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Summarizing As a Communication Tool
As managers, we need to create the best interactions with our employees as we can. Understanding each other needs to be the goal, after which, everything else follows...
Leaders Never Say These 3 Things
You've heard the saying, "How you say something is just as important as what you say." There are 3 most commonly abused responses you should never use, if you ever wish to be perceived as a leader.

Do Not Abuse Voicemail
Many of us have to deal with voicemail throughout the day. We are receiving voicemails from companies or individuals who are unclear in how they sound or what they want, and that adds frustration to our day. Then we also need to leave others messages, and if we are not prepared we too can end up frustrating people. Here is some practical guidance on not abusing voicemail.
What Are Your Words Worth
Word choice can change the perception and value of your business communications. Each piece of correspondence, promotional, marketing and advertising material your company produces is an investment in your success. Are you investing wisely?
Workplace Communication And Management Communication Benefit From Writing Skills In Internal Newsletters
Newsletters directed at employee well-being, morale, cohesion and even an electronic flea market can be a very effective form of workplace communication and management communication. They can also be a forum for employees to show off their writing skills while they keep their colleagues informed about family news, recipes, social events and the business climate and official matters at work. You could announce business writing training or presentation skills training for employees who want to be more productive and position themselves for advancement.

Communication Skills And Effective Writing Must Include Meticulous Self-Editing
No matter how clever and succinct you may be at business writing and effective communication in general, you risk blowing it if you don't edit yourself. By edit, I mean proofreading for grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc., as well as revising or rewriting. You can do the latter as you go, or you can let your words flow, then give it several careful reads before hitting the "send" button or printing it out and offering it to your client, customer, boss, vendor, coworkers, etc. Why? Because that's you doing the business communications in the email or report. As such, assuming you care about your image or reputation, your writing skills should appear both professional and natural. Or, to put it more tellingly in the words of the great novelist Toni Morrison: "The language must be careful and appear effortless. It must not sweat."

Putting Business Communications On A Diet, and Media Training That Calls On Your Writing Skills
Business communications that forge a link between brevity and clarity are a crucial aspect of writing skills and communication training. It takes more effort to get to the point and support it in succinct fashion, but the payoff is business writing that honors the busy reader. Also, you can take advantage of media training and learn to be your own public relations agent -- at little or no expense. Just keep in mind that local newspapers need local news, and that could be you.

What Position Is Your Marketing for Small Business Communication In?
Many small business communications suffer from the same flaw – they appear more interested in themselves than the customers. What do I mean? Let's take a typical website introduction. "Welcome to the ABCD website. ABCD have proudly been in business since 1987. We are a family owned company that prides itself of the great service we provide." It is all about ABCD and nothing about the customer! Other companies seem aloof and do not connect with the customer.

Top 3 Goals for Communicators
Like with many jobs, as a communicator you have to consistently work on your skills to be ready to perform at any time. Looking ahead to the future I see three things that every communicator should do in order to be successful.
Deadly Phrases In Business That Can Kill Success and Some Antidotes From Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach
Did you ever stop and think about some of the words and phrases you use in your business communications everyday? And did you ever pause and truly think about what message you are conveying with your words and phrases. In today’s conversations, there are many words and phrases spoken without any real sensitivity to the “real message” they convey to the hearer. Many of these seem quite innocent and are probably thought to be inconsequential. Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach believes you would be at a strategic advantage in your business communications if you understand that there are some words and phrases that should be avoided. Here is a list of ten (10) phrases and Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach antidote to the deadly phrase.

Twelve Tips For Strategic Business Communications According To Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach
Have you ever thought about the millions, no lets make that billions, of communications that take place each day in the world of business? We have e-mail, IMs, cell phones, PDAs, iphones, direct face-to-face communications in meetings, and on and on and on. Communication is taking up more and more of our time as we conduct business. So, having said that, let me ask you if you believe we really are using our time and communication strategically? And are we really thinking strategically about the most effective forms of communication for each specific situation? Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach believes you gain a significant strategic advantage in your business when you think more and act more strategically with your business communications. Here are twelve (12) tips for strategic communications in your business.

