Articles, Handouts, and Publications
Networking Presentation Handout
This is one of the many handouts that I have used when I give short talks about
networking. I customize my talks and handouts to be more relevant to the needs
of each audience, and I like to leave with something to take home. You can tell
who I was talking to when I made this particular talk!
Make Networking Work!
This article appeared in the Spring Quarter 2006 issue of Business Trend
Magazine, an economic development publication of the Chattanooga Area
Chamber of Commerce.
We All Need a Coach Some Days
This article was written about me in the local insert for the Chattanooga Times
Free Press, and it appeared on April 26, 2006.
Cairns, A. B. (Marston, J. E., Editor) (2006) Customer Service, Chattanooga State
Technical Community College, Center for Business Success; Chattanooga Area
Chamber of Commerce. This project is a collaboration between the Chattanooga
Area Chamber of Commerce (http://www.chattanoogachamber.com/) and
Chattanooga State's "Center for Business Success." These online training units
are part of a package that will be available through chambers of commerce across
the United Sates for small business owners and managers in small businesses.
The units will include video cameos and voice-overs by well-known Subject
Matter Experts (SME's).
Cairns, A. B. (Marston, J. E., Editor) (2006) Networking, Chattanooga State
Technical Community College, Center for Business Success; Chattanooga Area
Chamber of Commerce.
Cairns, A. B. (Marston, J. E., Editor) (2006) Employee Termination, Chattanooga
State Technical Community College, Center for Business Success; Chattanooga
Area Chamber of Commerce.
Cairns, A. B. (Marston, J. E., Editor) (2006) Hiring, Chattanooga State Technical
Community College, Center for Business Success; Chattanooga Area Chamber of
Commerce.
Cairns, A. B. (Marston, J. E., Editor) (2006) Performance Appraisal, Chattanooga
State Technical Community College, Center for Business Success; Chattanooga
Area Chamber of Commerce.
Spoon Havoc, (2004-2006) an irregular single pane cartoon in The Chattanooga
Pulse, an alternative news weekly. "Irregular" in terms of frequency and content
(offbeat, P.C., G-rated). I had planned for years to use the title "Non-Sequitur",
but someone beat me to getting it copyrighted. I also did four of five lead
editorial panes. You can see a few samples of my cartoons by clicking here.
Passing or Passion?
This is an article about living with more passion and intensity in the moment.
You can see it in SelfGrowth.Com's archive of newsletter articles that they
distribute to 50,000+ subscribers.
Newsletter articles on Topics in Communication and Management for "The
Exchange" (100+). "The Exchange" is the newsletter for an organization that I
worked for from 1999 to 2004, TLC, Talk Listen Communicate. The people at
TLC are wonderful and I still do some training work with them from time to
time. See the archives and subscribe for free: www.talklisten.com.
Parrott, R., Stuart, T., & Cairns, A. B. (2000). Reducing uncertainty through
communication during adjustment to disability: Living with spinal cord injury
(pp. 339-352). In D. O. Braithwaite & T. L. Thompson (eds.), Handbook of
communication and people with disabilities: Research and application. Mahwah,
NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Cairns, A.B., (1995) Communication of Information and Adaptation to Disability,
University of Georgia, Masters Thesis. My thesis is on file with the University of
Georgia and the Department of Speech Communication. I explored locus of
control and its effect on the speed and progression of the stages of adaptation to
spinal cord injury with permanent paralysis. I had two groups, "recently injured"
and "old injury." I also asked open-ended questions that allowed the themes
and experiences to emerge on their own. Many interesting themes did emerge,
including just how severely isolating extreme events are for people, and how they
handle it. I also found some interesting characteristics regarding the roles played
by friends, family, and caregivers.
Heintzman, M., Leathers, D., Parrott, R., Cairns, A.B., (1993) Nonverbal Rapport-
Building Behavior's Effects on Perceptions of a Supervisor, Management
Communication Quarterly, Sage Publications, Inc. I received a one quarter
stipend to assist professors in getting study materials ready for publication. This
article is based on masters thesis work from Mark Heintzman and explored how
certain types touching behaviors at work impact supervisor-employee perceptions
and dynamics.
Cairns, A.B., Daniels, M., (1993) Instructor's Manual for Persuasive Communication
Campaigns (Pfau & Parrott) Allyn & Bacon, Boston, MA. This instructor's manual
accompanied a textbook and included content summaries, classroom activities,
exercises, and test items. Maggie and I each wrote half of it.
