Fundraising Essentials Provide Powerful Lessons for Effective Communication
Anteneh Zewde is a Global Reliability & Maintenance Consultant/Leader at DuPont.
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JD Solomon
Oct 142 min read
Have Backup
Make sure all of the backup firepower is present. Management and the lead presenter share an essential role in making it happen.
JD Solomon
Sep 302 min read
Communicate “To," Not “At” Someone for Better Results
Screaming for help and directing someone to call 911 is the difference between talking at versus talking to someone.
JD Solomon
Sep 231 min read
Keep Your Summaries to 300 Words for Success
The average person can speak between 125 and 200 words per minute.
Marisa Silva
Sep 194 min read
Communicating IN Project Management: Your Secret to Project Success
Your ability to communicate can steer your project toward success or drive it into chaos
JD Solomon
Aug 112 min read
Ten Things You Might Hear An Ineffective Communicator Say About Senior Management
Improving our communication skills makes us better technical professionals and respected trusted advisors.
CWF
Aug 62 min read
Series Summary: Do You Want to Ask Better Questions?
Embrace the practice of intentional inquiry to empower both yourself and those around you.
JD Solomon
Jul 24 min read
Six Ways to Avoid Pissing Off People When You Ask Questions
Communicating technical information in business environments is a long game.
CWF
Jun 182 min read
Series Summary: How FINESSE Creates Effective Communication to Senior Management
FINESSE Creates Effective Communication to Senior Management. FINESSE is peer-reviewed and battle-tested. Most importantly, it works.
JD Solomon
Jun 74 min read
10 Tips For How to Start Asking Better Questions
The next time you are about to say something, turn it around by forming it as a question.
CWF
May 224 min read
Empower Your PFAS Communication with Advice from US Mayors
Join Communicating with FINESSE for May’s free webinar, "Communicating PFAS and Other Contaminants of Concern," on Thursday, May 30, 2024.
CWF
Apr 122 min read
How the first S in FINESSE Creates Effective Communication to Senior Management
The first S in FINESSE stands for Structure. These three tips and a three-minute video will help you improve the structure of your...
CWF
Apr 53 min read
Eight Great Insights on Reliability, Maintenance, and Asset Management
Ask some of the best people you know. Give them the freedom of topic and format. Provide a few guardrails. See what bubbles up. The end...
Greg Christensen
Mar 274 min read
How My Passion and CMMSradio Help Maintenance & Reliability Professionals
Communicating the value of a CMMS is something our guest experts tackle countless times and from various perspectives throughout their...
JD Solomon
Jan 302 min read
Trustworthy? Trusted Advisors Develop a Default Ethical Framework
The time to develop a default ethical framework is before the action occurs. Spend some time studying ethics. More importantly, watch the...
JD Solomon
Jan 82 min read
Got Excel? 3 Ways Technical Professionals Can Improve Data Visualization with FINESSE
This 3-part series on improving data visualization was inspired first by Microsoft Excel and second by Edward Tufte. Tufte is the guru of...
CWF
Jan 23 min read
The Guest Insights of 2023 from Communicating with FINESSE
There are a lot of outstanding insights in the 2023 guest articles for improving communication and facilitation skills. Many gold nuggets...
Fernando Hernandez
Dec 15, 20232 min read
Communicating Collections of Risks with Horizon Charts and Monte Carlo Simulations
A risk horizon chart is produced using an underlying Monte Carlo simulation engine. This methodology generates thousands of possible...
Jeff O'Dea
Nov 15, 20232 min read
Language Barriers: What Is the Goal of Communication?
The first rule of communicating in English is to understand what the goal of communication is. That goal, very simply is… ‘To understand...
JD Solomon
Oct 20, 20232 min read
What’s in a Heading? Five Writing Tips to Make Your Text More Accessible
Headings are vital in improving accessibility for vision-impaired individuals by providing structure, navigation, and context. Headings...
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