Birthday Bash: 5pm-LightHome Publications

James Dunlap from LightHome Publicationswill be sharing on the Art of Eloquence Facebook fan page this Birthday Bash half hour.  Here is what she is offering as a prize for this half hour’s contest:

From LightHome Publications:

Subscription to Artistic Nature Magazine

Packed with pictures in color, coloring pages, and all kinds of interesting facts about nature, along with multiple art activities with instructions in each and every issue. This colorful quarterly magazine for home­schoolers covers Nature, Art, Bible, and other school subjects in a fun and interesting way.  Each issue has a special nature topic that the whole issue revolves around, making each issue suitable for a unit study that you can use at any time!  This is a multi-level magazine that is geared to the goals and needs of multi-level home­schooling, with different features that will be enjoyed by different ages, 8 to 15. (Some children who are younger than 8 or older than 15 will also enjoy the magazine, but the writing and art instruction are mainly geared for ages 8-15.).

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To win this prize, you will need to post a comment to this blog post answering this question:  Name two of your favorite Art of Eloquence studies listed on our Elementary page!

We’ll be picking a winner from among the correct answers and contacting you via email so make sure you leave your email address on your comment post.

Don’t forget to subscribe to our newsletter for another chance to win a Birthday Bash prize from Art of Eloquence!  And you might want to subscribe to the blog RSS feed so you don’t miss a contest today!

(DISCLAIMER: Communication FUNdamentals, our blog, normally only posts three times a week (MWF) but today we are having a new post/contest each half hour of the Birthday Bash.)

Congratulations to our Winner: Terri G!

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Art of Eloquence Year in Review

2010 has been an incredibly busy year, mostly due to our rigid writing schedule. I think, at last count, I wrote over 50 articles, 13 eBooks and did about 10 seminars.  Here’s what else God has allowed us to accomplish this year:

We completely revamped our website to make it more user-friendly and packed it with a TON more information!  We also redesigned the blog to better match the look of our website. This year saw the very last Say What You Mean Convention.  The website will remain up only for another few months, but after five years of hosting it, we will not be able to continue in the coming years.  It took a full year, each year, to plan and execute.

We introduced two new segments on our newsletter and gave away a record number of free products to our subscribers including gifts for Valentine’s Day, Resurrection SONday, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Thanksgiving and CHRISTmas as well as a few others just because!

This year we introduced four new studies and have two more on the way!  Back by popular demand was the eBook version of Say What You Mean for Preschoolers!  We also introduced three new eStudies, 21 Days to More Godly Communication, Say What You Mean: Overcoming Social Anxiety and Say What You Mean: Debating the Issues! Coming soon are Say What You Mean: Avoiding, Reducing and Resolving Conflicts and Say What You Mean: General Debate.

JoJo (That’s me!)  is now a contributing author on The Old Schoolhouse Magazine’s Company Porch, Girl Nurture’s blog, CWAHM’s blog, as well as a guest author on various other blogs.

Lastly we’ve been blessed by many awards and endorsements over the past year.  Here are just a few:

Reluctant WAHM.com (Several AoE studies)

The Old Schoolhouse.com (The Play Book)

Homeschool Group Leader.com (The Language of Leadership)

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What were YOU able to accomplish in 2010?  What would you like to change in 2011?  How can Art of Eloquence help?

We’ve got big plans for 2011 that we’ll be announcing shortly!  We pray they will bring blessings to you and your family!

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Want more free articles & gifts?

If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time, you know that I have a lot of fun pictures, videos and articles to share here on Communication FUNadamentals.  What you may not know, is that you can get even more free articles packed with communication tips as well as free gifts and exclusive offers if you subscribe to our What’s New at Art of Eloquence eNewsletter!

We give away free gifts and products, usually for, but not limited to, the major holidays.  Two weeks ago, we gave away a free copy of my very first JoJoisms eBook on Communication to ALL of our newsletter subscribers–no strings attached!

We also provide our Art of Eloquence newsletter subscribers with exclusive offers we do not offer ANYONE else!  Last week we had a One Day Only Sale.  It was a buy one HALF OFF; get one FREE sale!  No special occasion, we just picked a date.  We know times are tough out there and we just wanted to bless our subscribers with something we had never done before.  By the way, we’d like to thank all of you who sent emails thanking us for the opportunity to purchase all the ePackages and individual eBooks you’ve been wanting at this amazing low rate.  And a special thank you for each of you who shared with us how Art of Eloquence products have blessed your life and that of your children!

