by Alan | Nov 1, 2005 | Delivery
Had a conversation with a lawyer today. I’ll refrain from the gratuitous joke. During our discussion, he used a word I did not know. And used it again. I think his buzzword count ended somewhere about 8 uses of the word.I suppose I could/should have stopped him...
by Alan | Oct 30, 2005 | Communication skills, Delivery, Don't!, Parenting
Had a moment of inconsolable crisis tonite. Our kids got helium baloons at lunch today, and despite repeated warnings, our daughter let hers go upon coming home and it rose out of reach to our cathedral ceiling in the living room. For the next ten minutes, we heard...
by Alan | Oct 28, 2005 | Business, Communication skills, Delivery
Some odd items were displayed very publicly in our office building. Being curious folk, questions were asked. First in private, then increasingly more public. I personally was asked a half dozen times before the electronic message boards lit up. Those that knew or had...
by Alan | Oct 26, 2005 | Communication skills, Delivery
Worked with a speaker again today. Having seen marked improvement in so many areas, I pushed a little today on some things that are habitual and ingrained. For this particular speaker, it was voice inflection. For others it could be gestures, movement, eye contact, or...
by Alan | Oct 24, 2005 | Communication skills, Delivery
I recently turned on the Outlook (yeah, I know, I know) desktop alert for new email. I’ve discovered that over half of the emails I receive can be read and deleted with just the little preview it provides. Which leads me to believe:I get far too many emails that...
by Alan | Oct 23, 2005 | Communication skills, Delivery, Don't!
Caught a little of the Weather Channel’s “coverage” of Hurricane Wilma this morning (since it’s headed sorta towards my hometown, there is more than a passing interest). In the span of two commercial breaks, I became completely uninterested in...
