The Institute of General Semantics http://www.generalsemantics.org Tue, 15 May 2012 15:32:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 ETC 69:2 (April 2012) Is Now Available for Download from the IGS Store http://www.generalsemantics.org/2012/05/15/etc-692-april-2012-is-now-available-for-download-from-the-igs-store/ http://www.generalsemantics.org/2012/05/15/etc-692-april-2012-is-now-available-for-download-from-the-igs-store/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 15:23:24 +0000 IGS Webmaster http://www.generalsemantics.org/?p=3829 Volume 69, Number 2 (April 2012), of the Institute of General Semantics’s quarterly journal ETC: A Review of General Semantics will be out soon in the mail and is now available for download from the IGS Store in searchable PDF format.

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  • “The Place of the Other” by Gary Gumpert and Susan J. Drucker
  • “Reflections on Writing in the Twenty-First Century and GS Strategies for Teaching It” by Philip Vasallo
  • “Teaching Writing through General Semantics and General Semantics through Writing: A Stylistic Approach” by Richard Fiordo
  • “A Difference That Makes a Difference” by Bruce Kodish
  • “A General Semantics Analysis of the RMS Titanic Disaster” by Martin H. Levinson
  • “The Language of Scam Spams: Linguistic Features of ‘Nigerian Fraud’ E-mails” by Deborah Schaffer
  • “Hidden Divinities” by Michael Moore
  • “The Rhetorical-Theatrical Sensibility as Equipment for Living” by Peter Zhang, Yi Z, and Xi Yang
  • “What Is True, and What Is Real, Providing the Non-Aristotelian Tools to Orient You” by Gary M. Jaron
  • “Meaning in Silence as the Quaker Tradition” by Michael H. Plugh
  • “Plausible Quotations and Reverse Credibility in Online Vernacular Communities” by Quentin J. Schultze and Randall L. Bytwerk
  • Metaphors in Action:
    “Is the Computer a Communist?” by Raymond Gozzi, Jr.
  • “Probes: Chiasmus as a Mode of Probing of the Lord and Man” by Peter Zhang
  • Plus Book Reviews and Dates & Indexes.

Cover Art

The cover of ETC 69:2 is a work titled “Jerusalem Stone” by Kyle Perler.

]]> http://www.generalsemantics.org/2012/05/15/etc-692-april-2012-is-now-available-for-download-from-the-igs-store/feed/ 0 New Book – “Think Smart, Talk Smart” by Allan Laurence Brooks http://www.generalsemantics.org/2012/05/09/new-book-think-smart-talk-smart-by-allan-laurence-brooks/ http://www.generalsemantics.org/2012/05/09/new-book-think-smart-talk-smart-by-allan-laurence-brooks/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 14:57:14 +0000 IGS Webmaster http://www.generalsemantics.org/?p=3824 Trained engineer and communications expert Allan Laurence Brooks has recently published Think Smart, Talk Smart: How Scientists Think: A Guide to Effective Communication, a new book available in the IGS Store.

About the Book

No one doubts that science underlies every tangible aspect of our lives, but few people apply its systematic style of thinking to improve their communication styles. To get the most out of science, it’s important to understand science as a style of thinking rather than just a forbidding collection of facts and mathematics. Individuals who learn how scientists collect evidence, evaluate facts, and draw conclusions can improve their own thought processes and overcome shortcomings.

Written by a trained engineer and communications expert, this guidebook provides the tools you need to sharpen your thinking skills, hone your communication skills, refine your evaluation of data, and improve your objectivity. You’ll also learn important theories and ways of thinking from scientists and scholars such as Albert Einstein, Aristotle, Marshall McLuhan, Werner Heisenberg, and many others.

By sharing case studies and questioning assumptions, author Allan Laurence Brooks provides a roadmap that allows you to immediately improve your communication with others. Leave obstacles behind and approach life like a scientist with Think Smart, Talk Smart.

Click here to purchase Think Smart, Talk Smart in the IGS Store.

About the Author

Allan Laurence Brooks holds a master’s degree in communication studies; he has forty-five years of experience as a graduate engineer. He has taught communications for more than fifteen years and was a member of the English Department of the New York Institute of Technology in Old Westbury, New York. He currently lives in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Purchase the Book

Click here to purchase Think Smart, Talk Smart in the IGS Store.

