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Communication Interruptus

Shelley Hendrix Reynolds | Posted 12.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Cell Phones, Living With Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, Facebook, Asd, Text Messaging, Asperger's, Facebook-Status, Texting, Communication, Living News
Shelley Hendrix Reynolds

During the first 17 months of his life, my son hit development milestones perfectly on time. Then autism hit.

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Just Listen -- Business Relationships That Last

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 11.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Mark Goulston, Business, Relationships, Communication, Business Relationships That Last, New York Times, Drexel University, Ed Wallace, Amazon, Living News
Mark Goulston, M.D.

Ed Wallace uses real-life stories, examples, and insights from his success as a sales leader to show you how to establish and maintain positive relationships, and the importance of credibility, authenticity, and integrity.

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Speak Your Truth - Three Tips for Communicating Authentically

Mike Robbins | Posted 11.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Relationships, Conflict Resolution, Personal Growth, Honesty, Spirituality, Communication, Speak Your Truth, Living News
Mike Robbins

Speaking your truth is an essential aspect of living a life of passion, fulfillment, and authenticity. However, for many of us, myself included, it is much easier to talk about speaking our truth than it is to actually do it.

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Digital Divine Mind

Sheila Shayon | Posted 11.28.2009 | Technology

Read More: Deepak Chopra, Internet, Digital Media, Mary Baker Eddy, Communication, Mobile Phones, Technology News
Sheila Shayon

The digital world of communications is the nearest thing to heaven on earth. The smarter we get about the true nature of matter -- the smaller, faster, and more powerful it becomes in our hands.

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Who Is Your Mother's Favorite?

Deborah Tannen | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Deborah Tannen, Language, Relationships, Siblings, Sisters, Verbal Communication, Favorite Child, Parenting, Communication, Living News
Deborah Tannen

Stamberg began our conversation by asking, with a mischievous twinkle that I could see in her eye and my sisters could hear in her voice, "So ladies, which of you was your mother's favorite?" While I hesitated and Naomi responded thoughtfully, "Oh, that's a good first question," Mimi quipped, "Obviously me. No question."

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Artist As Citizen: Judge Our Climate Contest

Richard Reiss | Posted 11.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Art, Education, Filmmaking, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Sculpture, Design, Artists, Climate Change, Photo Essay, Global Warming, Artist as Citizen, The Future, Risk, Communication, Mit, Green News
Richard Reiss

Over the summer, we set a couple of dozen creative students the task of describing the risk from climate change, as framed in the most recent IPCC and MIT reports.

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Learning To Listen: How Communication Saves Relationships

Telegraph | Dr David Burns | Posted 11.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Men and Women, Listening, Relationship Advice, The Balanced Life, Relationships, Health, Communication, Living News

Most people don't do a very good job of listening. When they're upset, they don't acknowledge how the other person is feeling and insist that the othe...

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Communicating for Peace Day Every Day

Colleen Turner | Posted 11.20.2009 | World

Read More: Peace, International Peace Day, Dialogue, Conflict Resolution, Gangs, War, Best Practices, Communication, World News
Colleen Turner

This year's celebration of International Peace Day on September 21st finds me focusing on communications between real or potential enemies in ways that foster amity, not enmity.

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What the Battle Over the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Tells Us about Public Opinion and Climate Change Legislation

Levi Novey | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Research, Social Science, Public Opinion, Climate Change, Messaging, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Climate Bill, Communication, Energy, Green Jobs, Clean Energy, Green News
Levi Novey

The sales pitch for legislation needs to focus on America obtaining cheaper long-term energy from our own sources, creating steady jobs for Americans that pay well, and giving Americans a less polluted country.

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Women in Hip-Hop: The B-girl Be Festival

Lauri Lyons | Posted 11.18.2009 | Entertainment

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Lauri Lyons

When it comes to women in hip-hop, don't call it a comeback. Women have been here for years.

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Just Listen - Maybe Someday is Now

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Elderly, Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone, Aging, Mark Goulston, Just Listen, Health Care, Just-Listen-Discover-the-Secret-to-Getting-Through-to-Absolutely-Anyone, Communication, Living News
Mark Goulston, M.D.

In 1972 while attending medical school, I was working part time doing EKG's at a Jewish Home for the Aged. It was a clean and nice facility, but like most of its kind, a "waiting station" before people died.

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The Secret Bond That Sisters Share

Deborah Tannen | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Birth Order, Sibling Rivalry, Children, Sisterhood, Sisters, Siblings, Childhood, Rivalry, Communication, Family, Living News
Deborah Tannen

A sister is someone with whom you can laugh and be silly like when you were kids; who still sees in you the child you were; who shares your past and your memories of it.

