tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143730810495776245.comments2012-05-28T01:33:04.289-07:00Terence Brakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00655912300981173013noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143730810495776245.post-44192432108590677792012-01-20T14:50:21.315-08:002012-01-20T14:50:21.315-08:00Hi Terrence! <br />Great article - providing some very tactical advice for trainers! Thank you for taking the time to write this out! I&#39;m really glad you found my post http://blog.yammer.com/blog/2011/11/use-yammer-in-your-training-programs.html useful. Please keep in touch and let us know if we can help in the future! <br /><br />AllisonAllisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02572065479960398428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143730810495776245.post-8055453115718008402012-01-16T11:37:42.291-08:002012-01-16T11:37:42.291-08:00yes! we also seeing that you are trying to serve the information..and we hope that That will be good!<br /><a href="http://www.ensuritygroupagents.com/" rel="nofollow">Final expense</a>final expensehttp://www.ensuritygroupagents.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143730810495776245.post-22709073094138041002011-12-22T05:25:20.797-08:002011-12-22T05:25:20.797-08:00Nice Blog i have never seen any blog like yours.<br />Bookmarked your blog.Teambuildinghttp://www.syneimi.dk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143730810495776245.post-12688167466417142672011-12-14T03:28:00.343-08:002011-12-14T03:28:00.343-08:00Great post Terry, and very telling. For doublespeak you could easily replace with politicalspeak! <br /><br />Out of your list the form of &#39;manipulative phrasing&#39; that gets my goat is the horrendous &#39;passive&#39; form. <br /><br />At a harmless level (in other words, without malice!) business comms are littered with the passive (depersonalising something instils a sense of importance it seems - although in truth it makes for ambiguity and lack of clarity). <br /><br />More concerning though is how this passive depersonalisation can be used for much more Machiavellian purposes. <br /><br />Consider the active, honest sentence: &quot;I&#39;m sorry if I caused offence... &quot;<br /><br />Compare it now to a passive form:<br />&quot;If offence was caused then that is regrettable.... &quot; <br /><br />The latter isn&#39;t simply removing the ownership from themselves, but creates a sense of shifting any culpability (in this case being offended) to the recipient!<br /><br />When you can&#39;t even trust someone to own their own words, how on earth could you ever trust them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143730810495776245.post-38028285126383265772011-12-14T03:24:24.596-08:002011-12-14T03:24:24.596-08:00Great post Terry, and very telling. For doublespeak you could easily replace with politicalspeak! <br /><br />Out of your list the form of &#39;manipulative phrasing&#39; that gets my goat is the horrendous &#39;passive&#39; form. <br /><br />At a harmless level (in other words, without malice!) business comms are littered with the passive (depersonalising something instils a sense of importance it seems - although in truth it makes for ambiguity and lack of clarity). <br /><br />More concerning though is how this passive depersonalisation can be used for much more Machiavellian purposes. <br /><br />Consider the active, honest snetence: &quot;I&#39;m sorry if I caused offence... &quot;<br /><br />Compare it now to a passive form:<br />&quot;If offence was caused then that is regrettable.... &quot; <br /><br />The latter isn&#39;t simply removing the ownership from themselves, but creates a sense of shifting any culpability (in this case being offended) to the recipient!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143730810495776245.post-86575986024498099372011-12-11T21:59:34.841-08:002011-12-11T21:59:34.841-08:00Nowadays internet is an essential part of our society. The use of the Internet offers a variety of benefits to everyone who is willing to use it. There is lot of benefits of Internet like fast communication, social networking, online banking, researching, worldwide media accessibility etc.<br />You did very good research. I appreciate your work. Keep it up...Outsourcinghttp://www.virtualemployee.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143730810495776245.post-43065278869431913572011-08-09T16:34:17.380-07:002011-08-09T16:34:17.380-07:00Thanks, David. Let&#39;s keep subversive foolishness alive and well!Terence Brakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00655912300981173013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143730810495776245.post-22785342688072916252011-08-09T12:07:01.954-07:002011-08-09T12:07:01.954-07:00Absolutely. Why si it that people with power see a challange as an afront rather than as an opportunity?I am reminded of the phrase &quot; many a true word spoken in jest&quot; The first author to express this thought in English was probably Geoffrey Chaucer in The Cook&#39;s Tale, 1390:<br /><br />But yet I pray thee be not wroth for game; <br />A man may say full sooth [the truth] in game and play.<br /><br />Shakespeare later came closer to our contemporary version of the expression, in King Lear, 1605:<br /><br />Jesters do oft prove prophets.<br />Let us have more jesters and more wise people to see the wisdom in the words.DavidJHallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479009270004130476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143730810495776245.post-47806245172188396432011-08-09T11:53:46.661-07:002011-08-09T11:53:46.661-07:00Absolutely Terry,<br />We are in grave danger of seeing a challenge as an afront rather than an opportunity. The phrase &quot; Many a wise word spoken in jest &quot; comes to mind.The idea appears to have been recorded first by Geoffrey Chaucer with the line, &quot;A man may seye full sooth (truth) in game and pley,&quot; in his &quot;The Canterbury Tales&quot; (circa 1387). <br /><br />In &quot;King Lear&quot; (1605), William Shakespeare wrote,&quot;Jesters do oft prove prophets&quot;; and some years later, the modern version was rendered in the &quot;Roxburghe Ballad&quot; (circa 1665): &quot;Many a true word hath been spoken in jest.