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The Anatomy of Bad Communication

ID Reflections

"It's the communication, stupid!" 997-Quit thinking you are a great communicator. The anatomy of bad communication. There are 4 reasons we unknowingly communicate poorly. There are 4 reasons we unknowingly communicate poorly. Effective communication is the key to successful decisions.

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Managing Diversity through Community Management

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On the positive front, I have been doing a lot of reading—mostly around organizational behavior, organizational development, culture and diversity, motivation and communication, and how these relate to social business and knowledge management. This necessitates meaningful, timely and transparent communication. I think my biggest Aha!

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Virtual Team Management

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I recommend this simulation to all those who either are handling a globally distributed team or a project, and to all managers who feel that effective communication is one of the keys to business success. Choice of communication media: Some meetings demand more high context communication than others.

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27 Books for L&D Folks.

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6 Knowledge Management Cultivating Communities of Practice Etienne Wegner, et al. 10 Design/Communication/Business/Presentation The Back of the Napkin Dan Roam. 11 Communication/Presentation/Business Made to Stick Dan and Chip Heath. 12 Change management/Communication/Self management/Innovation Switch Dan and Chip Heath.

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The Meaning is the Message

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This leads to failed communication. Tags: Reflection Collaboration communication informal learning. This slideshare presentation by Stephen Downes talks about the signifier and the signified, and how the truth is not encoded in the message. How each of us interpret it becomes our individual truth.

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The Adventures of Developing an e-learning Course!

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How will you ensure effective communication throughout the development cycle? The primary mode of communication (during the initial phase) was e-mail, whose ineffectiveness I soon found out to my grief. I have added some questions that I have found useful to ask Who provides the final sign-off? Who is the business client?

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In response to The importance of being synchronous

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It's just the most basic human need to be in physical touch and use all the five senses when communicating. Finally, f2f communication brings out the earnestness in us. Tags: asynchronous comm synchronous comm social networking sites communication. We see the human side. was pleasantly surprised." you feel the same?