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Completed my first challenge using this app💃🕺👯

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What can we learn from the FBI about behavior design? Surprisingly, a lot.The FBI Hostage Negotiation Team developed a five step Behavior Change Stairway Model to assist in negotiation with sometimes violent felons. But these same techniques can be used in any number of more peaceful situations.Behavior Change Stairway Model is a five-step communication process that can improve and deepen interactions and communication.

#speakingandpresenting #sociology #behavioralscience

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Punctuation note: Someone once said, "Take hyphens seriously, and you will surely go mad.The problem with hyphens is that rules for them cannot be applied absolutely consistentently - you end up hyphenating everything including the kitchen sink.If you are in doubt whether to use a hyphen, don't use it. The best resource on hyphens is Garner's Modern American Usage, "Phrasal adjectives."

Source:Open Technical Communication by Tiffani Tijerina, Tamara Powell, Jonathan Arnett, Monique Logan, Cassandra Race

#education #punctuation #englishgrammar

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New book recommendation: Propaganda (1928) by Edward Bernays. The book explores the structure of systems that control the public mind and public opinion, and examines how propaganda affects all political and social practices.

#education #books #socialscience

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Infographics can be a great tool to improve reading skills.

#education #reading #infographics

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You know what is the most interesting thing about curiosity? People remember information that made them curious. Obvious, right? But did you know that it's also more likely people will remember information unrelated to what made them curious? I didn't. Surprising, huh? Be curious, friends!

#education #curiosity #interestingfacts

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Today I've learnt how to built a small website. Woohoo!
Useful links:
https://www.w3schools.com/ - Web building tutorials
https://giphy.com/ - a search engine for animated GIFs
https://www.1001fonts.com/ - freely downloadable fonts
https://fonts.google.com/ - Google fonts
https://unsplash.com/ - free images and photos
https://coolors.co/ - color generator

#education #html #css

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