Conference Calls for Personal Use for the Holidays
Families today are displaced than ever and it gets more and more challenging to get together at the holidays. So everyone turns to a phone call usually to stay in touch which makes sense. A phone...
View ArticleThis winter telecommuting is king
For many people this is the longest, coldest, snowiest winter they have ever seen. I have some memories of the blizzard of ’78 but I don’t remember the winter lasting as long as this one. And I...
View ArticleA Beginner’s Guide to Conference Call Etiquette
So it’s your first official conference call. You’re nervous about your business partners on the other line, the quality, the conversation, and everything in between…We get it! We have been there...
View ArticlePresentation Matters
Within any business, there will be times when you will have to give a presentation or pitch an idea to your management and group of coworkers. The key to a successful presentation is, well, your...
View ArticleHow to Successfully Schedule a Conference Call
It’s never easy gathering a group of people to be together at a single time whether it’s a party, reunion, or a simple conference call. Every life and business comes with busy times, slow times, and...
View ArticleEffective Communication Practices for Companies who Telecommute
Recent studies by USC have shown that many corporations have transcended the traditional office setting, and as a result, their employees are working from remote locations. This is hardly a surprise,...
View ArticleAn Entry Level Guide to Non-Verbal Communication
One of the more popular statistics championed by psychology students and lovers of pop-science is the Idea that over 90% of interpersonal communication is nonverbal. According to Dr. Albert...
View ArticleNon-Verbal Communication 102
Welcome to Nonverbal Communication 102. In the last post we briefly touched on the basics of nonverbal communication: Dr. Albert Mehrabian’s famous statistic claiming that over 90% of body language is...
View ArticleApplied Neuro Linguistic Programming
Chances are if you work in communications of any sort that you’re familiar with Neuro Linguistic Programming, even if you don’t know it. Although it’s largely come to be considered a pseudoscience/new...
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