Effective Messages
A message, whether an email, voice-mail, sticky note, or blog post is a mini presentation. It is a way of conveying information to an audience. To effectively do so, I try to adhere to the following 3 principles.
- Be brief. Say what you need to say, and nothing more. Keeping it simple will allow your audience to understand and remember what you want them to.
- Be detailed. In what you do choose to say, tell the audience specifically what they need to know. Tell them what the issues are, and your thoughts on them.
- Have structure. Delivery the message in an organized manner. Maintain the determined structure as you present your content.
If you are brief, detailed, and structured when conveying information to an audience, your message will come out loud and clear. Now if we can only make sure we have good content… Hopefully this was.
(Source: The McKinsey Way by Ethan Rasiel)
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April 24th, 2005 at 5:40 pm
I really like the message. I enjoy efficiency and this is an efficient way to get a message across! And-I like your blog.
April 25th, 2005 at 1:27 am
I’m glad you liked it summer. Make sure to keep stopping by to leave your comments.