The How Can I Help Offer

“How Can I Help” Call— Your Offer For an “How Can I  Help” call– just by calling you are showing that you care.  Letting someone know that you are available can mean a lot.  True, people often don’t know what to ask for, but with good listening and questioning skills, you may be able to […]

How to Be Clear When Teaching a Task –English Speech Communication

Be Clear When Teaching a Task Recall the last time you assigned a person to complete a task for you at work or in daily life –family or friend? Tips for being clear in that circumstance: Set the climate. Use a place conducive for listening.–specially level of background noise Get a time when your colleague […]

Offer Your Help

Offer Your Help- Make a Call Make this call to offer support and make yourself available as a resource.  When you hear about a project or challenge someone is facing, reach out and call.  If you hear someone is job searching you can call and offer ideas and moral support. Ask questions to find out […]

How to ask for a date

How to ask for a date? Getting started is the hardest. People who speak English as a second language often ask about colloquial or typical prases for asking a person out for a date.  They want the general North American pattern of that conversation,  In the United States, males can ask and females can ask. […]

Take Detached Look at Your Comfort Zone for Interaction

Take a Detached Look at your Comfort Zone for Interacting with Others. Taking a detached look at your comfort zone for people interaction can be unsettling, but it reveals a characteristic which you can choose to accept or change. –Are you comfortable or at ease making conversation with someone you don’t know at a meeting, […]

Keep in Touch

Keep in Touch The Power of Staying in Touch… and Reconnecting You ever get “Keep in touch” line at the end of a note, written or email?Great power is in staying in touch and reconnecting. Think about your relationships, past and present which are likely more vast than your initial thought. Relationships are like a […]

English Communication Skill: Encourage Conversation- The Road to Rapport

English Communication Skill:  Encourage Conversation- The Road to Rapport Relationship is the heart of social and work life. Communication is the heart of relationship and rapport. What’s the cardinal characteristic that encourages others to feel comfortable and converse? Observation. Look around and notice what surrounds another person– say a picture of an ocean setting– and […]