&quot; <br />Lets have more jest and the wisdom to see the wisdom in it!DavidJHallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479009270004130476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143730810495776245.post-4993664861629960882011-02-25T12:40:53.266-08:002011-02-25T12:40:53.266-08:00Hi Terence, <br /><br />I totally agree there is no panacea for all these challenges of logistics, infrastructure, and expertise. In addition, I believe what happens is that, when we work with a team, global or not, we already have our preconceived negative thoughts that hinders collaboration from flowing smoothly. <br /><br />We are producing great tools for collaborative work, but then again, these tools will only be effective if we have a united team perspective.Tabithahttp://agilewords.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143730810495776245.post-58947865849498855252010-10-05T21:08:46.154-07:002010-10-05T21:08:46.154-07:00Its true that collaborate the things is necessary and for that we need a tool which handle my projects completely. I am using proof hub to handle my projects and I must say its doing amazing.Amoshttp://www.proofhub.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143730810495776245.post-31262590712636076702010-10-04T22:50:31.687-07:002010-10-04T22:50:31.687-07:00Its true collaborate the things when genuinely you need it and some tools are there for helping you out.Amoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05616686713497671619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143730810495776245.post-7324188456058077492010-06-10T08:35:12.202-07:002010-06-10T08:35:12.202-07:001. My books need to be in alphabetical order. A creature of habit makes me insist on this.Confusion occurs otherwise.<br />2. Collaboration is like playing nice with people. Sometimes its extremely important, other times solitude is needed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143730810495776245.post-83973093402004000162010-05-13T09:19:30.635-07:002010-05-13T09:19:30.635-07:00Taking it to the 3rd level strongly echos with my understanding. whilst I agree that may be the physical work environment is less important once your digital / virtual space is clean and well configured - all important points- you still may need to have a nice physical and digital space to trigger the most important realm: The mental state you are in to meet with your virtual team, it necessitates an uncluttered mind. Open to connect with your virtual team members, and that necessitates a permanent ability, step back, to mentally dominate your petty thoughts and troubles, projecting the best of your intentions, no quick judgments but always second guessing your reactions before sending out any rash comment or actions to be sure that you do not entangle yourself in communication techno- cultural misunderstanding mix ups. This work is on the inside, it signifies that you have to get a strong hold on your mind and to dominate your mind, to watch your conditioning all the time.Kainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143730810495776245.post-630028401398098902010-03-03T14:15:32.034-08:002010-03-03T14:15:32.034-08:00Have to agree with Steven - I have never been in the slightest way concerned about the physical environment. As long as the laptop is clean and uncluttered, and I have some relaxing music through the headphones, that is all I need. Good blog - I shall keep an eye on this one :)Martynhttp://www.filedropper.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143730810495776245.post-15917904311249178432009-07-16T05:01:50.432-07:002009-07-16T05:01:50.432-07:00Terry, I also work primarily from a home office. One thing I have noticed is that while I am working I completely block out my immediate physical surroundings. My attention is entirely focused on my virtual tools - computer screen and telephone. For those of us working virtually I think time is sometimes better spent enhancing those key tools (eg configuration of computer screen, email account settings, telephone programming, access to intranets and internet sites that enhance our performance) than on physical environment comfy chair, fresh flowers, pictures etc.)Steven Parkinsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143730810495776245.post-39623706669748959122009-07-13T06:30:10.997-07:002009-07-13T06:30:10.997-07:00Terry. So many reasons to extrictae yourself from the corporate environment - not least for reasons of proctivity. Great blog - keep up the good work.will.hulberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02075615173958199105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143730810495776245.post-86939803470911019512009-07-13T06:28:26.984-07:002009-07-13T06:28:26.984-07:00Terry. So many reasons to leave the corporate physical environment not keast to help increase productivity. Great blog, keep up the good work.will.hulberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02075615173958199105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143730810495776245.post-47721945164216932712009-07-09T07:24:54.497-07:002009-07-09T07:24:54.497-07:00Excellent synthesis of my work, Terence. It&#39;s not easy to say in a few words what took more than a decade to develop.<br /><br />I must add that the ratio of positivity to negativity, though it is central to my model, is not the whole model. 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