Content about Text messaging

October 28, 2011
Mobile Apps and Training

We asked 2,793 recent training participants about the use of mobile devices and apps in the workplace. Of our respondents, 42 percent said they used mobile apps at least sometimes to very often with training. And nearly half of the respondents had downloaded a mobile app to improve their job performance—even though their employer did not require it.

By Mark Scullard, Director, Research, and Jeffrey Sugerman, President and CEO, Inscape Publishing

October 7, 2011
Last Word: The Electronic Brick Wall

Technology allows us to be more productive and, potentially at least, more profitable. The dark side of technology is the electronic wall that has grown brick by brick over the last 20 years. As more and more technical opportunities arise that allow workers to communicate without being “face to face,” people are learning less and less about how to communicate effectively.

By Peter Post, Director, The Emily Post Institute

It’s happened over and over again:

June 8, 2011
The Lost Art of Face-to-Face Communication

Communicating meaningfully is becoming more difficult than ever before. While technology has created an ever-increasing number of ways to communicate rapidly over great distances, many people are now so well insulated and protected by these devices we use that we are losing the skills and abilities to communicating in the most influential way—face to face. Here are eight steps to communicating with impact and influence.

By Stacey Hanke, Owner, 1st Impression Consulting, Inc.

Communicating meaningfully is becoming more difficult than ever before. While technology has created an ever-increasing number of ways to communicate rapidly over great distances, many people are now so well insulated and protected by these devices we use that we are losing the skills and abilities to communicating in the most influential way—face to face.

December 3, 2003
The Attention Deficit

Constant interruption is an almost unavoidable part of corporate life these days. As a presenter, how do you cut through the clutter and connect with today's audiences who are driven to distraction?

Constant interruption is an almost unavoidable part of corporate life these days. As a presenter, how do you cut through the clutter and connect with today's audiences who are driven to distraction?

February 1, 2003
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After: We sharpened the text messages into more action-oriented themes.

After: We sharpened the text messages into more action-oriented themes.