"Graphics and Visual Communication for Managers" wins annual award from The Association of Professional Communication Consultants

Barbara Shwom and Karl Keller are the 2007 recipients of the "Excellence in Writing for Publication Award" from The Association of Professional Communication Consultant s (APCC) for Graphics and Visual Communication for Managers. The award committee said: "Well-designed and filled with useful examples, Graphics and Visual Communication for Managers is a valuable tool for both clients and communication consultants."

See the APPC  web site for more details.

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The book "Graphics and Visual Communication for Managers" published, co-authored by Communication Partners

Barbara Shwom and Karl Keller are co-authors of Graphics and Visual Communication for Managers, the 4th book is the 8-book Managerial Communication Series.  The book presents the fundamentals of good graphics and visual communication.  Robert P. Sedlack, of the University of Notre Dame, is also co-author and designed the book.

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Communication Partners completes User Guide and On-Line Help for critical software product

Communication Partners has just completed a 200-page user guide, along with an on-line help file, for a critical software product of ZS Associates. The software package, Prism(tm) Refinements, is a web-based package that allows sales managers to refine sales goals.  The package is used by a number of major pharmaceutical companies.

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Seminar "Communicating for Results" presented in Bahrain for audience of Middle East entrepreneurs

Karl Keller, principal of Communication Partners, traveled to Manama, Bahrain,  to conduct a seminar entitiled Communicating for Results as part of the MIDDLE EAST ENTREPRENEUR TRAINING IN THE U.S. (MEET U.S.)  ALUMNI session.

MEET U.S. -- which funded by the U.S. Department of State Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI)and managed by The Beyster Institute (link) -- is an innovative program that identifies, develops, and sustains a new core of business leaders from 17 countries and territories in the Middle East and North Africa region.  Participants in the seminar came from Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Kuwait, and Iraq, among other nations.

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Communication Partners working with the Vanderbilt-Northwestern-Texas-Harvard/MIT Engineering Research Center to help faculty improve instruction in graphical communication

Barbara Shwom and Penny Hirsch, principals, have been working with researchers at the National Science Foundation-funded VaNTH (Vanderbilt-Northwestern-Texas-Harvard/MIT) Engineering Research Center to help biomedical engineering faculty improve instruction in graphical communication. Barbara and Penny reported the results of some of their work in a talk for learning scientists and biomedical engineers at Northwestern University, entitled “Integrating Graphical Communication into a Science Course.” They are assessing students’ ability to recognize and implement best practices in graphical communication.

Find more information on  VaNTH, click here

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Two associates join Communication Partners

Judith Schwartz, a published author and corporate communications expert, and William Pullin, a talented and creative instructional designer, have joined Communication Partners.

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October
2004

"Presenting Data Visually" seminar delivered at Society for Technical Communication

Karl Keller, principal, delivered a one-day seminar entitled Presenting Data Visually on October 30, 2004. This course was sponsored by the Institute of Professional Development of the Chicago chapter of the Society for Techncial Communication. The course covered best practices in creating graphs, tables, and diagrams to communicate technical data clearly and powerfully.

For a course description, click here

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Communication Partners interviewed for article on PowerPoint in Government Executive magazine

Karl Keller, principal, was interviewed by Government Executive magazine on the use of PowerPoint in the US Government.  The article "Missing the Point" explored the controversy surrounding PowerPoint, particulary the condemnation of the program from Edwart Tufte.  Communication Partners provided a contrasting counterpoint. 

For an on-line version of the article, click here.

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Communication Partners cited in article on PowerPoint in Presentations magazine

Communication Partners provided expert commentary in an article entitled, "Does PowerPoint make you stupid?" published by Presentations magazine in its March 2004 issue.

For an online copy of the article, click here.

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Designing Information: Communicating Complex Knowledge in Tables and Graphs

Barbara Shwom, principal, delivered this presentation at the European Conference of the Association of Business Communication (ABC) in Lugano, Switzerland.  (For infomation on ABC,  see http://www. businesscommunication.org). This presentation provides a brief overview of some of the difficult problems of information display -- along with both a theoretical and practical framework to solve them.

Download by clicking here

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