NewsBreak Original

(Aurora, Colo.) When you have an emergency and need to talk to police, firefighters or paramedics, you want to make sure both parties understand each other. But the fact is many people live with disabilities that hinder their communication skills. They may be hard of hearing, have autism or mental illness. What makes matters worse is first responders often don’t know how to interact with people facing communication limitations.

To keep communication flowing smoothly in a business, it's important to ensure the message is communicated effectively to all audiences - from customers to employees. Gamification can be a great way to achieve this, as it can help to keep everyone engaged and motivated.

Driving employee engagement is one of the major struggles for most organizations. Yet, it is so important as it has a significant impact on performance, productivity and turnover rate. Highly engaged individuals are highly committed to their roles and the organization, which manifests in increased productivity, better performance, and reduced absenteeism and turnover.

I believe strongly that communication is key that opens positive and negative doors. Good communication starts with mindful communication. I worked as a family therapist and counselor and have solved many problems in families and communities by balancing and strengthening poor interaction patterns. In this article, I will share some tips from my knowledge and experiences with mindful communication.

How smart science readers can look beyond the initial correlation. I hope she's reading the latest science news. It's important to stay up to date.Victoria_Art/Pixabay. There’s a challenge that comes with reading scientific news articles; I like to see it as a hidden strategy. The headline and the article will often discuss the direct discovery, but the interpretation and underlying true cause is often left up to the reader.

**This is a work of nonfiction based on actual events that I have experienced firsthand; used with permission. Relationships are undeniably part of healing. There are parts of ourselves that we would never see or have access to in the absence of being seen and held by others. This is as true for our physical healing as it is for psychological and emotional wellbeing.

*This is a true story that I’m telling with the full consent of all involved parties (names have been changed). A few months ago, I was having cocktails with friends, when one of them burst into tears. Another one of our friends had been sharing with us a sex joke (it was also kind of a dad joke) that her boyfriend had told her the night before. We’d all been laughing, so we were shocked by the sudden switch of emotion.

Couple on motorized bikePhoto by Anastasia Shuraeva. Is your spouse mature or immature? While my marriage was suffering my husband began uncharacteristically abusing alcohol. I would tell him to stop taking my attention away from the three people who needed it most, our children. As his behavior digressed, so did mine.

It takes courage to be assertive with others, but it's a key component of effective communication and helps you gain self-confidence.~ Terri Kozlowski. Are you able to be firm with others? Do you understand what assertiveness entails? I define assertiveness as the ability to express your thoughts, feelings, attitudes, and rights honestly without causing yourself undue concern. It means you can assert your truths by expressing your opinions, emotions, and beliefs in an open, honest, and acceptable manner, while always respecting other people's views, feelings, and beliefs.

Simple Letters Make a World of Difference@ Brooklyn Muse. Ms. Elizabeth Bonker, who has nonspeaking autism, is the most recent valedictorian of Rollins College of Winter Park, Florida. The commencement address given was one of the most significant and powerful of any across the nation.

**This is a work of nonfiction based on actual events as told to me by a close friend, who experienced them firsthand; used with permission. There’s a lot of marriage advice out there. Some of it is good, and some of it is not.

The other day I was running up a mountain, with a podcast in one ear and clean mountain air in the other. Jordan Peterson was interviewing Jocko Willink, an author/podcaster, and retired Navy Seal officer. They were talking about how Willink studied English because he knew that being a good Navy Seal would require the ability to clearly communicate. The two men do a sort of deep dive into why English is such a useful thing to study, and the idea that struck me in a soft spot was that the ability to write well is priceless, because the ability to write well is directly correlated with the ability to think well. If you can communicate your thoughts and articulate them well, nothing can stop you.

English is a widely used commerce language. It is also the international language of the internet and worldwide knowledge access. Business English is the name given to the English that is used for dealing with business communication in English - albeit there are many variations, as I shall explain momentarily. This might cause problems unless you know how to tailor your communication to give you the best chance of success, regardless of the type of business English your target audience speaks.

**This is a work of nonfiction based on actual events that I have experienced firsthand; used with permission. It was an amazing first date. We went to this new Italian spot that recently opened downtown. The conversation flowed smoothly, and we laughed a lot. I could tell he was enjoying himself. But there was one thing that stuck out to me as a little bit odd.

Futurists, technologists, and some economists believe email will become extinct well before the end of the current century. This article is based on technology postings and related media reports. All linked information within this article is fully-attributed to the following outlets:Wikipedia.org, Forbes.com, Inc.com, Herdlein.com, and The Radicati Group.

**This is a work of nonfiction based on actual events that I have experienced firsthand; used with permission. Years into my marriage, I had surgery to remove my uterus. While the surgery itself went well, the recovery process was anything but easy. In the year that followed, I struggled with pain and discomfort. My husband was not very supportive, and I felt isolated and alone.

Individuals in the United States recently celebrated the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Ringing from the radio stations and television programs was his riveting “I Have a Dream Speech;” arguably one of the most quoted and moving deliveries of all time.

It’s not uncommon for mothers-in-law to give their son’s wives unsolicited advice on everything from what to cook for dinner to when the couple should start planning for a baby. While some of this advice can be helpful, other parts of it may be outdated or simply not relevant to the couple’s situation.

One bright Friday afternoon, Sharon Seline exchanged text messages with her daughter, a college student. They chatted back and forth, mom asking how things were going and the daughter answering with positive statements followed by smiley emoticons and hearts. It was a manifestation of happiness. Later that night, her daughter attempted suicide. In the following days, it came to light that she had been holed up in her dorm room, sobbing and presenting signs of depression — a radically different version from the one that she bore in texts, Facebook posts, and tweets.