Latest Blog Posts for The Communication Coach

• Thanksgiving Treasures
  on Nov 22, 2012 in Uncategorized appreciation family friends gratitude thanksgiving
  This holiday provides a time for many of us to reflect on what makes us grateful. I join that chorus. I am so thankful for my family – my son, my daughter-in-law, my grandson – but also the family I have chosen – my friends. My son...
• I love my job!
  on Jan 1, 2012 in small business training communication coaching
  Happy New Year! It’s the first day of 2012 and I am starting a new effort to write something on this site as often as possible. As many of you know, I took a full time position as a Business Advisor at the Small Business Development Center at U...
• Opportunity
  on Sep 6, 2011 in small business business communication education employment getting hired interpersonal communication jobs marketing professional small business counseling teaching training
  Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them. – William Arthur Ward I started my business in April 1999 as a desktop publisher. I had a contract with my former employer to write and layout newsletters and search for and...
• It rained!
  on Aug 31, 2011 in communication coworkers family friends interpersonal communication
  Don’t knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn’t start a conversation if it didn’t change once in a while. – Kin Hubbard Last Thursday, something remarkable happened. It rained in San Antonio. That’s remarkabl...
• Being Social
  on Jul 5, 2011 in communication marketing small business training writing business communication business etiquette business writing communication coaching editing facebook family friends interpersonal communication linkedin professional proofreading social media soft skills twitter
  There’s always a price to be paid for doing, being, and having more, and it has little to do with working harder or knowing the “right” people. In as few words as possible, “get out more.”  - TUT… A Note from the...
• Revolution!
  on Jun 2, 2011 in small business training classes college courses education education reform learning networking skills student loans
  Get over the idea that only children should spend their time in study. Be a student so long as you still have something to learn, and this will mean all your life. – Henry L. Doherty Anyone who has been looking for a job knows that there are fe...
• With Gratitude to My Mother
  on May 8, 2011 in Uncategorized education love Mother's Day training
  Today is Mother’s Day, a perfect day to reflect on the lessons my mother taught me. Let me tell you about Maggie Ward. My mother, Marguerite Evans Weis, was born in 1913 in West Virginia. Her mother died in the Swine Flu epidemic of 1918. Her f...
• Presenting Without Panicking
  on May 4, 2011 in Uncategorized communication marketing small business training business communication communication coaching employee relations employment getting hired hiring interpersonal communication job skills jobs professional promotions publicity soft skills teaching
  “According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you’re better off in the casket than...
• Decide What You Want
  on Apr 3, 2011 in communication marketing small business training writing business communication business etiquette business letters business writing clients communication coaching coworkers editing emails interpersonal communication job skills non-profit professional promotions proofreading soft skills
  The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want. – Ben Stein If you find that you are not receiving responses to your email messages, I may have discovered one of the problems. I recently me...
• Texting and Writing
  on Mar 1, 2011 in communication small business training writing business communication business letters business writing communication coaching editing emails error-free interpersonal communication job skills marketing professional proofreading texting tweeting
  Is texting ruining the writing skills of an entire generation? To be honest, probably. But the problem may not the obvious one.

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