Today is Thursday, so this post is on communication skills.

Good communicators are excellent conversationalists.
Good communicators write in a clear, concise easily readable manner.
Good communicators are excellent presenters – to groups of two or 100.

I have just finished reading a great book, full of common sense advice for career and life success.  It’s called Basic Black: The Essential Guide for Getting Ahead at Work (and in Life).  Cathie Black, President of Hearst Magazines, is the author.

I really like this book.  If you’re serious about career and life success, you need to read it.  …

Today is Thursday, so this post is on communication skills.
People with good communication skills have three things in common.

They are excellent conversationalists.
They write clearly and succinctly.
They present well – to groups of two or two hundred.

Today, I found a great website that provides common sense help for anyone who wants to polish his or her writing.
You can check it out at http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar.  It is sponsored by the Capitol Community College foundation in Hartford, CT. 
The site has the following topic areas:

Sentences – which contains advice on things like clauses, run-on sentence, comma usage, punctuation …

Today is Thursday, so this post is on communication skills.
As you know, all successful people have mastered three types of communication skills:

Successful people are excellent conversationalists.
Successful people write in a clear, concise manner.
Successful people are good presenters – to audiences of two or 100.

Today, I’d like to focus on writing skills – specifically e mail skills.  All too often people who spend a lot of time writing and editing their letters and reports, dash off e mails and hit “send” without much thought.  This is not a common sense approach to communication.  E mail is …

Today is Thursday, so this post is on communication skills.
Recently, I saw a blog post by Kevin Levi called The Power of Proofing in Personal and Professional Communications. In part, here is what Kevin had to say:
“In business we are always trying to make our best impression when meeting with prospects, customers, partners, vendors and coworkers. We typically dress the part and speak the part but why don’t we always write the part? Your written communications say as much about you as your personal appearance and many of us either don’t recognize this or simply …

Today is Thursday, so this post is on communication skills.
I was in Japan a few weeks ago.  While I was there, I picked up a copy of the Wall Street Journal Asia, and found an interesting article in Jeremy Wagstaff’s Personal Technology column. 
Mr. Wagstaff was reporting on his experience with some software called WhiteSmoke that promises to make you a better writer.  According to Mr. Wagstaff, WhiteSmoke works like this.  “You type or paste your text into what is basically a word processor, select from a drop down menu your audience – business, literary, …

Today is Thursday, so this post is on communication skills.
Pat Wiesner is the retired CEO of Weisner, publisher of ColoradoBiz magazine.  I always turn to his On Management column first thing when I receive a new issue.  Pat’s column in the October 2007 issue is entitled Do You Talk Too Much? 
In this column, Pat told the story of a former employee who “could never say in five words what could be stretched to 50.”  According to Pat, this particular fellow “never seemed to make the cut when we were looking for someone to promote.”

Today is Thursday, so this post is on communication skills, specifically conversation skills.
I love WikiHows.  The other day, I found a good one on conversation skills called How to Tell if You Talk Too Much and What to Do if You Do.
I liked it so much, that I’m posting it here.

Today is Thursday, so this post is on communication skills.
As you recall, people with good communication skills have three things in common:

They are good conversationalists.
They write clearly and succinctly.
They make effective presentations.

Today, I’d like to focus on conversation skills. 
Last week, Cathy had a disappointing conversation with an old friend.  When I asked her why, she said, “She told me all about her, her kids and her grandkids.  She never once asked about me or you.”  My response was that I’ve noticed this trend too.  Sometimes when I greet someone and ask “How are you?” …

Today is Thursday, so this post is on communication skills.
As you know, presentation skills – along with conversation and writing skills – are an important key to career and life success.  Today, I’m focusing on presentation skills.
I’ve been seeing an interesting TV ad for IBM recently.  It begins with a group of people preparing some “Jargon BINGO” cards prior to a presentation by a senior company executive.  The action them moves to the presentation, where the executive trots out every timeworn cliché and jargon expression that you can imagine.  All of the members of the …

Today is Thursday, so this post is on communication skills.
As you know, there are three very important communication skills that are absolutely necessary for career and life success: conversation skills, writing skills and presentation skills.
Networking is one of the most important places where your conversation skills come into play.  People who are good at networking are also good at finding good jobs and becoming career and life successes. 
Recently, I found a book called How To Be a Master Networker by James Malinchak and Joe Martin.  The book is small, to the point — and …