The Qualcomm Equation: How a Fledgling Company Forged a New Path to Big Profits and Market
Book review -- The Qualcomm Equation: How a Fledgling Company Forged a New Path to Big Profits and Market – Dave Mock, AMACOM (American Management Association), www.amacom.com, March, 2005, 266 pages, $25.00

Book Review -- The Qualcomm Equation
The Qualcomm Equation: How a Fledgling Company Forged a New Path to Big Profits and Market – Dave Mock, AMACOM (American Management Association), www.amacom.com, March, 2005, 266 pages, $25.00

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Crisis Communications Planning or What To Do Before During Or After It Hits The Fan
Do you have a crisis management or crisis communications plan for your business or organization? Do you believe your business or organization is too small to need a crisis communications plan? Or do you believe that crises only happen to others? If you are like the majority of businesses and organizations today, especially small to medium sized ones, you answered NO to the first question and probably YES to the second question. And I hope you answered NO to the third question. Well, I cannot emphasize too strongly that no matter how big or small you are, every organization should have a crisis management and crisis communications plan. So what should you do? The answer: develop a crisis management plan in 2 parts.

Effective Business Communication Tips
Do you consider yourself to be an effective business communicator? Have you honed your skills when communicating via E-mail and voice-mail messaging, in addition to the more traditional formal business writings? Could you use a little help improving the effectiveness of your business communications in each of these forms? Regardless of how you responded to my questions, I am going to say that I believe each of us can always use some help in improving the effectiveness of our business communications. And I want to assist you and guide you in finding ways to do just that.

THE CHANGING FACE OF CORPORATE, PRODUCT/SERVICE COMMUNICATIONS ... HITTING A MOVING TARGET
We the press...instant messaging...global communications have all changed how you should carry out and manage your PR and communications efforts. Do it right. Do it effectively. Do it profitably.
“Six Strategic Steps To Improve Your Emails, According To Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach”
The number of business emails we send and receive continues to grow at an amazing pace. And from my personal experience, more and more of my clients that prefer email communications as a preferred communications mode. Email can be a very effective and efficient means of communicating. However, how many of the emails we send and receive can we honestly say are effective and efficient? And what can we do to improve our email communication? Looking at those questions, Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach developed a short list of six (6) strategic steps to take to improve your email communications.

Twelve Tips For Strategic Business Communications According To Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach
Have you ever thought about the millions, no lets make that billions, of communications that take place each day in the world of business? We have e-mail, IMs, cell phones, PDAs, iphones, direct face-to-face communications in meetings, and on and on and on. Communication is taking up more and more of our time as we conduct business. So, having said that, let me ask you if you believe we really are using our time and communication strategically? And are we really thinking strategically about the most effective forms of communication for each specific situation? Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach believes you gain a significant strategic advantage in your business when you think more and act more strategically with your business communications. Here are twelve (12) tips for strategic communications in your business.

Reading Body Language Is A Strategic Communications Tool
Reading body language is a strategic communications tool, which can be a very powerful tool for you and your business. Effective communication involves much more than saying the right words. Your communications are conveyed through emotions and body language and these two elements play a very vital role in getting your message across. As a matter of fact, your body language may often say more than your words because it reveals a lot about what you're feeling and thinking as of the moment. Experience has shown people who are transparent can get themselves in trouble, as there are some obvious ways to determine if people are lying. Knowing how to read a person's emotions based on his or her body language and gestures is very important for effective communications and makes you more effective as a communicator, negotiator and thinker.
Bridging the Gap Between Sales and Marketing
This article discusses the importance of bridging the communications gap between sales and marketing. This point can not be overstated . . .in fact, it can be blamed for many failures in both divisions. It is imperative to all businesses to have solid communications between the two divisions -- and goals that work in tandem with each other. Doing this can spell success for your business.

Improve Your Communications by Taming those 800-Pound Elephants
With time demands, constant interruptions and continually conflicting priorities, business communications is challenging enough. And when you have an issue or a personality involved that you cannot directly speak to, but can only tiptoe around the "elephant in the room", any attempt at communications may only get you more off track and cause more harm than good. With a few communications tips you can learn how to tame those 800 pound elephants and create more effective communications that improve your work relationships and help you get the job done.
The Art of Effective Communication in the Small Business World
As with any profession, effective communication is essential to the success of small business. Whether you are meeting with a client, emailing an employee or phoning a vendor, you need to give great care to the quality of your communications to ensure that all parties comprehend the intended message. Below are two points to consider in the back of your mind with all of your communications.
A Brief History of Data Communications
Data communications have evolved from the days of telegraph communication to its current state of mobile communications and high speed data transfers.

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