March 19, 2012

• Communicating

  Communicating

  I am at a course: Professional business writing skills for managers. Although I write a lot and since I am Afrikaans speaking I hope to be learning something new that will further improve my writing. It should not make a difference on how I write on Xanga, since Xanga is often more like shooting form the hip. I just write on Xanga as things come to mind. On the rare occasion I would try and put together a true master piece. My effort to write a master piece often results in less comments. Sometimes it is my most basic writing that suddenly rocks my world onto the flood light of hitting the Xanga top list... There had been times that I ask myself...Why this or that writing was so popular. We just covered the difference between linear communication and the constructivist approach. The latter is suppose to be knew but I wrote about constructivism even before I started to blog. Constructivist theory in essence says that we have different perspective and that we create a new reality between us when we communicate.  The positive thing about the course is that I can go home earlier.

  Tonight I will judge presentations at at a youth leadership course of Toastmasters international. I always enjoy these events. Seeing young people stepping up to the moment to voice their opinion is alway for me a heart warming experience. One's hope in the future of humanity gets restored when you see young people living a positive life. This is one reason why I stay with Toastmasters - the programme truly enables a person to live a more meaningful life. Meaning that does not just come through effective communication but a meaning that comes from being of service to the community. Communication it the thread that links meaning into the fabric of our communal existence. 

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