Another perk of being a What’s New at Art of Eloquence eNewsletter subscriber is that you get a free monthly article packed with tips for effective communication in your daily life.  We’ve had many an article series come through the newsletter that eventually was incorporated into a book we now sell on the Art of Eloquence website.  Our newsletter subscribers got the info for free ahead of time!  We just finished a series on conflict and one on email.   I just started a brand new series last month that will be about a year long on common communication myths.  Last week I shared why communication isn’t just important for making speeches, but for every day life.  Tomorrow, I am going to share an article I just finished on myth number 2:  Communication is Easy.  I’ll share how everyone is NOT born knowing how to communicate effectively and this is why so many misunderstandings occur.  PLUS I’ll give subscribers tips and links to free resources to help you study this vital skill.

Another advantage to What’s New at Art of Eloquence eNewsletter is my new Ask JoJo segment that comes out the second Tuesday of each month.  That’s where YOU get to ask me ANY communication question you like and I’ll answer it complete with tips and techniques.  Since many of our subscribers face the same issues, it’s nice to be able to benefit from someone else’s questions!  I try to answer 2-4 questions each month.

Aside from these things, What’s New at Art of Eloquence eNewsletter subscribers also get first notice of new products and a chance to pre-order upcoming new products at a HUGE discount!  I’ll be releasing my brand new, expanded eCourse on Conflicts soon and ONLY our newsletter subscribers will get the opportunity to pre-order this expanded eBook on how to avoid, reduce and resolve conflicts.

If you are not already as subscriber, you can subscribe here!  If you know others who’d like to benefit from all of this creative and fun information on effective communication, post a link to this blog post on your Twitter, Facebook, blog, Yahoo group, or website.

Don’t forget that if you DO post a link to any page on our site before November 1st, email us jojo@artofeloquence.com (with “BB Links” in the subject line) to let us know and we’ll give you 8 points toward our Birthday Bash Grand Prize!  Check out the details here!

Most of what we offer is free!  Don’t miss out on all the fun!

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Don’t Miss the Upcoming Facebook Fun!

If you weren’t already aware, Art of Eloquence has a fan page over on Facebook.  We’ve been having such a fun time over there that I thought I’d share it with everyone so you could come on over and join us for some upcoming Art of Eloquence Communication FUN.  Aside from all the fun links, videos, funny pictures and sayings posted weekly, here are two reasons you’ll want to join us…

1. Communication BINGO starts Sept. 1st!

I have a list of 75 communication terms posted on a secret link on the Art of Eloquence website just for our Facebook fan page members.  Choose 25 of the terms, email them in to me before Sept. 1st and play along to win one of 8 prizes!  Each of the first 8 winners will get a free Art of Eloquence product!

The idea is to watch for the terms I call out each day and cross them off your list.  Each day I’ll not only post a term or two from the list, but a fun link, picture, joke or saying that goes along with it.  When all of your terms are called off, email me to claim BINGO!  After each win is verified with my email copy sent in, I’ll award each of the first 8 to call BINGO with a free Art of Eloquence eProduct!

If you aren’t yet a member of the Art of Eloquence Facebook page, come on over and “Like” us!  Then click our Events tab to find more details about our upcoming Communication BINGO!

2. Free copy of my very first JoJoisms eBook!

If you weren’t an Art of Eloquence newsletter subscriber last week, you probably didn’t get a free copy of my very first JoJoisms eBook, the very first in the eSeries!  Not to worry, because if you are a member of our Facebook fan page when we reach 1000 members, you’ll have another chance!   We have somewhere around 950 members.  When we reach 1000, I’m going to make a link available for ALL Art of Eloquence Facebook fan page members to claim their own free copy of my very first illustrated JoJoisms eBook with my insightful and humorous quotes on communication!

Don’t let us start without YOU!

If you “Like” us, I think you’ll really like us!

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Free JoJoisms Coming Soon

I have a new series of illustrated eBooks coming out soon.  JoJoisms are my funny, insightful sayings about life.  The first in the series will be on communication.  Who’d a thunk it, right?  Inside will be things like, JoJoism#45, “God didn’t make cookie-cutter people so there is no one-size-fits-all way to communicate with them.

