‘VIP’ is an abbreviation for ‘very important person’. We spell the letters out rather than pronounce them as a word. That means that the sentence, “He was treated as a VIP” sounds like, “He was treated as a V – I – P” (or ‘vee-eye-pee’).
Strategic communication advisor Stephanie Scotti says in her article on ragan.com that we should not thank our audience before and after our presentations, arguing that it weakens our message. We should be using a strong opener and a closing statement that is a “knockout punch”. Food for thought!
You often see PS (or P.S.) after the main body and signature of an email or a letter. It’s Latin for “post scriptum” and means ‘written after’. So you might like to add a PS as an afterthought or if you would like to emphasize some kind of information.
Henry Ford“Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.”
Answer these three short questions (link to YouTube) and see whether you can find the answers. What should I say? I failed miserably! 🙁 Perhaps I just need a cup of coffee! 😉
Reader’s Digest’s “Photo Recall” is an online photo memory game. So how observant are you? You’ll have to take a very close look at those pictures …
