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Hub You - Communication Counts - How To Make People Pay Attention
Communication skills have a lot to do with making a good first and lasting impression whether in Business or in your Social Life.In Part 1, of this article I will share some basic foundation to learning to understand and communicate more powerfully.Think back for a moment now----how do you learn best? Do you prefer to read a book? Listen to a CD recording or watch a DVD or someone d
Verbals: If you need to speak about a topic to a group of people, then it is common sense to make sure everyone can hear you. Will you need a mike and speakers? Structure what you are saying carefully and plan your speech – but do not follow a written script as this will make you stilted, dull and stop you responding to your audienc
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” --Maya AngelouReferrals. Everyone wants ‘em, but few are willing to ask for them for fear of seeming pushy, desperate or sleazy. If you ask self-employed individuals how they would ideally like to build their businesses, they would tell you
White Space: This is very important in written communication. Any document that is crowded and packed with writing is off-putting just to look at, let alone really read. Use the space wisely, cut out the waffle and anything that is not essential – you can tell them where they can find more detailed information if they want it. Use good sized margins all round the page and space between paragraphs, headings, sections and so on. A document needs to look inviting and as though it will not take all afternoon to plough through.
Language: Watch yours. You are not trying to write a Booker prize winning novel so keep your prose plain, to-the-point and uncomplicated. No one cares how many long words you know. The average sentence length should be 8 to 15 words and it helps to vary the length to avoid a monotonous rhythm. The whole purpose is to communicate a message; ask yourself if the average person in the street can understand what you have written.
Verbals: If you need to speak about a topic to a group of people, then it is common sense to make sure everyone can hear you. Will you need a mike and speakers? Structure what you are saying carefully and plan your speech – but do not follow a written script as this will make you stilted, dull and stop you responding to your audience
The CultBecoming a part of the Cult, consists of being recruited a member of the cult, as a person that can be relied on to assume responsibilities and accomplish all or almost all things requested.Depending upon the position you hold and the person that you are attached to the most, any position can be engaging and can be so different from any other experience that you have had prior
White Space: This is very important in written communication. Any document that is crowded and packed with writing is off-putting just to look at, let alone really read. Use the space wisely, cut out the waffle and anything that is not essential – you can tell them where they can find more detailed information if they want it. Use good sized margins all round the page and space between paragraphs, headings, sections and so on. A document needs to look inviting and as though it will not take all afternoon to plough through.
Language: Watch yours. You are not trying to write a Booker prize winning novel so keep your prose plain, to-the-point and uncomplicated. No one cares how many long words you know. The average sentence length should be 8 to 15 words and it helps to vary the length to avoid a monotonous rhythm. The whole purpose is to communicate a message; ask yourself if the average person in the street can understand what you have written.
Verbals: If you need to speak about a topic to a group of people, then it is common sense to make sure everyone can hear you. Will you need a mike and speakers? Structure what you are saying carefully and plan your speech – but do not follow a written script as this will make you stilted, dull and stop you responding to your audienc
A recent graduate can have a tough time finding their first job and getting their career on track.When I finished university, I found it difficult to find my first job. Through university I’d worked in a factory so I didn’t have any office experience that I could point to that would indicate to a potential employer that I could do everything I said I could do.I kept thinking that even
Language: Watch yours. You are not trying to write a Booker prize winning novel so keep your prose plain, to-the-point and uncomplicated. No one cares how many long words you know. The average sentence length should be 8 to 15 words and it helps to vary the length to avoid a monotonous rhythm. The whole purpose is to communicate a message; ask yourself if the average person in the street can understand what you have written.
Verbals: If you need to speak about a topic to a group of people, then it is common sense to make sure everyone can hear you. Will you need a mike and speakers? Structure what you are saying carefully and plan your speech – but do not follow a written script as this will make you stilted, dull and stop you responding to your audienc
Yep, you've heard it a million times before... the digital age is well and truly upon us! You need only take a look around to see the world is converting to digital in every way - cameras, tvs, books music - so it is no surprise that signage has jumped on board and taken a step into the digital world.Appearing everywhere before our very eyes, digital signage can be found in a variety of diffe
Verbals: If you need to speak about a topic to a group of people, then it is common sense to make sure everyone can hear you. Will you need a mike and speakers? Structure what you are saying carefully and plan your speech – but do not follow a written script as this will make you stilted, dull and stop you responding to your audienc
GETTING INTO MARKETING MOMENTUM: The 5 Power Principles for Getting Your Business into High GearDo you know the #1 reason why most businesses fail and why you could become a fatal statistic as well?The answer is ... MARKETING, MARKETING, MARKETING.Marketing is the “life blood” of any business. Without marketing, there are no revenues. Without revenues, there is no business.you have written.
Verbals: If you need to speak about a topic to a group of people, then it is common sense to make sure everyone can hear you. Will you need a mike and speakers? Structure what you are saying carefully and plan your speech – but do not follow a written script as this will make you stilted, dull and stop you responding to your audience. Write key ‘trigger-words’ in very large type on postcards and use them to start you off on each section in the right order. Watch the audience. How are they responding? Enthusiastically? Looking bored or plain bemused? Perhaps you need to slow down/stop repeating yourself/pause to ask if there are any questions at this point?
What is in it for them? Just because you want someone to know something doesn’t mean they have to be interested. ‘So what?’ is a common response to communications – particularly internal messages. To pinch a concept from advertising, sell benefits not products. If you need to tell a department about a new computer system don’t go on and on about its technical details – tell them how it will make their work and lives easier. You may be proud of a new service you are launching but your customers don’t care how long you have been working on it, where the idea came from, what new systems have been introduced or who the team was, just tell them that from next month they will be able to pay their bills in old green shield stamps (or whatever).
By Fiona Bailey of Pebble Communications. www.pebblecommunications.co.uk. Helping SMEs grow through public relations and professional copywriting.
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