Communication Archive

Get to Inbox Zero with Boomerang

Just a quick post from me today, but I wanted to tell you about a really great tool I’ve found to keep your GMail account under control. Its called Boomerang. I’d heard about Boomerang before, but up until now had dismissed it as something that I didn’t need. However, now I’ve had a deeper look [&hellip

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How to Improve Your Active Listening

The majority of people would much rather be talking than listening. Unfortunately, many often exercise this preference. However, being a good listener can improve your life in a number of ways. In order to improve your listening, then read on – and stop talking at the back! A study by Paul Rankin way back in [&hellip

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How To Organise a Really Effective Meeting

Nobody wants to be stuck in a boring meeting.  All it achieves is to suck the life out of a group of people who would otherwise be being productive at their desks.  Yet so many of meetings held are ineffective and pointless.  Here are my tips for organising a more effective meeting Don’t Hold a [&hellip

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Which Communication Method is Best for You

We are currently in the communication age.  Over the years, the number of channels of communicating with each other has increased at an astounding rate.  We can now telephone, SMS, email, Facebook, video-conference, Skype, let alone write a letter.  Its understandable that we suffer from communication overload.  One way in which we can combat that, [&hellip

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How Active Listening Will Improve Your Life

Conversations are an important part of our everyday life. In 1999, the US Department of Labor declared that 46% of those who quit their jobs did so because they weren’t being listened to. In this article, I will discuss some of the reasons why active listening is so important.   Paulo Alegria via Compfight We’ve all been [&hellip

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