What is your preferred method of communication and why?

2022-12-08

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Not too long ago, this would have been a very simple question. You could either call someone on their landline or email them. The most complicated decision was whether or not to leave a voicemail. Now you can still email or call. My guest, organizational specialist Glady Baradaran, has strong feelings about that: “If you want to reach me, text me, Facebook message me, WhatsApp me, email me, maybe send me a voice [message]. If you can’t, do a morse code, then you do those smoke signals, and then you call me.”

Not too long ago, this would have been a very simple question. You could either call someone on their landline or email them. The most complicated decision was whether or not to leave a voicemail.

Now you can still email or call. My guest, organizational specialist Glady Baradaran, has strong feelings about that:

“If you want to reach me, text me, Facebook message me, WhatsApp me, email me, maybe send me a voice [message]. If you can’t, do a morse code, then you do those smoke signals, and then you call me.”

There are so many different means of communication now and how you organize them greatly impacts how you spend your time and manage your personal and professional relationships.

My own secret is that I have my alerts set in different ring tones so that I know from across the room if it’s a family member, friend or client.

My panel of guests on this edition of Quick Hits — which also includes Genius Marketing founder Emma Humphrey and business consultant Kevin Wash — each have different approaches to their daily communication.

I hope you find them thought provoking and helpful.

What are your pet peeves about getting in touch with people?

Connect with the panelists:

Emma Humphrey: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-humphrey-brand-marketing-founder-speaker/

Kevin Wash: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-wash-23b90915/

Glady Baradaran: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glady-baradaran-msc-od-6238071a/

Dr Robyn Odegaard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynodegaard/

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