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General Information

The Thirteenth Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association
“The Crossroads of the Word”
June 7–10, 2012
Manhattan College
Riverdale, New York
http://media-ecology.org/activities/index.html

IGS Panel

Moderator

Lance Strate

Panel Presenters

Corey Anton
Martin H. Levinson

]]> http://www.generalsemantics.org/2012/03/20/june-7%e2%80%9310-2012-igs-at-the-of-the-media-ecology-association-convention/feed/ 0 IGS Board Elects Two New Trustees: Edward E. Tywoniak and Kristene A. Doyle http://www.generalsemantics.org/2012/03/17/igs-board-elects-two-new-trustees-edward-e-tywoniak-and-kristene-a-doyle/ http://www.generalsemantics.org/2012/03/17/igs-board-elects-two-new-trustees-edward-e-tywoniak-and-kristene-a-doyle/#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2012 18:47:13 +0000 IGS Webmaster http://www.generalsemantics.org/?p=3804 Today, the Board of Trustees of the Institute of General Semantics elected two new trustees: Edward E. Tywoniak and Kristene A. Doyle.

Edward Tywoniak

Edward E. Tywoniak, Ed.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication, School of Liberal Arts, of Saint Mary’s College of California.  Dr. Tywoniak has been a professor of Communication at Saint Mary’s College of California for over 30 years, and the upcoming 2012-13 academic year marks his third appointment as Chair of the department of Communication. He currently sits on the Core Curriculum Committee and the Technology Advisory Committee, is a Faculty Fellow for Curriculum and Technology, and is a W. M. Keck Research Fellow and Director of the Digital Studies program within the School of Liberal Arts at Saint Mary’s College. Other current board affiliations include membership on the board of directors for the Media Ecology Association, the board of trustees of the School of Applied Theology at the Berkeley Graduate Theology Union, and the board of directors of EBI–a non-profit organization serving the developmentally disabled adult population of the greater San Francisco Bay Area.

Kristene A. Doyle

Kristene A. Doyle, Ph.D., is the Director of the Albert Ellis Institute in New York City.  At the Albert Ellis Institute, Dr. Doyle is also a Staff Psychologist, the Director of Clinical Services, the Director of Child and Family Services, and a Training and Development Coordinator.  She has been a clinical supervisor for both the childhood clinical track and the school psychology doctoral program at St. John’s University since 2000.  She received her doctorate in combined clinical and school psychology from Hofstra University in 1999.

Our Board

]]> http://www.generalsemantics.org/2012/03/17/igs-board-elects-two-new-trustees-edward-e-tywoniak-and-kristene-a-doyle/feed/ 0 ETC 69:1 (January 2012) Is Now Available for Download from the IGS Store http://www.generalsemantics.org/2012/02/21/etc-691-january-2012-is-now-available-for-download-from-the-igs-store/ http://www.generalsemantics.org/2012/02/21/etc-691-january-2012-is-now-available-for-download-from-the-igs-store/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:11:35 +0000 IGS Webmaster http://www.generalsemantics.org/?p=3798 Volume 69, Number 1 (January 2012), of the Institute of General Semantics’s quarterly journal ETC: A Review of General Semantics will be out soon in the mail and is now available for download from the IGS Store in searchable PDF format.

Table of Contents Preview

  • “Silent Cal and the Invisible Audience: the Sociotechnological Significance of the Presidential Voice” by James Eric (Jay) Black
  • “Science Fiction Language/Political Reporting: Communicating News via Words from Nowhere Real” by Marleen S. Barr
  • “No One Saw This Coming: Korzybski’s Concerns, Predictions, and Time-Binding Suggestions” by Milton Dawes
  • “Indexing Africa” by Martin H. Levinson
  • “Binding Places and Time: Reflections on Fluency in Media Ecology” by Karen Lollar
  • “Twitter and the New Publicity” by Joseph Faina
  • “Chronemics: Time-Binding and the Construction of Personal Time” by Tom Bruneau
  • Metaphors in Action:
    “A Music Concert as a Metaphor” by Raymond Gozzi, Jr.
  • “Probes: Homo Faber” by Peter Zhang
  • Plus Book Reviews.

