on marketing communication.

Provides information on current research and completed studies of Collaborative Multimedia Research Group which conducts research on the technology and application and collaborative multimedia.

Provides links to introductions, indexes, conferences, research papers, books, journals, products and companies, research centers, and special interest groups related to Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Groupware.

Provides information on persuasive telephone speech.

Provides an overview of present facsimile technologies and the processes and functions that make this technology possible. Discusses Fax cards for PCs.

Tips for videoconferencing organizers and participants. Topics for organizers include planning, logistics, and facilities. Tips for participants include preparing graphics and presentation media suitable for video, conduct, attire, and jewelry.

Provides information on how to use the Internet and how to use the Net in the classroom. Information includes: copyright, distance learning, magazines, newspapers and magazines on-line, and designing web pages.

Information on the use of the ProShare video system from Intel. Includes instructor guides, student materials, and support materials. Includes case studies of the use of video conferencing technology by Intel customers.

Explains etiquette of videoconferencing. Includes pointers for conducting videoconferences.

Tips for organizers of videoconferences covering planning, etiquette, protocol, and dress.

Book excerpts to provide information on the use of intranets and benefits for collaborative projects, and process identification and improvement.

Guidelines to conducting telephone conversations. Provides an example of telephone communication rules. Discusses the power of listening.

Guide to getting started on the Web. Provides basics of e-mail, ftp, newsgroups, and Internet language.

Discusses writing without using sexist language. Provides examples. Discusses the impact of pronouns on the gender of documents.

A paper that revisits the theoretical assumptions underlying the principle of relative constancy.

Links to websites related to communication theory. Indexed as Communication Abstracts, Communication Institute for Online Scholarship, Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Sociological Abstracts, Index to Journals in Communication, International Bibliography of Periodic Literature.

Provides insight into the kinesthetic, visual, and auditory human-learning channels. Discusses means of communicating effectively with humans with learning biases for each of these. Provides a French translation.

Discusses the subtleties of intercultural communication. Emphasizes oral communication. Discusses greetings and introductions, table manners, body language, gifts. Provides examples.

Information on translation services.

Provides information on Taiwan including news, entertainment, shopping, education, and job opportunities.

Information on on-line interpretation and translation services.

Calculates and compares the cost of living in U.S. and international cities.

Information on international business.

Information on Import and Export Activities

Searchable index of businesses in Western European countries. Provides the ability to convert text to Dutch, Spanish, French, English, and Italian.

Information on international business. Includes information on economic research and analysis, dispute settlement, trade and environment, trade policy, international trade, Uruguay Round, and Singapore Conference. Provides press releases, publications, and vacancies.

Information related to international trade and domestic and international trade companies. Contains information on export planning, exporting, finding buyers, shipping, obtaining financing, trade shows, events, and new groups.

Details Singapore and Asian trade. Provides links to trade companies, Singapore and international business, and trade information services.

Information related to international standards in the development of intellectual, scientific, technological, and economic products and services. Provides list of ISO world members, technical committees, meeting calendars, and an ISO catalog.

Relocation-related information. Discusses adaptation problems, customs, manners, business savvy, and family-related matters.

Describes services offered by Omega International. Services include, translation, editing, information on marketing trends, idiomatic expressions, political climate information, information on local restrictions and taboos.

Information on books from the global business series of Jain Publishing Company. Covers China, Taiwan, Singapore, Korea, Thailand, and Mexico. Books offer information in climates and geography, family and school conditions, travel tips, and living conditions.

Provides maps and travel information. Provides links to yellow pages, travel news, and reviews.

Information related to doing business in countries with Chambers of Commerce. Provides information on International Chamber of Commerce.

Provides a format for citing Internet resources. Covers FTP sites, WWW sites, Telnet Sites, Gopher sites, email, Listserv, and Newslist Citations.

Links to Fortune, Money, and Time magazines and CNN.

A reference guide to assist in searching for information on communication. Suggestions for effective searches.

Online version of Business Week magazine. Contains searchable archives. Provides a weekly update service.

Collection of information sources about the Internet and computer-mediated communication.

List of business ethics resources on the web. Provides information on corporate codes of major companies, business associations, institutions, and organizations.

Provides guidelines to help make ethical decisions. Discusses the definition of ethical issues, facts, claimants, opinion, options, consequences, course of actions, and the defense of the final decision.

Published work of the Ethics Institute at De Paul University. Provides information on the Institute, calendar of events, Ethics Beat newspaper, and Professional Resources Ethics Links.

Contains articles on business ethics.

Explores the social and political functions of mass communications in Canadian society and the relationship between communications and culture.

