Phone Calls

Why We Should Bring Back The Phone Call

BuzzFeed | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Phone Calls, Telephone, Internet, Communicating on the Internet, Talking on the Phone, Cell Phone, Technology, Women News

Recently, I got into a conversation with some other women here at BuzzFeed about talking on the phone. The consensus: no one does it, unless they're c...

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Answering The Telephone For Personal Connection

Jen Bilik | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Phone Calls, Cell Phones, Personal Connection, Email, Knock Knock, Unplug and Recharge, Emails, Jen Bilik, Talking on the Phone, Phone vs. Email, Telephone vs. Email, Phone Conversations, Mindfulness, Talking on the Telephone, Phone Calls and Personal Connections, Healthy Living News
Jen Bilik

No one is more amazed than me by how much I've enjoyed -- and benefited from -- this personal return to the telephone. I find myself thinking about these dear friends and family members more frequently, like they're a regular part of my life, as once upon a time they so deliciously were.

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Family Etiquette

Lisa Mirza Grotts | Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Thank You Notes, Holidays, Stand for Adults, Gum Chewing, Debrett's Etiquette, Elbows on Table, Etiquette Rules in Your Home, Emily Post, Etiquette for Gloves, Phone Calls, Family Etiquette, Dress, San Francisco News
Lisa Mirza Grotts

People are always sharing their family etiquette stories with me, so I decided to share some of them with you. The moral of this blog: You're not alone.

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Parents, Welcome Those Late-Night Phone Calls!

Mary Anne Mercer | Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Phone Calls, Communication Skills, Parenting Advice, Parenting Teenagers, Parents-Teens-Tweens, Teenagers, Parents News
Mary Anne Mercer

All my adult life I have dreaded late-night phone calls. It took only one, many years ago -- news of the suicide of my sister -- to produce an instantaneous panic reaction when I am startled awake by that shrill, nerve-jangling assault of a night-time telephone.

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No More Calls, No More Meetings -- Ever?!

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 08.05.2011

Read More: Authors, Meetings, Phone Calls, Chars, Agents, Business News
Dr. Susan Corso

Years ago I remember hearing about a CEO new to an international company who took all the chairs out of all the conference rooms as one of his first a...

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Want to Get a Job? Mail a Letter

Jasmeet Sidhu | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: College Job Market, College Graduates Jobs, College News, College Graduates Unemployment, Phone Calls, Letters, Jobs, Networking, College News
Jasmeet Sidhu

Cold-calling, as terrifying as it can be (especially for a shy person like me!), can be your ticket to opening doors and meeting some really interesting, successful people.

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Hello, Virginia? Wyoming Calling

Tamar Abrams | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Telephone, Area Code 307, Virginia, Caller Id, Phone Calls, Area Code 703, Wyoming, Healthy Living News
Tamar Abrams

It's been going on for two days, with great urgency. Someone in the state of Wyoming is trying desperately to call me but gets shy when I pick up the phone.

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Friendship, Caring, and "The Call List"

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 02.16.2010

Read More: Friendship, Chappaqua, Loneliness, Sickness, Call List, Time, Relationships, Workplace, Jane Wild, Breaking News, Caring, Phone Calls, Living, Illness, Death, Communication, Healthy Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

Like hand-penned letters, the number of phone calls being made is decreasing relative to other types of electronic communications.

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Crackdown On Cell Phone Cabbies

nydailynews.com | By Pete Donohue and Leo Standora | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxis, Nyc, Taxi Drivers Cell Phones, Mobile Phones, Taxi Drivers, Cabbies, Taxi and Limousine Commission, Cell Phones, Phone Calls, Tlc, New York News

The Taxi and Limousine Commission will unveil tough new proposals Friday to crack down on chatty cabbies who yak on their mobile phones while driving....

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Robocalls Banned By Government? Not So Much

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Ben Protess | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Investigative Fund, Fcc, Donotcall.gov, Courtesy Calls, Consumer, Newspaper Association of America, Election Calls, Campaigns, Robocalls, Washington D.C., Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Robocall Rules, Political Campaigns, Consumer Bankers Association, Regulation, Do Not Call List, Phone Calls, Mortgage Bankers Association, Campaign Calls, Federal Communications Commission, Telephone, Ftc, Consumers, Politics News

It's dinnertime, the phone rings and it might be someone important. Instead, you hear a recorded voice: "Congratulations! You've been pre-approved for...

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Sam Stein

Bloomberg And Hagel Holding Regular Calls

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bloomberg and Hagel, Third Party, White House, Hagel and Bloomberg, Michael Bloomberg, 2008 Campaign, Independent Run, Chuck Hagel, Phone Calls, Soderberg, Politics News

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel have been conducting regular, private phone conversations over the past few mon...

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Sam Stein

Could Romney Be Behind the Anti-Mormon N.H. Phone Calls?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Phone Calls, Romney, 2008 Campaign, Dirty Politics, Anti-Mormon, Politics News

Something fishy is going on in New Hampshire and Iowa. Voters in the two early primary states have recently been getting phone calls raising questions...

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