Archive for June, 2008
| “Everyone” | |
| By:Valli Bindana on Mon 30 Jun 2008 12:11 PM under Business, Communication |
I got an email yesterday from an acquaintance, one of those mass mailed ones. It addressed me as “Everyone”. I thought here was a classic instance where the communicator hadn’t stood in the reader’s shoes at all before punching in the word. An address such as “Everyone” can make a reader feel like a cold [...]
| To Be More Effective, Try Being Less Helpful | |
| By:Brilliance Inc on Mon 30 Jun 2008 11:21 AM under Uncategorized |
Anyone who wants to help others become more effective, can borrow techniques used by Executive Coaches. Coaching is all about helping someone become an independent problem solver. It’s about helping someone find solutions that were once not apparent—perhaps even to the manager/coach. The big secret in coaching is: you don’t have to be [...]
| An Apology: Speaking Authentically from the Heart | |
| By:Liz Strauss on Sun 29 Jun 2008 9:07 AM under Communication |
Recently, I launched my new eBook. It was a thrilling, and at times frustrating, learning experience for me. Help from experts I knew was only available in bits at a time. I struggled through most of the process alone. Naturally I didn’t get every step just right. A fabulous designer/coder, who helped me put together [...]
| A picture is a thousand words…And a timeline? | |
| By:deepika bajaj on Thu 26 Jun 2008 5:50 PM under Business, Communication |
As we continue to take pictures and videos of special moments of our lives, it is becoming more important than ever store these memories at one place. We risk losing all our content because we save it on different media and frequently forget how to access it. The data is not only scattered in all [...]
| Emoticons in Emails | |
| By:Valli Bindana on Tue 24 Jun 2008 10:18 AM under Communication, Uncategorized |
An emoticon is a great substitute for an expressive face. We as a people are very visual. And when we talk face to face, we may be heard but our message gets understood and retained better when our eyes lips and the rest of our face works up its magic and expresses our feelings. So [...]




