Hi it's true these words, the greatest treasure of the humanity is the comunication. without it we would be in the stone age.
Great Alberto 2009/8/21 drbenzoni <[email protected]> > Dear Claire, Paulo, Wichuda and all, > > Communication is an interesting topic to discuss. First we use different > means to communicate in different ways or to different groups of people. > > Mail is one to one, slow way. Phone call a real time one to one. Email an > asyncrhonous way to get in touch with a group of people at the same time. > SMS a fast and asynchronous way to reach one person. So we choose the mean > that better suits our message and intent. > > All this capability that communication technologies give us today, permit > to communicate more, but, i think, not better. > Communicating better involves to think over the entire process of > communication and to figure out what the receiver of our message will get. > So what I want to say? What I said does express clearly my thought? How the > mean I use to communicate does influence the message? What does the receiver > get? How does he understand it? > The process is valid for all the means we use inclued face to face talk. > > Another important aspect is connection. We are in a physical place talking > with other people and at the same time we are reachable with our mobile or > we have our laptop connected with email and social networks.In this way we > are connected with different circles of people. > In my opinion (and sure in my life!) all these connections sometimes > distract people from their activities and, not least important, don't let > them the chanche to dialogue and to know better people near you. > > the best for you, > alberto > > > 2009/8/19 claire <[email protected]> > >> >> Dear all new or old,active or silent,;) >> >> "The more elaborate our means of communication,the less we >> communicate." >> >> These were the words of Joseph Priestly over 200 years ago. >> >> But if that was true,what would he make of communications technology >> today? >> >> Do you think people today 'connect' better than people used to with >> the help of the Internet or mobile phone? >> >> Which of the following do you find useful? >> When do you use it? >> Why? >> >> mobile phone? >> e-mail? >> SMS? >> MSN? >> Blackberry? >> Skype? >> >> Thank you and best regards, >> Claire >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or just reply this message For invite your friends, visit: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