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Will the Public Option Cover Barack Obama's Democrat's Disease?

Simon Sinek | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Leadership, Obama Speech, Public Option, Health Care, Healthcare, Barack Obama, Communication, Politics News
Simon Sinek

Obama is failing to lead America into a new era of health care reform not for lack of vision, but because he's not talking about it properly. Worse, he's starting to sound like "just another Democrat."

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When Your Friend Becomes Your Boss: How To Preserve Your Job And Friendship

Christine Hassler | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Career Advice, Twenty-Something Advice, Promotions, Friends, The Balanced Life, Work, Communication, Career, Workplace, Boss, Christine Hassler, Living News
Christine Hassler

If you are yourself asking the question, "why him not me?" answer it via self-reflection and investigation...

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Calling All Cynics

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Politics of Fear, Anger, Listening, Cynicism, Mark Goulston, Just Listen, Communication, Living News
Mark Goulston, M.D.

Deep inside all skeptics and most cynics is a deep ache to trust again, but to do so without the fear of being let down, disappointed, betrayed or devastated.

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How To Ask For What You Want At Work

Christine Hassler | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Employee, Career, Work, Advice, Communication, Employer, Career Advice, Living News
Christine Hassler

Can you imagine a job where you can ask for exactly what you want and get it? Do these jobs actually exist? It turns out they do! I was recently ins...

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The Medium is the Message

Jim Selman | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Government, Social Media, Twitter, Social Networking, Marshall McLuhan, Youtube, Power, Hulu, Facebook, Learning, Communication, Living News
Jim Selman

The general consensus is that the phenomenon of social networking/social media is as potentially revolutionary as the Industrial Revolution. Whether this is hyperbole or turns out to be fact will remain a question for history.

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Painful Teen Friendship: What's a Mom to Do?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 09.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Reader Q & A, Parent, Living News, Resilience, Mom, Best Friend, Hurt, Advice, Parenting Advice, Role, Breaking News, Communication, Teens, Preadolescents, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

Unless your teen's health or safety is at risk, resist the temptation to solve friendship problems for her.

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Addicted to the Internet

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 09.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Obama's Beer Meeting, Internt, Twitter, Grief, Tv, Communication, Media News
Joan E. Dowlin

Take way the stimulus of TV and the Internet and what are you left with? Yourself and your thoughts.

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How to Be Your Own Mediator: Disconnect the Reaction from the Person

Grande Lum | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Negotiation, Relationships, Communication Skills, How to Negotiate, How-to-Negotiate, Negotiation Tips, Work Relationships, Healthy Relationships, Work-Relationships, Negotiations, Relationship Advice, Conflict, Mediation, Communication Tips, Communications, Mediator, Conflict Resolution, Communication, Living News
Grande Lum

When you can distance yourself from your response, you separate the reaction from yourself.

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Best Communications Practices for Making a World of Difference

Colleen Turner | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Clinton, Best Practices, Obama, Diplomacy, International Relations, Stategic Communication, Biden, Communication, Joseph Nye, Soft Power, Politics News
Colleen Turner

At home and abroad, the words of our leaders obviously matter. Why then do presidents, cabinet members and congressional leaders so often say things that make matters worse, not better?

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How to be Your Own Mediator: Raise the Issue Swept Under the Rug

Grande Lum | Posted 09.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Negotiation, Negotiations, Relationship Advice, Conflict, Relationships, Mediation, Communication Tips, Communication Skills, Mediator, Communications, How to Negotiate, How-to-Negotiate, Conflict Resolution, Communication, Living News
Grande Lum

Unlike a comedian who has to setup a punch line carefully and wait for the right beat, you can come back to an issue that happened hours, weeks and even years ago to work things out.

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Your Story Is Your Key To Success In Business Presentations

Jen Grisanti | Posted 08.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Business, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking, Business, Motivation, Speeches, Communication, Jerry Weissman, Business News
Jen Grisanti

Presenting is an art. The key to giving a successful presentation is knowing how to tell your story.

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Have You Been Silenced?

Eva M. Selhub, M.D. | Posted 08.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Anger, Fear, Positive Thinking, Clear Communication, Love Response, Voice, Clarity, Speaking Up, Stress Reduction, Communication, Truth, Living News
Eva M. Selhub, M.D.

In some form, at some time, we have all been silenced. We all have felt that our voice had no value, that we were invisible.

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How to Be Your Own Mediator: Lower Your Boiling Point

Grande Lum | Posted 08.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Negotiation, Communication Skills, Relationship Advice, Conflict, Mediator, How to Communicate, Communication, Living News
Grande Lum

A mediator in a conflict can see people's temperatures rising and make choices to lower them immediately.

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