Speaking Success - Presentation & persuasive skill development

10/25/2021

What have you written lately? A card or letter to a loved one. A list for shopping or instagram (I do that sometimes). Lots of people write & send emails. Unleash your inner poet this October! Here's some inspiration...

Congratulations to Melissa Joplin Higley, Grand Prize winner of the 90th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition. Here's her winning non-rhyming poem, "Anticipatory Grief."

01/22/2021

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-01-17/amanda-gorman-biden-inauguration-poet?fbclid=IwAR27VVOtKyfcvUWTS55ZN-VdM56jqjmKgbWtgBVhyW2VwIvHCHd7CHhmhZE

She became the national youth poet laureate at age 16; six years later, she read her poem at Joe Biden's and Kamala Harris' historic swearing-in.

05/22/2020

The language we are using about Covid19 has a negative psychological impact on children, parents and teachers.

Have a look at this sketchnote inspired by an open letter from Prof Paul Gilbert, professor of clinical psychology. He provides ideas on reframing the current situation using terminology that has more supportive implications.

07/24/2019

2019, 5 months to go! What do you plan to accomplish before January 2020? Plan your work, work your plan.

01/14/2017

Happy New Year 2017! Check out this article published online today... Cheers to maximizing results & success in our daily lives!

The secrets behind four-minute meetings and scrapping your to-do list.

12/06/2016

Since a picture can be worth 1000 words, this is a must-do craft! Thanks for visiting my page--keeping the dream alive one post/presentation at a time... Full-time job is raising a family, so part-time teaching/coaching is ideal now. Communication is still my Life's work! Happy Holidays 2016!

02/03/2016

HaPpY ChInEse NeW yEaR on 8 February 2016!!!! I am proud to be Chinese-Filipino by marriage, hence carrying the last name Co. THE SOCIAL BACKGROUND OF THIRTY CHINESE-FILIPINO MARRIAGES by Belen Tan-Gatue, published in Philippine Sociological Review, taught me more about this heritage which now belongs to my children. Read journals online/at your library!!!

12/01/2012

Signs of the holidays are here! Everywhere. Consider this & use your words... ;)

http://www.iswearenglish.com/ The difference between signal and sign. A sign gives information whereas a signal gives an instruction.

11/02/2012

The next WORLD TOURISM DAY will be celebrated on September 27, 2013 in the Maldives. WTD 2013 theme: Tourism and Water – Protecting our Common Future. Use your communication skills to be an ambassador for your home state/country when you travel or meet tourists! Learn more...

World Tourism Day (WTD) 2012 is being held under the themeTourism & Sustainable Energy: Powering Sustainable Development.Official celebrations will take place in Maspalomas, Spain (Sept 27).

11/23/2011

PLEASE VOTE for Susan Munsey--I know her personally, and her non-profit work is incredibly worthy!!! (Online voting runs through NOV 23, 2011 at 11:59PM ET. Each participant is entitled to only one vote.) CLICK on the link... THANKS for supporting GenerateHope.org! http://www.generatehope.org/LorealSite/

Honorees receive a $10,000 donation to their non-profit organization and additionally, one Women Of Worth Honoree and her cause will be recognized as the National Women Of Worth Honoree at the awards ceremony held in New York this December. Her charity will receive an additional donation of $25,000 ...

10/06/2011

Just because an email is sent doesn't mean it gets seen/read... Brief replies like "Message received," or "Got it!" can help--take guesswork out of electronic communication.

09/07/2011

September is here! Time to ensure your Contact List/Address Book is up-to-date, so you can reach people and businesses easily. Missing information? Seek or request it NOW before you NEED it and keep communication flowing!