As we finish our second week of Effective Communication Month, it's time again, for Friday Funnies. I bring you this YouTube classic video. It is difficult for us non-techies to adjust to new technology and apparently it always was. It appears, way back in Medieval Times, they had the same trouble adjusting from scrolls to books as we do from books to computers. See how, even then, the technical manual was written for folks who already knew how to operate it... x If you liked this post, make sure to subscribe to our RSS Feed so you don’t miss one and SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter: for even MORE communication fun, FREE gifts, Book of the Month Club and exclusive excerpts...
Monday we talked about the influence of texting on effective communication skills. Today I'd like to give you some links to articles I've written that shed a bit more light on the subject: Communication Technology Doesn't Replace Communication Skill! My generation has gone from ABC, NBC and CBS to Cable TV, CDroms and DVDs. We have lived through the biggest technological advancements in history. We can now communicate with people around the world through cell phones, email, voicemail, videomail ...and we can see political events unfolding as they happen! The internet wasn't fast enough for us so we now have DSL and Cable that are 50x faster than the modems of two years ago! Computers weren't portable enough so...
Communication FUNdamentals continues its celebration of Effective Communication Month! Last week we looked at the history of communication technology. Today, I'd like to talk about how that change in communication can affect the quality of our communication. The Influence of Texting on Effective Communication Skills By JoJo Tabares “Nd U 2 gt rpt 2me by fri5. Bob” Can you imagine receiving this email from a high level manager at a major corporation? What would you think of the company who sent this to you, their customer? If you think this is a an exaggeration, guess again! Many researchers believe that texting and email have contributed to the drastic decrease in effective communication skills of this generation. In this...
I end our first week of Effective Communication Month with a real life spam funny. This is an actual email I received last week. Notice how "realistic" it looks? ROFL This one's pretty funny and, even though I've never had any encounters with the FBI, I can tell this is not something I need to respond to. What's wrong with this picture? How can you tell this spammer isn't really the FBI? Here are a few big red flags: 1. The subject line says, "Email from FBI." I've never received an email from the FBI, but I don't think my first contact with the FBI would be an email that said, "Email from FBI." 2. The From field says "FBI...
June is Effective Communication Month! I found that out because my computer was electronically communicating with the world wide web the other day and I happened across a holiday website that told me so. So...in honor of Effective Communication Month, I'm going to be posting about the areas of our every day lives that are affected by communication skills and giving you all some tips for each one. Each day will focus on a different area of life. I actually wanted to post an audio from a seminar I gave this past week. Unfortunately, TalkShoe didn't work and play well with others that day. There was some miscommunication between my technology and their technology and, well, it wasn't pretty. I'm...
