Tuesday, August 14, 2012

week 8 communication and collaboration

This course has been such a good thing for me personally as I have been told I do not have good communication skills.  I have stepped back and evaluated the skills that were difficult for me.  I do think that emotional involvement is a stepping block that gets in my way.  I am a compassionate person and have some strong opinions, expressing these are not always the best. 
Thank you to all my colleagues in group 2 for their interesting discussion postings.  I have enjoyed learning with you and ask God's blessing on each one of you.
Thank you to Dr. Darragh for your encouraging words and clarifying confusing issues.  I felt that some of the instructions  were awkardly presented and you helped me so how to work them.
A rose for you and my colleagues.

7 comments:

  1. Hi Barbara,
    Thanks for sharing all of your personal thoughts. I know that communicating is hard for the both of us but hopefully this course has helped. Good luck with your future courses.

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  2. Barbara,
    Thank you for all of your hard work and extra effort to help each person in these courses. You have worked outside of the work you have been required to do in order to ensure that some of us had what we needed. I know this blog was difficult for you but you have come a long way and share graciously with all of us. Good luck to you as you continue on your professional path.
    Ginny

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  3. Hi Barbara,
    I do not believe that you do not have good communication skills. You have been in the front during this class, in sharing your thoughts, insights, and helpful tips to all of us colleagues. I love how you share such personal experiences that you have been through. It helps to connect with people. I completely agree that you are a very compassionate person, and can understand how that can hinder communication sometimes. I have faced that as well. I wish you the best of luck and know that you will do well with whatever you go for in this field! Thank you!

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  4. Barbara,
    Your posts and blogs are always insightful and full of personal stories. It takes a brave person to put themselves out there like that. COmmunication is a uniques experience for all of us and using the reflective techniques we have learned in this class will help us all better process what we say and what we hear! I hope to see you again in the next section. If not, I wish you the best professionally and personally.

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  5. Barbara:
    I have learned so much from you! Thanks for sharing your personal stories with the class. They were so inspirational. Your communication skills are great and I know you will go far in life. Good luck as we continue this journey and it has been incredible reading your discussions and blog posts!

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  6. Barbar, I really enjoyed communicating and collaborating with you in the DQ and through the blog postings. I have learned more effective ways to communicate and collaborate with business associates and personal contacts. I wish you all the best.

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  7. Barbara,
    Thank you for all that you have shared during this course to make it so successful for all of us! I loved the true sense of collaboration that I experienced in this course. I wish you the best of luck in your pursuits! Hope to see you in the next course!

    Jamie

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