Spend time together. There is nothing better than spending quality time with your spouse to help your communication skills and your relationship. Plan a date, take a trip, or play a game together. Try to plan activities that require you to spend time talking with one another. If you are going to talk through the movie at the movie theater, go to the movies, if not, find another activity that will allow you to practice communicating as a couple. Practice is the only way to increase the quality your couple communication.

Outline a course of action for conflict. Disagreements are sure to happen in a remarriage or any marriage. Before a situation happens, work together to come up with ways to deal with conflict. Maybe you will agree that when things start to heat up you will take a time out or write a letter about the disagreement. The important thing is that when you feel your tempers rising, you know you can no longer communicate effectively. A routine to follow will help you get back to the point where you can talk about disagreements together.

Do what works for you. Every couple has their own unique style for effectively communicating together. Don’t try to be like anyone else or measure your success with that of other couples. Similarly, don’t measure the communication in your remarriage with the communication patterns you had in previous relationships. Time together and personalities will make every couple relationship different. Commit to making the communication that you have with your current partner the best that it can be.

Source:eHow

The key to a company’s credibility lies in its ability to communicate. Although media training generally focuses on speaking to the press, the same techniques can be used to increase effective communication between upper management and the rest of the company’s employees and between the company and its customers.

In times of crisis, this communication becomes more important than ever. To paraphrase a former General Electric slogan, in times of crisis, credibility is our most important product. Consistently, executive and crisis response teams that participate in media training exercises on a regular basis inform and reassure the public better than the untrained.

Maintaining Credibility

The following media training tips provide a guideline for planning for, dealing with, and coming away from a crisis with your reputation largely unscathed and perhaps even enhanced.

Plan ahead. Before a crisis occurs, know who will be in charge of what, and have a centralized headquarters established. Many organizations should have a second designated crisis headquarters location in the event the first is unusable. Update emergency contact lists frequently and make sure that whoever would need to be reached in a crisis can be reached quickly. A chaotic situation means that it will take far longer for you to gather the information you’ll need to communicate with the public.

Gather information. When crisis hits, gather as much information as possible, as quickly as possible. What happened? Where? Has anyone been injured or killed? These are the questions that you’ll be asked by reporters, family members and employees. Know what you’ll tell them.

Communicate early and often. Make a statement as soon as you can – but take the time to get organized first. Communicate frequently, even if it’s only to say “We don’t have anything further at the moment, but we will let you know as soon as we do.” Don’t treat questions as an annoyance. Convey concern and a desire to keep everyone in the loop. People are more apt to trust an “I don’t know” than they are to trust silence.

Communicate directly with those affected. While the public at large may have an interest in what’s going on, the people directly affected by the crisis need a more personalized approach. It’s not fair for employees to find out about their own lay-off on the evening news, or have to consult a web site to find out if a family member has been injured.

Remember that the show must go on. Even though you’re dealing with a huge problem now, your organization’s operations still need to be attended to. Bills need to be paid, clients need to be contacted, and employees need to be given guidance. It’s essential that you keep your day-to-day activities as close to normal as possible. The crisis will pass, but the everyday needs of your business will still be there.

Run practice drills often. Once you’ve established a plan and process for dealing with a crisis, you should put that plan into action as soon as possible. Conduct mock training drills to “shake down” the plan and see what needs to be improved. Too often crisis plans get put on a shelf and are forgotten. Keep your executives and crisis team sharp, so that if a crisis does happen, you’ll be prepared.

Source:EzineArticles

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4. Introductions: Whom do you introduce first? Introduce the person of lesser authority to the person with greater authority
Say the name of the person with greater authority first
Speak each person's name slowly and distinctly

Tip: Give a little information about each person as you introduce them.

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