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This article is more about communication. To convince others, make the idea their own. On communication: The best way I have found to communicate to mixed grou

This article is more about communication. To convince others, make the idea their own. On communication: The best way I have found to communicate to mixed groups effectively is by giving the straight shooter response immediately followed by imagery based elaboration, which ultimately gets more airplay/screenplay. Some successful speakers flip the order, but that is more dependent on the audience. Notice this the next keynote or quarterly conference call you listen to. Maybe it is because I have both arts talent and logical thinking, but balancing the two has never been a problem for me. Make each one as concise as can be while still accurate/full picture.

alexsb92 14y ago
While I understand the basic idea of "make the idea their own", is there any way you could either maybe expand on that a bit, or point me to an existing blog post or something? Regarding the communication bit, I definitely agree with the order. While not doing it on purpose, looking back I did notice differences in the responses of people based on how I'd pitch an idea/project at meetups.
- Lost_BiomedE 14y ago
  There are probably many ways of doing it. It is very context and person dependent. -infectious enthusiasm -team emphasis -rationally addressing all of their concerns -leading them up to the idea so they 'come up with it' -giving people a detail that they can change -make sure one of their value added ideas is implemented within it -putting someone in charge of a section of it -reward/punishment -scratching each others back Essentially, making the other person have skin in the game. A chef I used to work with would yell and rile up one worker when he saw we were going to get busy. One day the worker exclaimed, 'I hate this. why don't you yell at Bob?'. The chef replied, 'Bob works like shit when he is angry, you work like shit if you are not'. Each person has their own trigger. Knowing that trigger is a huge part of managing people.

alexsb92 14y ago

While I understand the basic idea of "make the idea their own", is there any way you could either maybe expand on that a bit, or point me to an existing blog post or something? Regarding the communication bit, I definitely agree with the order. While not doing it on purpose, looking back I did notice differences in the responses of people based on how I'd pitch an idea/project at meetups.

Lost_BiomedE 14y ago
There are probably many ways of doing it. It is very context and person dependent. -infectious enthusiasm -team emphasis -rationally addressing all of their concerns -leading them up to the idea so they 'come up with it' -giving people a detail that they can change -make sure one of their value added ideas is implemented within it -putting someone in charge of a section of it -reward/punishment -scratching each others back Essentially, making the other person have skin in the game. A chef I used to work with would yell and rile up one worker when he saw we were going to get busy. One day the worker exclaimed, 'I hate this. why don't you yell at Bob?'. The chef replied, 'Bob works like shit when he is angry, you work like shit if you are not'. Each person has their own trigger. Knowing that trigger is a huge part of managing people.