07th May 2008
Archive for the 'Communication' Category
Writing to be understood
20th Mar 2008
Rethinking and revising
By Jefferson Flanders Writers differ in the way they move from outlining, whether formal or informal in nature, to composing. In creating their initial draft, more...
20th Nov 2007
Clear thinking and common fallacies
By Jefferson Flanders No discussion of clear thinking is complete without considering some of the more common fallacies—mistakes in reasoning or flaws in logic—encountered in more...
14th Sep 2007
Multiple hypotheses and clear thinking
By Jefferson Flanders The word “hypothesis” has been passed down to us from the Greek rhetorical tradition; it is a compound: “hypo,” which means “under,” more...
04th Sep 2007
Leadership: Communicating in a crisis
By D. Quinn Mills Crises of all sorts arise, confronting leaders with major challenges. Sometimes the crisis is major; sometimes it is minor. Sometimes people more...
27th Jul 2007
What comic illogic can teach
By Jefferson Flanders One of the quirky appeals of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is the way author Lewis Carroll constructs a world where the fundamental more...
09th Jul 2007
The Wiki thicket
By Jefferson Flanders Wikipedia, the “user-generated” online encyclopedia, has gradually become the research tool of first resort on the Web. Nielsen//NetRatings now reports that Wikipedia more...
02nd Jul 2007
Truth and truthiness
By Jefferson Flanders American colleges and universities currently fall quite short in developing clear thinkers and persuasive writers, at least according to some of those more...
22nd Jun 2007
Clear sight
By Jefferson Flanders Thinking clearly requires clear sight. Seeing clearly is the ability to see things are they are, to overcome your own misperceptions or more...
18th Jun 2007