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Chapter 1

Professional Business Communication in the Age of AI

6 tools

Who Does What — AI vs. Human™

Chapter-by-chapter breakdown of which BCT16 skills AI can approximate and which require irreplaceable human judgment.

Clipboard

The AI Writing Stress Test™

Puts AI-generated writing through a gauntlet of professional standards it typically fails — exposing exactly where it breaks down.

Claude-hosted

What Will AI Miss? — Dual Audit™

Scores any business message twice — AI grader vs. hiring manager — displaying results side-by-side with the gap as the lesson.

Claude-hosted

The AI Misfire Gallery™

12 pre-loaded annotated AI communication failures as evidence cards, with on-demand generation of fresh exhibits.

Live AI

Always Current Teaching Tool™

Finds current business news stories illustrating any BCT16 concept, with discussion questions and chapter connections.

Claude-hosted

Prompt Engineer Instructor Lab™

Three-panel sandbox where instructors browse, customize, and run 20 master prompts for lesson planning and assessment.

Clipboard
Chapter 2

Collaboration, Interpersonal Communication, and Business Etiquette

5 tools

Etiquette Lab™

Scenario-based coaching across Email & Messaging, Virtual Meetings, Networking & Events, and Hybrid & Digital environments.

Clipboard Built-In Coach™

Conflict Resolution Simulator™

Students manage a simulated workday responding to AI-driven conflict personas — Ghoster, Aggressor, Passive-Aggressive Peer.

Claude-hosted Built-In Coach™

Meeting Management & Facilitation Toolkit™

Full facilitation system covering pre-meeting planning, real-time management, and post-meeting follow-through.

Clipboard

Team / Group Communication Dynamics™

Two-part tool: Team Communication Health Monitor and Collaborative Writing Analyzer for real-time team diagnostics.

Claude-hosted

Feedback Frameworks™

Structured frameworks for delivering and receiving feedback in professional settings.

Claude-hosted
Chapter 3

Communication Challenges in a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Workplace

3 tools

Intercultural Nuance Checker™

Select up to five cultures, paste a message — Claude simulates how a culturally fluent reader from each context would actually interpret it.

Live AI Built-In Coach™

Workplace Microaggression & Bias Rewriter™

Identifies microaggressions, unconscious bias, and exclusionary language in workplace communication with specific rewrites.

Claude-hosted

Business Communication Skills Gap Calculator™

Quantifies the employer-to-student communication gap by skill category using real workforce survey data.

Bovée & Thill Hosted
Chapter 4

Planning Business Messages

3 tools

Real-World Scenario Generator™

Generates a complete teaching scenario — narrative, characters, stakes, deliverables, and rubric — from any industry, role, and communication challenge.

Clipboard

Case Transformation Tool™

Transforms any business case into a ready-to-teach classroom scenario with discussion questions and learning objectives.

Claude-hosted

Always Current Teaching Tool™

Surfaces a current business news story illustrating any BCT16 concept, complete with discussion questions.

Claude-hosted
Chapter 5

Writing Business Messages

4 tools

The AI Writing Stress Test™

Puts AI-generated writing through a gauntlet of professional standards — reveals precisely where it breaks down under real-world scrutiny.

Claude-hosted

What Will AI Miss? — Dual Audit™

Scores any business message twice — AI grader vs. hiring manager — exposing the gap as the lesson.

Claude-hosted

Communication Risk Radar™

Scans student writing across four risk dimensions — legal, ethical, reputational, interpersonal — flagging exact excerpts with specific fixes.

Live AI

Applied Learning Activities™

190 exercises across all 19 chapters designed to deepen understanding through real-world application.

Bovée & Thill Hosted
Chapter 6

Completing Business Messages

3 tools

The AI Writing Stress Test™

Stress-tests any draft against professional standards — ideal for revision and editing practice.

Claude-hosted

Feedback Frameworks™

Structured frameworks for delivering targeted, constructive feedback on student drafts.

Claude-hosted

Communication Risk Radar™

Final-pass risk scan across legal, ethical, reputational, and interpersonal dimensions before any message is sent.