Networking Presentation Handout
This is one of the many handouts that I have used when I give short talks about
networking. I customize my talks and handouts to be more relevant to the needs
of each audience, and I like to leave with something to take home. You can tell
who I was talking to when I made this particular talk!
Make Networking Work!
This article appeared in the Spring Quarter 2006 issue of Business Trend
Magazine, an economic development publication of the Chattanooga Area
Chamber of Commerce.
We All Need a Coach Some Days
This article was written about me in the local insert for the Chattanooga Times
Free Press, and it appeared on April 26, 2006.
Cairns, A. B. (Marston, J. E., Editor) (2006) Customer Service, Chattanooga State
Technical Community College, Center for Business Success; Chattanooga Area
Chamber of Commerce. This project is a collaboration between the Chattanooga
Area Chamber of Commerce (http://www.chattanoogachamber.com/) and
Chattanooga State's "Center for Business Success." These online training units
are part of a package that will be available through chambers of commerce across
the United Sates for small business owners and managers in small businesses.
The units will include video cameos and voice-overs by well-known Subject
Matter Experts (SME's).
Cairns, A. B. (Marston, J. E., Editor) (2006) Networking, Chattanooga State
Technical Community College, Center for Business Success; Chattanooga Area
Chamber of Commerce.
Cairns, A. B. (Marston, J. E., Editor) (2006) Employee Termination, Chattanooga
State Technical Community College, Center for Business Success; Chattanooga
Area Chamber of Commerce.
Cairns, A. B. (Marston, J. E., Editor) (2006) Hiring, Chattanooga State Technical
Community College, Center for Business Success; Chattanooga Area Chamber of
Commerce.
Cairns, A. B. (Marston, J. E., Editor) (2006) Performance Appraisal, Chattanooga
State Technical Community College, Center for Business Success; Chattanooga
Area Chamber of Commerce.
Spoon Havoc, (2004-2006) an irregular single pane cartoon in The Chattanooga
Pulse, an alternative news weekly. "Irregular" in terms of frequency and content
(offbeat, P.C., G-rated). I had planned for years to use the title "Non-Sequitur",
but someone beat me to getting it copyrighted. I also did four of five lead
editorial panes. You can see a few samples of my cartoons by clicking here.
Passing or Passion?
This is an article about living with more passion and intensity in the moment.
You can see it in SelfGrowth.Com's archive of newsletter articles that they
distribute to 50,000+ subscribers.
Newsletter articles on Topics in Communication and Management for "The
Exchange" (100+). "The Exchange" is the newsletter for an organization that I
worked for from 1999 to 2004, TLC, Talk Listen Communicate. The people at
TLC are wonderful and I still do some training work with them from time to
time. See the archives and subscribe for free: www.talklisten.com.
Parrott, R., Stuart, T., & Cairns, A. B. (2000). Reducing uncertainty through
communication during adjustment to disability: Living with spinal cord injury
(pp. 339-352). In D. O. Braithwaite & T. L. Thompson (eds.), Handbook of
communication and people with disabilities: Research and application. Mahwah,
NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Cairns, A.B., (1995) Communication of Information and Adaptation to Disability,
University of Georgia, Masters Thesis. My thesis is on file with the University of
Georgia and the Department of Speech Communication. I explored locus of
control and its effect on the speed and progression of the stages of adaptation to
spinal cord injury with permanent paralysis. I had two groups, "recently injured"
and "old injury." I also asked open-ended questions that allowed the themes
and experiences to emerge on their own. Many interesting themes did emerge,
including just how severely isolating extreme events are for people, and how they
handle it. I also found some interesting characteristics regarding the roles played
by friends, family, and caregivers.
Heintzman, M., Leathers, D., Parrott, R., Cairns, A.B., (1993) Nonverbal Rapport-
Building Behavior's Effects on Perceptions of a Supervisor, Management
Communication Quarterly, Sage Publications, Inc. I received a one quarter
stipend to assist professors in getting study materials ready for publication. This
article is based on masters thesis work from Mark Heintzman and explored how
certain types touching behaviors at work impact supervisor-employee perceptions
and dynamics.
Cairns, A.B., Daniels, M., (1993) Instructor's Manual for Persuasive Communication
Campaigns (Pfau & Parrott) Allyn & Bacon, Boston, MA. This instructor's manual
accompanied a textbook and included content summaries, classroom activities,
exercises, and test items. Maggie and I each wrote half of it.
Ben Cairns
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