I hope you enjoyed Communication Effectiveness Month. We talked about how communication skills affect just about every aspect of our lives from our parenting to our marriages and from our friendships to our careers. If you'd like to assess your communication skills, here is a communication quiz I designed years ago. I've copied part of it here, but you'll see a link to the rest of it at the bottom of this post. Communication Assessment Quiz Check your CEQ: Communication Effectiveness Quotient. 1. How often do you feel intimidated by someone? Always Often Occasionally Rarely Never 2. How often does intimidation prevent you from speaking up? Always Often Occasionally Rarely Never 3. Do you shy away from conflict? Always Often...
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...
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Surprise Birthday Party Fail.
As Mr. Magorium once said, "Apparently you misunderstand the rules of a surprise."
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We've updated all our sample lessons! Over the last year, I have been working almost exclusively on new communication studies, especially the ones that you have told us you needed. Over the year, we have released: Say What You Mean Debating the Issues Say What You Mean Overcoming Social Anxiety Say What You Mean Beginning Debate Say What You Mean Avoiding, Reducing and Resolving Conflicts This past year has left me precious little time to do some much needed revising of our website...and you all know how UNtechie I am. Well, in the past few weeks, I've been working on several aspects of our website and today I'm ready to announce our first series of changes:...
Have you subscribed to Communication FUNdamentals’ RSS Feed? Don’t miss a post! x It's Communication FUNdamentals Week and I hope you've been enjoying many giggles over the last few days. Laughter is essential and not only to the learning process as we were discussion earlier, but to our health. They say laughter is the best medicine. You should have several doses per day! I love making people laugh. I do it with my kids. In fact, my son has gotten so used to it that he often says, "Mommy, say something funny!" No pressure or anything! ROFL Well, in case you haven't been reading my blog, my articles, my Facebook fan page, my newsletter or my studies, (shudder, the thought!)...
