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Friday, February 19, 2016
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Wednesday, November 25, 2015
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Thursday, July 23, 2015
Learning about the Course Content for Attaining QTP Certification
Gaining knowledge about testing tools
Do you wish to be an expert in testing all the tools by HP? If yes, then QTP Certification is the only solution for you. These exams are meant for technical staffs, testers, service specialists and automation engineers who will conduct test automation by improving and running tests. In the examinations, you will find multiple choice questions. The course content includes topics like ALM concepts and components, test plan build, report building and data management and many more. From the online websites, you can obtain details about the examination fees.
Importance of professional education
Grasping the fundamentals of software testing is crucial for conducting the tasks seamlessly in the IT firms. ISTQB Certification is that professional education that must be taken by every individual who wants to become a successful software tester. The certifications are an added benefit for getting hold of highly lucrative jobs. Online training programs are available as well that can be taken even by people who are from the non-IT field. It is one of the quickest growing certification in the whole world.
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Thursday, March 19, 2015
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Tuesday, January 13, 2015
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Sunday, August 3, 2008
Art of Developing Effective Communication Skills
Effective communication skills are something no one can do without, on the job or in your personal life.
There’s no enterprise in human affairs, from top-level negotiations to everyday personal interactions, that can go smoothly in the absence of great communication.
And learning how to communicate clearly is an ongoing learning process, which continues over the course of one’s entire life.
Not all of us are born orators or brilliant writers; but, at the same time, communication isn’t the domain of a lucky few. It’s a skill that can be learned, practiced, and improved. And believe it or not, it’s a skill you already have, and practice with greater skill and subtlety than you may imagine. You have a lot to work with as you embark on improving your basic communication skills.
Good communication skills involve speaking and listening; communication isn’t a one-way street. It involves being speaker and audience simultaneously. It involves appreciating the dynamism of human encounters, according to which things are always in motion, always changing.
Listening closely to your interlocutor’s words allows you to constantly adjust your own approach, to better convince the other person. Most often, effective communication isn’t about formulating your thoughts and foisting them on another person; rather, it’s about putting yourself in the listener’s shoes, imagining what he wants to hear, seeing the situation from his perspective, and adapting your words based on his reactions.
Keep in mind as well that not all communication is verbal. How you present yourself, your facial expressions, and your gestures speak volumes as well. Non verbal communication skills are key.
Below are just a few pointers regarding the importance of good communication skills.
1. Every individual has his own unique language: Generally speaking, there are as many languages as there are individuals; because every person uses his or her own unique combination of spoken languages, non verbal communication skills, and styles of argumentation to express thoughts.Language is about a lot more than German, Spanish, or Chinese. It includes the entire thought process, and the entire range of communicative methods, from body language to the emotions expressed by the eyes or mouth.
2. Know who you’re speaking to: Empathizing with people from different backgrounds, and seeing the world through their eyes, can allow you to communicate with anyone, anywhere in the world.
For an effective communicator, the audience is first and foremost; one cannot formulate one’s argument until one properly understands where the listeners are coming from. Don’t coerce—persuade.Guide your audience to reach the proper conclusions themselves; if they draw those conclusions independently, they’ll be more likely to recognize them as their own, instead of as something foreign, foisted upon them by a condescending speaker.
No one wants a hostile audience. Win them over by understanding their expectations, and tailoring your words for their unique ears.
3. An embarrassment of riches: Everyone realizes that people communicate by speaking. But it’s amazing to consider how much of our feelings and even thoughts we convey by non verbal communication.
Our gestures and facial expressions can tell the listener (or rather, watcher! ) a lot about us. Often, the impression we give by our body language and movements can color the message we are trying to express with our spoken words. If you seem nervous or fidgety, the listener will be put on edge, and may even wonder if you yourself are convinced of the truth of what you are saying.
4. Be aware: Be aware of every factor in the communication process—your own strengths and weakness, the expectations of your listener, the logic of your arguments, and, most importantly, the goal you have in mind for the interaction.
If the conversation strays, guide it gently back to the central issue at hand, and pursue your aims with good communication.
Communicating with others is part of being a human being—we are, after all, social animals. Begin to improve your communication skills today. Make the gift of speech (and non-speech) a formidable weapon in your communication arsenal.
Art of Designing your Presentation for Maximum Learning
1) Use breaks effectively - by breaking frequently, you take advantage of the way in which the mind recalls information most effectively at the beginning and ends of a presentation. You can take advantage of this several times within a session, before and after each break. As a guide: presentations of less than 20 minutes in length can be ineffective as it can be difficult for the audience to grasp at the shape and rhythm of the material. Presentations of more than 50 minutes in length are usually boring and ineffective.
