Welcome to CMNS 1140 Intro to Professional Communication (Summer 2011)!

Use this blog to post comments on links, news, videos, and events that relate to professional communication and/or our class discussions.

When posting, please write one paragraph about the item you are sharing or discussing. For example, you might:

• briefly describe or summarize a link, news item, video or event you have found;
• explain how and why you think it might be helpful to your colleagues;
• give examples of how you have used any of the approaches discussed in class in your own work.

For example:

Check out this link (http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/jpc/) to a new Canadian Journal of Professional Communication, the first issue of which is due to be launched on June 1, 2011. This publication will be the first fully peer-reviewed Canadian journal to bring together scholars and creative practitioners from the business world. It aims to explore the relationships between communications theory and practice by reporting on international research and case studies. This could be an excellent source of information for those wishing to adopt communications "best practice" in their own business and professional dealings.

Or:

This trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa3wyaEe9vE) introduces Canada's most successful documentary film, "The Corporation." The makers of this film ask, "If the corporation is a legal "person" [which it is], what kind of person is it?" This film provides a critical evaluation of corporate culture - including business and professional communication - which will be of interest to anyone concerned about the ethical underpinnings of business.