I would like to wish all of you a very blessed Thanksgiving! Art of Eloquence usually gives away a gift for Thanksgiving and this year is no exception. We gave away The Word on Thanksgiving to all of our newsletter subscribers earlier this week. If you were not subscribed, you should be because we give away free gifts, exclusive offers and advanced notice of sales, events and products all year long! However, we are giving you a second chance to get this adorably illustrated powerful book on thankfulness! Just join our Art of Eloquence fan club on Facebook and you will have access to it all this week. But do hurry, we will be taking the link down after this...
This month marks our 7th birthday! Art of Eloquence has now been in business for over 7 years. I'm one of those "if one is good, 10 thousand MUST be better" kind of gals! I love helping folks and I love to give. Each year I began by asking myself how much more I could give my customers, blog readers, newsletter subscribers, etc. Unfortunately, in order to support my habit, I'm afraid I had backed myself into a busy corner. Earlier this year, my dh asked me to slow down the ministry portion of Art of Eloquence. It was hard for me, but I went from sending out three newsletters a week to just one and writing a weekly Foot...
You will be if you are not one of our newsletter subscribers this month! Each Tuesday morning Art of Eloquence sends out a free newsletter where we give away free gifts, provide exclusive offers, first notice about free events and limited time offers as well as communication tips and articles JUST for our newsletter subscribers! This month's exclusive offer: If you are not yet a subscriber, you missing out on our Exclusive Subscriber Contest where you could win a free Art of Eloquence product of YOUR CHOICE! The contest is only open to newsletter subscribers so to find out more about how to enter, you'll have to subscribe! Here's what have you missed recently if you are not yet a...
My dear friend and cohost on Grace Talk Soup, Carla Ives, was my sounding board yesterday morning as I received some disturbing news after my weekly newsletter went out where I shared part of the article I wrote for yesterday's blog post here on Communication FUNdamentals. Sharing your troubles with a friend is one of those gifts God gives His children to help them through difficult times. Not only did she reassure me, but yesterday evening I found this precious article in my inbox with a note asking if I would post it today as a Guest Blogger! Well, needless to say I was greatly honored. Here are her thoughts. I'll let her explain what happened. MY PARTNER IS A...
Over the last several years, I have written a great deal on the topic of listening. Most people know that listening is an important skill but they don't really know why. Here are a few of the sayings I have used in various articles over the last several years. JoJo on Listening: "1 speaker + 1 Listener = an effective communication equation." JoJo Tabares "Sometimes the most intelligent thing to say is…nothing." JoJo Tabares "When your audience is no longer listening, it’s always best to stop talking!" JoJo Tabares "You will not persuade another by cutting off his argument. You will only stifle your understanding of how to answer him." -JoJo Tabares I cover this topic in depth in an...
