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Issue 62 - September, 2007
The M Powerer comes to you each month from M Power.
Its 'fast four' format makes The M Powerer a
purposefully quick read with a mix of quotes, tips, reviews, news and views on
areas we work in, including
- communication
- public relations
- empowerment
- individual effectiveness
- organisational productivity
- life balance
- customer service.
Karen Morath
Managing Director
M Power
karen@mpowercct.com
The fast four for September are
Communication tips
The structure of PowerPoint presentations - low resolution slides that force users to compress information into short bullet lists, presented in a lock-step, linear fashion - promotes (according to Yale professor Emeritus Edward Tufte) "over-generalisations, imprecise statements, slogans, lightweight evidence, abrupt and thinly argued claims."
"Bullet outlines can make us stupid."
Source - Christopher Scanlon in 'The PowerPoint of no return' , The Age, Melbourne, June 2, 2007
A quote we like
“If 50 million people say a foolish thing it is still a foolish thing.”
Source - Anatole France
Gratuitous plug
M Power employs a team of writers, qualified, experienced and ready to take on your speechwriting, article writing or editing, newsletter production, media release writing and distribution or whatever your organisational written communication needs run to.
No doubt about it, we will have specific experience doing just what you need, and very often we work so quickly, we can have it done while you're still thinking about doing it yourself.
Email us at email@mpowercct.com to enquire about our professional writing and editing services.
This month's book review
Standing at the crossroads. Next steps for high-achieving women. Marian N Ruderman and Patricia J Ohlott, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 2002
OK don't shoot me, I don't think I've reviewed a women's only book before, although I certainly read a lot of them. This one's from my local library and begs to be recommended - and would be an insightful read for men who manage women, especially women over 40.
The notion of 'agency' - the desire to control one's destiny - is discussed, along with the female desire for connection/s with others, of authenticity and wholeness and self clarity. It looks at the impact, not just of gender and workplace environment, but of age and stage of life.
The idea is that you can apply to your future what you learn about yourself, by reading about others. If that all sounds like mumbo-jumbo, then it's probably not for you, but there is much to recommend here.
Last month M Power -
- spoke about communication
- wrote about communication
- consulted on communication
- trained on communication.
Contact us at email@mpowercct.com to see how we could work to empower you or your organisation.
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