Acknowledgements

This open textbook has been adapted by Carrie Fraser, in partnership with the OER Design Studio and the Library Learning Commons at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario. This work is part of the FanshaweOpen learning initiative and is made available through a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.


Attribution

This book is an adaptation of Business Writing For Everyone Copyright © 2021 by Arley Cruthers is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Changes

  • The book was restructured. See table below
  • Chapters renamed.
  • Changes were made to learning outcomes.
  • Updates for design and accessibility.
    • Image descriptions were added for some images, as well as some videos were replaced to ensure accessibility.
    • Formatting changes include moving image attributions to the captions, bolding for key terms, and APA reference formatting.
  • Footnotes were removed and replaced with in-text citations.
  • Reflective H5P activities were added.
  • Section “Remixing Gritty” was replaced with “6.9 Social Media Communication in Action: Special K Cereal”
  • Academic policy information specific to KPU was replaced with Fanshawe College policy information.
  • Content specific to the U.S. replaced with Canadian content
  • Slide Decks for each chapter were added.
  • Key Terms added to the end of the book.

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Previous Version

Chapter 1 Chapter 1 & 2
Chapter 2 Chapter 3
Chapter 3 Chapter 4 & 5
Chapter 4 Chapter 6
Chapter 5 Chapter 7
Chapter 6 Chapter 12 & 15
Chapter 7 Chapter 9 & 10
Chapter 8 Chapter 11 & 14
Chapter 9 Chapter 8
Chapter 10 Chapter 13
Chapter 11 Chapter 18
Chapter 12 Chapter 17

Cover image by Ghozt Tramp CC BY-SA 2.0 The image was modified to change the colours of the thought bubbles.

Collaborators

  • Jason Benoit, Instructional Design Student
  • Freddy Vale, Graphic Design Student 
  • Stephany Ceron Salas, Ancillary Resource Student Developer 
  • Andrew Stracuzzi, Quality Assurance
  • Catherine Steeves, Quality Assurance
  • Shauna Roch, Project Lead
  • Wilson Poulter, Copyright Officer

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