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JD Schramm on Consistency in Communication

This week, we stumbled across “A Model of Consistency,” a blog post from JD Schramm. Shramm, a member of the Harvard Business Review‘s blog network, writes about a former professor who sent his students and friends monthly newsletters year in, year out, to the tune of 467 issues before he retired. It’s a fun read, and Schramm offers a valuable question:

What does consistent communication mean for you?

As we kick off our new blog here at Com. Studies, we naturally have consistency in communication on our minds. In the world of online, written communications, what types of consistency are important to you? What do you look for when you decide to follow a blog?

Aristotle once said that

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.

What habits can we, and all online communicators, cultivate to produce excellent content and bring our readers back for more?

Fall 2011 Class Highlight: Interpersonal Communication

This fall at the Edwards Campus, Professor Natabhona Mabachi will be teaching COMS 930: Interpersonal Communication in All Domains. Each Thursday night, COMS students will investigate and critique foundational and contemporary theories and research in interpersonal communication. These theories will help them frame thinking about interpersonal relationships at work, in the family, in romance and friendship, and in contexts such as health care and education.

In the business world, we know that communication does more than just convey information: it has the power to build and define relationships, as well as motivate or hinder action.

Copyright KU Office of University Relations. Credit: R. Steve Dick, University Relations

When have your interpersonal communication skills helped you to be more successful in your workplace? When have these skills (gulp!) failed you? What aspects of interpersonal communication do you wish you–or your co-workers!–had a better grip on?

Best of luck to Professor Mabachi and her students this semester!

Edwards Campus Info Fairs

Have you ever been to an Edwards Campus Info Session?

In the Com. Studies program, we see these events as an opportunity to tell prospective students about our degree and how going back to school can fit into their lifestyles.

We love to answer prospective student questions like “Can I take classes and still work full time?”, “How long will it take to earn my MA?”, and “What can a COMS degree do for me?”, but what we like best about the Info Fairs is meeting new people, discovering their goals and interests, and figuring out how KU can work for them.

So come on by! It’s not too early to register for our next Info Fair on Thursday, October 20th!