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                                   Say What? Here's How You Can Say and Write it Better
                                                                          by Janet Carmichael


Welcome to Say What?
Please join me in my ambitious campaign to

 

  • Improve the use of the English Language 
  • Fight some tendencies to poor articulation 
  • Encourage the use of rules to make the right word choices every time

Now, these are just a few of the steps needed to make our communication skills more effective. And believe me when I say that anyone who really wants to achieve this goal will find these steps very useful.

But there are others.  
                                                                                                                      
Ah yes! There are others. As many have said before, excellence in communication does not deal only with the words we say, but equally with the way we say them. It has so often been truly said, "It is not what you say, but how you say it that matters." I am sure you would agree that this is important to good communication. 

Active Listening

So! Are we done yet? Not by a long chance. Well, what's still missing in this required list that makes us good communicators?  It is that important business of Listening.  But even as we add "listening" we want to make sure that the difference is clear between listening and hearing. Hearing is a physical capability, while listening—to be precise, Active Listening— is a mental capability; one that must be learnt (or learned)and faithfully practiced.

The Lexical Utopia

Say What?  started us out on the path—a delightful pathway strewn with so many juicy morsels of information just waiting there to be gathered and enjoyed.  So now, let us first retrace our steps, savor them once more—or for the first time— and then continue on to that place of perfection—the lexical utopia—even as we add other tantalizingly succulent tid-bits about becoming great communicators.

And thanks for joining the campaign.  You won't regret this decision.
 

 

 

 

 

Posted by Janet Carmichael at 5/4/2010 12:53 AM
Categories: Say What
Tags: Communication is the Key
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