Continuing with my series, “What Does Your _____ Say About You?” Here is another article I wrote a while back that addresses the example we set and what we communicate even if it's for a good cause. What Does Your Post Say About You? Breast Cancer AWAREness? by JoJo Tabares Every year around this time, I receive an inordinate number of private messages from Facebook friends about Breast Cancer Awareness. So many apparently see this as a fun way to promote a worthy cause, the elimination of breast cancer which affects many women, so why do I have such a problem with it? 1. It does NOT promote awareness. A few years ago I was asked to post the color...
I'm starting a new series on the blog called, "What Does Your _____ Say About You?" I'm going to highlight some of the things we may not think about when we consider communication. However, this is especially important as we consider what kind of Christain example we are as we go through our day. Here is an article I wrote a while back for Examiner.com. So...What does your Facebook Page Say About You? Are You a Good Christian Example on Facebook? By JoJo Tabares “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part...
For all of you who feel overwhelmed, here's your Friday giggle...
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"Okay, Mildred. I guess I can have the report on your desk in ten minutes. All I need to do is find the library references, incorporate today's news reports, search the internet for relevent resources, and our files to make sure we haven't done something like this in the past twenty years."
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Noah Webster was born Oct 16, 1758 so I thought we'd celebrate words today. Here is an article I wrote on words and how their meanings change over the years. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Over the years, the meanings of words do change and for many different reasons. I thought it would be fun to take a look back at some of these words. Enjoy! Some words have changed meanings for technological reasons. 1. A tweet used to be the sound a bird makes. Now it’s a 140 character message you type on a social networking site where people share things from political news to what they had for dinner. 2. The word friend is now a verb. Where I used to have...
I've written about my love for the I Love Lucy show before. It was one of the most incredibly creative shows, especially with the use of language. It was the first show I can remember where language played a vital role: accents, miscommunication, culture. Last month, I wrote an article for my newsletter subscribers detailing the lessons we can about poor communication from I Love Lucy. But this week, on the anniversary of the very first I Love Lucy show, I'd like to highlight some of the fun and creative scenes that taught us about language and effective communication. Here's Lucy making fun of Ricky's English: Ricky tells Little Ricky a bedtime story. Can you tell which one? ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ If...
