Comments on: Communication http://www.jarche.com/2009/08/communication/ Life in Perpetual Beta Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Harold Jarche http://www.jarche.com/2009/08/communication/comment-page-1/#comment-190200 Harold Jarche Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:12:33 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=2708#comment-190200 Short & sharp nuggets of information are not only easier to make, Bill, but work more as performance support tools and of course are ideally suited for the nature of the web. We are testing out small videos with togetherlearn and so far these are easy to make, but we'll have to find out how well they're received: http://togetherlearn.posterous.com/one-minute-value-proposition-0 Short & sharp nuggets of information are not only easier to make, Bill, but work more as performance support tools and of course are ideally suited for the nature of the web. We are testing out small videos with togetherlearn and so far these are easy to make, but we’ll have to find out how well they’re received:

http://togetherlearn.posterous.com/one-minute-value-proposition-0

]]> By: Bill Bennett http://www.jarche.com/2009/08/communication/comment-page-1/#comment-190198 Bill Bennett Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:27:20 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=2708#comment-190198 Harold, In my experience the big problem with communication is there is too much focus on the technology used to get a message from a to b and not enough attention given to the quality of the message. Rambling unfocused emails, complex misunderstood phone discussions are just two examples. Personally, I'd suggest you forgo the videos and podcasts -- unless you've got a message that needs visuals or audio. The time taken to master the technologies could be put to better use elsewhere. Incidentally, your blog indicates you certainly don't have a problem with written communications. From my experience most knowledge workers should focus on short, sharp nuggets of communication. Twitter is excellent practice. Harold,

In my experience the big problem with communication is there is too much focus on the technology used to get a message from a to b and not enough attention given to the quality of the message. Rambling unfocused emails, complex misunderstood phone discussions are just two examples.

Personally, I’d suggest you forgo the videos and podcasts — unless you’ve got a message that needs visuals or audio. The time taken to master the technologies could be put to better use elsewhere.

Incidentally, your blog indicates you certainly don’t have a problem with written communications.

From my experience most knowledge workers should focus on short, sharp nuggets of communication. Twitter is excellent practice.

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