I know the elections aren't until 2012, but you can still vote! ROFL Last week, I issued a challenge to enter our contest by submitting a family friendly, funny or sweet story of miscommunication. We had several wonderful entries and now I'd like you all to vote on your favorites! 1. Janie's Entry: I was chatting on the phone with my sister. She had said that for her daughter’s birthday she wanted one of our kittens. I knew which kitten my niece liked so I told my sister “The kitten she likes is a female.” My daughter (who was 4 at the time) said “But Mom, we don’t do females we only do e-mails. 2. Andi's Entry: One afternoon I...
June is Effective Communication Month so, to celebrate, Art of Eloquence is hosting a contest here on the blog where you could win free Art of Eloquence studies of YOUR CHOICE! Here's how it works: CONTEST RULES/HOW TO ENTER: 1. Submit a family-friendly, funny or sweet story of miscommunication. The story could have happened to you in "real life," you could have heard about it happening to someone else OR you could write one out of your own imagination. It can be funny like a Foot in Mouth Man episode or a sweet and inspirational story. Preferably just a few sentences or a paragraph, but there is no limit to the length if it's a good story. 2. Post them...
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...
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...
Today is Day Five of the National Words Matter Week Contest! In addition to posting our blog link(s), today you have an additional way to enter and have fun with our contest! Today’s Extra Entry: Here are our extra entry rules for today, Friday, March 5th: Each Friday, here at Communication FUNdamentals, we feature a video or quote or picture that illustrates miscommunication with humor. This week, I have a funny video for you. I'm always looking for family friendly communication humor. Today's extra challenge for Words Matter Week is to find some fun illustration of miscommunication. Send your family friendly video, picture, quote or audio links to jojo@artofeloquence.com and please put “WMW Contest” in the subject linke. Each of...