2) Take advantage of the high initial level of assimilation and of the heightened understanding of the final facts to present some of the most importance information during these periods.
3) Relate facts that should be remembered to other facts, and fit them into a framework that shows their relevance. If necessary, repeat important information.
4) If the presentation is part of a series, then a brief period of time can be spent before the presentation starts reviewing the overall structure of previous presentations. This helps to refresh the audience's minds with the information on which you want to build, allowing connections to be made automatically which would otherwise be lost.
5) Where possible members of the audience should be encouraged to review information in their own time. See the article on Using Reviews to Learn Effectively for further information.
6) Try to engage the whole mind of your audience and as many of their senses as practicable with a variety of aids. This will keep all of their minds focussed on the learning experience rather than having unused parts of the mind 'wandering off' and generating distractions.
7) Perhaps try to fit the key information to be recalled into a mnemonic structure. This will require that your audience understands and is comfortable with the use of memory techniques - otherwise your presentations may seem a little strange!
Summary:
It is important to design the structure of a presentation to fit in with the way in which your audience recalls and assimilates information.
This involves reviewing information already known, keeping presentations relatively short while still maintaining the feeling of structure to a subject, linking information in with a structure, and presenting or representing key information at the beginning and end of a session.
How to Improve Written Communication Skills Quickly and Effectively
Targeting your writing:
It is essential to have a clear idea of who your reader is. You should know why he or she is going to be reading your piece, where and when they will be reading it, and what they will want to get out of it.
Knowing this, and knowing what information you want to convey allows you to decide an aim for the article. You should focus all decisions on content, structure, style and presentation on meeting this aim.
Preparing an outline:Once you have decided the aim of the article, you are ready to prepare an outline. This allows you to start to organize the information in an article into a coherent structure. If you start writing without an outline you are in danger of producing a disorganized, chaotic mess that confuses your reader and fails to make the desired connections in his or her mind.
If you have researched the article by using a Mind Cap or by noting conventionally, an effective way of producing an outline is to open up a Word Processor document and to type in the facts that you have decided to include. You can then cut and paste these notes into related groups, and order these groups in a way that supports your argument.
Once you have selected information and organized a structure, prepare an outline of the introduction and summary. The shape of these should be obvious from the structure you have given your information. The introduction should help the reader to prepare an overall structure into which the information in the article can be fitted. The summary should organize the facts in the middle of the article into a coherent whole.
Writing your piece: When you have prepared your outline, it is time to start writing!
The easiest way of doing this is just to let the words and ideas flow. Move quickly through the piece without editing or reviewing it. This will help to keep your creativity flowing without it being crippled by self-criticism.
Only when you have finished a section should you review it. At this stage you may decide to reorganise it, edit it, change it around, and add or delete information. As you review it you should check that what you have written meets the aim you set and gives the reader the information they want.
Style:The style of the article should be completely focused on the reader's needs. Language used should be pitched at the appropriate level for the reader.
People generally prefer information presented in short sentences with little or no jargon. You may be tempted to write in a way that you think will impress your readers, using long words and complex sentences. All this shows is that you are not able to communicate ideas clearly and simply. It is likely that material written like this will not be read at all.
If you need to use technical language that may not be understood, include a glossary.
Remember that you have responsibility for the clarity, effectiveness and focus of your communication. Beyond this, style will emerge on its own without you needing to worry about it.
Summary
- It is essential to know who you are writing for, and what they will want from your writing. Once you know this you should know precisely the level you are writing at and what information to include.
- Preparation of an outline helps you to give structure to your piece. An effective way of doing this is to transfer notes into a WP document, and then cut and paste words and sections into a coherent form.
- Including an introduction and summary helps readers to structure information in their minds.
- When you write, try to let words and ideas flow. Only edit and review a section once you have completed its first draft. As you review it, ensure that the material meets the aim you set for the piece.
- The style of the piece should be focused on the readers needs. Avoid trying to impress people with your knowledge.
- Remember that the responsibility for effective communication lies with you!
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Tips for Writing an Effective E - Mail
Tip - 1 : Think before you write. Just because you can send information faster than ever before, it doesn't mean that you should send it. Analyze your readers' needs to make certain that you are sending a message that will be both clear and useful.
Tip - 2 : Remember that you can always deny that you said it. But if you write it, you may be held accountable for many many moons. You may be surprised to find where your message may end up.
Tip - 3 : Keep your message concise. Remember that the screen only shows approximately one half of a hard-copy page. Save longer messages and formal reports for regular ('snail') or overnight mail. On the other hand, do not keep your message so short that the reader has no idea what you're talking about. Include at least a Summary (Action or Information) in every E-mail message.
