communication Tutorials

1. Why Not Reinvent the Wheel?

By Fran Briggs

"Why go and reinvent the wheel?" It's a question that's been around for centuries; right? But here's a better question: Why not reinvent the wheel?

"Why go and reinvent the wheel?" It's a question that's been around for centuries; right? But here's a better question: Why not reinvent the wheel? &... read more

2. Verizon Missing Out on Customers by not Allowing Third Party Content

By Anthony Wayne

Atlantic City, NJ For years, the nations largest cellular carrier, Verizon, has operated with a walled garden approach to mobile data services, meaning that it would not permit downloads of independent content to its customers. The walled garden, however, may soon fall down.

A recent survey by Handango found that third-party applications had a strong in... read more

3. Cheap Long Distance for College Students

By Troy Sapp

As a parent, watching your child go off to college may be exciting and yet scary! Your new college student may also be happy to go off to school, but at the same time feel anxious to be leaving his family behind for the first time in his life.

One of the problems with living on campus is that students usually do not have a choice between long distance c... read more

4. Ten Steps to Fearless Public Speaking

By Graham Jones

There is plenty of dubious material which suggests you can combat public speaking fear. Much of it includes fancy techniques such as 'visualisation' or 'breathing techniques'. Well, they might work. But this ten step system is GUARANTEED TO WORK. That's because instead of fancy tricks and techniques, this system of dealing with public speaking fear uses your body's natural defence... read more

5. Chatting

By Fasih Hasan

Chatting is a technology through which two persons sitting at a long distance come what may at the two ends of the world, can talk to each other, either in the form of writing and reading or through speaking and listening (voice chat).

Almost everyone knows that there could be anyone (an unknown) on the other end, but still people are engaged in chatting. Some people chat ... read more

6. Turn Your Speech Into A Leadership Talk

By Brent Filson

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Word count: 1949

Summary: Most leaders are sabota... read more

7. The E Writing Bulletin...26 Ways To Spruce Up Your Newsletter!

By M H Ahsan

If youve been publishing for a while, your newsletter content mix may be static. Maybe each issue includes the same tired content: one press release, one Top Ten Tips article, and one News From Headquarters feature. Or maybe your newsletter is still relatively new, but in the hectic days of launching it you concentrated on building your subscriber list and graphic design, not c... read more

8. The Importance Of Cell Phones In Modern Society

By Keith Kingston

Cell phones have become a necessity for many people throughout the world. The ability to keep in touch with family, business associates, and access to email are only a few of the reasons for the increasing importance of cell phones. Today's technically advanced cell phones are capable of not only receiving and placing phone calls, but storing data, taking pictures, and can even be ... read more

9. Resolving Conflicts By Turning Negatives Into Positives

By Etienne A. Gibbs, MSW, Management Consultant and Trainer

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There are five techniques that I shall share with you. They have been proved to be effec... read more

10. The 5 Best Cell Phones on the Market

By dDawg

There are literally hundreds of cell phones out there made by dozens of manufacturers. It is hard to determine which are the best of the group - or at least, which is best for you. The decision is a difficult one, and we hope the information below will help you make a wise choice. The five cell phones listed below are truely the best of the best in terms of quality design, depe... read more

11. Do You Say What You Mean?

By John Sheridan

It's generally accepted that the majority of people learn to speak from a very early age, and on average a basic vocabulary is formed between the ages of four and six years old. As we get older our method of using language changes and we end up speaking in such a way that if everything we said was to be taken literally the effects could be amusing or tragic. With language, we k... read more

12. Web Conferencing Tips

By Adi Gaskell

Preperation is vital when conducting a successful videoconference session. Thus there are a number of steps to remember prior to the videoconference session itself:

Always test the equipment before hand.
The WebVideo4U software is extremely reliable but it always pays to test the software prior to the videoconference itself. There may be problems with the Internet conn... read more

13. Fading into Sameness: How Too Many Slides Can Ruin Your Presentation

By Debbie Bailey

"I have a love/hate relationship with PowerPoint. In the right hands, it's a great presentation tool. In the wrong
hands (and unfortunately, most usage falls into this category) we are cloning generations of boring slide shows narrated by speakers we barely notice." - Debbie Bailey