It’ll be out this week and you can get it for free if…

1) you are one of our newsletter subscribers.

What’s New at Art of Eloquence is our newsletter featuring an exclusive monthly article and Ask JoJo featuring answers to YOUR communication questions.  It also shares exclusive offers and free gifts just for our subscribers.  Tomorrow;s newsletter will allow every subscriber to download JoJoisms that reveal life’s truths about communication fundamentals!

If you are already a subscriber, you need do nothing but open your newsletter and click the download link.   If you are not a subscriber, now is the time!  Click here to subscribe to What’s New at Art of Eloquence today!

2) you are a Facebook Fan when we reach 1000 members.

We currently have over 930 members of the Art of Eloquence Facebook fan page.  When we reach 1000, I’ll make a download link available to all members!  Our Facebook page members have all kinds of fun that we cannot work via our newsletter.  I post funny pictures, quotes and sayings that help illustrate various communication skills.  However, the next several months will be even more exciting.

September 1st will kick off our Communication Bingo contest.  I’ll be posting a few communication terms per day M-F along with some fun links, pictures, scriptures and quotes that illustrate their importance.  If you are one of the members who signed up to play (chosen 25 of our 75 communication terms) and you are one of the first 8 to call bingo (meaning I have called out all 25 of your terms), you will win a free gift from Art of Eloquence and 8 points toward our Birthday Bash Grand Prize!

If you are already an Art of Eloquence Facebook fan page member, go into the group and find the post with the details of the game and the 75 words.  Then pick 25 of them and send them in to me before Sept. 1st.  If you are not yet a member there, click here to “like” (join) our page and check out the link to enter!

3) you are a For the Love of Purple.com Contest winner.

I have a fun blog for purple lovers called FortheLoveofPurple.com.  Today and Wednesday I’m celebrating the one year anniversary of the blog by having a contest.  Today I’m asking readers to name the purple things they have in their home that start with the letters A-M.   You can see the details of that contest here. You’ll notice that the cover of JoJoisms is purple (as are most of the Art of Eloquence communication studies!).

So…there are three ways to get a free copy of JoJoisms.  I suggest to you try all three!

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FIMM's 150th Episode

We’re celebrating FIMM’s 150th episode this month. I starting writing for Foot in Mouth Man on April 19, 2006.  At first he was over on my blog each week, but eventually after his popularity grew, we gave him his own page on Art of Eloquence.com where he has his monthly episodes, his FIMM Speaks audio and his own You Tube video!

Check out FIMMology 101: The FIMMportant, FIMMtastic and FUNbelievable Study  of the Humorous Sins of Our Mouths!  It has thirty nine pages and over 30 lessons packed with hilariously, creative Foot in Mouth Man episodes teaching various communication skills!  This is NOT your traditional communication study!

* eBook available immediately as a download
* Over 30 fun-filled, creative lessons
* Adorably illustrated
* Links to even more FIMM Fun
* PERFECT for shy communicators!
* FUN lessons you can share with children of various ages
* Can be used as a homeschool study by teaching one lesson per week and using discussion to explore its implications!
* Have students rewrite each FIMM Faux Pas the way it should have been handled or share it orally!
* Perfect for adults who need a giggle break!
* Makes a great gift too!

Check out FIMMology 101 and celebrate FIMM’s 150th episode today with your very own copy.  Don’t let anyone you know be a FIMMpersonator.  Get your copy of FIMMology 101 today!

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Preschool book now available!

Say What You Mean for Preschoolers is finally back!  So many of you had been waiting patiently for this 2-5 year study to be updated as an eBook and put back up on the website.

For those of you who pre-ordered, I am emailing your copies out this morning!

For those that did not yet order, but would love to introduce your preschooler or even your older boys to communication skills in a fun way, THIS is the program for you!  Come check it out here!

It’s never to early to introduce your child to communication skills.  In fact, the earlier you do, more proficient they will be!  PLUS introducing your children to communication skills early can help them avoid shyness which can become debilitating beginning in later elementary school.

Very few people understand the power of communication for their young children and Art of Eloquence is the only company I know of that offers a study for children this young!  Say What You Mean for Preschoolers is packed with fun and creative activities that help teach your youngster communication skills and grows with them as they do!  Check it out today!

Another creatively fun speech communication product from Art of Eloquence.com!

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