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Business Writing: Face to Face, Phone, and Email--Which Is the Best Communication?
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Talk, tips, and best picks for writers on the job. Syntax Training Lynn Gaertner-Johnston. Laquo; Hot Tip on a Microsoft Office Feature. March 04, 2009. Face to Face, Phone, and Email- Which Is the Best Communication? In a recent class in British Columbia, a director spoke about the companys focus on better communication. He said, Face to face is always best, then phone, then email. Whenever you can, choose face to face. I disagree, at least partly. In a class I am teaching in managerial communication, s...
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PICA-Connect!: Workshop Recap - Commissioner Jim Donelon
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Monday, May 23, 2011. Workshop Recap - Commissioner Jim Donelon. Welcome to our first speaker recap from this year's outstanding workshop! Today's post comes from PICA member Kirsten Faherty:. The first thing I noticed about the Commissioner is that he is truly a take-charge person. While Jan Wright had prepared notes to introduce him, she didn't need to use them because as Jim came in, he said hello, found a chair toward the front of the room, asked if he could sit in it and then jumped right in! Even a...
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PICA-Connect!: Social Media is a Conversation with Professor Ashley Nelson
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Social Media is a Conversation with Professor Ashley Nelson. Today's PICA Workshop recap is by PICA Chairman, Patrick Faherty. 8220;We’ve also already had a student hired specifically because they have a background in social media,” said Ashley. “There’s a new generation of customers coming up and this is how they want to communicate, so smart businesses are going to get good at this.”. Ashley also shared some tips for how to come up with Twitter topics, which include:. Holmes Trai...
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PICA-Connect!: May is Right Around the Corner
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Monday, March 28, 2011. May is Right Around the Corner. We say it every year, but if you are sitting this year's conference out, you are missing the best one yet. Never before have we had:. An insurance commissioner address us. A chance to interact with agents. The opportunity to give back to the community in which we're meeting. The chance to look at insurance through the eyes of an area that has needed our industry's help in a big way. Professional Insurance Communicators of America Inc. Holmes Trainin...
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PICA-Connect!: 6/12/11 - 6/19/11
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Sunday, June 12, 2011. Creating Meaningful Social Media Strategies with Cindy Crescenzo. For the second year in a row, PICA has involved Crescenzo. Communications in our annual workshop, with very good reason. Their contributions to our learning have been phenomenal! While we’ ve. Had some primers on the ins and outs of various social media mechanisms, Cindy Crescenzo. After all, social media is cost effective, right? And everyone is online, right? So, does one method of communicating replace another?
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PICA-Connect!: 5/29/11 - 6/5/11
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Friday, June 3, 2011. Local Red Cross CEO Kay Wilkins Shares Katrina’s Powerful Lessons. Kay Wilkins moved and inspired PICA with her recollections of the days before and after Hurricane Katrina. Today's recap comes from PICA Chairman, Patrick Faherty. Going back almost six years to that terrible time in 2005, here’s what the Red Cross provided before, during and after the storm:. 8226; 140,000 cots. 8226; 150,000 comfort kits. 8226; 427,000 clean up kits. 8226; Up to a million meals per day. We are a no...
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PICA-Connect!: Consistency is Key! Creating Meaningful Social Media Strategies with Cindy Crescenzo
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Sunday, June 12, 2011. Creating Meaningful Social Media Strategies with Cindy Crescenzo. For the second year in a row, PICA has involved Crescenzo. Communications in our annual workshop, with very good reason. Their contributions to our learning have been phenomenal! While we’ ve. Had some primers on the ins and outs of various social media mechanisms, Cindy Crescenzo. After all, social media is cost effective, right? And everyone is online, right? So, does one method of communicating replace another?
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PICA-Connect!: 1/23/11 - 1/30/11
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Friday, January 28, 2011. PICA's 2011 Workshop Agenda - Let's Try Something New! We've finally got our plans together and we're ready to tell you the GREAT news about our 2011 Workshop Agenda. And wow. I mean, WOW! We have had some fantastic speakers at past workshops, but this year.this year.well, just see for yourselves:. Louisiana's Commissioner of Insurance, Jim Donelon. To give us the scoop on insurance trends and the state of our industry. Professor Ashley Nelson of Tulane University. We are a non-...
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PICA-Connect!: 2011 PICA Workshop in New Orleans is Almost Here!
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011. 2011 PICA Workshop in New Orleans is Almost Here! Hi Everyone –. After months of planning by your Administrative Committee, it’s hard to believe that the 2011 PICA Workshop is finally almost here! I’m very excited about the program the team has put together and, once again, we’ve taken advantage of our location to get some new and interesting perspectives on the cornerstones of our name – “Insurance” and “Communications.”. In the meantime, I hope you’re excited about this yea...
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