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The Power of 10

• 10 Ways to Strengthen Your Reading Habit
• 10 Ways to Improve Your Listening Skills
• 10 important Tools (out of 50) to Improve your Writing Skills
• 10 Tips for Increasing Concentration
• 10 Tips for Improving Information Processing
• 10 Tips for Selecting Main Ideas
• 10 Tips for Motivation
• 10 Tips for Self-Testing

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Blogs to follow…

http://thoughtleadersllc.blogspot.com/

http://shiftingcareers.blogs.nytimes.com/

Models of Communication...

In order to communicate effectively, knowledge of the dynamics underlying communication process is essential. One way to analyze and understand communication process is in the form of models.

Models of communication are the pictorial representation to show the structure of communication process in which various components or elements are shown linked together. Models of Communication are the standard baseline for describing communication process. Models are based on the assumption that as how communication functions and what effect it has upon individual and society.

To learn more, refer to given web resources:

http://www.shkaminski.com/Classes/Handouts/Communication%20Models.htmhttp://www.maxwideman.com/issacons4/iac1432/index.htm

http://foulger.info/davis/research/unifiedModelOfCommunication.htmhttp://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/short/trans.html

http://www.carla.umn.edu/assessment/VAC/Modes/P_1.html

http://www.colorado.edu/communication/meta-discourses/Theory/models.html

Quote of the Day…

• "Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." - Mahatma Gandhi
• “The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.” - James Bryce
• "True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable." - David Tyson Gentry
• "There are no failures - just experiences and your reactions to them." - Tom Krause

Do you find above cited quotes meaningful, thoughtful or inspiring? I am sure you do. The above cited quotes are not merely sentences. These are powerful statements. But at times we tend to think as why a good quotation makes us react? For the words or the person who said these words or there is something more, something else. May be these words carry deep meaning and are profound.

Some quotes are inspiring. Others are unforgettable. And some are empowering. That’s one reason why such quotable quotes are so important in communication. What do you intend to achieve via your communication? I am sure you are looking forward to inspire, motivate, influence, persuade or empower somebody, some time and somewhere. Go ahead, use quotable quotes in your communication. But keep in mind the nature, object and context of communication.

Here are some useful web resources for your reference:

• http://www.quotesdaddy.com/
• http://tinybuddha.com/
• http://www.quotationspage.com/
• http://www.quoteland.com/

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Web Resources on Chidren & Advertising...

• Children Advertising Review Unit : http://www.caru.org/
• Responsible Advertising and Children: http://www.responsible-advertising.org/
• Campaign for Commercial - free childood: http://www.commercialexploitation.org/
• National Institute on Media and the family: http://www.mediafamily.org/facts/facts_childadv.shtml
• Children and Advertising: The European Dimension: http://www.ppu.org.uk/chidren/advertising_toys_eu.html
• Marketing to Children by Sharon Beder: http://www.uow.edu.au/~sharonb/children.html
• Marketing and advertising to children: http://www.nestle.com/CSV/Compliance/MarkAndComm/MarketingAdvertisingToChildren.htm
• Advertising to children: http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD..PC/pc=PC_91814
• The Future of Children's Media: Advertising: http://www.childrennow.org/issues/media/advertising_conference.html
• Consuming kids: http://www.mediaed.org/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=134
• Children, Advertising & Target: Why Kids Want So Much: http://www.businessweek.com/careers/workingparents/blog/archives/2009/06/almost_all_the.html
• The Motherhood Project: http://www.motherhoodproject.org/?p=21

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