Tip - 4 : Remember that E-mail is not necessarily confidential. Some companies will retain the right to monitor employees messages. (Refer to #1 and #2.) Don't send anything you wouldn't be comfortable seeing published in your company's newsletter (or your community's newspaper).
Tip - 5 : Don't FLAME your readers. It's unprofessional to lose control in person; to do so in writing usually just makes the situation worse. (Refer to#2 and #4.)
Tip - 6 : Don't spam your readers. Don't send them unnecessary or frivolous messages. Soon, they'll quit opening any message from you. (Refer to #1.)
Tip - 7: DON'T TYPE IN ALL CAPS! IT LOOKS LIKE FLAMING! Remember, if you emphasize everything, you will have emphasized nothing.
Tip - 8: don't type in all lower case. if you violate the rules of english grammar and usage, you make it difficult for the reader to read.
Tip - 9: Use the Subject line to get the reader's attention. Replace vague lines (Information on XYZ Project, or Status Report Q1) with better hooks: Exciting Career Opportunity, Serious Problems, or Free Money.
Tip - 10: Take the time to proofread your document before you sent it. Rub the document through the spell checker and/or the grammar checker. Even simple tips will make you look sloppie and damage your professional credibility.
How to Appear Professional over Phone
In a business environment the first contact you ever have with a customer is often over the phone. He or she will be forming an opinion of you from this first contact. It is very easy to give a poor impression by being disorganized and unprofessional in the way you use the phone. Conversely by using it effectively you can appear very sharp and competent.
Here I am presenting the skills that allow you to present yourself in the most professional way possible.
How to be effective on the phone
Remembering these points will help you to be sharp and professional in the way that you talk on the phone:
Have an aim: When making an outgoing call, always know what you want to discuss. Always ensure that you have all the documentation you need to achieve your aim. This saves both your time and the time of the person you are talking to.
Tailor your style to that of the person you are talking to: Busy people often prefer a clean cut, direct approach with a bare minimum of social chat. Others may prefer a more sociable approach. Tailor your approach to their style (unless they are miserable or rude!)
Limit social conversation: Social chat may be pleasant, but taken to extremes it wastes time. It can be intensely frustrating if you have a lot of work to do.
Give concise answers to questions: Long rambling answers are unprofessional, dull and confusing.
If you don't know an answer, say so: If someone relies on you when you are guessing, and you guess wrong, then they will never trust you again. If you do not know something, say you will get back to them with a firm answer.
At the end of a call, summarize the points made: This ensures that both people agree on what has been said, and know what action will be taken.
Don't talk to anyone else when on the phone: This makes your organization look small. Put the other person on hold, then talk.
Making phone callsBear in mind the following when a call has to be made:
Take the initiative in making calls: Where a call has to be made, make it. Leaving it waiting just builds stress if it is unpleasant or difficult.
Don't make a call very early or very late: Give the person you are talking to a chance to get a coffee and settle in before you ring them. Don't take up peoples time when they want to leave the office.
If calls are administrative, delegate them: It may be possible to delegate calls arranging times for meetings, finding out addresses, etc. to assistants. You should, however, be careful not to give the impression that you are playing power games.
If you get an answering machine, ring off and ring back: If you are not prepared for an answering machine, you can sound stilted and off-balance talking into one. It is much better to hang up, prepare a message, and then deliver it smoothly.
Don't harass people: If someone is doing a job for you, don't ring them every few hours to find out how it is going. This is irritating and stressful, and slows achievement of the job.
Taking incoming calls
These points are important in the way your organization handles incoming calls:
The phone should not ring more than 3 times before being answered: This is the norm for efficient business organizations. You will appear seriously slack and unprofessional if your phone rings many more times than this. If you do not have the personnel to answer all incoming lines, take the unanswerable phones off the hook. If you pick up a phone that has rung many times, then apologize to the other person.
Everyone should have responsibility for answering phones: You will seriously annoy anyone who has to hang on waiting for service: not only are you wasting their time, you are also keeping them in a stressed condition where they are ready to talk at a moment's notice. Everyone within an organization should have responsibility for answering phones: if nothing else this will keep front-line people on their toes if they know their managers are having to do their jobs!
Don't answer the phone while eating: This either sounds indistinct or sounds like having your ear nibbled!
Always ring back: There is nothing more frustrating than waiting for an important call that is not returned for many hours. By not returning a call you are slowing the other person's achievement of their goals.
Many of these points are simple courtesies. Always bear in mind that the time of the person you are talking to is limited, and that they are forming an opinion of you and your organizations efficiency while you are on the phone.
