Christian Communication Training
This video uses all the elements of a great speech. I love the way this woman communicates! She’s funny, energetic and gets her point across well. Check her out!
What you can accomplish for your cause with some communication training.
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When I had my internet show, The Communication Comedy Network, I had to play several different people in a span of an hour. I played a New York Newscaster, a Southern Roving Reporter, a British Professor and myself with a sort of California accent. I found it difficult to switch back and forth between the accents and the accents I was doing were very different from each other.
The woman in this video is absolutely amazing! She does 21 different accents in a span of just two minutes and 36 seconds and some of the accents present only very subtle changes. I don’t know if the accents are 100% accurate, but I’ll tell you one thing, this lady is talented!!! I can’t do it. Can you?
More communication fun brought to you by your friends at Art of Eloquence.com!
What are you doing here at Communication FUNdamentals?! You should be over at the Say What You Mean Convention today having fun and learning from all our fabulous speakers! lol
Have Fun! And don’t forget to enter our contests for a chance to win a prize package worth $200!
Here is the talkcast where the live events will take place and where you can access all the pre-recorded audios! ENJOY!
The 5th Annual Say What You Mean Convention is coming to a computer near you!
Dateline ABC…DEFG…Mark your calendars for this amazingly FUN and FREE event!
When? February 3rd beginning at 8am PST/11am EST
Where? Right from the comfort of YOUR OWN HOME…COMPUTER! http://www.SayWhatYouMeanConvention.com
What…to expect? LOTS!
Keynote Speakers: Christian Comedian, Micheal Jr. interview on Faith and Humor! AND…Talk-A-Latte’s Cindy Rushton’s seminar on Marriage!
Live Seminars:
Most of the live seminars will also be recorded for later, but if you’re listening in live, you can win bonus gifts. Plus, you won’t want to miss the Michael Jr. live interview, which will NOT be recorded at all.
• 8am PST/11am EST – Interview with Christian comedian Michael Jr. on Faith and Humor
• 10am PST/1pm EST – JoJo Tabares of Art of Eloquence “The Three Flavors of Communication: Writing, Speech, and Conversation”
• 12pm PST/3pm EST – Cindy Rushton of Talk-a-Latte ”Building a Passionate, Forever, Happier, and Happier-Ever-After Marriage”
• 2pm PST/5pm EST Joan Rudder-Ward of Girl Nurture “The Heat is On: Techniques to Protect You and Your Daughter from Becoming Culture War Casualties.”
• 4pm PST/7pm EST Kim Kautzer of WriteShop “Writing Skills: More Important than Ever!”
• 6pm PST/9pm EST Prayer Chat
Pre-recorded Audios:
Read the descriptions of each talk here.
• How to Tailor Your Writing for Effectiveness
• The Lazy Student: What’s a Mom to Do?
• What Good Is a Speech Course If Your Kids Won’t Use It?
• How to Write a Speech
• Conversation: The Most Important Communication
• Speak the Truth in Love
• What Most Apologetics Courses Don’t Teach You
• Talking vs. Communicating
• Listening: THE Most Important Communication Skill
• Humor: A Powerful Communication Tool
• Avoiding, Reducing and Healing Conflicts
• What It Takes to Be a Great Communicator
Even More FUN!
• Contests
• Freebies
• Free Admission
• Visit the Say What You Mean Convention for more details.
Don’t forget to sign up for our drawings on the home page of the convention site! We will draw a name to win a prize at EACH LIVE event! You don’t have to be present to win, but you do have to enter by signing up! If you are present in the live event and your name is called, you will win TWO PRIZES!
Have FUN! And bring a friend!
I came across two true stories about miscommunication over email that ended up leaving the writers with egg on their faces. Be careful not to inadvertently (or on purpose) send a private email to a list.
According to snopes.com, in June of 2003, an intern at a prestigious law firm inadvertently sent a fairly unprofessional email intended for one party to about 40 employees including 20 partners. The email in question used foul language and seemed to indicate that the intern was intentionally goofing off at work. His mistake was immediately noticed which necessitated a formal apology. He apparently was eloquent enough in his apology to remain gainfully employed at the firm.
Snopes.com confirms another email mishap which occurred in June of 2005. It seems a secretary in a law firm in England somehow got ketchup on her boss’s pants. The day she returned to work after her mother’s funeral she found an email from her boss asking for four pounds in cash, the cost of his dry cleaning. As her salary was about a fourth of his lawyer’s salary, she sent a sarcastic reply suggesting that the office take up a collection for him. Apparently she copied several people in the office in on the correspondence when someone leaked it to the newspapers who demonized the lawyer and made the two of them a household name. The attorney had planned to leave the firm just prior to the publicity and the secretary was said to be thinking over her employment after feeling isolated her former boss’s supporters who felt he was unfairly victimized.