Ah, the good old days. For me, those were the days before PowerPoint slide shows became ... read more

14. Presenting with a Partner

By Mike Faber

There are times when youll share "the stage" with a business or personal partner. Perhaps one of you has a better grasp of technical or other aspects of your subject. Perhaps you are quite good at facilitating questions from the audience, or recording input on a flip chart for later use. However you choose to share presenting duties, resist the temptation to "just wing it." While s... read more

15. Communicating In Chaotic Environments

By Robert F. Abbott

How do you, or would you, communicate in a chaotic environment?

That question was put to me by a reader who works in big, frantically-paced telecommunications company. Many projects operate at the same time, and many connections exist among the project teams.

In this environment, teams work independently, but at the same time depend on each other... read more

16. Literally Littered with Illiteracy

By Stephen Brennan

Theres some alliteration for you! My great concern though, is the fact that there are too many today who wouldnt understand the title or know the meaning of alliteration (a repetition of words beginning with the same letter as in Peter Piper picked a peck......). You might ask, "What has this to do with Internet Home Based Business?". I'll get to that.

Im a member of a numb... read more

17. What is

By Sally Hodge

What may be the more appropriate question is: What makes a story newsworthy enough to get picked up by the media? This article offers some good rules of thumb to determine if you have a news angle worthy of press coverage.
What may be the more appropriate question is: What makes a story newsworthy enough to get picked up by the media? Here are a few rules of thum... read more

18. Look 'Em in the Eyes: The Real Power of Eye Contact

By Debbie Bailey

"At that moment when our eyes are
locked in silent communication, we are,
in essence, touching." -Debbie Bailey

Besides touch (not really an option in
a presentation setting), eye contact is
the most powerful and personal of all
of presentation delivery cues. When
you look an audience member in the
eyes, for those few seconds, you are
talking direct... read more

19. Phone Cards for International Calls

By Bernard Pragides

Phone cards for international calls and long distance calls talk for a while and yet save money

There was a time, before phone cards, when long distance and international calls even to friends and relatives - required a good amount of preparations. Everyone making international calls had to back-calculate:

How much money do I want to spe... read more

20. Strategic Clarity for Communication Management

By Robert F. Abbott

Over the past few weeks I've been developing plans for a communication project, a media relations campaign.

That's prompted me to reflect again on the communication management process by which we transform communication ideas into operational activities.

For me, the communication management process has four phases: conception (strategy); developm... read more

21. Volunteers - Tips to Motivate Them

By Heidi Richards, MS

"Volunteers, like employees (and children), need proper guidance and training in order for them to be a success in their job." Heidi Richards

Recruiting volunteers is only half the challenge in any endeavor. You must properly train them so they will work out to be true assets. As we help volunteers recognize the rewards of their service, we must also ac... read more

22. How to Run a Successful News Release Program

By Claire Cunningham

Six simple steps for developing a news release program that extends your reach and generates inquiries.

Marketing public relations gives you cost effective ways to reach your audience. The trade-off, however, is time. It takes time to develop and execute public relations programs. It can take time for these programs to yield rewards.

Here are six simple... read more

23. How to choose VoIP service without losing your shirt

By Jason Stewart

Just mentioning the word to yourself either brings up images of walking in a new city where the grass is greener, or it brings up fear of the unknown. Some will tread carefully around the subject, waiting to hear others opinions about a specific service and some may charge fearlessly into a service that they know little about. Which way is the right way to choose a VoIP service... read more

24. Infotronics: New communication paradigms

By Priyanka Joseph

Different businesses need to respond to customers differently. Some use the phone, some e-mail, others the fax or the post. Infotronics uses all of them - combinations of multi-channel solutions that help any business reach out to its custo... read more

25. Communication Keys for Success

By Jeffrey W. Drake, Ph.D.

Improving communication is a major need for many organizations.

Whether you are a manager, supervisor, or frontline employee, there are always opportunities to improve communication. Often, communication problems occur when people dont pay attention to the basics. Here are five keys to better communication.

Focus on the Situation or Behavior... read more

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