tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81204622968348458302011-07-08T07:55:04.048-07:00Tim Lemirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399435549369991359noreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120462296834845830.post-36334553452573161752009-07-29T07:55:00.000-07:002009-07-29T07:58:21.663-07:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/SnBi7ucSPHI/AAAAAAAAADg/MgoJhZKexqM/s1600-h/HELPING+HAND+LOGO.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 107px; height: 103px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/SnBi7ucSPHI/AAAAAAAAADg/MgoJhZKexqM/s200/HELPING+HAND+LOGO.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363895934416731250" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">We all communicate every day in a variety of ways -- texting, email, speech, body language -- but are your communications helping? <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/espy16i0p6">Click here to learn more.</a></span></span><br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8120462296834845830-3633455345257316175?l=timsenglish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tim Lemirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399435549369991359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120462296834845830.post-37035832076738505512009-07-23T07:11:00.000-07:002009-07-23T07:15:12.178-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/SmhwAV5GWZI/AAAAAAAAADY/dFHAQF3OBPE/s1600-h/confused.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 143px; height: 107px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/SmhwAV5GWZI/AAAAAAAAADY/dFHAQF3OBPE/s200/confused.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361658507563522450" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The more communication choices we have -- email, Twitter, blogs, texting -- the more we increase the possibility of making the wrong choice. How do we know what's right? <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/lqm24qcjhs">Click here to find out.</a></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8120462296834845830-3703583207673850551?l=timsenglish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tim Lemirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399435549369991359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120462296834845830.post-38991397433103169502009-07-10T07:37:00.000-07:002009-07-10T07:41:44.393-07:00<span style="font-size:180%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/SldSsUj-RII/AAAAAAAAADQ/rdhKJfi2YWI/s1600-h/pouring-sugar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 109px; height: 163px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/SldSsUj-RII/AAAAAAAAADQ/rdhKJfi2YWI/s200/pouring-sugar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356841203167806594" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:180%;" >A spoonful of sugar may help the medicine go down, but often, we <span style="font-style: italic;">shovel</span> the sugar onto our communications. Are euphemisms always to be avoided? <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/9l3fn4hkv5">Click here to find out.</a></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8120462296834845830-3899139743310316950?l=timsenglish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tim Lemirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399435549369991359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120462296834845830.post-25200006683778685472009-07-01T08:52:00.001-07:002009-07-01T08:56:51.804-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/SkuGZbeiafI/AAAAAAAAADI/9u0z1jnzF_I/s1600-h/bullseye.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 104px; height: 78px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/SkuGZbeiafI/AAAAAAAAADI/9u0z1jnzF_I/s200/bullseye.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353520353490659826" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">If we don't state our message plainly, our audience may think we're willfully being evasive or, worse, aren't telling the whole truth. What does it mean to "state it plain"? <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/9l7q39xvb1">Click here to find out.</a></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8120462296834845830-2520000668377868547?l=timsenglish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tim Lemirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399435549369991359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120462296834845830.post-7375926409529103032009-06-24T12:49:00.001-07:002009-06-24T12:55:16.380-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/SkKDptBSpVI/AAAAAAAAADA/AfHvyZzHgOI/s1600-h/070226hand_over_mouth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 135px; height: 101px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/SkKDptBSpVI/AAAAAAAAADA/AfHvyZzHgOI/s200/070226hand_over_mouth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350984059752457554" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Contrary to what you may have heard, the worst abuses of language have nothing to do with mispronouncing "nuclear" or using double negatives. <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/t4l3tiagzu">Click here</a> to learn more.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8120462296834845830-737592640952910303?l=timsenglish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tim Lemirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399435549369991359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120462296834845830.post-66308485603073837642009-06-15T09:27:00.001-07:002009-06-15T09:33:42.563-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/SjZ32NmGsYI/AAAAAAAAAC4/RVGMbkyOHQA/s1600-h/Tower.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 49px; height: 97px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/SjZ32NmGsYI/AAAAAAAAAC4/RVGMbkyOHQA/s200/Tower.