These two incidents give us a glimpse into how important it is to be careful about even our informal communication. Take care to choose your words wisely, respectfully and carefully. You never know who might be reading.
A word of communication caution from your friends at Art of Eloquence.com!
My dd was practically born with a book in her hand. She LOVED reading and was reading on a college level when she was in 3rd grade. My son actually taught himself to read using the computer and DVD subtitles when he was about 2yrs old. So I was shocked that he didn’t want to read anything that wasn’t computer game instructions!
It was like pulling teeth to get Chris to read back then. I tried covering up most of the page so he could only see a line at a time. He knew words that were well beyond his years but he just didn’t want to read. Then we found a series of books that were well below his reading level, but that he really thought were fun! I allowed him to read them to his heart’s content because I was sure he would blossom as a reader if I could just get him to understand how much fun reading really was.
It worked wonders! He is now reading things much higher than his grade level IN HIS SPARE TIME and loving it! He just finished reading a book that is almost 400 pages and is asking for more! I always knew that reading equals a larger vocabulary, but you know what else? I noticed that his spelling has improved dramatically as well! In fact, I have noticed that his ability to describe things and to understand things has also drastically increased.
Get your kids into reading even if they don’t like reading. Find something they do–even if you don’t. That’s another reason to check out Foot in Mouth Man. My 10 y/o son loves reading FIMM! If you don’t know FIMM, he’s the Art of Eloquence mascot and resident MIScommunicator. Each month is a funny story many kids love to read! Reading helps communication and communication skills are powerful!
Last week a very popular political figure had to be rushed to the hospital. No, he isn’t a senator or congressman. He isn’t even a politician. He is a conservative talk radio host.
Though I prayed for his recovery, it isn’t his illness that brings me to write about him today; it was the reaction of some of those who disagree with his political persuasion. It was the message they sent and the way in which they chose to communicate it. But more than anything else, it was their rush to hatred and the language of hatred that I wish to discuss.
Several blogs and internet news media reported last week that Rush Limbaugh was taken to the hospital with chest pains. He was reported to be in serious condition. I found out about it on Twitter and went to the various links provided to try to learn more. What I found was something that saddened me.
Among the well wishes and prayers were comments calling for his death and requests for him to suffer. I won’t include here the actual words used as I find them horrific, but I wonder why people, these days, feel the need to spew hatred on those they disagree with. Why they wish them harm?
I disagree with many people including those who have the power to affect my life in a very negative way. I don’t wish ill upon them. I disagree with most of what President Obama is trying to accomplish, yet I was appalled to hear that someone had plotted to kill him during the time he was running for office. I was horrified to learn that there was a security breach in the White House when a couple crashed a party where they had access to the President and Vice President!
If you disagree with someone, what is the purpose in publicly wishing them harm? Do people think words of hatred will endear the other side to their cause? Show them the error of their ways? Not likely! Do they think that simply because they believe something different from what they believe that they are not human? Have feelings with families who care about them? Or is the idea just to inflict as much harm as possible?
If you truly believe in something, isn’t it your purpose to try to affect change so that others will come to adopt your beliefs? I have never known a time when the language of hatred had caused someone to adopt the opposite opinion. Ever! Wouldn’t it be better to speak with civility and grace to appeal to those who disagree with you so that they will listen to what you have to say? I have noticed, too, that many of those who speak out against “Hate Speech” are the very ones rushing to speak hatred of others simply because they disagree with them.
What we need is an effective way of communicating our beliefs. Art of Eloquence believes it is far more effective to speak to others in love and with respect. It isn’t a rush to heated words or stopping another from speaking that will gain the hearts of those who oppose you. I think, instead, what some are trying to do is kill the others’ argument. But you will not persuade another by cutting off his argument. You will only stifle your understanding of how to answer him.
Some thoughts on the language of hatred from the folks at Art of Eloquence.com.
As is our custom, Communication FUNdamentals blog takes each Friday to deliver some Friday Funnies in order to bring to the forefront the need for effective communication skills. And this Friday is no different.
Sometimes when folks communicate, we have no idea what they are trying to get across. Other times we have an idea but it may not be the correct one. Even though we may know what someone is trying to say, there are times when miscommunication can have a negative effect on someone’s credibility or just cause enough confusion to warrant some unnecessary fine tuning at which point there is a possibility that it could cause some ill effects or hard feelings.
As we head into 2010, let us give pause to the cause of effective communication and the time and difficulties it will save us. Art of Eloquence wishes God’s blessings on your life and your relationships. May you grow closer and build stronger relationships with your family, friends and co workers and may you reach out in 2010 to those who do not yet know the Lord.
