Powerful Tips on Communicating Funding Alternatives to Board Members
This guest article is a lightning round with Rebecca Bowyer, Engineering Director at ReWa in Greenville, South Carolina. Becca has worked...
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Lester Moore
- May 23
- 2 min
Seven Helpful Observations on the FINESSE Fishbone Diagram
FINESSE is a cause-and-effect approach for effective communication when there are lots of complexity and uncertainty. FINESSE stands for...
JD Solomon
- May 21
- 4 min
Some Thoughts on Internal Communications (and why PowerPoint is not used for big decisions)
My role is to discuss the foundation of internal communication. That can be peer-to-peer, department-to-department, senior management,...
JD Solomon
- Apr 5
- 3 min
Seven Blockers to Empathetic Listening and Better Presentations
Having empathy is difficult, yet it is essential for better presentations and effective communication. Empathy is both a learned skill...
JD Solomon
- Feb 27
- 5 min
Reduce Communication Noise By Aligning Data with These 5 Meeting Types
Communication noise can be efficiently reduced by aligning the data we share with the meeting type. The five meeting types, or...
JD Solomon
- Feb 13
- 4 min
FINESSE: How to Reduce Noise and Know Your Message Is Clear
FINESSE is a linear communication approach that places the burden of an effective message on the sender, not the receiver. Most...
JD Solomon
- Jan 24
- 3 min
Why Water Utility Regionalization Requires Effective Communication
Water utility regionalization can take various forms, all of which contain elevated levels of complexity and uncertainty. Getting through...
JD Solomon
- Jan 9
- 2 min
The #1 Speech-to-Text Tool That Improves Inclusion and Business Presentations
Speech-to-text recognition software identifies spoken language and turns it into text. These apps are invaluable to the hearing-impaired...
JD Solomon
- Jan 4
- 3 min
How Communicating with FINESSE Empowers Effective Communication
On January 4, 2023, I got to provide the kick-off guest lecture for a graduate class at Auburn University. The course is part of a...
JD Solomon
- Jan 2
- 2 min
Checking Contrast Easily Improves Business Reports and Presentations
Contrast impacts the readability of your content in print, on PowerPoint presentations, and on the web. Contrast is especially important...
JD Solomon
- Dec 20, 2022
- 3 min
The Three Most Common Disruptors When Facilitating Risk Management Plans
Risk management plans can be some of the most challenging things to guide the participants through a series of predefined steps to arrive...
JD Solomon
- Nov 29, 2022
- 3 min
8 Tips for Facilitating Public Workshops and Comment Sessions
Facilitating public workshops and comment sessions are typically conducted by public-sector organizations. These sessions are intended to...
JD Solomon
- Nov 21, 2022
- 6 min
How to Improve Your Communication of Probability to Senior Management
The Chance of Rain Most people do not understand what the chance of rain means. Some believe it means it will rain "30% of the day,"...
JD Solomon
- Nov 10, 2022
- 3 min
Facilitation Lessons Learned: One Board, Four Board Retreats, and Four Formats
Facilitators seldom have the opportunity to use four formats with the same board of directors for four consecutive years. Blame it on...
JD Solomon
- Nov 2, 2022
- 2 min
How to Communicate with FINESSE in Information Sessions
There was a lot to unpack from the 45-minute information session. After all, three different governmental units evaluated the issue for...
JD Solomon
- Oct 31, 2022
- 2 min
Why Communication is Effective When the Decision Maker Makes Their Own Conclusion
The more we talk, the more data we produce, the more supporting information we provide, and the more noise we create. Minimizing noise is...
JD Solomon
- Oct 26, 2022
- 2 min
Telling Your Story Produces Relaxed Communication, Effective Technical Presentations
As trusted advisors, technical professionals stand on the data first. Telling the story of the data overpowers most of our communication...
JD Solomon
- Oct 23, 2022
- 1 min
Are Your PowerPoint Slides Ready for the Color Blind?
People who are color blind will have problems interpreting visuals that are highly dependent on color. The most common type of color...
CWF
- Oct 21, 2022
- 1 min
Know What You Are Talking About
Epictetus was a Greek philosopher who was born into slavery. He believed all external events are beyond our control. Epictetus believed...
JD Solomon
- Oct 18, 2022
- 3 min
Three Things Every Trusted Advisor Should Know to Communicate with FINESSE
Making a decision requires an irrevocable allocation of resources. In a world full of complexity and uncertainty, decision makers turn to...
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