Is anyone else getting a bit frustrated with Facebook? Seems a lot of rules that limit socialization for a social media network. Facebook says it's trying to protect its users by ridding itself of anything that might possibly resemble SPAM. But it is taking the social right out of social media, don't you think? 1. You can't have more than 5000 friends. What if I'm popular? LOL I recently had a discussion with someone on Facebook who said that anyone who believes you can have that many friends doesn't understand what the word means. I don't believe Facebook is for people who are such good friends they'd do anything for each other. If Facebook were just for very close friends,...
Communication in its most simplistic form is the sharing of an idea in a way that allows the other party/parties to understand the message the way in which it was intended. It's a simple concept, but not an easy one to attain, especially in today's microwave society. For many years, communication was thought an important skill to teach each generation and it yielded incredible results. It allowed people of diverse cultures and world views to discuss things of great importance allowing consensus to be reached. It promoted grace and manners in the event that agreement was not found in order for citizens to live peaceably and agree to disagree. Not always, but mostly in polite society. But today,...
Rewrite these (mostly) faux Facebook statuses so they are written in proper English. 1. goin fishin ltr 2. r u kidding me????? 3 IDK 4. marry had a litle lamb chop4 diner 5. bet u didnt' fin her their when u got they're i know you mustv lookd for a looooooooooong tim ?will u do now? NOTE: Don’t forget to submit your communication questions to jojo@artofeloquence.com for my monthly Ask JoJo section of my blog. I’ll pick one question per month to answer right here on the blog! You can ask anything related to communication skills from a tip on how not to be nervous making a speech to what games your kids can play that will help them...
Due to underwhelming support, we are discontinuing our Communication Comedy Network monthly video program. Our pilot episode garnered very few views or feedback. Since they are very time intensive to produce, we have decided to put our efforts elsewhere. To that end, we are going back to a weekly blog post schedule and we have all new categories for you! Along with Art of Eloquence news, we will be posting on the following topics on a monthly basis: Communication FUNdamentals: Fun communication games, riddles and contests! “Wright” the Wrongs: Short paragraph where you'll be challenged to correct poor grammar, spelling or punctuation! Communication Reviews: Reviews of TV shows, movies, commercials, Facebook trends, etc! Ask JoJo: Submit your communication question to...
Announcement: Due to my health issues, I will only be writing posts for the Art of Eloquence blog once a month. If you would like more information, tips and free gifts, please subscribe to our twice monthly newsletter. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Have you noticed that some of social media posts will garner tons of "likes," retweets, shares, and comments, but others...well...they just don't? It seemed to me that the ones that are the most important are commonly in the latter group. Frustrated, I looked deeper into this issue and was surprised by what I found. I think you will be too, but it's an important communication lesson for us all in the Technological Age. By the way, I encourage you to read...