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347593380795167106" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">This week, we turn to The Book of Genesis for a clue as to how good communication can help us accomplish great things -- provided we apply "one language, and one speech" to good ends. </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/lolb8zv4cv">Click here</a> to hear more!</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8120462296834845830-6630848560307383764?l=timsenglish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tim Lemirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399435549369991359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120462296834845830.post-2067678914141166762009-06-10T12:48:00.001-07:002009-06-10T12:50:54.832-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/SjAOGUZ_UgI/AAAAAAAAACo/gzzoZ5Lc72A/s1600-h/yelling.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 100px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/SjAOGUZ_UgI/AAAAAAAAACo/gzzoZ5Lc72A/s200/yelling.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345788259408499202" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I've said before that communication is not only important to relationships: communication <span style="font-style: italic;">is</span> relationships. But if a relationship has gone sour, is communication always the answer? <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/2b7gbx8q68">Click here</a> to find out.</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8120462296834845830-206767891414116676?l=timsenglish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tim Lemirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399435549369991359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120462296834845830.post-14953261798249288542009-06-05T10:33:00.001-07:002009-06-05T10:37:52.503-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/SilXBiuvQ9I/AAAAAAAAACg/OZw9mro5tWs/s1600-h/arnold.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 101px; height: 114px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/SilXBiuvQ9I/AAAAAAAAACg/OZw9mro5tWs/s200/arnold.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343898116866130898" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">If you're "blocked" or you just don't like writing, maybe the solution is easier than you think. And maybe Arnold Schwarzenegger has some words of wisdom for you, my friend! <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/s0ldnd23tc">Click here</a> to learn more!</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8120462296834845830-1495326179824928854?l=timsenglish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tim Lemirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399435549369991359noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120462296834845830.post-79764909843992204112009-06-02T07:08:00.001-07:002009-06-02T07:12:16.524-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/SiUyaHlyMLI/AAAAAAAAACY/NDDt7yYwnJI/s1600-h/beef-recipes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 106px; height: 100px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/SiUyaHlyMLI/AAAAAAAAACY/NDDt7yYwnJI/s200/beef-recipes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342731957240475826" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"Irregardless"...the correct use of semi-colons...inconsistency of style...What's <span style="font-style: italic;">your</span> beef? If you're an editor or writer or even avid reader, chances are you've got one. <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/jqas6isdrt">Click here</a> for a serving of language beefs.</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8120462296834845830-7976490984399220411?l=timsenglish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tim Lemirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399435549369991359noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120462296834845830.post-20901408405127691102009-05-27T08:26:00.001-07:002009-05-27T08:29:52.358-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/Sh1bs8vHY-I/AAAAAAAAACQ/24MEZw9_b1I/s1600-h/1way.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 102px; height: 101px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/Sh1bs8vHY-I/AAAAAAAAACQ/24MEZw9_b1I/s200/1way.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340525560907391970" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">"I talk, you listen!" "I speak, you obey!" Perhaps you've heard this approach to communication before -- or, unknowingly, have engaged in it yourself. <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/bhtkikzash">Click here</a> to hear more about the perils of one-way communication in a business environment.</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8120462296834845830-2090140840512769110?l=timsenglish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tim Lemirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399435549369991359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120462296834845830.post-21087697576011652902009-05-18T10:29:00.000-07:002009-05-18T10:32:48.139-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/ShGbZiyEueI/AAAAAAAAACI/nCiB1UemwG8/s1600-h/weight-scale.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 106px; height: 106px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/ShGbZiyEueI/AAAAAAAAACI/nCiB1UemwG8/s200/weight-scale.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337217896546613730" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">How is effective communication like weight loss? <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/7g85rs6mlx">Click here</a> to find out!