Saturday, July 28, 2012

Birthday Messages - Greetings From the Heart

How many times have you sat, pen in hand, and not been able to think of a thing to write in a birthday card?  You don't want to just sign your name or say something used and trite, but nothing is coming to you.  Our special collection of birthday greetings is free for you to share with your friends.

Whether you are looking for a funny quip, some words of wisdom and lasting advice, or a way to express your love, you can find birthday messages that fit exactly what you need to say.

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A birthday is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to express appreciation for those we care about and to celebrate the wonderful ways they add to your life.  Don't let the event go by without special birthday messages that let them know they are on your mind on their birthday.

Birthday Messages - Greetings From the Heart

You can write a thoughtful message into a birthday card or slip it into the wrapping of a special gift.  It's the age of text messaging - why not send a birthday greeting in text form. A short birthday message is ideal for texting; an e-card is also a fun and interactive way to send your birthday wishes to a friend.

Try this one on for size:

It's your birthday, another year has passed,
Through new experiences, we had a blast.

Short, simple, and sweet!

Whenever you are stuck for the right saying for your birthday messages, you can find the phrase you need on our site.  Just think how much your mom or dad would be thrilled to receive a special birthday greeting from their grandchildren?

Birthdays are such special days - no matter how old you get, that one day can always make you feel appreciated, and the attention and party atmosphere can make anyone feel good.  Make a celebration extra-special and important, and give them something they can treasure forever.

Nothing is ever so appreciated as personal, warm birthday messages given with a thoughtful gift.  You can add a message to a card - in fact, why not make your own, unique birthday card?  Include one of our birthday poems, or a quote or famous saying that expresses your thoughts better than you could do on your own?

It really is the thought that counts, and when you send birthday poems and special greetings, they will truly know that your thoughts are warm, genuine and caring.

Visit our website any time and browse through the full catalog of verses and greetings of all types. You are sure to find the birthday poems and greetings that can bring a smile to their face, a tear to their eye, and a warm feeling to their heart.  If laughs are what you want, we have those, too.

If you are creative and sensitive, maybe you have birthday messages you want to share with us.  Feel free to submit your own verses to us, and we will be very glad to read them and include them on our site.

We know you will enjoy our special birthday poems, and we hope your loved ones know how much you care - they will surely appreciate the time that you took to share one of these special birthday messages and brighten their day.

Birthday Messages - Greetings From the Heart

My appreciation for poetry inspired me to create Special Birthday Poems. This is a website where I also share my rhyming birthday messages and encourage everyone to share them with their family and friends.

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Small Business - Why Face to Face Communications is Still a Major Performance Improvement Tool

Summary

Without effective face to face communication you won't get ongoing performance improvement. Face to face communication is important in the workplace for many reasons. But the major reason is often overlooked.

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The Information Age... Or Is It?

Small Business - Why Face to Face Communications is Still a Major Performance Improvement Tool

We've been told for 25 or so years that we live in "The Information Age". A wise man once disputed this with me. "We live in The Data Age", he said. "Information is data you can use". Someone else put it this way, "Good information you can't use is useless". As you're busily text messaging and emailing, ask yourself; "Am I communicating... or just using words?"

A One Way Street

Perhaps the so called "Information Age" has seduced us into believing that merely because we leave a message in one form or another, we're going to induce performance improvement. But I've never seen a memo, a fax - remember them? - or a letter create improved on job performance in a normal workplace either.

Work: A Social Event

The workplace is social. It contains people. And no matter how technologically sophisticated it is, those people need to talk. Think of all the reasons you need to talk at work: feedback, discussion, clarification, objection, agreement and disagreement, conflict resolution, grievance airing and reassurance are but a few. It's true that all these things could be covered by email or text messaging. But how clumsy, cumbersome and slow compared with one person saying to another "Let's get together and sort this out" or a phone call that asks "Is it OK with you if...?"

Performance Improvement: A Two Way Street

Think of all the simple questions and comments used all the time in the performance improvement process. "Is that clear?" "Do you understand?" "Show me." "Will you be OK now?" "Let me show you." "What do you think?" "Any comments?" "You've got it right now." "That's perfect." I could go on and so could you.

Systems and Performance Standards

Of course we still need sound support systems, measurable performance standards and all that goes with them. But we still need to ask "Is that an improvement?" "How can we measure it?" "Is the system working?" "Is that the result we wanted?" Have you ever sat with the phone to your ear while the musak ground tonelessly on or the recorded voice repeated how "important your call is to us". Did these totally inept, impersonal and largely irritating episodes evolve because the people who designed them forgot that technology is our servant not our master? Clearly no one ever asked the question "But what if we upset the customers?"

The Day To Day Reality

You can send all the memos, emails, text messages and hi-tech one way communications you like. But if you want to improve employee performance, sooner or later you must talk to the employee. You must encourage feedback, negotiate resolution and agree on a course of action.

Conclusion

Modern technology in communications has many benefits. But remember its limitations. If you want to encourage better staff performance, hone your face to face communication skills. Remember both the virtue and the value of expressions like "Got a minute?" and "Can we talk about this?" Next time you reach for the keyboard to fire off another email, pick up the phone and talk. If you don't, you're likely to be locked in the data age. The information age could pass you by.

Small Business - Why Face to Face Communications is Still a Major Performance Improvement Tool

Leon Noone helps managers in small-medium business to improve on-job staff performance without training courses. His ideas are quite unconventional. Reading his free Special Report "49 Practical Tips for Removing Employee Apathy, Aggravation And Resistance In Your Business". Simply visit http://managingemployeeperformance.com/ and download your free copy now.

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