Effective Communications

Have you ever worked in a company and receives memos or notices that are passed around from employee to employee after having read or those that were pasted on the notice boards?

Some of these notices are there to relay a message to the employees but may not be effective at all. The top management do need to consider the fact that the employees do come from every level and the communication level is somehow different. Thus, these messages may not be heard and may not be as effective. If the above applies to the company you worked with, how can we communicate effectively then? Well, one way is through cartoons, animations and illustrations.

MaraStar Communications, is an online communications company that produces and distributes animated software products for an effective communication for organisations and companies. MaraStar Communications has created hundreds of animations, cartoons, motivational e-cards for various departments in the area of customer service, sales training, human resources and office professionalism. Many of MaraStar's customers are Trainers, Executives and Call Centre Management.

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The need to integrate humour into cartoons helps to communicate with the employee as it puts them in a better state of mind - relaxed and receptive. This is an indirect way to deal with stress management. Stress management control is an important factor to create a positive work environment, thereby improves company's performance greatly. In the service industry, a happy employee often translates into giving good customer service.

You can also send some motivational e-cards to your customers, colleagues, prospects and employess. There are so various types of cartoons and animations available including some customizable ones. Choose from their large selection from their website. They are so simple, just by adding text to their speech bubbles from their many scenes available.

"A day without laughter is a day wasted."
- Charles Chaplin

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Karung Guni Man

We were going out for dinner the other day when we were caught in a minute jam at the traffic lights. The cars ahead was moving in a snail's pace. When our car was in front I finally realised why it had been so.

There was a karung guni man on the road!

What is a karung guni man?
A karung guni man is one of those rag and bone men that you can find in Singapore. He uses a hand-held horn to let the residents know he is around and offers to buy your old newspaper or reused or recycled things at a small price. They have little carts and they pushes it around the residential estates.


This karung guni man was holding up the traffic. Nor was he on a tricycle or in a truck. He was pushing his 2 wheel cart on the road. It was quite a sight. I was fumbling for my camera as fast as I could and only managed when we overtook him. So the only way to take is from the little side mirror on the car. Look at him wheeling his cart.

He was in the middle of the road if you look at the mirror reflection!