</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8120462296834845830-2108769757601165290?l=timsenglish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tim Lemirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399435549369991359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120462296834845830.post-6693516440699813312009-05-12T09:36:00.001-07:002009-05-12T09:43:09.373-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/SgmlqzMbA3I/AAAAAAAAACA/gsUtRtgjrj0/s1600-h/Group_talking_forweb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 101px; height: 104px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/SgmlqzMbA3I/AAAAAAAAACA/gsUtRtgjrj0/s320/Group_talking_forweb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334977388312462194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Communication is not just important to relationships: Communication <span style="font-style: italic;">is</span> relationships. <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/ipqymhctx8">Click here</a> to find out more, in five minutes.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8120462296834845830-669351644069981331?l=timsenglish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tim Lemirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399435549369991359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120462296834845830.post-35523943032496124192009-05-06T06:28:00.000-07:002009-05-12T09:40:48.033-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/SgGRNzYHKII/AAAAAAAAAB4/NlT7XdeVSio/s1600-h/face2face.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 108px; height: 107px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/SgGRNzYHKII/AAAAAAAAAB4/NlT7XdeVSio/s320/face2face.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332703100099045506" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Face it: In-person, face-to-face communication is the best guarantee that your message will be heard and understood. </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.box.net/shared/8ugm88xjx7">Click here</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> to hear more.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8120462296834845830-3552394303249612419?l=timsenglish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tim Lemirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399435549369991359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120462296834845830.post-76733956637918207022009-04-29T05:55:00.000-07:002009-05-12T09:40:58.036-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/SfhPESV2JgI/AAAAAAAAABw/5GYsEI03lB8/s1600-h/73914098_210.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 100px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/SfhPESV2JgI/AAAAAAAAABw/5GYsEI03lB8/s320/73914098_210.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330097094054520322" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Technology is making great strides, eliminating the filter between our brains and what we broadcast. <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/xb96yzf07z">Click here</a> for counsel on how to give equal attention to what we say and how we communicate it to others.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8120462296834845830-7673395663791820702?l=timsenglish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tim Lemirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399435549369991359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120462296834845830.post-50532746252381446812009-04-23T13:41:00.000-07:002009-05-12T09:42:20.378-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/SfDSqGpTHNI/AAAAAAAAABY/xi99j4hUJZI/s1600-h/mic_color.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 100px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/SfDSqGpTHNI/AAAAAAAAABY/xi99j4hUJZI/s320/mic_color.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327989979959467218" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Style in communications means more than eloquence: It means having a set of rules to govern your writing. But when does governance become tyranny? <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/7fvgo327bt">Click here</a> find out.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8120462296834845830-5053274625238144681?l=timsenglish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tim Lemirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399435549369991359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120462296834845830.post-53108624701404154562009-04-23T13:40:00.001-07:002009-05-12T09:41:36.653-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/SfG6qmWusWI/AAAAAAAAABo/OOOqDY8h9xI/s1600-h/sullivan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 101px; height: 98px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/SfG6qmWusWI/AAAAAAAAABo/OOOqDY8h9xI/s320/sullivan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328245075169161570" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">It's arguably the hardest communication to write: the message of condolence when someone has died. <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/daovjgl08l">Click here</a> to hear tips on how to get it done, in a personal and professional setting.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8120462296834845830-5310862470140415456?l=timsenglish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tim Lemirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399435549369991359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120462296834845830.post-77671498725321540272009-04-23T13:34:00.001-07:002009-05-12T09:42:09.550-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/SfG6dD02BeI/AAAAAAAAABg/AGmAzc2mHRA/s1600-h/3d_cinema_audience.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 99px; height: 100px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__DhqztJCZiE/SfG6dD02BeI/AAAAAAAAABg/AGmAzc2mHRA/s320/3d_cinema_audience.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328244842561930722" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">How well do you know your audience? <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/1n265evtmf">Click here</a> to learn how important this is to making your communications effective.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8120462296834845830-7767149872532154027?l=timsenglish.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tim Lemirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11399435549369991359noreply@blogger.com0