“The Greatest Art in the World is Art of Storytelling”–Cecil B. DeMille Why tell stories? Most of the time when we tell stories we have reasons for telling the story Read More »
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Our Multicultural World
“A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the souls of its people.” –Ghandi What is culture? “Culture is the learned, shared symbols, language, values, and norms that distinguish Read More »
What Makes a Picture Book Great?
There are three touchstones that help determine if a book is great: Universality Individuality and Suggestion. 1. Universality does not mean that everyone will love the book. It means that Read More »
Communication is Like Driving a Car
Communication is kind of like driving a car. It’s not like riding a bike–once you know how you can always do it. What I mean is that communication is like Read More »
Saying the Perfect Thing at the Perfect Time
Do you know how sometimes you think of the perfect and right thing to say after you have left a conversation? Or you might think of the right thing to Read More »
What is in a Word?
What is in a name? What is in a word for that matter? Shakespeare was an amazing wordsmith and the list of words he invented, which are still part of our Read More »
The Golden Rule of Communication
Reciprocity is the idea that one action will usually match another action (think of the word reciprocal). In communication, reciprocity means that in response to friendly actions, people are frequently Read More »
Good Times Ahead! Learning Optimism
“A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.”–Harry S. Truman Did you know that optimism is Read More »
The Seven Kinds of Multiple Intelligence
Did you know that there are exactly 7 kinds of intelligence? According to Howard Gardner the Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, there Read More »
In Relationships, Equity is Key
In interpersonal communication research there is a theory called Equity Theory that explains relational satisfaction in terms of fair and unfair distribution of resources within relationships. In a healthy relationship Read More »