411 GID How to Choose a Communication Platform and Protocol

Modern Mentor

Macmillan Holdings, LLC

Careers, Business, Management

4.3 • 720 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2016

⏱️ 6 minutes

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With more communication platforms than we can possibly handle, it’s important to choose the right one to make sure our message gets through. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/28QZRx2

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0:00.0	This is Stevea Robbins.
0:04.5	Welcome to the Get It Done guys, quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.
0:08.6	Everyone loves drama.
0:10.2	We go to the theater.
0:11.4	We watch ministers beat each other bloody and fight church,
0:14.3	the real-life documentary of churches that have a mixed martial arts practice.
0:17.3	And, of course, we can't resist watching YouTube channels
0:20.5	where sweet,
0:21.1	adorable kittens duke it out over a stuffed mouse. Oh, so cute. But most of us don't really
0:27.4	want drama in our professional lives. And yet, we use the internet. The internet lets us
0:32.6	communicate in 10,000 different ways, so coordinating and negotiating anything takes a billion
0:37.2	more steps.
0:38.1	Then, when a negotiation gets dropped or delivered to the wrong inbox or accidentally BCC to the
0:42.4	entire company, leading your boss to ask at the next status meeting, what is a ball gag anyway?
0:47.6	Drama arises. One person ends up knowing something that another one doesn't. One person shows up on
0:52.7	time, snow shoes, and flamethrower
0:54.5	in hand while their teammate is at home watching Netflix having missed the calendar invite.
0:59.0	Chaos ensues. And we don't want chaos. Trust me. So tame the chaos. Be deliberate with
1:05.9	your communication with your colleagues and friends. Choose a communication platform that your
1:10.7	teammate uses.
1:12.2	It's easy to blast someone on every social media platform they inhabit until you get the
1:16.0	response you want. But that takes time, and then you risk them getting the messages on different
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