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,...
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...
Have you ever had a time in your life where you were offended by something someone implied because of the words they used? I’d also be willing to bet that there was a time when you had occasion to go back and discuss the issue with that person and found that they hadn’t meant it the way it sounded. How did you feel about having been upset with them for no reason? Did you wish you had asked for clarification and avoided months or even years of ill-will? I’ll bet you did and I’ll bet others have felt the same way about something you once said or posted. Toxic language accuses, blames and convicts. How can you detoxify your communication? *...
I came across a link to an article about poor communication skills this past weekend which both confused and amused me. As a student of communication and an author of various studies on the subject, the title intrigued me: "Communication Skills Worsening." However, the article (and I am really not sure this qualifies as an article. It looks more like a blog post.) was not very well written or documented. The article reported that the number of children starting school in New Jersey with poor communication skills was rising and that one reason for this was that families "spend less time doing things together out of doors." It went on to say that the Department of Education, Sport and Culture...
