On Message: Your Weekend Communications Reading, January 7
Each week I bring together and summarize a few articles that add value to our work of becoming better communicators.
Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write
Writing a blog is about more than just getting your ideas out and establishing authority. Writing is one part of the communication cycle, and to quote the author Jason L. Baptiste “It Is A Rapid Accelerator Of Serendipity”. By themselves, the articles are only old school web 1.0 content. It is the connections and the conversations that make blogging a social medium. What has your online writing brought you? Read…
Richard Branson on Passing the Bad-News Buck
Which word appears more frequently in the vocabulary of your team: ‘we’ or ‘they’? When you hear people blaming ‘them’ or saying ‘they did it’ it is usually a chicken-shit way of ducking responsibility. Richard Branson writes an excellent article on the spotting the dangers of ‘they’-infected teams. Read…
Birdsong And The Sound of Silence
What is the sound of your business? An excellent interview with Julian Treasure, author of Sound Business. As you think about your communication with your customers, are you including the sounds your place of business makes. What does the music you are playing say about you? Read…
Translate Anything Instantly — Just by Pointing Your Phone at It
This one is for the travelers and tech app addicts out there! Probably not much use as a cross-cultural dating tool, but I could have used this when I got lost in Tokyo or Sao Paulo! Will be very curious to see how they handle Asian characters. Read…
The Top PowerPoint Tips of 2010
Do you give presentations and workshops? For all the ribbing it takes, PowerPoint is still the most consistently useful way to put a presentation together and create impact. Here are some useful tips to really tune up your presentations. Read…
Who Were The Best and Worst Communicators of 2010?
Good summary, even if I did have to look up some of these stories. Reading over the ‘Best’ list, you get a sense of the value of composure and a clear and centered on values as being highly valuable in great communication. And find out why President Obama makes this list as one of the worst communicators! Read…
Winning Over the Jury Before the Trial Begins
Page 1 of 2 | Next page