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I have three replies, in no particular order. 1: > We document projects in Notion. We send meeting invites with a written description of the purpose. Hah! I
by greggyb 6y ago
I have three replies, in no particular order.
1:
> We document projects in Notion. We send meeting invites with a written description of the purpose.
Hah! I can't remember the last time I saw well-maintained collaborative documentation at a client. And I am among a small handful of people I know who provide descriptions of meeting invites.
2:
I looooove written communication with others who are competent. I have an unfortunate history of colleagues who will immediately ask for a meeting whenever I send an email with more than one short paragraph or with an attachment containing text of interest. In this meeting, I proceed to read them the contents of my email, sometimes literally and sometimes paraphrasing.
I have narrowed this to the coworkers by exasperatedly sharing said emails with coworkers and with friends in different fields to see if they understand them. The number of these experiences is much higher than the number of meeting invites I have received with well-written descriptions included.
3:
Yes! I agree with all of the points this author is making.
- soonix 6y ago> In this meeting, I proceed to read them the contents of my email, sometimes literally and sometimes paraphrasing. Did you try sending them voice messages instead, possibly via some TTS service? (originally intended as joke, but now that I think about it... - especially since I sometimes use a STT service for voice messages I receive)
- greggyb 6y agoIt's not a bad idea. I think, though, that the problem was that these people didn't really understand what we were doing, so needed hand holding.