One of America's leading instructors in clear and effective communication, Courtland Bovee has 22 years of teaching experience at Grossmont College in San Diego, where he has received teaching honors and was accorded that institution's C. Allen Paul Distinguished Chair. He has coauthored textbooks for Random House, Harcourt Brace, McGraw-Hill, and Pearson Prentice Hall. In addition to being a respected writer, Professor Bovee is also a highly regarded management consultant, known worldwide for his seminars and in-company training programs. He also serves on the board of directors of several corporations.Bovee, and his co-author, John Thill, were recently honored by the Boston Red Sox for their commitment to education.Bovee and Thill's YouTube Video Channel is located at http://www.youtube.com/BoveeandThill. Bovee and Thill's Business Communication Blog can be found at http://boveeandthillbusinesscommunicationblog.com.Bovee and Thill founded and publish Business Communication Headline News (http://businesscommunicationheadlinenews). They also publish Real-Time Updates (http://real-timeupdates.com), a unique service that keeps students textbooks perpetually up to date. They're the only authors to write an instructor blog, Bovee & Thill's Business Communication Blog.To see Pearson Prentice Hall's catalog descriptions of Bovee and Thill texts, copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://bit.ly/qKSu0f