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  • Quaker A-Z: N is for Non-assumptive Language

    Quaker A-Z: N is for Non-assumptive Language

    Thinking about the language you use… I’m sure you’ve heard the old truism about “ass-uming”. But our society actually trains us to make various assumptions, usually based on “normal” behaviour and lifestyles. The language we…

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  • Quaker A-Z: M is for Maintenance of Files

    Quaker A-Z: M is for Maintenance of Files

    Planned Files Maintenance Regular blocks of planned maintenance can help keep your files intelligible for yourself and others. When I did my Business Administration and Management Diploma (way back in the last century!), we were recommended…

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  • Quaker A-Z: L is for Listening

    Quaker A-Z: L is for Listening

    Listening is a vital skill for anyone hoping to run a meeting of any type. In a Quaker Meeting for Worship for Business (MfWfB) there is an agreed agenda and the clerk will have planned…

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    Wendrie Heywood avatar