by Jeanne Alford | Jan 4, 2017 | Blog
As much as we love to hear ourselves, there is a skill, a true gift, that is as much – or even more – important to the art of communications. Listening. It takes a moment and it’s a gift that keeps on giving. In many cases, we get caught up in thinking about...
by Jeanne Alford | Dec 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
Are you heard when you speak? Or do you get the polite nod? Often, we think we are not be heard or gaining the attention we think we deserve. Ever feel that is the case? If so, pay attention to the multiple use of a pronoun…I…when you speak. Are you speaking or...
by Jeanne Alford | Nov 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
What do a baseball legend, a classic novelist and you have in common? Everything if you think of direction. The question that I was asked was simple: How do you know if your life isn’t going anywhere? I immediately flashed on the quote from Yogi Berra: “If you don’t...
by Jeanne Alford | Oct 19, 2016 | Blog
Perception is an important element in communications. Really, you ask? According to the philosophers at Wikipedia, perception is the organization, identification and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the environment. But what...
by Jeanne Alford | Sep 27, 2016 | Blog
I get a lot of questions on communications from Quora. If you’ve got time and the inclination, it’s a great site to visit to “learn things” as the character, Dwayne Pride, on NCIS: New Orleans would say. Quora is a site dedicated to “be the easiest place to write new...
