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Archive for May, 2010

"We seem to need to see ourselves as going somewhere - as being on a journey in pursuit of a significant purpose." Kenneth Thomas Politicians speak all the time about community values, strength of the community, and community responsibilities. Are these just words? Or does the rest of the country really believe in a concept of community? Generally, every human being has an innate respect for the community in which he lives. However, in practice it is a different story. A lot of us don't even know our neighbor's last names (if we know their first names). We get involved with our own lives and don't see those around us. A healthy community can contribute a great deal to individual, family and community success. A community, like those of very old African and Asian cultures, benefits the individual by sharing the individual's responsibilities and commitments. A helping hand relieves stress and opens the door for more time to pursue other goals. If each mother on a single block agreed to take one another's children one night a week, once a week, you save money on child sitter's and you get an extra day out of the week to focus on something that ... [more..]

A human being starts learning this art right from the time in his/her mother’s womb. The constant kicks, coos and cries of the baby communicates the specific needs of the child. As the person grows old, various different forms of communication start gaining ground in his/her life. He/She starts learning to communicate effectively with other individuals and eventually this skill becomes a major determining factor of the course that the individuals’ life takes. The common understanding about communication is that it is referred to as the proficiency level of an individual with regard to his/her verbal and written abilities in a particular language that facilitates easy interaction with other individuals with similar aptitude. This aspect of the persons’ abilities is paid a lot of attention by the employers all over the world as nobody would want to employ an individual who cannot express his thoughts in words and actions. Nowadays, many corporate houses conduct intensive communication skills building workshops in their organizations to enhance their human resource value. No organization worth the abilities of its leaders can tolerate a business environment wherein the employees’ lack of communication skills results in depleting goodwill levels of both the clients and the shareholders. ... [more..]

Effective communication is an art. Not everyone is able to communicate effectively. It is true that we all communicate but the difference lies in the manner that we do it. Many of us have difficulty getting the message across to the other person, although we may have a fair idea of what we want the other person to know. Improvement of communication skills is the need of the hour and in order to improve, we must be able to see the mistakes. Communication skill assessments are conducted to be able to judge the capability of the individual to communicate effectively. The assessments are usually done in two parts, verbal and non-verbal. Verbal communication skill assessment is done to see how proficient an individual is in the usage of words. The test assesses the manner in which we use words to convey the meaning and the meaning that we interpret from the words. This assessment is done through oral or written examinations. The non-verbal communication skill assessment is done to find out how well a person is able to express oneself with the help of gestures and drawings or other symbolic languages. This process uses observation and evaluation for the assessment. What should ... [more..]