Communication
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010All of us – whether you’re a stay at home mom or an executive – are going to have to cope with the firehose. There’s more information coming at us than we can handle. Information will scale. Human attention is finite. This presents a major challenges to those of us who are [...]
Being "Always On" Impacts Personal Relationships More Than It Impacts The Written Language
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010Instant messaging. Blogs. Wikis. Social networking sites. Cell phones. All of these allow us to communicate with each other—wherever, whenever.
Many people speculate that online and mobile technologies have widely impacted written language, especially that of teenagers and young adults. Naomi Baron, a professor of linguistics at American University, says that surprisingly, this probably isn’t [...]
What's Your Company's Communications Standard?
Friday, February 19th, 2010Download this PDF file
For all of the advances being made in our ability to connect, reach, listen, involve and discern each other’s perspectives and opinions, and the increasing complexity of globalization, there is still a reticence on the part of leadershipto establish a standard or discipline for how the organization and its workforce communicate and [...]
How to Sharpen Your Communication Skills by Way of Social Media
Thursday, February 18th, 2010Have you ever felt intimidated making a public speech in front of your college classmates? Do you have public speaking phobia? Have you ever thought that social media can improve your communication skills? This post will help you find solutions for these questions.
In my own quest of becoming a better blogger and communicator, I have [...]
The Ten Levels of Intimacy in Today's Communications
Thursday, February 18th, 2010Thie graphic shows the ten levels of intimacy in today’s communications.
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Color Plays Musical Chairs in the Brain
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010Color is normally thought of as a fundamental attribute of an object: a red Corvette, a blue lake, a pink flamingo. Yet despite this popular notion, new research suggests that our perception of color is malleable, and relies heavily on biological processes of the eye and brain.
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Seven Communication Mistakes Managers Make
Tuesday, February 9th, 20101. Making controversial announcements without doing groundwork first Any controversial decision can engender rumors, anxiety, and resistance. So rather than announcing a controversial decision to an entire group, prep people one-on-one. Learn who will object, and why.
Decisions about change are the most charged — reorganizations, changing goals, and the departure of key employees create uncertainty, [...]
Communicaton: It's All about Trust
Thursday, February 4th, 2010A timely article in this morning’s Wall Street Journal recounts how organizations are increasingly dealing with the leaking of sensitive internal information, which often appears in external blogs. It reports that a recent study found that 14 percent of U.S. employees surveyed admitted to sending confidential or potentially embarrassing information to outsiders. The article cites [...]
The Communication Revolution — "Deep Impact" about to Strike (Are You Preparing Your Students?)
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010Michael Killian (photo, left) says, “There’s no doubt we’re in a communications revolution. It’s like a “deep impact” asteroid ready to strike unless we take steps to divert it!”
“Social networking, real time news and blog feeds, and the continued advances and adoption of mobile smart phones have been some of the major drivers of [...]
Nine Secrets Communicators Will Never Tell You
Friday, January 29th, 2010What “secrets” would we never tell our clients about the work we do or about their own communication practices?
Here’s a start.
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