Entry Fifteen

Story:
Going to try a new ad hosting site called project wonderful.

Advice:
Do not Spam click this time!

Entry Fourteen

Story:

Showing trustworthiness is an essential key to successful networking.  In any profession, people do not want to network, let alone work with individuals who they cannot trust.  Being a trustworthy individual means having a “…high measure of character as seen by those people with whom we interact” (Block, 156).  The way that we prove our credibility as trustful, is by establishing clear precise personal qualities, showing straightforward, good intentions and having a clear and precise attitude (158).  The personal qualities that need to be focused on is being honest and being sincere.  As previous stated, being forthright in your interactions with your coworkers is the best way to establish a sense that you are an honest person.  It is human nature to trust more openly an honest person as opposed to those who lie.  It is important that an individual be sincere in their actions.  Whenever they are focusing on a goal, or they have a certain value set, they need to stay sincere to those values, and not show signs of dramatic change (Baum & Nowicki, 1998). 

Advice: 

To see the affects of your label in an attempt to gain trustworthiness, it is important to be able to survey others cues in how they feel (Sandhya, 2007).  Action speaks louder in words, because it is the case that someone will speak one thing, but nonverbally do another.  For example, a manager asks two coworkers to work together on a risky project.  The manager pulls the two individuals in their office and tell them about the project and if they are comfortable working together.  A good way for these coworkers to see if they have a level of trustfulness is by how each coworker reacts to the situation.  If a trust is established between the two coworkers, there nonverbal will show positive arousal, and if concern is expected, it is expressed words the project or the manager, by facing the manager.  If that trust has not been set up, or has been settled negatively between the two coworkers, then even if the two say they are willing to work on the project, they will be physically moving away towards each other, or adjusting uncomfortably.  However, nonverbal cues are not always so easy to identify as physical repulsion, it can also take the form of a lack of effort on the project, or a general lack of communication between the coworkers. 

 References:

-Baum, K. M., & Nowicki, Jr., S. (1998). Perception of Emotion: Measuring Decoding Accuracy of Adult Prosodic Cues Varying in Intensity. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior. 22, 89-107.

-  Block, D. (2007). Investing in Staff Development Pays Off. Adult Basic Education & Literacy Journal, 1(3), 154-156. Retrieved March 19, 2009, from Academic Search Premier database.

- Sandhya, R. (2007). The Media Globe: Trends in International Mass Media. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 84(4), 858-860. Retrieved April 5, 2009, from the Communication & Mass Media Complete database.

Entry Thirteen

Story: 
Back from my vacation, will post a blog tomorrow.  

Advice: 
Check back tomorrow.

Entry Twelve

Story:
I am on vacation:

Advice:
Go on one as well.  Be back Wed  or Thursday!

Also:
Some idiot Spam clicked my ad one day literally 100 times, and got my ad sense banned.  Thanks alot.  Their goes my 51.64 dollars.

Entry Eleven

Story:

Even though developing deep, interpersonal relationships with co-workers is a vital key to successful networking, there can benefits to not having to develop these long lasting relationships with everyone (Block, 2007).  Even if every person that you meet and do not go farther than just a few passing glances and a few comments and open armed approached conversation, that person will most likely see you as being the person, in which others ask about later (2007).

Advice:

To succeed in long and lasting favorable networks, an individual needs to set up good, strong bonds.  To build strong bonds, one must act in a responsible, dependable, organized and persistent manner towards others.  Responsible in the sense that individuals need to take charge of what they say, and need to be responsible to be able to be open and receptive towards others (2005).  Being dependable towards not only ones responsibility towards others, but also dependable in acting in such a way that expectations are going to not shatter too often.  If people are unable to get any sense how others are, it will be hard for them to develop long and lasting relationships (Hoygen, 2004).  In life, people also need to organize and persistent in their own lives, so they show a shining example.  If someone has a hard time staying organized in their own life, the question of “how are they going to be organized and persistent in this relationship…” will fill the mind of the individual (2004).  True dedication towards those who are influential and those who can help develop an individual’s career, is crucial towards sustaining a healthy, progressive network.  Not only will you have the professional relationships to help get you through the toughest of tasks, but you will also have deeper relationship’s, that can help you develop even stronger bonds.

