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JoJo's FUNschooling at the Ultimate Homeschool Expo!

I think this is my 3rd year speaking at Cindy Rushton's Ultimate Homeschool Expo!  She puts on a fabulous event! This is Preview Week for the UHSE and Cindy is having some of her speakers on to share even more fun with her listeners! Come join me this afternoon 11am PST/1pm CST for my seminar on FUNschooling!  Here are the details: FUNschooling with JoJo Tabares 1PM CST Call-in (Call in on your phone, cell-phone, or SKYPE): (347) 205-9175 Join Us Live Online: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Ultimate-Homeschool-Expo And get ready for some FUN!

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JoJo on Listening

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...

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Fri Funny: Another JoJo Saying...

I have another JoJo-ism for you!  I recently found an article I wrote a while back (10 Quick Rules for Disagreeing in Grace), that I discovered had some of my more inspired sayings.  I'll be sharing more of these on Twitter and Facebook, but here is one that I thought was appropriate for Friday Funnies: "Tis better to agree to disagree and live to discuss another day than to fight for your right to be a pest!" -JoJo Tabares Learning Communication skills can also be fun with Art of Eloquence.com!

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Short Quiz

Are you one of the few people who does not need to hone your communication skills?  Take this short quiz to find out: 1. Are you breathing? If you answered "no" to ANY of these questions, further study on effective communication skills is not necessary for your success. The rest of you join me over at Art of Eloquence and let's have some fun with speech communication skills!

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JoJo's Communication Sayings

Happy Wednesday everyone!  I've been blogging for several years now and since I switched my blog over to Word Press, I've been going back to my old blog and trying to bring some of my more insightful posts on communication over here bit by bit.  To my surprise, I found quite a lot of posts worthy of being brought over here to the new improved Communication FUNdamentals.  Color me SURPRISED.  I guess one of he hazards of being a writer is that you always think your earlier work isn't worthy.  Either that or my current articles aren't much better! I don't know. LOL In either case, what I found while sifting through my old articles is a comphilation of several...

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