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What communication skills do students need?

What communication skills do students need these days? Whether your student is in a public school, co op classes or homeschooled, he or she will eventually graduate. Come learn why communication skills are increasingly important for learning, college prep, college classrooms and for life in the 'real' world. This month, my daughter, Kelsey,  joins me to share her communication experiences as a homeschool graduate, a college senior and a world traveler! Seminar Date/Time: Today, Wednesday, Aug. 10 8am PST/11am EST To Join us Online: http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/19736 To Join us Via Phone: Phone Number: (724) 444-7444 Call ID: 19736 The Talk Shoe audio will be available after the live show! X If you liked this post, make sure to subscribe to our RSS...

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Business Communication Seminar Today

If' you're a Christian working a small business, you need to join me this morning! You may not realize it, but almost every aspect of your business involves communication skills. The more effective you are, the more success you'll have in your business. Jill Hart of CWAHM and a sampling of Christian Work at Home Moms join me this morning (9am PST/12pm EST)  to share tips and techniques for better communication with your customers, co workers, suppliers, employees and more.  We'll discuss tips for customer service, sales, marketing, your blog, website, dealing with co workers, social networking like Yahoo groups, Facebook and Twitter. Join us via your computer: http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/19736 Or call in to the show: Phone Number: (724) 444-7444 Call...

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Overactive Exclamatory Punctuation!!!!!!

Every day we use the internet to connect and communicate with folks all over the world.  How we type our messages can make a huge difference in how they are perceived.  On February 24th, I'm going to be sharing more about everyday communication with a panel of guests over on TalkShoe.  There are several things we do every day that hinder our ability to say what we mean.  Today, I'd like to bring the exclamation point to your attention. The use, or overuse, of the exclamation point can create a vastly different meaning to your email and social networking communication.  It can alter your message or it can just as easily give you less credibility.  Let's look at the different...

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Homeschool Group Leaders: How to motivate your members

My guests this week are Kristen Fagala and Denise Hyde of HSGroupLeader.com who are just about to release a new book: One by One: Homeschool Group Leaders Guide to Motivating Your Members. We'll be talking about why leadership is important, how we can communicate in leadership and tips for motivating homeschool group members! Join us tomorrow Thursday, 8am PST/11am EST Join us live via your computer: http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/19736 Or join us live via phone: (724) 444-7444  Call ID: 19736 Or listen to the audio available immediately following the broadcast: http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/19736 Remember: I will not be podcasting after this year and all audios will come down in 2010 to make room for our new line up of 10-12 full length seminars!  So...

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Grace Talk Soup Contest!

May Grace Talk Soup Contest: Help us promote this show by posting it to Twitter, Facebook, your blog, newsletter, website, Yahoo group, etc.  Then email gts@artofeloquence.com and give us the link or tell us where you posted it and we will enter you in this week’s contest for a chance to win a prize: Say What You Mean Defending the Faith!  Just in time for our mini series this month! What's Grace Talk Soup all about? Are you confident that you are being understood when speaking to your child's doctor? Are you sure that they know exactly what you need when you finally get to the right menu option at your mortgage company? Do you know why your small business...

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