Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Hello Day - 21st November


Hello...November 21, 2012 is the 39th annual World Hello Day. Say hello to at least ten people on the day. By greeting others, the message is for personal communication to preserve peace. The event began in 1973 by Brian and Michael McCormack in response to the Yom Kippur War. Since then World Hello Day has been observed by people in 180 countries.

HELLO" – When we say this five lettered word, it’s the sound that makes a big difference. The voice is the power within you, the inner reflection of your soul. Voice has a special depth of thoughts and can influence your whole life as well as others.

Psychologists say, first impressions are correct 67% of the time. Touch the heart of the listener and they'll barely notice if your voice is less than mellifluous or if your hand gestures are a little too choppy. Monotonous speaker loses touch with her essential enthusiasm. A humorless speaker temporary lose touch with her essential joy and becomes a bore whereas a theoretical speaker lose touch with her humanity and reality. One need to be in perfect sync with the audience or a listener. Flat, forgettable and monotonous voice are no more the choice of listeners. The sound of your voice should arouse emotion, feelings and gut level reactions in other people. Positive voice influence makes a big difference. Never underestimate the power of your voice. People judge you by the way you speak! The tone of your voice is often revealing. 55% of the message is revealed with facial expressions, body language and gestures and 38% of the message reduce effectiveness due to flat or distracting, annoying and boring. 7% only counts for content deliverance. This is as per the research of UCLA study conducted by Dr. Albert Mehrabian. Distracting words are often those spoken 'like' - 'ummm' - 'aaah' - 'I mean' - the slang! 'Whatever' often is taken granted as the conversation is abrupt or put to end. This catch phrase makes the speaker sound as if she is shrugging off the conversation and discontinue the talk. A rudeness, verbal slang showing lack of interest. Yet people do go for such words and in sense, this is even taken as 'style' of speaking. A pause is the best option to correct this while speaking. A pause adds power and impact to the listener.
Quick tips: 

1. Warm up and use the power of your mind to shape your voice. entice, motivate and inspire.
2. Evaluate your voice with the tempo, rhythm and proper adjustments of vocal patterns and rate of speech. and avoid pronunciation and usage mistakes. These are the most common bloopers which tend to create a bad impression.
3. Banish non words that has verbal viruses and speak more smoothly.
(More on Hello Day)

When you say ‘Hello’ the sound is like tinkling bell. If you observe people talking, you can find the characteristics of the person which can master you with ‘mind reading’. Voice can get you hired or fired or promoted too. A voice can make friends or foes. A voice bring love back into your life and a voice can make your work loads lighter when you are on heights of your job and the work stress is higher.

Remembering Lionel Richie's song 'Hello' and I am sure, you will love to listen this song this day! (Watch below)

- ilaxi patel
Editor, www.kidsfreesouls.com

Send Hello Card to at least to 10 people, including me:-) (freesoul@kidsfreesouls.com)


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Musical AcoustiCards Launch in time For 'World Hello Day'

New app that lets you send professionally produced, highly personalised musical greetings in minutes. From your iPhone or iPad, to anyone.

To celebrate World Hello Day on November 21st, the friendly folks at AcoustiCards would like to help the whole world say 'hello', by offering their personalised musical cards for the lowest price that Apple would let them - only 69p all day. All proceeds on World Hello Day will go to UK charity Music As Therapy, for their work in developing and using music therapy to improve the quality of life for children and adults suffering from mental or physical disabilities.

AcoustiCards is a brand new concept in personalised gifting. It is an iPhone and iPad app that lets you send professionally produced audio greetings; highlighting a person’s name, the occasion, their character and interests, to generate a personalised song in a matter of minutes.

World Hello Day encourages us to recognise the importance of keeping in touch, regardless of distance or time. Tim Hole, Personal Performance Coach, believes there is a lot to be said for unexpected gestures. “I actively encourage people to reach out more regularly to everyone they know, because in doing so they strengthen bonds, build bridges and open pathways of possibility. In the same way that a birthday or Christmas greeting fills us with joy – an unexpected hello can make someone’s day, brighten someone’s week or be the first step to a whole new life. Send an unexpected message today and see what happens!”

On December 1st, the Christmas carol AcoustiCard will be released. There's a seasonal melody and lyrical options from drinking sherry to wrapping parsnips (possibly after too much sherry), plus the name of the lucky recipient. 10p from every carol AcoustiCard will go to Music As Therapy.

Unlike a traditional gift shop, AcoustiCards has audio greetings for everyone, whatever their name. And with no paper involved or transport costs, AcoustiCards are environmentally friendly too. With over a million variations of each song available, every greeting is unique and even outside of World Hello Day it costs less to send than a traditional card (£1.99).

The AcoustiCards app is always FREE to download from the App store for iPhone, iPod Touch and the iPad and you can create and listen back to as many AcoustiCards as you like before making your selection. If your football-mad friend is celebrating a birthday, you can make a song all about them, including their name and reference to their karaoke skills too. Once you have chosen and personalised your greeting, an AcoustiCard can be sent to anyone with a computer or smartphone by email or text.

AcoustiCards is growing. If you have an idea for a song or know a singer or a band who would like to be involved, please contact us!

Download here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/acousticards/id566334458?mt=8