Banned this week: selfie sticks and PowerPoint. That’s right, in the last couple days, news has spread across the globe that Disney Theme Parks are banning those wickedly popular three-foot selfie camera extensions. For safety, of course. And in other banning news? The Copenhagen Business School just banned PowerPoint from
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The title is a bit a misleading. Sadly, there are more than sixty-nine “rules” of punctuation. When it comes to punctuation rules, there are probably countless guidelines about how NOT to use them. But the reality is, if you can just learn what each of the punctuation marks do, you won’t
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Public restrooms are unpleasant. Ladies, you have your own set of hurdles in those less-than-savory public spaces, but for men there is a unique problem with urinals—men don’t always aim where they should. As any guy knows, one of the most uncomfortable parts of being in a public restroom is
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Citing sources is one of the most critical elements of creating not only ethical material, but credible documents. Traditionally, writers have had to access the MLA handbook–a 250+ page source book for referencing citation standards–or they have had to look up citation information online, one source at at a time
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It’s just a little comma, right? No biggie. Not like most people know the rules anyway! If this is your attitude towards those pesky little punctuation marks, you might want to take a second glance. Punctuation does more than you might think to writing: it changes pace of reading, it
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Aristotle famously stated that rhetoric is “an ability, in each particular case, to see the available means of persuasion.” In other words, rhetoric is about finding all communicative options in a given situation and carefully choosing which of them will most likely persuade your audience. If we are rhetorically savvy,
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Despite its recent surge in discussions in the mainstream media, the Mormon Church–officially known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints–remains one of the most misunderstood and, to some, the most mysterious of Christian faiths in America. There is a lot of literature out there on the internet,
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Do we ingest media like we ingest dessert–with binges in non-substantive material, with samplings of sugar-coated delicacies in favor of something with, say, a little more protein? Or vitamins? That’s the comparison James Madison University student Kathryn McDearis made in her “New Media Manisto”; her argument? We’re consuming media far
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“The Daily Routines of Famous Creative People,” an infographic published by Podio on Visual.ly has become one of my new favorite infographics. Not necessarily because of the content, though it is relatively intriguing to know that Victor Hugo ate coffee and two raw eggs for breakfast. And it’s not because of
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Just in time for Valentine’s Day, SampleTemplates.com just published an everything-you-need-to-know guide to writing a love letter. The infographic’s best advice? “Nothing ventured, nothing gained!” Be a romantic communicator this weekend by delivering a love letter with expert presentation in the best ambiance. The graphic says the rest.
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