Importance of Face to Face Communication

As more communication up and down the line at work is done electronically, face-to-face discussion can easily fall by the wayside. While the speed and volume of communication increases with e-mail, voicemail and instant messaging, some of the dialogue and personal touch can start to disappear.

A global survey shows that 67 percent of senior executives and managers say their organization would be more productive if their superiors communicated more often by personal discussion. While they desire more personal discussion from their superiors, however, the top personal method of communicating for these same business leaders is e-mail, based on the survey by NFI Research.

“Too many people take the easy way out and try and do everything via e-mail and in a lot of cases consume more time on both sides of the equation than they would have by simply picking up the phone or going to see the person,” said one survey respondent. “I often find that when I look the other person in the eyes and ask them something I get far more than I ever would over e-mail.”

“Personal discussion is the foundation of communications,” said another respondent. It enables all of the other forms of communication. Having a personal connection builds trust and minimizes misinterpretation and misunderstanding.”

Twitter post using sms

#uacmc the mobile devices group 2 are using is smart phones that work like mini computers that allow you to use the internet and text

putting this on the blog because for some reason the url does not copy and paste into scoop but this originated from twitter. Twitter.com/TomikeO

Identity Management

Its amazing how we can have so many identities, especially online. When I participate on different social sites I sought of represent myself in different types of ways. For example, I have a facebook account, linked in and I also blog frequently but they each represent a different image of me.

Linkedin is my professional self what i ought to be. I say it is what I ought to be because with this account I present myself in a profession manner at all times, my profile picture is me in business attire, I speak very properly and present myself in a behavior which I don't execute on a daily basis.

When I blog it is my ideal self, I type funny comments and use an alter ego name. When I am blogging it as if I become this totally different person who is not shy and very outspoken which isn't my personality at all.

Facebook is my actual self presented how i am. On facebook I present myself how I do on a daily basis because it is just my friends who see my profile, wall post and pictures. I feel as if I can just be me on facebook because I know no anonymous people can view my page because its private.