Live AI
Chapter 7

Digital Media in Business Communication

4 tools

Social Media Strategy Lab with Sentiment Analysis™

Students build platform-specific strategies and draft content across LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and TikTok with real-time sentiment analysis.

Clipboard Built-In Coach™

Digital Footprint & Presence Checker™

Audits LinkedIn content or professional bios across five dimensions including AI-era employer visibility risk.

Live AI

Etiquette Lab™

Includes Email & Messaging and Hybrid & Digital modules directly aligned to this chapter's professional communication standards.

Clipboard Built-In Coach™

Always Current Teaching Tool™

Surfaces current news illustrating digital media communication trends with ready-to-use discussion questions.

Claude-hosted
Chapter 8

Routine and Positive Messages

3 tools

Communication Risk Radar™

Scans routine messages for interpersonal and reputational risk — catches tone problems before they become problems.

Live AI

Real-World Scenario Generator™

Generates realistic routine-message scenarios — request situations, confirmations, and positive response contexts.

Clipboard

Applied Learning Activities™

Chapter 8 exercises covering routine and positive message writing across professional contexts.

Bovée & Thill Hosted
Chapter 9

Negative Messages

3 tools

Communication Risk Radar™

Essential for negative messages — flags legal, ethical, and reputational risk in refusals, rejections, and bad-news communication.

Live AI

Real-World Scenario Generator™

Generates authentic negative-message scenarios — layoffs, rejections, complaints, policy denials — with full teaching context.

Clipboard

Crisis Communication Intelligence Lab™

Provides frameworks for high-stakes negative communication and organizational crisis scenarios.

Claude-hosted
Chapter 10

Persuasive and Marketing Messages

4 tools

The AI Writing Stress Test™

Tests persuasive writing against the professional standards AI-generated marketing copy typically fails to meet.

Claude-hosted

Social Media Strategy Lab with Sentiment Analysis™

Students craft platform-specific persuasive and marketing content with real-time sentiment and reputation risk analysis.

Clipboard Built-In Coach™

Communication Risk Radar™

Scans persuasive messages for ethical and reputational risk — critical for marketing communication review.

Live AI

Real-World Scenario Generator™

Generates persuasive-message scenarios across industries — sales pitches, grant proposals, internal advocacy.

Clipboard
Chapter 11

Finding, Evaluating, and Processing Information

3 tools

Expectation Gap Bridge™

Sends a live search agent into actual job postings — extracts real employer communication demands mapped to BCT16 chapters.

Live AI

Business Communication Skills Gap Calculator™

Data-visualization dashboard using real workforce survey data to quantify the employer-to-student communication gap.

Bovée & Thill Hosted

Always Current Teaching Tool™

Demonstrates live research methods by surfacing current business stories with discussion questions in real time.

Claude-hosted
Chapter 12

Planning Reports and Proposals

3 tools

Real-World Scenario Generator™

Generates report and proposal scenarios with full context — stakeholders, purpose, data requirements, and deliverables.

Clipboard

Applied Learning Activities™

Chapter 12 exercises covering report planning, outlining, and proposal structure across professional contexts.

Bovée & Thill Hosted

Prompt Engineer Instructor Lab™

Master prompts for generating report outlines, executive summaries, and proposal frameworks.

Clipboard
Chapter 13

Writing Reports and Proposals

3 tools

Visual Storytelling Coach™

Upload any slide or chart — five-dimension scorecard covering Message Clarity, Visual Simplicity, Chart Appropriateness, Signal-to-Noise, and Labeling Quality.

Clipboard Built-In Coach™

Data Visualization Guide™

Student guide for choosing the right chart type and designing clear, accurate data visualizations for reports.

Claude-hosted

Communication Risk Radar™

Scans report content for ethical and reputational risk — especially valuable for proposals with financial or legal implications.

Live AI
Chapter 14

Developing and Delivering Business Presentations

4 tools

AI Interview & Presentation Coach™

Students upload a recorded presentation and receive instant feedback across 32 skills — voice, body language, structure, slide design, and impact.

