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Presentations

Presentations are a specialized form of meeting so start by applying all the other guidance about meetings to them. Presentations have one of two intended outcomes (or some blend of the two) To...

Taking notes

As a professional it is inevitable that you spend a non-insignificant part of your day in meetings. Learning to take good notes is the most impactful way to ensure that your time in those meetings ...

Meetings

Most professionals spend their time bemoaning the time they spend in meetings. Anyone who has spent time in a cooperate environment knows that your calendar quickly swells with meetings that seem t...

The Information Framework

While the goal of this site is to focus on action, we will start with some underlying theory that will help contextualize the goals behind the systems I will suggest you use. One of the hallmarks o...

Presentations

One of the challenges of working in a large company is locating someone who can help with an issue or provide the information or data you need. This section will talk about strategies for locating ...

Processing Email Effectively

Knowing how to write a good email is an essential professional skill but email is also a dangerous double-edged sword. For most people, email is less of a tool as much as a near infinite source of ...

Effective Communication

Once you have learned how different people communciate you need to hone your ability to speak and write in clear and expressive ways. In this section we will discuss three main ways that you can en...

Difficult Conversations

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Beyond the learning you do when writing the notes, having a backlog of pre-written notes now unlocks numerous additional abilities your traditional notes do not provide. Avoiding heavy lifts In a ...

Communication Styles

“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” George Bernard Shaw If you want to be successful you have to find ways to communicate with others that he...