We would love to help you reach those goals with Art of Eloquence effective communication studies. If you know someone whose relationship is suffering or who longs to know how to share his or her thoughts and needs effectively, please direct them to our website that we might help!
You all just HAVE to listen in to this! Tomorrow morning 8am PST/11am EST is a very special preview of the 5th Annual Say What You Mean Convention coming on February 3rd, 2010! If you are not familiar with the convention, you can check out last year’s here!
The convention is an annual online event celebrating and teaching the fine Art of Eloquence in the style of the Great Communicator, Ronald Reagan! Art of Eloquence finds, as Reagan did, that communicating in a godly way using humor goes a long way! We celebrate communication around The Great Communicator’s birthday each year with an all day series of live and recorded events, contests, prizes, prayer chat, workshops and seminars.
This year our Keynote Speakers are Christian Comedian, Michael Jr and Cindy Rushton of Talk A Latte!
The preview show will introduce you to the convention, share with you what you can expect to find at the convention this year and give you a brief education about the Three Flavors of Communication: Writing, Speech and Conversation, this year’s convention theme! You will also meet myself and my two moderators: Kim Kautzer of WriteShop and Joan Rudder Ward of Girl Nurture who will be sharing their expertise along with me at the convention in February.
As a very special part of the preview show, we will be joined by Cindy Rushton and perhaps even Michael Jr too, if time permits him to call in!
Here’s how you can tune in to the show:
You can either call in:
Phone Number: (724) 444-7444
Call ID: 19736
Or you can log on using your computer:
http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/19736
You can also sign up for your own TalkShoe account (It’s free and takes only a few minutes) so that you can not only listen in, but join the chatroom as well!
Don’t miss out on this live show! It’s my FINAL PODCAST and you will want to be there to join the fun and even ask questions of my guests either about the Say What You Mean Convention or their expertise in their fields. Join us and be blessed!!!
It’s that time of year again when people make New Year’s Resolutions and don’t keep them.
“Lose 20 pounds by July.”
…..“Start a new business and become independently wealthy.”
………………………………..“Organize my closet alphabetically and color code.”
……………………………………………………………………………………………“Quit smoking, again.”
I’m poking a little fun here, but these are all admirable goals. The problem isn’t that they cannot be accomplished, but that we aren’t always serious when we make them. And sometimes we aren’t always making New Year’s Resolutions about the things which are the most important to our lives.
First, most of us want things, but we are not always that willing to do what it takes in order to accomplish them. We want to lose weight as long as it doesn’t require any exercise! That would be why they sell so many diet pills. We want to make more money, but we aren’t willing to invest in the things that will teach us how to get there. That’s why there are so many “Get Rich Quick” programs on the internet and Marketing Gurus on Twitter. Life’s not quite as challenging in many ways as it used to be and we prefer everything delivered in a nano second.
Additionally, sometimes we are so overwhelmed with the things the world feels are important that they obscure the the things that are really important. Here are the most popular New Year’s Resolutions:
1. Lose Weight
2. Manage Debt
3. Save Money
4. Better Job
5. Get Fit
6.Better Education
7. Drink Less
8. Quit Smoking
9.Reduce Stress
10. Take a Trip
Was your New Year’s Resolution in there and was it the same the year before? It’s interesting to me that among the top ten isn’t something like: get closer to God, read my Bible daily, do something for others, help others come to the saving knowledge of Christ, heal my marriage, build closer relationships with family, spend time with my children, help my neighbors…
When asked what is most important in life, most people will say God, children, marriage, friendships, etc. So why the disconnect in what most folks want to accomplish in the next 12 months? When we die, we won’t be content to look back having left behind a legacy of thinness, smokeless-ness and wealth. We want to look back on our lives and see the lives we’ve touched. We want to see what we have done for the Kingdom of God. We want to know that our children have fond memories and ideals we have taught them. We want to leave behind a legacy of memories that can only be created by strong relationships.
What most people don’t realize is that a strong relationship cannot be built or enjoyed without good communication skills. You cannot have a relationship with someone without communicating with them. So this year, as you think about your New Year’s Resolutions, please consider not just what you need or want, but what you can build. Consider the legacy you want to leave behind. Consider how you can build that legacy through strong, close relationships with your spouse, children, friends, neighbors, co workers and family members. Consider spending a little time, effort and perhaps even a wee bit of money to accomplish these most important things in your life.
We believe that one of the best ways to do that is to invest in yourself (in your education) that will allow you to strengthen these important relationships. Check out Art of Eloquence before you make those New Year’s Resolutions and see how we can help you achieve the MOST important resolutions of all: Stronger Relationships!
Happy New Year from the Art of Eloquence family to yours!
