“Be the Message and Communicate in Any Medium” is adapted from Helena’s June Communication Culture Column for The Afro News.
When we prepare to communicate with others, we now have a lot of choices on the “medium.” Is it going to be a pen and paper, a text, a phone call, an email, a public social media post or a private in-mail to get your individual message across?
Difficult people have always been a part of our circles of business or in venues meant to encourage connection through social conversation. Learning to spot and then neutralize that difficult person who’ll block your goal is helpful for the confident or novice conversationalist alike.
Influence being what it is, I was not surprised to find myself at the manicurist, even after denying it as an ‘artist date’ in my previous blog entry. And, being an observer by nature and profession, I found the need to record the experience, then and now, too hypnotic to resist. Be aware! What you think, … Read more
A testimonial came to me this week in email. Soon, hard copy evidence of my contribution as a business communication instructor for new entrepreneurs of all ages at this university will arrive. I believe commendation or consolation received in ‘real’ copy still rocks the soul. Don’t you? The business writing seminar facilitation contract – essentially … Read more
Article marketing in this communication strategy laden world is a hot way to put across expert advice and key messages, especially online. It occupies a critical page of notes in my courses on business writing and image elevation through effective communication.