Cover Art

The cover of ETC 69:1 is a work titled “Golan Thorns” by Kyle Perler.

]]> http://www.generalsemantics.org/2012/02/21/etc-691-january-2012-is-now-available-for-download-from-the-igs-store/feed/ 0 August 31, 2012 (Deadline) – Submission Deadline for the 2012 S.I. Hayakawa Book Prize http://www.generalsemantics.org/2012/01/25/august-31-2012-submission-deadline-for-the-2012-s-i-hayakawa-book-prize/ http://www.generalsemantics.org/2012/01/25/august-31-2012-submission-deadline-for-the-2012-s-i-hayakawa-book-prize/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:16:32 +0000 IGS Webmaster http://www.generalsemantics.org/?p=3765 Competition for the Hayakawa Book Prize is open to any book published in the past five years on topics and themes of direct relevance to the discipline of general semantics, including time-binding, abstraction, language, symbols, meaning, communication, media, perception, consciousness, epistemology, scientific method, etc.

To nominate a book, send a letter of nomination and two copies of the book by August 31, 2012 to:

The Institute of General Semantics
72-11 Austin Street #233
Forest Hills, NY 11375

For more information, contact Martin H. Levinson, President of the Institute of General Semantics, via email at president (at) generalsemantics.org.

Click here for more information on the Hayakawa Book Prize.

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“Language and Symbol Use in Politics and Other Arenas”

A 2-Day Symposium Sponsored by the Institute of General Semantics
October 26-28, 2012

Submission Deadline: September 1, 2012

The Institute of General Semantics is sponsoring the 2-day symposium titled “Language and Symbol Use in Politics and Other Arenas,” which will be hosted at The Princeton Club in New York City October 26-28, 2012. The symposium will feature the 60th Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture, which will be given by Shawn Lawrence Otto.

Send papers, proposals, and inquiries on this year’s theme, “Language and Symbol Use in Politics and Other Arenas,” by September 1, 2012.

See the call for papers below for additional information.

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Shawn Lawrence Otto

The 60th Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture will be hosted at the Princeton Club in New York City on Friday, October 26th, 2011.

The 60th Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecturer will be Shawn Lawrence Otto, author of the book Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault of Science on America.  More about Shawn Lawrence Otto can be found at http://www.shawnotto.com.

Click here for information on the 60th AKML and symposium.

]]> http://www.generalsemantics.org/2011/12/20/october-26-2012-the-60th-alfred-korzybski-memorial-lecture-in-new-york-ny/feed/ 0 November 15-18, 2012 – IGS at the National Communication Association Convention http://www.generalsemantics.org/2011/12/19/november-15-18-2012-igs-at-the-national-communication-association-convention/ http://www.generalsemantics.org/2011/12/19/november-15-18-2012-igs-at-the-national-communication-association-convention/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:07:40 +0000 IGS Webmaster http://www.generalsemantics.org/?p=3817 At the 98th Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, the Institute of General Semantics will have students and an exhibitor’s table where our latest books will be sold and distributed.

General Information

The 98th Annual Convention of the National Communication Association
“Celebrate COMMunity”
November 15-18, 2012
Orlando, Florida
http://www.natcom.org/convention.aspx?id=1755

]]> http://www.generalsemantics.org/2011/12/19/november-15-18-2012-igs-at-the-national-communication-association-convention/feed/ 0 The Institute of General Semantics Elects New Officers http://www.generalsemantics.org/2011/12/19/the-institute-of-general-semantics-elects-new-officers/ http://www.generalsemantics.org/2011/12/19/the-institute-of-general-semantics-elects-new-officers/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:34:52 +0000 IGS Webmaster http://www.generalsemantics.org/?p=3748 At its board meeting on December 17, 2011, the Institute of General Semantics elected new officers for its board of trustees.

Martin H. Levinson was re-elected for another term as President.  Corey Anton was elected the new Vice President, taking the place of Jacqueline J. Rudig, who was elected as the new Treasurer.  Vanessa Biard-Schaeffer was re-elected as Secretary.

Click here to view the current board of trustees, officers, and administration.

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