I’m feeling ok. My e-course, Virtual Collaboration: Effective Communications, Strategies and Tools for Working Together from a Distance, is ready and shipped. Get it here. Ever since I first read Stafford Beer’s ‘Designing Freedom’ (created for 1973 CBC Massey Lectures) over 30 years ago, I have taken a cup half full view on technology. Sure, technology frustrates, infuriates, […]
AM-FM: A Formula for High-Context Virtual Communications
October 10, 2014 by · Leave a Comment
With all the time you spend online, wouldn’t it be nice if you could communicate more in ways that don’t leave you feeling that you sold out, stooping to the lowest common denominator? I’m talking to you – high-context communicator. How can you feel more authentic, real, in your virtual communications? The high-context virtual communications […]
3 Preconditions for Effective Communications
August 21, 2014 by · Leave a Comment
Ever reached out, across the virtual divide, and found your communications efforts less than stellar? (Yep.) Somehow, the conversation seems to have barely begun, before the scene deteriorates and communications fall apart. Puzzled as to why things unfolded that way? Maybe, the conditions weren’t in-place to begin with, for effective communications to […]
Effective Communications: Adding Verbal and Non-Verbal Capacity in Virtual Contexts
August 7, 2014 by · Leave a Comment
Working virtually can put the squeeze on our full range of verbal and nonverbal communication skills. This is a given with it comes to nonverbal. When we’re in the same physical space together, the success of our communication effort is mightily influenced by our nonverbal, visual, actions. Where is body language, and tone of voice, […]