References:

-  Block, D. (2007). Investing in Staff Development Pays Off. Adult Basic Education & Literacy Journal, 1(3), 154-156. Retrieved March 19, 2009, from Academic Search Premier database.

-  Hoygan, Joyce (2004).Which Traits Predict Job Performance?. Journal of Applied Psychology. 15-33

Entry Ten

Story: 

     In mass media, there is the ever-growing trend of taking news and other programs to a syndicated global scale.  With the help of fiber optic cable lines that allow high-speed information to travel on a private network, and the use of the Internet, the face of global media is changing (Helms, 2008).  Indecently, those who seek a career in mass media are finding it increasingly difficult to gain employment, because with broadening the cover base, comes a broadening of the hiring pool, and essentially, more qualified applicants applying for sought after jobs.  Therefore, it is important for any individual who wishes to enter the field of mass media to have a fair understanding of how to network, and even better, have a well-set up network (2008).  

Advice: 

     The number one trait that employers are looking for in mass media is the capacity to work with others, and be able to show leadership qualities (Sandhya, 2007).  With a well-preserved and set up network, not only does this prove the individuals ability to work with others; because of how they are working and preserving an active network of professional resources, but they are also showing leadership skills by being able to control and tap the network they have created when the need arrives.  Showing trustworthiness is an essential key to successful networking.  In any profession, people do not want to network, let alone work with individuals who they cannot trust.  Being a trustworthy individual means having a “…high measure of character as seen by those people with whom we interact” (Supe, 123).  The way that we prove our credibility as trustful, is by establishing clear precise personal qualities, showing straightforward, good intentions and having a clear and precise attitude (121).  The personal qualities that need to be focused on is being honest and being sincere. 

References:

-  Helms, Ludger (January 2008). Governing in the Media Age: The Impact of the Mass Media on Executive Leadership in Contemporary Democracies.. Goverment & Opposition, 43, Retrieved April 5, 2009, from

-  Sandhya, R. (2007). The Media Globe: Trends in International Mass Media. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 84(4), 858-860. Retrieved April 5, 2009, from the Communication & Mass Media Complete database.

-  Supe, A. (2008). NETWORKING IN MEDICAL EDUCATION: CREATING AND CONNECTING. Indian Journal of Medical Sciences, 62(3), 118-123. Retrieved March 31, 2009, from Academic Search Premier database.

Entry Nine

Story: 

Understanding what interpersonal relationships are, is an important step in understanding exactly what effective networking entails.  According to Terrence A. Doyle, ph. D, interpersonal communication is described “…in terms of relational contexts of interaction and the types of expectations that communicators have of one another” (Doyle, 2005).  However, this idea of understanding each other expectation is a complex task.  Based on research conducted by Doyle in 2005, there are four classic categories that man place their expectations in.  These categories are separated into, Family, Friendship, Romantic and Professional (2005).  In any circumstance, it was found that the most typical categories that people fell into at work; besides the obvious professional relationship, friendship takes a front seat in any media outlet.

Advice:

To succeed in long and lasting favorable networks, an individual needs to set up good, strong bonds.  To build strong bonds, one must act in a responsible, dependable, organized and persistent manner towards others.  Responsible in the sense that individuals need to take charge of what they say, and need to be responsible to be able to be open and receptive towards others (2005).  Being dependable towards not only ones responsibility towards others, but also dependable in acting in such a way that expectations are going to not shatter too often.  If people are unable to get any sense how others are, it will be hard for them to develop long and lasting relationships (Hoygen, 2004).  In media, people also need to organize and persistent in their own lives, so they show a shining example.  If someone has a hard time staying organized in their own life, the question of “how are they going to be organized and persistent in this relationship…” will fill the mind of the individual (2004).  True dedication towards those who are influential and those who can help develop an individual’s career, is crucial towards sustaining a healthy, progressive network.  Not only will you have the professional relationships to help get you through the toughest of tasks, but you will also have deeper relationship’s, that can help you develop even stronger bonds.

References:

Doyle, Terrence (2005). Retrieved March 31, 2009, from Types of Interpersonal Relationships Web site: http://novaonline.nv.cc.va.us/eli/spd110td/interper/relations/relations.html

Hoygan, Joyce (2004).Which Traits Predict Job Performance?. Journal of Applied Psychology. 15-33