Comments on: bright, shiny and new doesn’t always equal effective communication http://vanessarhinesmith.com/blog/2008/12/04/bright-shiny-new-things-doesnt-always-equal-effective-communication/ Sat, 05 Mar 2011 21:07:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Tone-deaf social media: Shouting in a coffeehouse. -- Hoover’s Business Insight Zone http://vanessarhinesmith.com/blog/2008/12/04/bright-shiny-new-things-doesnt-always-equal-effective-communication/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Tone-deaf social media: Shouting in a coffeehouse. -- Hoover’s Business Insight Zone Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:32:18 +0000 http://vanessarhinesmith.com/blog/2008/12/04/bright-shiny-new-things-doesnt-always-equal-effective-communication/#comment-153 [...] bright, shiny and new doesn’t always equal effective communication [...] [...] bright, shiny and new doesn’t always equal effective communication [...]

]]> By: Vanessa Rhinesmith http://vanessarhinesmith.com/blog/2008/12/04/bright-shiny-new-things-doesnt-always-equal-effective-communication/comment-page-1/#comment-152 Vanessa Rhinesmith Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:39:56 +0000 http://vanessarhinesmith.com/blog/2008/12/04/bright-shiny-new-things-doesnt-always-equal-effective-communication/#comment-152 Thanks Tim! It's wonderful to be reaffirmed in an idea that I've been committed to for sometime. It's amazing how many people don't get such a simplistic notion, and it's even more amazing how challenging it can be to convert them - but then again, that's the fun part. Thanks Tim! It’s wonderful to be reaffirmed in an idea that I’ve been committed to for sometime. It’s amazing how many people don’t get such a simplistic notion, and it’s even more amazing how challenging it can be to convert them – but then again, that’s the fun part.

]]> By: Tim Walker http://vanessarhinesmith.com/blog/2008/12/04/bright-shiny-new-things-doesnt-always-equal-effective-communication/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Tim Walker Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:51:14 +0000 http://vanessarhinesmith.com/blog/2008/12/04/bright-shiny-new-things-doesnt-always-equal-effective-communication/#comment-150 Good points, Vanessa -- and I'm glad you found my thoughts in this vein helpful. I think that one of the key problems (some) businesspeople have with the new social media is that they misperceive them -- they think it's appropriate to use them like a carnival barker, or a double-page ad in Vanity Fair, rather than using them like you would a friendly conversation over a cup of coffee. The difference is profound, but it's taking a lot of people a long time to catch on about it. Good points, Vanessa — and I’m glad you found my thoughts in this vein helpful.

I think that one of the key problems (some) businesspeople have with the new social media is that they misperceive them — they think it’s appropriate to use them like a carnival barker, or a double-page ad in Vanity Fair, rather than using them like you would a friendly conversation over a cup of coffee.

The difference is profound, but it’s taking a lot of people a long time to catch on about it.

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