Provides the complete text of the Telecommunications Act, a link to the Communications Decency Act, other specific provisions of the act, and the complete text of the speech given by President Clinton when he signed the act.

Provides a survey of philosophical works on abortion and summaries of recent introductory articles on ethical theory.

Provides an overview of tools to set-up and monitor a corporate ethics policy. Discusses alternatives to ethics codes, ethics guidance and training, and ethics reinforcement.

Presents findings of a KPMG business survey of 1000 public and private companies aimed at developing an up-to-date picture of current ethics-related practices and issues in Canada. Discusses business ethics, corporate codes and ethics programs, and managing for ethical practice. Provides link to information about KPMG’s US internal ethics practice and procedures.

Integrates many themes related to organizational communication ethics.

Provides guidance on ethical problems.

Provides information related to Internet Censorship.

Provides statutory, regulatory, and judicial materials in the fields of communication and media. Includes all major U.S. statutes and cases, papers, and current and past issues of the Media Law and Policy Bulletin.

Provides information on federal discrimination laws, definition of discrimination and sexual harassment, and guidelines to follow in a lawsuit against an employer.

Provides copies of the U.S. Code and Code of Federal Regulations and links approximately 5000 law resources by law and jurisdiction.

Discusses the importance of listening skills and effective feedback. Suggests means to developing communication skills by listening and developing constructive feedback.

Explains the process of effective listening and provides guidelines to developing effective listening skills.

Discusses ‘active listening" and offers discussion and exercises.

Information on listening-skills seminars and workshops.

Information on listening skills improvement. Explains benefits for business. Discusses active listening.

Offers strategies and examples by professional resume writers. Targeted to all levels of employment.

Information on a resume writing service. Provides information for prospective employers. Discusses resume writing, cover letter writing, and interviewing skills. Provides links to job search/ resume assistance sites.

Article providing interviewing tips.

On-line book discussing preparing for a job search, finding hiring companies, interviewing, finding company contacts. Provides information on interview dress, common interview questions, and illegal interview questions.

Provides 24 tips for writing resumes.

Job search engine providing access to job listings restricted to professional, technical, and managerial positions; newsgroups, and corporate recruiting offices. Provides instructions of application procedures.

Provides access to job listings, resume building techniques, employee profiles, and on-line open houses featuring jobs.

Offers resources for finding jobs online. Provides international job postings and employer listings. Provides access to country-specific sites. Provides resume creation tools, links to online job fairs, and a section designed for recent graduates.

Network for employment advertising, outplacing services, and communication. Offers access to a recruitment database, searchable job listing database, electronic alerting service, resume posting database, company profiles, outplacement assistant, career assistance, career fairs.

Matches job seekers with employers using a specialized structured format.

Offers searchable job postings, employer directory, career planning resources, employee profiles, online magazine, news and events, catalog.

Interactive recruitment site. Provides a resume creation service. Enables viewing and responding to jobs online.

National clearinghouse for public employment service. Offers a searchable database, job market information, links to public employment services, links to employer sites, links to private placement agencies.

Provides employer profiles, searchable jobs database, link to USENET, resume posting service, online job fairs, links to tips on job hunting, resume writing, and information for recent graduates.

Offers tips on job searches, a resume databank, job listings, information, lists of recruiters. Provides a feedback service.

Career Planning center providing information on jobs, career planning, job search and industry information, links to job sites, career fairs, special interest networks, professional events, and links to career service professionals.

Job search site for teachers and academic professionals.

For employment opportunities in Washington DC and San Francisco.

Job search site for university and graduate school students.

Tips on conducting job searches.

Offers a resume writing service. Provides job market news and tips on searching for jobs.

Searchable listing of employment opportunities.

Alphabetical listing of domestic and international companies. Addresses frequently asked questions.

Service for posting resumes. Permits employers to view resumes.

Provision for posting resumes and searching an employment guide.

Access to help wanted ads from over 30 major newspapers updated daily. Searchable.

Provides employer profiles, employment opportunity database, articles related to job searching, resume bank, career forum, relocation resources, job fairs, recruiter and consultant directory.

Provides job listings and company profiles. Offers information on job searches and hiring.

Addresses issues concerning women in the business world. Information related to women of color and mothers in the workforce.

Information on job hunting. Listing of recruiting and career sites. Offers tips on interviewing, career counseling, and coaching.

Instructions on resume writing. Provides links to resources related to job searching.

Articles on business writing and job searching.

Guide to job searching in the science fields. Offers advice on resume writing aimed at job seekers in the science fields.

Provides information on the organization of resumes and offers advice on resume writing. Provides links to sites related to job searches.

Provision for posting resumes and searching a jobs database. Provides an employers list with links to job openings and human resource pages.

