Category Archives: Lecture
Organizational Communication Resources
Stories of Organizational Communication, Final Post Geri’s question: Do you have any good resources you can share? A book that I absolutely recommend is “On Writing Well,” by William Zinsser. … Continue reading
Should I Proofread Everything? Even Texts?
Stories of Organizational Communication – Part 7 Geri’s question: What about texting in terms of today’s topic of revising one’s writing? One of the students in the Organizational Communication class made … Continue reading
Better Writing Through Rewriting
Stories of Organizational Communication, Part 6 Geri’s question: How can I (or anyone) become a better writer thru revising my writing? How can I become better at anything? How does one … Continue reading
Finding Your Voice As A Writer
Stories of Organizational Communication, Part 5 Geri’s question: It seems to me that having a writing ‘style’ is all about finding your voice as a writer. What thoughts do you have … Continue reading
Can There Be Unbiased Messaging?
Stories of Organizational Communication, Part 4 Geri’s question: In the 3P’s section of the text, focus is directed towards unbiased messaging. Can we really get away from this in today’s … Continue reading
Positive Impressions
Stories of Organizational Communication, Part 3 Geri’s question: In your writing, do you grapple with ensuring that you incorporate “positive impressions”. What does that look like? Early in my career, … Continue reading
The “You” Attitude
Stories of Organizational Communication, Part 2 Geri’s question: Our text stresses the “you” attitude. What is your perspective on this? Any illuminating stories to illustrate your point? So there I am, … Continue reading
Stories on Organizational Communication
A friend of mine from ASTD-Orange County, Geri Girardin, asked me to be a guest speaker for her Organizational Communication class at Cal State Dominguez Hills. It was a new … Continue reading
A Call to Action
The teachback technique is used a lot in school. It has made its way into training as a means to engage learners where lecture would be the primary method of … Continue reading
Using Teachbacks in Healthcare
“Teach-back is a simple mechanism by which a patient’s understanding of a concept or topic may be assessed.(Schillinger, Piette et al. 2003)” A different look on teachbacks.
