Welcome to my Shop-Talk-Off-The-Clock Series Weekend Bender Edition of Comment Schmomment. It’s my take on blog posts that caught my attention this past week. Enjoy this periodic un-comprehensive list of people I’m discovering and paying attention to.
When deciding whether or not to do this type of a post, I figured, what the heck, someone might be interested in perusing what I’m into. Surely, I can’t be the only one out there who is interested in what others have to say. ;)
Also, my coach told me I couldn’t save for the sake of saving my comments posted on others’ posts any longer, so I had to re-purpose my obsessive compulsiveness!
Nice work. Some call this pre-framing. Others would call it a cognitive qualifier. Yet others will call it pacing. I like your label, “Pre-Apology Approach.” It’s much more specific and a great mnemonic device for itself. And, it sure beats calling it the “I’m-sorry-you’ve-even-got-to-bother-with-all-of-this-stuff-it-must-be-a-real-pain-in-the-neck” strategy! What a parasynthesis-in-the-behind that would be! Not to mention it is a great strategy in and of itself. It’s hard to disagree with someone after you have, in essence, agreed with their current thoughts.
Another great blog post. I have referenced your work before, and I’m sure I will yet again. One thing about this metaphor, it’s not going out of style anytime soon. I think it’s great how you talk about both sides of the table. Your level of disclosure astounds me as you know you’ll be in front of people who have read this post. 7 Habits was my first self-improvement book, so I’m partial to posts referencing it, as well!
Mark’s Reply: Thanks, Jade. 7 Habits is the most influential business book I’ve read. You’ll see 3-4 posts in the near future coming from it. Already planned.
@wadders77 de-clouds cloud “compuking” & hits a home run with his delivery! UnFreaking believable use of nesting information when he circles back around to previous points using visual, auditory, and I’m sure the feeling in the audience was awe! Thanks for sharing this!
Great use of contrast. I especially like how you tied them together using rhetorical repeater patterns to mark them out. Most speakers and everyday communicators, for that matter, just aren’t using these patterns to amplifiy their message. Nice work!
Dragon Naturally Speaking is the bomb. I have it on my Sony Vaio and my iPad. I use it to speak to my blog. I speak differently than I write, so this is a great tool. If only it could do the editing for me!
If it’s good enough for the Greek, it’s good enough for us speaker geeks. This sing-song sound “like a Valley Girl attempt to advance the narrative: “So then I said he should leave. So he did…” can be labeled several different ways. Either way, it’s as valuable and relevant today as it was back in the ancient Greek times when they were writing about it being used. I tend to look at its use from a useful or practical perspective. Sometimes it’s useful, and sometimes it’s practical, but rarely both.
I like your advice on fonts, but I Love your advice on utilizing what would be a distraction and commenting on it in order to create a “we” moment with the audience. Taking this a step further and cracking a joke about it is even better. Makes you human and makes you a better communicator, stage or no stage.
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Thanks, Trey. One of these days, I’m going to talk about the pregnant pause as a persuasive element.
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Comment Schmomment 2010-06-19
by Jade Handy on June 19, 2010
When deciding whether or not to do this type of a post, I figured, what the heck, someone might be interested in perusing what I’m into. Surely, I can’t be the only one out there who is interested in what others have to say. ;)
Also, my coach told me I couldn’t save for the sake of saving my comments posted on others’ posts any longer, so I had to re-purpose my obsessive compulsiveness!
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