Clipboard → Gemini Built-In Coach™

Visual Storytelling Coach™

Scores any slide or chart across five dimensions and flags visual ethics violations — truncated axes, misleading proportions.

Clipboard Built-In Coach™

Elevator Pitch Studio™

Five sequential AI-powered modes for developing and pressure-testing a compelling oral pitch.

Live AI Built-In Coach™

Data Visualization Guide™

Guides students in designing presentation-ready charts and visuals that inform rather than mislead.

Claude-hosted
Chapter 15

Listening, Participating in Meetings, and Workplace Conversations

3 tools

Listening & Nonverbal Communication Analyzer™

Analyzes transcripts or video across four dimensions: listening quality, nonverbal signals, vocal delivery, and empathy indicators. Six built-in homework assignments.

Live AI Built-In Coach™

Meeting Management & Facilitation Toolkit™

Full system for planning, running, and following up on productive professional meetings.

Clipboard

Team / Group Communication Dynamics™

Diagnoses how teams communicate in real time — health monitoring and collaborative writing analysis.

Claude-hosted
Chapter 16

Communicating in Social and Professional Networks

4 tools

Social Media Strategy Lab with Sentiment Analysis™

Students build platform-specific strategies and draft content for LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and TikTok with sentiment analysis.

Clipboard Built-In Coach™

Digital Footprint & Presence Checker™

Audits LinkedIn and professional bios across five dimensions including AI-era employer visibility risk.

Live AI

Etiquette Lab™

Networking & Events and Hybrid & Digital modules directly address professional networking behavior standards.

Clipboard Built-In Coach™

Communication Risk Radar™

Scans social and professional messages for reputational risk before posting — essential for social media contexts.

Live AI
Chapter 17

Building Careers and Writing Résumés

5 tools

Job Application Package Reviewer™

Analyzes a resume and cover letter across four dimensions — tailoring, keywords, tone, and storytelling — with a revision roadmap.

Live AI

Digital Footprint & Presence Checker™

Audits the full professional online presence employers will find — LinkedIn, bios, and AI-era employer risk signals.

Live AI

Student ROI Trajectory Simulator™

Projects the earnings and career velocity gap between strong and weak communicators at 1, 5, and 10 years.

Bovée & Thill Hosted

Expectation Gap Bridge™

Shows students exactly which communication skills employers demand most — making the case for every resume skill claimed.

Live AI

Certificate & Digital Badge Generator™

Generates a professional certificate and digital badge students can add to their portfolio and LinkedIn profile.

Bovée & Thill Hosted
Chapter 18

Applying and Interviewing for Employment

4 tools

AI Interview & Presentation Coach™

Students upload a mock interview recording and receive instant feedback across 32 skills including delivery, content, and professional presence.

Clipboard → Gemini Built-In Coach™

Ace the Job Interview™

Step-by-step interview preparation activities with structured assessment rubrics and debrief frameworks.

Bovée & Thill Hosted

Elevator Pitch Studio™

Five-mode pitch development system — including hostile stress-test scenarios that simulate tough interview conditions.

Live AI Built-In Coach™

Job Application Package Reviewer™

Four-dimension forensic review of the full application package — tailoring, keywords, tone, and storytelling.

Live AI
Chapter 19

Building Your Career in the Age of AI

5 tools

Student ROI Trajectory Simulator™

Projects the long-term career and earnings gap between strong and weak communicators — concrete, student-facing numbers.

Bovée & Thill Hosted

Who Does What — AI vs. Human™

The definitive chapter companion — maps every BCT16 skill against what AI can and cannot replicate in the workforce.

Clipboard

Expectation Gap Bridge™

Live job posting data showing exactly which communication skills employers prioritize in an AI-augmented workplace.

Live AI

Business Communication Skills Gap Calculator™

Quantifies the communication skills gap students must close before entering an AI-augmented workforce.

Bovée & Thill Hosted

Digital Footprint & Presence Checker™

Audits the professional online presence that AI-era employers will scrutinize before any interview.

Live AI