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Not getting the respect you deserve?

Has your career flatlined?

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Effective communication is the one thing that can make your life and career more rewarding, more prosperous, and more fulfilling.

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Founded by JD Solomon, CWF is a not-for-profit community of technical professionals dedicated to better communications in the face of complexity and uncertainty. 

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In-person & Virtual Training
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Key Benefits

Communication Tips

Communicating with FINESSE provides three major benefits for technically trained professionals.

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1. Saves Time

A one-stop solution for improving the most important soft skill.

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2. Organizes Thousands of Tips

There are literally thousands of communication tips. We organize them into the seven categories of FINESSE.

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3. Provides a Cause and Effect Relationship

FINESSE is a mental model supporting logical thought processes that result in effective communication,

Communication Insights

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What’s New?

Book Live Training Opportunities for 2024

CWF offers lives training events in full-day and half-day formats. Are you Communicating with FINESSE?

The Free Webinars
of
2024

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Visit the Tackle Shop for Tools and Resources

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For special tips, pointers & posts

Traing workshops on facilitation and communciation are available to businesses, professional associations, and other organizations.
FINESSE stands for frame, illustrate, noise reduction, empathy, structure, synergy, and ethics.

What is FINESSE?

The FINESSE fishbone diagram is a cause-and-effect approach for big decisions with complexity and uncertainty. The seven bones are Frame, Illustrate, Noise reduction, Empathy, Structure, Synergy, and Ethics. FINESSE is a form of linear communication where the burden for effective communication is on the sender, not the receiver.

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