x We interrupt Perception Week to bring you this news bulletin: (Pretend you hear old fashioned news media typing here.) x FLASH: The Homeschool Post has just announced this year's Homeschool Blog Awards! x The Homeschool Post is a community of homeschooling parents and students. Once a year, they hold a contest to recognize and encourage blogs that are run by homeschoolers. I am honored and humbled to find that Art of Eloquence's own, Communication FUNdamentals, has been nominated and you'll probably laugh when you hear in what category: Funniest Homeschool Blog! There are many categories of blogs run by homeschool moms, dads and students (12 and over) who have varied interests. Some of the categories include: Best Nature Blog;...
Last week I received a message from someone on one of my social networking sites. It sparked a candid conversation that got me thinking about perceptions. The message came from someone I didn't know who was not connected with me on this networking site. There was no note of introduction, nor was she trying to befriend me or connect with me on this site. Her message was an ad for her product. Now, I have had people send me things like this before. I usually send them a polite reply advising them to be careful because people get upset about spam and the networking sites have a link in place for people to click if they feel you have spammed...
Today is Friday Funnies. As long as I'm getting political this week, I thought I bring you my favorite President, Ronald Reagan, and his humor. Without further introduction, here is the wit of Ronald Reagan.
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What's your favorite Ronald Reagan saying? Please share.
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I'll be making a major announcement tomorrow on our newsletter and then on Wednesday right here on the blog about a new study we have coming out soon. It has to do with how we "talk politics." In preparation for that, it's Politics Week here at Communication FUNdamentals. Today I'd like to share a bit of "politicing" going on and how we should and shouldn't communicate when we talk politics. Recently, President Obama made a very divisive comment while addressing the Latino community. It was not well received by many as the following YouTube video shows. He ran as a Uniter. He promised to listen to both Republicans and Democrats. He said he wanted to bring us together. However in...
