Emily Munson

Emily Goenner Munson

Writer

Emily is the mother of four young adult sons and an assistant professor of Business Communications at St. Cloud State University. She is the author of the Business Communication Workbook: Skills and Strategies for the Working World. She hopes by contributing through Minnesota Family to help families be healthy and happy. 

Family Dinner is an Essential Family Meeting

As an instructor of business communication, I teach my students about business meetings. We discuss the important role meetings play in companies, from monitoring progress and projects, to sharing ideas, making plans and decisions and more. In class, we also talk about how to behave professionally in a meeting. Many...

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Getting a first job

Getting Your First Job

The time will come, for every young person, to look for a first job.Whether your child wants a job to increase their independence or to make their own purchases, or you want your child to get a job, navigating the first job search process can be tricky. A child may...

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Balancing Commitments

If you are the parent of a middle or high schooler, you may feel the onslaught of the beginning of school, or the change in seasons and semesters. With each new school year or term, your child likely brings home, or you are inundated with, flyers from every school sport,...

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Family Business Communication

Family Business Communication

My boys grew up on a family farm, working alongside their dad and grandpa. Some of my most cherished memories are of the family part of the family business—son #2 waiting at the end of the driveway for Grandpa to pick him up to “help” or son #1, tool in...

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Helping your child navigate the world of work

Helping Your Child Navigate the World of Work

As your children get older, they are likely to find part-time or summer employment to help pay for their needs and wants and, maybe, save for the future. Saving for a first car or college books is important for children to learn when they still have the safety of mom and...

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Values

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