I'm starting a new series on the blog called, "What Does Your _____ Say About You?" I'm going to highlight some of the things we may not think about when we consider communication. However, this is especially important as we consider what kind of Christain example we are as we go through our day. Here is an article I wrote a while back for Examiner.com. So...What does your Facebook Page Say About You? Are You a Good Christian Example on Facebook? By JoJo Tabares “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part...
On Monday, I talked about decluttering your communication by taking out the unnecessary words and phrases. Today I'd like to talk about Cluttered Communication or Cluttered Speech. While searching the web last week, I found an article about cluttered speech on a website devoted primarily to stammering. The article talks mostly about the author's experience with both stammering and cluttering which had made it even more difficult for him to hold a conversation with people. The side bar defined cluttering: "What is cluttering? Cluttering is defined as a communication disorder characterised by a rapid rate of speech that may come out too fast without proper pronunciation and be somewhat erratic. Cluttered thoughts can make it difficult to express yourself clearly....
On Monday, I began a new seven part series on effective email with an in depth look at choosing our email address wisely. Today I continue the series with a look at the subject line. Your Subject Line Make sure your subject line is reflective of what you are going to say in the body of your email. If it sounds too much like spam, it will be deleted by the owner who things it IS spam. If it is blank, it may be deleted because it looks like spam. I get a lot of spam with nothing in the subject line. Another issue may be that the recipient may not realize this email is from YOU. I sometimes receive...
I hope you enjoyed Communication Effectiveness Month. We talked about how communication skills affect just about every aspect of our lives from our parenting to our marriages and from our friendships to our careers. If you'd like to assess your communication skills, here is a communication quiz I designed years ago. I've copied part of it here, but you'll see a link to the rest of it at the bottom of this post. Communication Assessment Quiz Check your CEQ: Communication Effectiveness Quotient. 1. How often do you feel intimidated by someone? Always Often Occasionally Rarely Never 2. How often does intimidation prevent you from speaking up? Always Often Occasionally Rarely Never 3. Do you shy away from conflict? Always Often...
Have you subscribed to Communication FUNdamentals’ RSS Feed? Don’t miss a post! x It's Humor Week (or rather Communication FUNdamentals Week) here at Communication FUNdamentals! That means all the funniest communication tips, articles, videos, quotes, pictures <------ (notice anything funny about that?) and other creative fun I can muster. Why? Well, because the blog's called Communication FUNdamentals. That's why! lol My blog's name reflects the humor with which I write all of my articles and communication studies for Art of Eloquence.com. I have always loved humor ever since I was a little tiny communicator and I patterned Art of Eloquence materials after The Great Communicator, Ronald Reagan, who used humor and his Christian faith to convey his messages. I wrote...
