Communicating about Communicating
I am wishing we could add to our "HI My Name is:" labels, some critical additional information. "Hi, my name is Rachel, I read my email about a dozen times…
Language alert
I use the word "Let's" too much. "Let's arrange things such a way." "Let's work on this project." And so on. Mostly "Let's" comes up in situations when I should…
Whose Job Is This?
There are lots of details about ThatCon I'd enjoy getting deeply involved with, but it turns out that, as con chair, most of those details are not my job. It's…
Totally Like Whatever, You Know?
Just a pointer to Taylor Mali's poetry today: A good reminder to me not to be too tentative when I speak. It's a beautiful Saturday and I'm going to get…
Meeting Planning
Still working on that project of meetings that don't waste people's time. I'd like to do better than that -- meetings that are fun, meetings that get things done, meetings…
Good challenges and … the harder kind
Sarah Twichell (of the blog Edge to Center) asked me today What makes the difference between a challenge you rise to and a challenge you're overwhelmed by? Good question, and…
Some Thoughts About Email
Sometimes the best response to email is to just not say anything. In addition to the Right Speech guidelines of "Is it kind? Is it necessary? Is it true?" you…
Metaphor of the Day take 2
Well there has been a crazy long gap between posts here, but there are still about 120 days to go until the convention, and there will probably be some ruminating…