Advice on resume writing.

Recruitment database with international job vacancies. Provides company information, online resume submission, and other career services. Offers resume creation software and posting service.

Service that scans resumes from applicants and select appropriate candidates.

Career resource tool addressing special needs and concerns of minorities. Provides resume posting service, employer information, job openings information; job posting service, access for employers to pre-screened minority applicants, newsletter with career management information for minorities.

Advice on preparing for the interview, responding effectively to questions, and following up after the interview. Suggested questions a candidate can ask the job interviewer.

Presents an interactive interview role-play game, Hot Seat (a mock interview with a corporate executive). User responds to interview questions by choosing from multiple choice answers. Point values and explanations are presented as part of the interview evaluation.

Investigates the deeper questions at stake behind the surface questions used in interviews. Advice for interviewees on how to address these basic concerns.

List of recommended questions for interviewers, also useful for preparation by the interviewee.

Discusses personal communication within meetings. Discusses duties of chairpersons. Provides references to related reading materials.

Guide to planning and running meetings. Provides different solutions for different types of meetings. Discusses agendas, chairing, types of meetings, informational meetings, problem solving meetings, brainstorming meetings, specific conflict meetings, and training meetings.

Information on shopping venues, entertainment ideas, and meeting and convention facilities in Detroit.

Information on gathering and disseminating information to make meetings interactive.

Information on association of meeting professionals.

Discusses understanding negotiation, preparing for negotiation, and offers suggestions for managers. Provides references to relevant reading materials.

Discusses consequences of saying the wrong word at salary negotiations and suggests more appropriate alternatives. Discusses benefits of salary negotiation for all job levels.

Fundamentals of salary negotiation and a three-step method for negotiating salaries.

Provides information on skills needed to resolve conflicts and improve relationships. Includes two cases demonstrating a conflict resolution process and strategies for dealing with frequently occurring problems.

Uses a case study to develop a ten step strategy to creating a crisis communications plan.

Advertisement for the crisis management consulting services of a law firm.

Provides information and sources for information related to crisis communication in the business environment. Discusses crisis planning, legal risks, principles of crisis management, media relations, and provides examples.

Case studies of former clients of a public relations company. Offers examples of crisis communication press releases and related articles.

Starting point for creating crisis management teams. Provides an example of the structure of a crisis management team.

Provides information on a crisis management seminar.

Lists reference materials related to crisis management.

Information related to crisis management. Advertises seminars related to crisis management. Offers a questionnaire providing insights into preventing crisis situations.

Describes a seminar on increasing awareness about workplace violence.

Discusses human communication in modern organizations. Discusses chaos theory, gender, diversity, conflict, culture, ethics, and technology in the context of organizational communication.

Provides information and commentary related to learning and communication capabilities of organizations within the framework of organic evolution by natural selection. Discusses natural selection, stepchange, barriers to organizational and individual learning, organic view of organizations, and feedback in corporate evolution.

Focuses on leadership development within groups. Discusses active listening, requesting information, sharing information, body language, group discussions, brainstorming, nominal groups, and parliamentary procedure. Provides information for group leaders. Provides practice questions for managers to enhance communication skills.

Advice for managers and supervisors related to establishing effective working relationships with subordinates. Provides references to related reading materials.

Information on services provided by a consulting firm specializing in organizational and operational process improvement.

Study guide aimed at providing online supervisory training for new and current managers.

Business resource with a variety of information of interest to business people.

Do’s and dont’s for basic communication functions. Lists simple courtesies expected in a business environment. Lists common communication errors and suggests means of overcoming these.

Tutorials to aid in making presentations, conducting research, interviewing, running meetings, designing public service announcements, analyzing statistics, and working on group projects. Provides links to www and non-www information.

Home page of American Society for Quality (ASQ). Provides searches through quality terminology glossaries, standards and certifications, and access to journals, magazines, and other publications.

Information on seminars on communication training, management training, and human resource training.

Provides resources for planning business trips through the Internet.

Provides information, a backdrop, and effects of quality circles on business groups seeking quality improvements.

Information on accessing services of a public relations agency.

Courier service information.

Advertising agency information.

Provides links to resources related to critical thinking.

Information on company offering company and individual training in leadership development, organizational change and revitalization, diversity, teams, and creativity.

Links to resource including electronic texts, economic data sources, financial data sources, electronic journals, and news sources of interest to entrepreneurs and small businesses.

An article on communication and relationships. Provides links to resources related to mental health issues.

Essay discussing computer ethics in the context of idealism, realism, pragmatism, and existentialism.

Information on a public affairs speaking forum - membership, upcoming speakers, and activities.