Tuesday, May 30, 2006

How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships

How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships (Paperback) by Leil Lowndes .. provides 92 easy and effective techniques to help readers discover how to become a master communicator in life, love, and business. "This gives techniques of body language so that people will automatically like and trust you when they first meet you. This is not dumb stuff but things that really work. Things like "Sticky Eyes" where you keep your eyes locked on theirs.Then there is the "Baby Pivot" where you pivot your entire body to face someone you are just meeting. There is the "Slow Smile" where you start your smile at someone slowly so they don't think you beam at everyone you meet but seem more sincere. This is a very good book and it IS very tricky, but seems like very good advice." "You will enjoy this book. I bought it on clearance at a book store and hoped it would be worth it for the plane ride. It has proved to be fantastic. I have never prided myself on being good at small talk or at introductions, but Lowndes gives you numerous practical tips which can be easily and immediately applied. Although many of these tactics are specifically meant for introductions and first impressions, they can also be used for daily contact with acquaintances and friends as well. (It also feels good to come across some of the tricks and know that you already have been doing that). Unless you live in a cave, you're conversations with others will be more valuable to you than money you use to get this book." More information conversation, communication

Monday, May 29, 2006

Space communication study

Some may see it as pie in the sky. But experts investigating how humans will communicate in space say their research is necessary because communities will soon form on distant planets. Read on ... communication

Saturday, May 27, 2006

Teaching to learn

"I mentioned in a previous post how I learned some skills in scouting better when I had to teach them. They just stuck in my mind better. I urge you to try prepare a lesson to teach if you are struggling with a subject. Something amazing happens when your purpose is to help someone else. It's as if the specifics of the skills are forced into your brain because you have a mission. " Read the whole post ,

Thursday, May 25, 2006

Slapstick

From the Orange Yeti blog

"I am now quite certain that the Prologue to Kurt Vonnegut's Slapstick is the best and most important Prologue to a piece of fiction ever written.“But then she began to fade away, perhaps because she had more important business elsewhere.”Now, I don’t have the literary bona fides to back that statement up with fact, but God did I enjoy reading that prologue."

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Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Communication Technology: interruption and overload

Communication Technology: Interruption and Overload

A lecture by Laura Dabbish, a doctoral candidate in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University.

She writes, "My work seeks to understand the way people attend to communications in work situations to inform the design of tools that increase productivity, and reduce feelings of stress and overload.

In this talk, I will describe a field study examining influences on the decision to attend and respond to email communication. I will also discuss a laboratory study examining the productivity and social implications of awareness displays designed to maintain benefits of connectivity and reduce disruption."

communication

Monday, May 22, 2006

Grow your organisation

For ideas, links and articles to grow your organisation, including management, leadership, publicity, communication and more, visit the Grow Your Organisation blog. Tags: ,

Friday, May 19, 2006

Haiku and Senryu

…” an informative guide to writing Haiku and Senryu … including: Definition of Haiku, Helpful Hints, Juxtaposition in Haiku, Definition of Senryu, The Difference Between Haiku and Senryu, and also featured is a section on Tanka …” Visit Tags: poetry, communication

Thursday, May 18, 2006

World e-book fair

Welcome to the World eBook Fair, the largest showcase for eBooks, eBook publishers, editors, and others in the new world of eBooks.

July 4th to August 4, 2006 marks a month long celebration of the 35th anniversary of the first step taken towards today's eBooks. 35 years ago the United States Declaration of Independence was a first example of hundreds of thousands of eBooks downloadable on the Internet today in a variety of languages totalling over 100.

The World eBook Fair welcomes you to absolutely free access to a variety of eBook unparalleled by any other source. 1/3 million eBooks await you – all free of charge for the month of July.

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communication

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Pulitzer Prize Winner Stanley Kunitz Dies

NEW YORK - Stanley Kunitz, a former U.S. poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner whose expressive verse, social commitment and generosity to young writers spanned three-quarters of a century, has died. He was 100.... He served a single one-year term as U.S. poet laureate and was also the Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, the precursor to poet laureate, from 1974 to 1976. His poems included tributes to nature and wildlife, such as "The Snakes of September," the traumatic memories of "The Portrait," in which he recalled his father's suicide, and the spiritual journey of "The Long Boat," with his wish "To be rocked by the Infinite!/as if it didn't matter which way was home." His early work was more formal, more dependent on rhyme and meter, but he anticipated his own evolution with the poem "Change," with its promise of "Becoming, never being." Over time, his verse simplified, crystalized, with Kunitz once observing that he had learned to "strip the water out of my poems." Read more ... Tags:

Sunday, May 14, 2006

Connecting the digital dots: literacy for the twenty-first century

Literacy today depends on understanding the multiple media that make up our high-tech reality and developing the skills to use them effectively

By Barbara R. Jones-Kavalier and Suzanne L. Flannigan

Prior to the 21st century, literate defined a person’s ability to read and write, separating the educated from the uneducated. With the advent of a new millennium and the rapidity with which technology has changed society, the concept of literacy has assumed new meanings.

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literacy, communication

Saturday, May 13, 2006

Common errors in English

The aim of this site is to help you avoid low grades, lost employment opportunities, lost business, and titters of amusement at the way you write or speak.

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education

communication

Thursday, May 11, 2006

What are the implications of Web 2.0 for the publishing sector?

In this presentation Brian Kelly describes how various Web 2.0 technologies can be exploited by the publishing sector.

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publishing, >web 2.0, >communication

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Playing with Words: Poetry that POPS!!! By Molly J. Anderson-Childers This kids-at-heart article presents a variety of ways to find poetic inspiration, tips to editing poetry, and prompts to creating a personal art and poetry book. Read it here Tags: poetry writing creativity

Sunday, May 07, 2006

Writers' Digest names the Creativity Portal Web site one of the best web sites

The Creativity Portal Web site has been chosen by Writer's Digest magazine as one of the "101 Best Web Sites for Writers" in their creativity category for 2006. Creativity Portal has been included in the yearly guide published on the Writer's Digest Web site since 2002. Tags: writing communication

Saturday, May 06, 2006

Push-button prompts - writing and blogging inspiration

Creativity Portal's Imagination Prompt Generator will inspire you by outputting one of many randomly generated "Imagination Prompts" at the press of a button. We call them Imagination Prompts because they can be used for writing, blogging, art projects, music, discussion, or anything else you need some inspirational prompting for!

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inspiration writing creativity

Thursday, May 04, 2006

The Orange Prize for Fiction

The Orange Prize for Fiction Shortlist 2006 The History of Love by Nicole KraussFind out more Beyond Black by Hilary MantelFind out more The Accidental by Ali SmithFind out more On Beauty by Zadie SmithFind out more Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living by Carrie TiffanyFind out more The Night Watch by Sarah WatersFind out more Tags: communication fiction books

Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Why face-to-face still matters

We email. We wiki. We blog. We IM. We convince ourselves that as long as we can write well, these are all good forms of communication. Perhaps in some ways even better, since we're not distracted (blinded, biased, seduced) by the person's physical presence.And we are wrong. Read on ... Tag: communication

Monday, May 01, 2006

The dying art of conversation

Chit-chat and small talk have taken the place of proper conversation, according to a project to chart spoken English. So are we really losing the art of profound discussion - who better to ask than two expert conversationalists. Read on … Tags