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Hello Beautiful People of the interweb, How are you this week? We've come to the time where I summarize and relate another chapter of Groundswell: Winning in a world transformed by social technologies. So this week I read chapter 5, which is all about listening. The Chapter begins with the importance of brands and how brands play a huge factor in the business world. They state "brand is whatever your customers say it is"(Li & Bernoff, 2011, Pg. 79) which is important to understand. Companies…

According to (skillsyouneed) listening interpersonal skills are key to effective communication, which that can eliminate being misunderstood when information is conveyed. The first rule of mastering listening is you must stop talking, put your focus on what the speaker is saying without interruption. Secondly, show the speaker that you are engaged in the conversation by maintaining eye contact and use nods or other gestures that show you are interested and listening. Show empathy with the…

The 1986 film, The Mission, uses music to enhance the viewer’s emotions and interpretations of the scenes. The film score by Ennio Morricone is so important to the film that it is the main focus of some of the scenes. The dialogue in this film appears to be lacking. In the excerpt of the movie there is very little dialogue and when there is it’s kept short and to the point. The music fills in the long gaps between conversations. The first music that is heard is a soft guitar melody. It is…

As I was fast asleep I heard someone breaking in! I jumped up and dashed from my bed to see a bunch of travelers in my cave, with my food. I ran at them attacking and eating some of the men. Then a man jumped on me tied me up and gouged out my eye. As I was screaming I said, “who is doing this!” The man told me nobody. I screamed “Nobody is gouging out my eye!” The men ran off leaving me alone, in total darkness. I screamed and stumbled across the ground! I felt my way to the water and…

hung?” the princess asked happily. “No, darling, of course he won't be hung, but he is going to be hanged,” The king said cruelly. “Father, we could be so happy together. We could be like a Taylor Swift song.” The princess started to cry. “That sounds all fine and dandy until he kills you to rule Delamína alone,” The king told his daughter in a knowing tone. Well, at least he knows what's up, I thought to myself. “But dad he wouldn't do that. I bet he came here to propose to end the feud,”…

Tinnitus is the ringing in the ear, which is an unwanted sound that one can hear. The sounds can be constant or comes and goes, soft or loud, and in one ear or both. There are three ways to distinguish the symptoms of the patient’s tinnitus sound: tonal tinnitus, pulsatile tinnitus, and musical tinnitus. Tonal is a near continuous sound that are affiliated with subjective tinnitus, which is just the normal ringing sound, pulsatile is pulsing sound that one hears from their heartbeat and for some…

At 5:30, after the minor procedure, I got off of the operating table and the sounds around me were… different. Weirdly vivid. My life became a little less different. While my hearing is still a little imbalanced, things are easier. Junior year was a struggle and memories from my AP Biology class still haunt me, but senior year…

Music is a way of life, it’s the beat in the human heart and the rhythm of a person’s step. Some people have the ability to make music even more touching and meaningful to human life. These people are composers and use their talent to bless us with music. One of the famous songwriters/musician is the talented and esteemed Taylor Swift. The music she writes reflects her background, career and other relevant information. Taylor Swift’s background is an important part of who she is, knowing these…

protects the nasal passage by directing a portion of the substance to the mouth. The uvula hangs fro the end of the soft palate, in humans. The placement of the velum all depends on what sound you as a singer. If you have a high, lifted velum your sound will be more legit or classical. A good way to achieve this sound is by whimpering like a dog, or by acting like a queen and saying “ I am the queen” works well, this one also lowers the larynx. Having a middle or medium soft palate comes from…

With hearing loss, it makes it incredibly difficult to tell the difference between a sound that is directed towards you and a sound that you hear in the background. Avoiding Social Settings As a result of all the symptoms discussed above, it is not uncommon for those with hearing loss to want to avoid social settings. More often than not, those that suffer…