05 Dec 2011 Party Lines
Visit https://www.languageatwork.com/?p=530 for full content, other blog posts, and more! Party season is here and with it, a common communication concern: How to Do Party Talk. Many people have confided to...
28 Nov 2011 A Coffee Clash
Visit https://www.languageatwork.com/a-coffee-clash for full content, other blog posts, and more! A couple has just gotten coffee at Joe’s. He is outside; she is standing in the doorway. I’ve stopped walking for...
21 Nov 2011 Little Thanks Mean A Lot
As we are appropriately being reminded by just about everything these days, there is much for which to be thankful. Mostly, the reminders focus on The Big Things: health, family,...
18 Nov 2011 Help for the Holidays
Well, the holiday season is upon us and some of you might already be feeling like Edgar. (pictured above) Whatever your holiday might be, and whether or not it is...
14 Nov 2011 Lessons from The Revolution
I went to Zuccotti Park the other night to see the General Assembly of the Occupy Wall Street folks. The General Assembly is the nightly meeting, at which decisions are...
07 Nov 2011 Speaking in Plain Language
Not long ago some people in our government decided it would be a good idea for government documents to be comprehensible. That is, they wanted the people who write government...