Blind in the Hallways: Communication is Inevitable

Did you know that we cannot NOT communicate? Communication is inevitable. Think about that for a moment. No matter where you are or what you are doing, if other people are present you are communicating with or to them. What is the difference between with and to? When...

Is Your Choice of Words Confusing Your Audience?

Does your message get lost in your vocabulary? I’m not embarrassed to say when I don’t understand what someone is saying, or what they have written. If I don’t understand what I read, then the writer hasn’t communicated with me; they...

Social Media: Private as a Postcard

In the early 1990s I worked in the Information Technology Library for the Provincial Government. The internet was still in it’s infancy and email as we know it now didn’t exist. We had some cumbersome interoffice email systems that didn’t communicate...